Hello everyone, and welcome the heck back to Wrong Every Time. Today I am going to be attempting the impossible, by watching the first episode of a show while it is still actively airing, and thereby creating an article that might be of interest to anyone outside of hoary anime archivists. I know offering timely, relevant criticism of ongoing media is a little outside my wheelhouse, but I’m gonna try it this week, and we’ll see how it goes from there.
Anyway, today’s topic of note is Wandering Witch, one of Fall 2020’s most promising prospects. Running down the key staff, we’ve first got director Toshiyuki Kubooka, who has few overall directorial credits to his name, but plenty of impressive attributions nonetheless: animation director on Gunbuster, storyboards on Giant Robo, and a fair few other notable highlights. Kubooka’s work on Gainax and Mitsuo Iso productions might well have introduced him to the show’s art director, Hiroshi Gouroku; meanwhile, series composer Kazukuyi Fudeyasu has an encouraging sprawl of credits to his name, including JoJo, Monster, and Land of the Lustrous. I don’t really know anything about this property itself beyond its reasonably pleasant previews, so let’s not waste any more time, and see what Wandering Witch is all about!