A witch hunter is a person who seeks witches in a
witch-hunt
A witch-hunt, or a witch purge, is a search for people who have been labeled witches or a search for evidence of witchcraft. The classical period of witch-hunts in Early Modern Europe and Colonial America took place in the Early Modern per ...
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Witch hunter or variations may also refer to:
Literature
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''Witch Hunter'' (manhwa), Korean manhwa series
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''The Witch Hunter'' (novel), by Bernard Knight
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''The Witch Hunters'' (novel), by Steve Lyons
Film
* ''
Witch Hunter Robin
''Witch Hunter Robin'' (stylized as ''Witch Hunter ROBIN'') is a 2002 Japanese anime series created by Sunrise and animation director Shūkō Murase. The series originally aired in Japan on TV Tokyo between July and December 2002. The series w ...
'', a 2002 anime series
* ''
El Cazador de la Bruja
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 T ...
'' (English: ''The Hunter of the Witch''), a 2007 anime series
* ''
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters'', a 2012 film
* ''
The Last Witch Hunter
''The Last Witch Hunter'' is a 2015 American fantasy action film directed by Breck Eisner and written by Cory Goodman, Matt Sazama, and Burk Sharpless. The film stars Vin Diesel as an immortal witch hunter who must stop a plague from ravaging ...
'', a 2015 American film starring Vin Diesel
Music
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''Witch Hunter'' (album) (1985), by Grave Digger
* ''The Witch Hunter'' (1993), album by
Shinjuku Thief
is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is a major commercial and administrative centre, housing the northern half of the busiest railway station in the world ( Shinjuku Station) and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, the administratio ...
Other uses
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Witch Hunter: The Invisible World'', a 2007 role-playing game
See also
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Witch hunt (disambiguation)
A witch-hunt is a search for suspected or alleged witches. It is also used as a metaphor for investigation with real purpose of harming opponents.
Witch hunt may also refer to:
Film
* ''The Witch Hunt'', a 1981 Norwegian film
* Witch Hunt (1994 ...
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Witch trial (disambiguation) A witch trial is a legal proceeding that is part of a witch-hunt.
Witch trial may also refer to:
* Salem witch trials, a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 169 ...
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Witchfinder (disambiguation)
A Witchfinder is a person who seeks witches in a witch-hunt.
Witchfinder may also refer to:
* ''The Witchfinder'' (TV series), a 2022 British sitcom
* "The Witchfinder", an episode in the second series of ''Merlin''
* "The Witchfinder", a song ...
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Witchfinder General (disambiguation)
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