History Anime / WitchHunterRobin

** Robin sleeps naked but it's pretty low on the {{fanservice}}-o-meter, since all the times she sits up she holds the blanket quite high.

* TheChick: Yuriko Doujima, whose the only girl of the group before Robin comes and is definitely the most girly with her fashion magazines and gossip. She comes into her own [[spoiler: when it's revealed she's a double agent.]]

* TheDollEpisode: One witch had the power to animate dolls.

%%* IllGirl: [[spoiler:Robin's late mother, Maria, who's never seen on-screen except for in a photograph.]]

* NiceHat: Sastre wears a wide brimmed hat of crimson red.

SOLOMON, or STN[[note]]Solomon Toukatsu Nin'idantai, roughly Solomon Executive Organization[[/note]], is a group that hunts "[[WitchSpecies witches]]" -- that is, [[DoingInTheWizard people born with specific genetic superhuman abilities associated with magic]]. The opening credits' FauxlosophicNarration implies witches may have been a culture or civilization which ruled over man until they were somehow deposed or otherwise self-destructed (as opposed to just a WitchSpecies). Into SOLOMON's hunt enters the newest member of Japanese branch STN-J: the eponymous Robin Sena, a witch herself with the ability to conjure and control fire.

* WitchSpecies: Witch powers are genetic, and following this logic, twins have the same powers.

* NotSoDifferent: Discussed by Karasuma: [[{{Foreshadowing}} "A witch who kills people that soil her world, and witch hunters that capture them for soiling the human world."]]

* WorldOfCardboardSpeech: Robin says one when she discovers the secret behind the Fragment of Wisdom. [[spoiler: "I can see it... The inner secrets of the craft... I can see his element of air. You burned the fragment to ashes. I see...This is the true craft. The power derived from the elements, lying dormant in my body, not captured in some "fragment of wisdom". That's why you attacked me. Tell me, what makes you think I am a witch?]]

* ConspicuousCG: There isn't any in the animation itself, but there are a lot of very conspicuously CG ''backgrounds''.

* NunsAreMikos: Robin's roomate refers to her as a nun, and she was definitely raised in a monastery, and that certainly would explain her modest dress and penchant for prayer... but then she admits she's never really thought about whether God exists, and you'd think a Catholic nun would at least have an opinion on that.

* GovernmentConspiracy: [[spoiler: The STNJ is set up as a police force for witches but it's true purpose to develop anti-witch weapons for the FinalSolution outlined above.]]

* BoxedCrook: Michael Lee discovered STN while hacking their high-security system; he ended up "recruited" into SOLOMON for his transgression. [[spoiler:In the epilogue, he takes a walk outside in the daylight.]]

* EquivalentExchange: The power of a witch is to save one life by taking another. It's notable for being the first witch that's ALighterShadeOfGrey and thus bringing a more complicated morality than what had existed earlier.

** The waitress outfits in "Separate Lives" leave little to the animation.

** It's quite clear in the episode that his power was telekinesis. He even uses it to push a heavy wheeled cart over Amon while he's lying prone, which quite clearly hurts. He takes down most of the team and is only stopped when faced with Robin's powers, gets distracted and is shot full of Orbo. It was likely a different form of telekinesis than the little boy later in the series, who is so powerful he can crush cars into wrecks with his mind and squashes his uncle to death between two rail cars.

* AdamAndEvePlot: [[spoiler: At the end of the series, due to genetic alteration done to her mother, Robin cannot go insane from her powers and this advantage is a dominant trait that will be passed onto any children and future descendants of hers. Robin is essentially to be the mother of a new witch species]]

* AmplifierArtifact: The Fragment of Wisdom. [[spoiler: It's actually a MagicFeather. Robin is the real fragment.]]

* BattleCouple: Amon and Robin. Usually a SwordAndSorcerer duo, but they give off a LadyAndKnight vibe in [[spoiler:"Loaded Guns"]].

** Another case could be made for [[spoiler:Todo]], depending on one's views on Robin's heritage.

* ButNotTooForeign: Almost off the bat, we find out that Robin is half Japanese [[spoiler: from her dad]]. It's only near the end of the series that we learn that her other half is [[spoiler: Italian from her mom. It's also from her mom that she has witch powers and Robin's maternal grandfather is actually Father Juliano]]

* CoolShades: Robin picks up a pair after [[spoiler:leaving the STN-J and taking a job as a bike messenger]].

* DeathSeeker: Methuselah, Robins power was the only thing that could bring death to a witch like her.

