Does one need to see the 2 Little Witch Academia movies before watching the series?


Prior to the 2017 series of _Little Witch Academia_ there were two films: a
~30 minute one released in 2013, which is just called _Little Witch Academia_
, and a ~60 minute one released in 2015 called _Little Witch Academia: The
Enchanted Parade_.

I am wondering if one needs to watch either or both of these films before
watching the 2017 series?




[This seems like enough of an answer to post as such, but I still haven't
watched the films, so I don't have the full context.]

I watched the _Little Witch Academia_ anime without having seen the films. I
didn't have any trouble understanding the plot, and I could spot a major plot
twist coming even without the context of the films. However, from [the
Wikipedia
synopses](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Witch_Academia#Short_films),
the events in the two films are not ones that appear in the anime, and at
least one plot point is outright handled differently:

> Per Wikipedia and [the fan wiki](http://little-witch-
> academia.wikia.com/wiki/Shiny_Rod), how Akko finds the Shiny Rod is
> different. In the anime, she stumbles into the Shiny Rod while she is in
> trouble, while in the film, she finds it on a class assignment to look for
> treasure.

As far as I can tell, the characterisations in the films and in the anime are
consistent with each other. In particular, Akko's incompetence and her
classmates' ridicule of her for her love of Shiny Chariot are a theme in both
adaptations. Anecdotally, I have also heard that the aforementioned plot twist
was foreseeable in the films as well, although it does not appear to be
explicitly revealed:

> Ursula is Shiny Chariot.




[This seems like enough of an answer to post as such, but I still haven't
watched the films, so I don't have the full context.]

I watched the _Little Witch Academia_ anime without having seen the films. I
didn't have any trouble understanding the plot, and I could spot a major plot
twist coming even without the context of the films. However, from [the
Wikipedia
synopses](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Witch_Academia#Short_films),
the events in the two films are not ones that appear in the anime, and at
least one plot point is outright handled differently:

> Per Wikipedia and [the fan wiki](http://little-witch-
> academia.wikia.com/wiki/Shiny_Rod), how Akko finds the Shiny Rod is
> different. In the anime, she stumbles into the Shiny Rod while she is in
> trouble, while in the film, she finds it on a class assignment to look for
> treasure.

As far as I can tell, the characterisations in the films and in the anime are
consistent with each other. In particular, Akko's incompetence and her
classmates' ridicule of her for her love of Shiny Chariot are a theme in both
adaptations. Anecdotally, I have also heard that the aforementioned plot twist
was foreseeable in the films as well, although it does not appear to be
explicitly revealed:

> Ursula is Shiny Chariot.

