Nozomi Witches (OAV)


Alternative title:
Bewitching Nozomi
のぞみ♡ウィッチィズ (Japanese)
Genres: drama, tournament
Themes: boxing, sports
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: Nozomi Egawa and Ryoutaro Shiba are the new high school students in town. As a matter of fact, they've just moved into houses next door to each other. In a chance encounter, Nozomi realizes that Ryoutaro has genius reflexes and vision, so urges him to join the boxing club to realize her dream of seeing her brother representing Japan in the Barcelona Olympics. This is the story of Ryoutaro's journey to make that dream a reality.
User Ratings: 25 ratings have been given [details]
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Seen in part or in whole by 173 users, rank: #3452 (of 7765)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 6.160 (Decent), std. dev.: 1.5147, rank: #5345 (of 7798)
Weighted mean: 6.187 (Decent+), rank: #5263 (of 7798) (seen all: 6.49 / seen some: 5.67 / won't finish: 4.07)
Bayesian estimate: 6.638 (Good−), rank: #3761 (of 5885)
Running time: 52 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 3
Vintage: 1992-08-05 to 1993-03-10
Opening Theme:
"Flash of Thunder" by Miki Natsuyama
Ending Theme:
"Aozora ga Takashiru Machi" (青空が隆る街) by Miki Natsuyama
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Gisaburō Sugii
Script: Gisaburō Sugii
Gisaburō Sugii (eps 2-3)
Tsuneo Kobayashi (ep 2)
Original Manga: Toshio Nobe
Character Design: Marisuke Eguchi
Art Director: Katsuyoshi Kanemura
Animation Director: Marisuke Eguchi
Sound Director: Susumu Aketagawa
Director of Photography:
Hiroshi Suzaki (ep 1)
Yasuhiro Shimizu (eps 2-3)

Editing: Masashi Furukawa
In-Between Animation:
Ayuri Katsuta (eps 1-3)
Harumi Imamura (ep 1)
Hiroko Sawada (ep 3)
Hisashi Watanabe (ep 3)
Mari Yashima (Warp; eps 1-2)
Mieko Takagi (ep 3)
Noriko Kiyohara (Warp; eps 1-2)
Shiho Nakamura (Warp; eps 1-2)
Shinji Nasu (eps 1-3)
Tadahiko Hiyama (ep 1)
Yoshiko Baba (eps 1-3)
Yumiko Goto (ep 3)
Yumiko Shimamura (ep 3)
In-Between Check: Jiro Saruyama (eps 1-3)
Key Animation:
Akiko Nishio (ep 3)
Chūji Nakajima (Asia Do; ep 1)
Hideaki Sakamoto (ep 2)
Hiroshi Kawaguchi (Asia Do; ep 1)
Kenji Takeguchi (ep 2)
Kimiaki Nagumo (ep 2)
Marisuke Eguchi (eps 1-2)
Masahiko Ohta (eps 2-3)
Masami Abe (ep 1)
Minoru Kibata (ep 3)
Minoru Maeda (ep 2)
Nobuhiko Yamada (Asia Do; ep 1)
Ryōko Hata (Asia Do; ep 1)
Shinji Satoh (eps 2-3)
Taeko Oda (ep 3)
Tomokazu Kougo (ep 3)
Toshi Noma (ep 3)
Toshiko Nakaya (中矢利子; ep 3)
Toshiyasu Okada (eps 1-3)
Yoshiaki Tsubata (Asia Do; ep 1)
Yoshiko Konno (ep 3)
Yukiyoshi Hane (ep 2)
Production manager: Hiroshi Kanemasa (eps 1-3)
Sound Effects: Shoji Kato (Anime Sound)
Sound Recording: Katsumi Muro
Hiromi Tsuru as Nozomi Egawa
Nobutoshi Hayashi as Ryōtarō Shiba

Toshiyuki Morikawa as Shōgo Nanjō

Arihiro Masuda as Ishii (volume 1)
Aruno Tahara as Reporter (volume 2)
Eiji Itō as Cameraman (volume 2)
Hideyuki Tanaka as Sawamura (volume 3)
Hiroshi Tamai as Student (volume 2)
Junji Kitajima as Referee
Kanako Hoya as Drama Club member (volume 2)
Kazuhiro Yamaga as Suzuki (volume 1)
Kazumi Tanaka as Tougo (volume 3)
Keiichi Nanba as Hongou (volume 2, 3)
Kiyoyuki Yanada as Ohniwa (volume 3)
Kōhei Miyauchi as Eddie
Kōji Ishii as
Ohta (volume 3)
Ring Announcer (volume 2)
Masaharu Satō as Gichou (volume 3)
Michitaka Kobayashi as Announcer (volume 1)
Mitsuo Iwata as Yuugo (volume 3)
Mitsuru Ogata as Miyamoto (volume 2)
Miyuki Matsushita as Yamazaki (volume 1)
Muri Wa as Female Student (volume 2)
Natsumi Yamada as
Fan (volume 2)
Yamazaki Hitomi (volume 3)
Noriko Uemura as Ryoutarou's mother
Ryusei Nakao as Morino
Shinpachi Tsuji as Jackal (volume 2, 3)
Takashi Taguchi as Yamazaki-kaichou (volume 2, 3)
Teruhisa Tsuyusaki as
Baseball Club member (volume 2)
Company Employee A (volume 3)
Tomomi Ohsone as Female student (volume 1)
Toshihiko Nakajima as
Sakakoshi (volume 1)
Watanabe-kaichou (volume 2)
Yasuhiko Kawazu as
Boxing Club member (volume 1)
Jack (volume 3)
Yuka Ohno as Kitagawa Youko (volume 3)
Yukari Takagawa as Buryou (volume 1)
Yuri Amano as Kitagawa (volume 1)
Yūsaku Yara as Itsuri (volume 3)
Yuuko Sumitomo as
Club Member B (volume 3)
Private Secretary (volume 2)
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