Witchblade

Witchblade is a 2006 anime television show produced by Gonzo and Sky Perfect Well Think. This is a solidly entertaining sequel/re-imagining of the American comic book series, Witchblade, created by Top Cow. Set in Tokyo six years after a catastrophic earthquake, well-endowed single-mom Masane Amaha returns to the city with her cute six-year-old daughter Rihoko. Masane is well-meaning but somewhat childish and immature, so Rihoko often seems like the mother, cooking, cleaning, shopping, taking care of the house, and is otherwise taking care of her mother instead of the other way around. For the longest time, it's just been the two of them, but child-welfare services has been after Masane for some time now, since she has no job, no income, and no way to care for Rihoko. Masane is also the wielder of the mystical Witchblade, a powerful sentient artifact of extraterrestrial origin that grants her a vast array of supernatural powers that she uses to slice-and-dice the rogue Ex-Cons (shape-changing humans who have the ability to morph into killer machines) that have been responsible for several mysterious murders around the Tokyo area. In the meantime, Masane, of course, keeps her double life as a monster-smashing super-heroine secret from her daughter, fighting to protect her at all costs, even her own life. MORE