* TheEmpath: Miho Karasuma, though she uses {{psychometry}}, is notable because her power ''is'' useful when used.
* EquivalentExchange: The power of a witch who can save one life by taking another. Notable for being the first witch that's ALighterShadeOfGrey and thus bringing a more complicated morality than what had existed earlier.

* [[HunterOfHisOwnKind Hunter Of Her Own Kind]]: Robin, who doesn't give it much thought until [[WhatTheHellHero she gets called out on it]] by an ancient witch with [[ExpositionBeam the power to share memories]].
* {{Hypocrite}}: Zaizen wants to eliminate witches and how doesn't he plan to do that? [[spoiler: By using a substance his organization makes from the witches' painfully drained body fluids]], When Robin calls him out on this, his breakdown gets even worse.

* ImprobableHairstyle: Subverted, Robin's hairstyle seems improbable at first glance, but it's shown to be held in place by a number of hairpins and hair ties. The rest of the cast generally has realistic normal hair.

* ModestyBedsheet: Robin sleeps in the nude, which is surprising considering she was raised in a convent.

* NoSell: In the series' prologue, Amon takes a witch's psychic blast without flinching and says, "Your powers don't work on me." Justified because Amon has a PowerNullifier on his neck.

* OhCrap: [[spoiler: Sastre]] when Robin {{No Sell}}s his best shot.

* PersonalityPowers: Noteworthy in its aversion. Since powers are tied to genetics and spiritualism, the writers had every excuse. However, [[ShrinkingViolet Robin]] is shy and demure, in contrast to the typical personality that one would expect from someone with [[PlayingWithFire her powers]]. Karasuma, by contrast, probably would've been an insightful person even without PsychicPowers.

** Subversion-The Inquisitor is more of an official than a minister and less "sinister" than playing the "bad cop"
** Defiance. Father Juliano, Robin's guardian [[spoiler: and grandfather]] tried to be this trope but raising Robin mellowed him out. Instead of condemning her, he blesses her.

* TeamMom: Harry for the STN-J. The members go to his cafe for emotional support and guidance. He makes special tea for them when they're sick. After the WhamEpisode he hugs Robin and says "Welcome home."

** [[spoiler: Sastre]] when Robin [[HatDamage burns his hat.]]
** BigBad [[spoiler: Zaizen]], when the truth concerning witches and humans is revealed. He goes from denial to contradicting himself, screaming louder and louder all the while... and this from a guy who was the epitome of composure the entire series.

* PoweredByAForsakenChild: Expected in a series about hunting witches, but the specifics are refreshing. [[spoiler: Orbo, the [[AppliedPhlebotinum magical green juice]] that protects the STN-J members, is [[SoylentGreen painfully extracted from previously captured witches, even those who have never used their powers for evil.]]]]

%%* DeathSeeker: Methuselah

* DeathSeeker: Methuselah

** Some witches use symbols that can be recognized by other unrelated witches, which implies that there is a [[MagicAIsMagicA a coherent system in use]] among them. One witch even contacted her sister's ghost for a revenge plot with a ritual that Robin recognized.

* GovernmentConspiracy: [[spoiler: The STNJ is set up as a police force for witches but it's true purpose to develop ant-witch weapons for the FinalSolution outlined above.]]

* Hypocrite: Zaizen, he wants to eliminate witches, how doesn't he plan to do that?, [[spoiler: By using a substance his organization makes from the witches' painfully drained body fluids]], When Robin calls him out on this, his breakdown gets even worse.

* ImpliedLoveInterest: Amon and Robin are this to each other.

* TheMenInBlack: STN, operating under an organization named Solomon.

* MonsterOfTheWeek: Follows the format for the first half of the series, before progressing to the formal storyline proper.

* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Methuselah

** Capping it off is the episode where [[spoiler: a centuries-old witch uses an ExpositionBeam to showcase just how thoroughly humanity has been persecuting the good and bad witches even long before Salem. Really, humanity got lucky that there was no Witch {{Magneto}} to lead the oppressed witches in a revolt against the {{muggle}}s.]]

* YoungerThanTheyLook: Robin's fifteen. It's easy to forget that because she sounds, looks, and acts nothing like her age.

The main theme of '''''Witch Hunter Robin''''' involves the moral responsibility of a witch's powers -- and how many witches [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity become consumed by their own power]]. Other themes include isolation and persecution, as witches have a hard time assimilating and living among humans while controlling their dark urges. The second half of the show reveals that even innocent witches live in fear of being killed or disappeared by SOLOMON if their powers are discovered, and Robin herself battles with the fear she will one day become drunk on her power and become a target.