Witch Hunter Robin

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Witch Hunter Robin is a supernatural anime series from Sunrise studio (Cowboy Bebop, Mobile Suit Gundam).

The series is licensed by Bandai Entertainment. It premiered on [adult swim] in February 2004.

Story

15-year old Robin Sena has been hired by the STN-J, the Japanese branch of SOLOMON, a global organization that handles the hunting and capture of witches. Utilizing the latest computer technology, the STN-J tracks down craft users whose powers have awakened, neutralizes their powers and detains them.

Credits

Original Story	Hajime Yatate Shukou Murase	U.S. Licensor	Bandai Entertainment
		ADR Production	Bang Zoom! Entertainment
Director	Shukou Murase	ADR Director	Eric P. Sherman
Planning	Sunrise	ADR Script	Crispin Freeman Tony Oliver Kristi Reed
Character Design	Kumiko Takahashi
Color Design	Takako Suzuki
Director of Photography	Hisao Shirai Katsutoshi Sugai
		English Voice Cast
Music	Taku Iwasaki	Kari Wahlgren	Robin Sena
Music Producer	Keiichi Nozaki	Crispin Freeman	Amon
Animation Production	Sunrise	Johnny Yong Bosch	Haruto Sakaki
Production	Bandai Visual Sunrise	Dave Wittenberg	Michael Lee
		Michelle Ruff	Yurika Dojima
		Wendee Lee	Miho Karasuma
		Doug Stone	Shintaro Kosaka
		Jamieson Price	Takuma Zaizen

