In the very beginning of the series, the ignorant Akko has only a vague sense of how to even get to Luna Nova, and non-magic locals have no idea where the “stop” is she’s looking for.
Despite all this, she still winds up an inexplicably “special” protagonist very early on in the series when she accidentally summons an ancient, powerful staff called the Shiny Rod.Īkko is enthusiastic and headstrong, which sometimes alienates her from her classmates.
Akko is inexperienced and unskilled, which makes her that much more relatable in this fantastical world, but her boundless enthusiasm makes her headstrong and unlikable at school. Though the mechanics of their world are pretty different from the likes of Harry Potter or The Magicians, Little Witch Academia still makes use of many “magic school” tropes that fans of these franchises have come to expect while eventually producing something utterly unique.Īkko, the lead in the story, was inspired as a little girl by the showy magician Shiny Chariot to become a witch herself. Little Witch Academia focuses on three friends - Akko, Sucy, and Lotte - at Luna Nova Academy, a magic school for witches located in West England. Netflix’s newest anime release, Little Witch Academia, takes viewers to a magical school for a story that might as well be called “Sailor Moon goes to Hogwarts” - and the results are hilariously cute and just plain fun.
