8.024 minSeason 1 • Episode 25
LatestEveryone seems powerless to stop the magical missile. But Akko believes otherwise, and her friends the "New Nine Witches" follow her lead.
When she was a little girl, Atsuko "Akko" Kagari saw a magic show performed by a witch named Shiny Chariot. From that day on she wanted to be just like her. Enrolling at Luna Nova Magical Academy and having no magical background, can she become a witch like her idol Shiny Chariot?
Direction
Trigger's animation flexes — episode 1's broom chase is cinema.
Score
Michiru Oshii's orchestral bangers hit like main character energy.
Practical Effects
Traditional animation in a CG era — every frame has SOUL.
Megumi Han
Atsuko "Akko" Kagari (voice)
Michiyo Murase
Sucy Manbavaran (voice)
Fumiko Orikasa
Lotte Yanson (voice)
Chinatsu Akasaki
Barbara Parker (voice)
Yoko Hikasa
Diana Cavendish (voice)
Noriko Hidaka
Ursula Callistis (voice) / Shiny Chariot (voice)
Arisa Shida
Amanda O'Neill (voice)
Ryosuke Kanemoto
Andrew Hanbridge (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Started as a 2013 short film for young animators — Yoh Yoshinari's passion project became Trigger's most wholesome series.
The final Shiny Rod transformation parallels magical girl tradition while subverting it — Akko's power comes from failure, not destiny.
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