Your fun animation tidbit for the day. Impressions: There is a lot of weirdness going on in the animation here as well. Especially whenever people start walking around, it gets disturbingly fluid, like somebody devoted a bit too many frames to it. But like that CloverWorks show, there's also a lot of actual animation […]
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Wistoria: Wand and Sword
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Wistoria: Wand and Sword Episode 01 – Favorites
Wistoria: Wand and Sword Episode 01: Will Serfert had zero magic abilities. Zero. So why, then, was he attending a magic school?
Wistoria: Wand and Sword – Episode 1
Wistoria is a competently told take on a familiar story that might make nice casual viewing for action fantasy fans.
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Will Serfort is determined to join his childhood friend Elfaria as a Magia Vander, a group of the mightiest magicians who sit atop the Wizard's Tower.
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Wistoria: Wand and Sword Episode Guide
Wistoria: Wand and Sword Episode Guide: Will wants to join his childhood friend, who is a mage guardian. Trouble is, Will can't use magic!
First Impression: Wistoria: Wand and Sword
Will Serfort is a student at Magical Academy Rigarden. What sets him apart from his classmates, is his complete incompetence when it comes to any form of magic.…
Wistoria: Wand and Sword Episode 11 – Favorites
Wistoria: Wand and Sword Episode 11: Will and Wignall rejoined their party -- only to encounter the most powerful monster yet.
Wistoria: Wand and Sword Episode 07 – Favorites
Wistoria: Wand and Sword Episode 07: Will faces Julius and his two henchmen -- alone. Can he hold out until Colette arrives?
Wistoria: Wand and Sword Episode 09 – Favorites
Wistoria: Wand and Sword Episode 09: Will really thought he could prove Lihanna right. He just didn't know how right she would be.
Wistoria: Wand and Sword Episode 08 – Favorites
Wistoria: Wand and Sword Episode 08: Will's in demand as a dungeon crawl approaches. Colette receives competition from an unexpected quarter.
Wistoria: Wand and Sword Episode 02 – Favorites
Wistoria: Wand and Sword Episode 02: Professor Edward Serfence wanted rid of Will Serfort. And he had a plan to take care of it!
Wistoria: Wand and Sword Episode 03 – Favorites
Wistoria: Wand and Sword Episode 03: Will has a chance with the rest of the students to gather material for Elfie. It does not go to plan.
Wistoria: Wand and Sword Episode 12 – Favorites
Wistoria: Wand and Sword Episode 12: With the crystal, Will and Sion overcame the Evil Grand Duke. That's when the real fight started.
Wistoria: Wand and Sword Review (Spoiler Free)
Coming out of Summer 2024 was Wistoria: Wand and Sword, and with it, a return to the good ol’ fantasy school genre. Which is still relevant, but I…
Wistoria: Wand and Sword Episode 05 – Favorites
Wistoria: Wand and Sword Episode 05: Will enters the Crown Attack to teach Julius a lesson. But Sion might have something to say about that.
Wistoria: Wand and Sword Episode 04 – Favorites
Wistoria: Wand and Sword Episode 04: Will fails another magic exam. He attracts the derision of Julius, who also goes after Will's friends.
Wistoria: Wand and Sword Episode 06 – Favorites
Wistoria: Wand and Sword Episode 06: Will has to figure out how to deal with Sion's attack -- while wondering what happened to Colette.
Wistoria: Wand and Sword Episode 10 – Favorites
Wistoria: Wand and Sword Episode 10: Will and Wignall face a slew of demons -- and Wignall has to face his inadequacies as a fighter.
Wistoria – Wand and Recap
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Wistoria: Wand and Sword (2024), Season 1— Rapid Review
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The Villain’s Plans UNFOLD! Wistoria: Wand and Sword Episode 9 [Video Review]
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The “Calm” Before the Storm for Season 2! Wistoria: Wand and Sword Episode 12 [Video Review]
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EPIC New Ability and a Glimpse into an IMPORTANT Backstory! Wistoria: Wand and Sword Episode 11 [Video Review]
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Wistoria #02 — Dumbledorette
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Wistoria #11 — Title Drop
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Shut up about this girl, already. I'm out of town for a few days. I'm not going far, and there's not a lot of shows Monday-Wednesday anyway…
Wistoria #05 — Entirely Predictable Betrayals
How could the most obvious result of our stupidity happen? Impressions: Once again, Japan, I'm begging you to look up names before you use them. "Mike Myers"…
Wistoria #08 — We Don’t Learn
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