El Cazador de la Bruja
El Cazador de la Bruja (エル・カザド, Eru Kazado, Spanish for The Hunter, or by its longer title, The Hunter of the Witch) is an anime television series directed by Kōichi Mashimo and animated by Bee Train studio. It is a spiritual successor of Noir and Madlax and the final installment of Bee Train's "girls-with-guns" trilogy. The series was aired on TV Tokyo from April to September in 2007. A manga adaptation was serialized in the Champion RED Magazine beginning in March 2007, and the chapters were collected into one volume.
| El Cazador de la Bruja | |
Limited edition cover of the first DVD volume | |
| エル・カザド (Eru Kazado) | |
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| Genre | Adventure, girls with guns, modern Western, Yuri |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Kōichi Mashimo |
| Produced by |
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| Written by | Kenichi Kanemaki |
| Music by | Yuki Kajiura |
| Studio | Bee Train |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | TV Tokyo |
| English network | |
| Original run | April 2, 2007 – September 24, 2007 |
| Episodes | 26 |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Hirose Shū |
| Published by | Akita Shoten |
| Magazine | Champion Red |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | March 2007 – August 2007 |
| Volumes | 1 |
The series was announced for North American release by Funimation on February 19, 2009. It was released in two complete season sets in early December 2009 and re-released as a complete set in March 2011. The series made its North American television debut on March 22, 2010, when it started airing on the Funimation Channel.