Episodes

1	Replacement (2/16/2004) Robin Sena arrives at Raven's Flat as the STN-J's replacement hunter. Her arrival goes unnoticed by the rest of the team, as they are in the middle of a case. She finally makes her presence known when they confront the suspect, but her pyrokinetic powers are a little unstable.
2	Addicted to Power (2/17/2004) High-profile businessman Kazuya Misawa is on trial for murdering his business partner. Despite police-tampered evidence, it seems he'll get off scot-free, since according to witnesses' testimonies he never laid a hand on the victim. As the STN-J is sent to get to the truth of the matter, Robin is still learning the basics of their humane witch-hunting.
3	Dancing in Darkness (2/18/2004) The STN-J is called in when an insect-ridden corpse is found in a tunnel, and at the same time someone attempts to hack into their computer database. Similar reports of mummified victims--all of whom were witches--dating back to over a century ago lead the STN-J to believe they are dealing with an immortal who feeds off other witches.
4	Stubborn Aesthetics (2/19/2004) On her way back from church one morning, Robin meets a young girl painting a landscape in the park. Later, at headquarters, she fears for the girl's safety when she is given a file of unsolved witch-related cases and comes across a series of murders in that same park.
5	Smells Like the Wandering Spirit (2/23/2004) While searching for a witch at a homeless shelter, Sakaki sees a strangely terrified man and tries to talk with him, but he accidentally chases him into the path of a moving truck. An autopsy at the Factory reveals that he is not the witch they are looking for. Who is the witch known as "Single Eye", and what does the strange smell of olives have to do with him?
6	Raindrops (2/24/2004) When Robin's Vespa runs out of gas in the middle of a rainstorm, a kindly social worker stops to give her a lift. Moments later, the woman turns up dead, and Robin suspects that a witch was responsible.
7	Simple-mind (2/25/2004) The wreckage of a car belonging to a suspected thief is recovered from the harbor. Dojima and Karasuma set out to question a possible suspect, a man named Tsuneo Tazawa, but he manages to get away, and their car is destroyed by a witch's power in the process. The one thing these two men appear to have in common is an unusual 7-year-old boy...
8	Faith (2/26/2004) Dr. Kurosawa is being touted as a miracle worker at the local hospital, but behind the scenes he has been healing his patients by transposing the life forces of people he deems unworthy of living. A question of ethics is raised as the STN-J is brought in to stop him.
9	Sign of the Craft (3/1/2004) A dead body is found burnt from the inside out by a craft similar to Robin's. The main suspect is a girl named Aki Yoshioka, but when Robin and Amon search her house, all they find is a pile of sand and a computer with a typed confession to three other murders. Is this revenge plot merely a ghost story?
10	Separate Lives (3/2/2004) Robin and Dojima pose as waitresses at Harry's bar as the STN-J surveys the place for a witch who was betrayed to them by an informant--Harry himself--and has secretly returned to Japan. But they're not the only ones.
11	The Soul Cages (3/3/2004) Two men are found dead in an alleyway of a walled city, apparently by a witch whose powers have just awakened. As the STN-J investigates, a mysterious old woman roams in and out of the crime scene.
12	Precious Illusions (3/4/2004) A hacker has broken through the STN-J's computer defenses through Robin's terminal. Meanwhile, Robin returns to the walled city and seeks out the old woman. Is she the rumored immortal witch Methuselah, and how will Robin handle what she is telling her?
13	The Eyes of Truth (3/8/2004) A SOLOMON inquisitor comes to Japan to test a new potential hunter, a craft-user named Shiro Masuda. The thin line between hunter and witch is drawn as Shiro is left to decide his fate and accept the consequences.
14	Loaded Guns (3/9/2004) While on a stake-out with Amon, Robin is attacked by an unknown gunman in the shadows. An analysis from Michael finds that the attacker was using anti-witch bullets which the STN-J have not used in five years. Is someone hunting Robin?
15	Time to Say Goodbye (3/10/2004) Robin's apartment is no longer safe, and she is kept at Raven's Flat for protection. The STN-J examine the shells used in the most recent attack, and Michael narrows it down to three possible suspects. But when none of them fit the crime, then there could only be one other person...
16	Heal the Pain (3/11/2004) In the aftermath of an attack on the STN-J, Robin and Amon have disappeared. The rest of the team try to carry on without them, but they are seriously understaffed and the strain is difficult. Where is Robin, and what did the attackers want?
17	Dilemma (3/15/2004) A witch is blowing up ATMs in the city, and Dojima and Karasuma are both reluctant to hunt her. Meanwhile Robin, now working as a courier while hiding out with a friend of Amon's, is hired to baby-sit a rather unusual girl.
18	In My Pocket (3/16/2004) A string of murders inside the walled city is connected to a search for an artifact known as the "Fragment of Wisdom". Nagira learns of this and asks Robin if she knows anything; she claims she doesn't, but he suspects otherwise.
19	Missing (3/17/2004) Nagira introduces Robin to a married couple who he believes knows something about the Fragment. The wife has an odd reaction to Robin--it turns out they had a daughter who was just about her age when she disappeared without a trace, possibly hunted and taken by the Factory.
20	All I Really Oughta Know (3/18/2004) SOLOMON sends a new hunter to the STN-J: Sastre, a hunter who attacks random witches and leaves behind a paper crane with the name of his intended victim written inside. When Robin is revealed as his next target, her only chance is to get the Fragment back from Nagira--but it's been stolen!
21	No Way Out (3/22/3004) As Robin tries to cope with her new identity as a witch, she knows SOLOMON will send someone else after her. And she is right: a new hunter named Corneli is dispatched to Japan to track her down. Amon is on the scene as well, but whose side is he on?
22	Family Portrait (3/23/2004) Zaizen is moving ahead with his Orbo development project despite budget cuts from SOLOMON HQ. Meanwhile, Robin and Nagira visit an old woman who was recently seen with Amon. While searching her son's bedroom, they find an old picture of a woman who looks just like Robin, on top of some research of a possible link between witches and genetics.
23	Sympathy For The Devil (3/24/2004) Zaizen is developing a new type of human-safe Orbo which would make hunters unnecessary, but it has some painful side effects. Amon finally reappears before Robin, but has he really come to hunt her? And why has the Factory targeted Sakaki all of a sudden?
24	Rent (3/25/2004) Sakaki is safe, but Karasuma has disappeared. Loyalties are tested and secrets are revealed as the rest of the STN-J plans her rescue. And when Zaizen sets his sights on a former SOLOMON researcher about to be transferred to Europe, the STN-J must get to him before the Factory does. But why does he call Robin the "Devil's child"?
25	Redemption Day (3/29/2004) As the STN-J plan to infiltrate the Factory, Robin gets a visit from her guardian, Father Juliano, and asks him about her true nature and why she was even born.
26	Time to Tell (3/30/2004) With the rest of the STN-J still inside the Factory and a SOLOMON assault team fast approaching, Amon and Robin confront Zaizen, and the final piece of the puzzle is revealed. Can witches and humans really coexist?