Witches with dreams that make me happy

Even though at times I would love to call myself a person with so to say "good taste" in anime, I often find myself in the difficult position of havin to ask myself what that even means.

While my absolute favourite stories are those that are rich in theme and character with a message that you are able do find if you are willing to look for it, that shouldnt mean that only a complexe show is deserving of a high score.
To me complexity doesnt automatically create a good story, the same way cinnamon doesnt automatically create a better cake. Adding it might make it taste better, but it can also create a way too cinnamonly experience that just doesnt feel good.

And Little Witch Academia is one of the best cinnamonless experiences I have had in a while.

I just loved this show. Every episode, every scene, every frame just constantly oozes this warm yet vibrant energy. The animation never fails to either just look absolutely stunning or to just match itself to any given tone. Be it incredibly smooth and eciting action scenes or fun and snappy comedic moments. The anime never fails like it just half-asses any moment, that it wants to show you. It looks and feels like a childhood, that I have long forgotten and has now been resurrected with Studio TRIGGERS love for animation.

But its the characters in this show that actually create the magic. (This is the only pun, that I will make for this review.)
Every major characters design is just so vibrant with personality and instantly reconizable, yet also manages to stay fairly simply with an incredibly soulful artstyle.
And kind of the same way could I describe their actual personalities as well. No one in the cast comes of as unlikeable or overstays his welcome. A statement that suprises me the most, when talking about Akko.
By all metrics, this little Gremlin with her energetic and honstly sometimes somewhat egoisitc nature, should feel annoying or overbearing at times, but that never happens.
The purity behind her motivations fueled with raw determination, paired with the worldview of a childish that still needs to learn a lot of the world she is living in, that makes it just so hard to not both root for and love this girl in a way that reminded me of how I am rooting for a Monkey D. Luffy as well.

And its in these simple ideals of childlike wonder and determination that the shows message manages to shine through. Your passion and growth behind the pursuit of any interest or activity means more than your actual skill.

As someone that is still very much trying to get a hang of things like drawing or "writing-anime-reviews" a message like that means a lot to me and I am glad I allowed this show to tell it.

I think hardly anyone will do wrong by watching this show and anyone that gives it a fair chance will get something out of it.