Witch Watch Ep. 2 “A Giant Rookie / Let’s Go To A Diner / The Flying Classroom”: Freaky First Day [Review]

There are many reasons why Witch Watch Ep. 2 “A Giant Rookie / Let’s Go to a Diner / The Flying Classroom” has such an absurdly long title. It’s all because Nico’s first day in school is just as absurd. It’s so absurd that it’s divided into a series of interconnected vignettes. All with Morihito getting caught in Nico’s magical chaos.

Witch Watch Ep. 2 “A Giant Rookie / Let’s Go to a Diner / The Flying Classroom”: Details

Witch Watch Ep. 2 “A Giant Rookie / Let’s Go to a Diner / The Flying Classroom” is the second episode (you can read my review of Ep. 1 here) of this fantasy romantic comedy anime series. Said anime is the anime adaptation of the manga of the same name by Kenta Shinohara (Sket Dance, Astra Lost in Space). Bibury Animation Studios (Azur Lane: The Animation, The Quintessential Quintuplets 2, Black Rock Shooter: Dawn Fall) is the animation studio behind this anime. GKIDS is licensing this anime in NA, with Crunchyroll and Netflix streaming it worldwide, and Hulu streaming it only in the US, Animation Digital Network streaming only in several European territories, and Aniplus streaming only in South Korea.

Production Crew

Masao Kawase is the director behind Witch Watch Ep. 2 “A Giant Rookie / Let’s Go to a Diner / The Flying Classroom”, with Deko Akao (aka. Hitomi Mieno) as the writer, and Hiroshi Ikehata as the storyboarder.

As for Witch Watch as a whole: Hiroshi Ikehata is the director, with Masao Kawase as the assistant director, and Deko Akao (aka. Hitomi Mieno) as the scriptwriter. Haruko Iizuka is the character designer. Yukari Hashimoto is the composer behind the music.

Speaking of that music: the opening theme song is “Watch Me!” by Yoasobi. Meanwhile, “Mahō Spice” (魔法はスパイス, Magic Spice) by Aooo is the ending theme song.

Voice Cast

Witch Watch Ep. 2 “A Giant Rookie / Let’s Go to a Diner / The Flying Classroom” features the voices of Ryōta Suzuki (Stephen Fu in English dub) as Morihito “Moi” Otogi and Rina Kawaguchi (Lily Ki in English dub) as Nico Wakatsuki.

Other notable voices in this episode include Mikako Komatsu (Rosie Okumura in English dub) as Yūri Makuwa, Rie Takahashi (Erica Mendez in English dub) as Kara Minami, and Konomi Kohara (Xanthe Huynh in English dub) as Kukumi Ureshino.

When and Where to Watch

Witch Watch Ep. 2 “A Giant Rookie / Let’s Go to a Diner / The Flying Classroom” made its airing and streaming (aka. simulcast) debut on April 13, 2025. You can watch this episode on Crunchyroll. However, you can watch this entire anime not only on Crunchyroll, but also on Netflix and Hulu.

Witch Watch Ep. 2 “A Giant Rookie / Let’s Go to a Diner / The Flying Classroom”: Synopsis

Alas, Witch Watch only recently began airing. In fact, Witch Watch Ep. 2 “A Giant Rookie / Let’s Go to a Diner / The Flying Classroom” only just made its debut two days ago as of this writing. Thus, we shall be giving you the official synopsis of this episode from Crunchyroll to tease the story without too many spoilers below:

“Nico and Morihito enroll in Asunaro Private High School. Nico is pushed to hide the fact that she’s a witch.”

Witch Watch Ep. 2 “A Giant Rookie / Let’s Go to a Diner / The Flying Classroom”: The Good

The best part about Witch Watch Ep. 2 “A Giant Rookie / Let’s Go to a Diner / The Flying Classroom” is definitely the story. Mostly because, as the title implies, there’s so much of it. It’s mostly due to the format of this episode. The way it’s divided into a series of interconnected vignettes/skits makes it feel a lot longer than it actually is despite it being the length of a typical anime episode. This effectively stretches Nico’s and Morihito’s first day in high school out to an insane degree, and gives more room for the story to develop as a result.

However, I also have to give the animation from Bibury Animation Studios a mention. That animation has seen a bit of an improvement in quality in this episode compared to the premiere, in my opinion. It feels like an overall improvement in quality, with more details on characters, both major and minor. Likely because a lot of these seemingly minor new side characters are actually quite important to the main story. Some of them even end up becoming main characters. Regular readers of Kenta Shinohara’s manga will know who those will be, or even if you just pay attention to the opening and ending. The sudden animation shifts, mostly for comedic purposes, also help keep the episode feeling fresh and interesting, regardless of the quality.

Witch Watch Ep. 2 “A Giant Rookie / Let’s Go to a Diner / The Flying Classroom”: The Bad

Alas, despite the bump in quality, Witch Watch Ep. 2 “A Giant Rookie / Let’s Go to a Diner / The Flying Classroom” still suffers from that which afflicted this anime in the premiere: inconsistent animation quality. This is especially notable when you look at the scenery. which tends to be of noticeably lower quality than the characters and is often blurred out to boot. Most notably: all the glass in the episode doesn’t quite look like glass. They look more like walls painted light blue to vaguely simulate glass. It may be a small thing to save on animation costs, but it does result in an anime that doesn’t look quite as good as it should.

The other thing about this episode is that there’s not much in the way of bloody action. In fact, there’s no bloody action at all. The closest we get is an almost accident involving a truck, and that’s it. Alas, this is not that kind of anime. If you want to watch an anime with bloody action, then might I suggest watching Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Kaiju No. 8, DDDD, DAN DA DAN, Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online II, Zenshu, Solo Leveling, and/or Black Butler? Those anime should have more than enough action and/or blood to satisfy your inner action junkie.

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