Hannah and Barbara

Hannah and Barbara are characters in Little Witch Academia, who are students of the Luna Nova Magical Academy. They often accompanied Diana Cavendish and act as their loyal friends and assistants.

Hannah is voiced in Japanese by Eri Nakao and in English by Jennifer Alyx, while Barbara is voiced in Japanese by Chinatsu Akasaki and in English by Alexis Nichols.

Hannah England
Hannah is a girl of average stature. She has wavy auburn hair, that she keeps tied into a ponytail with a yellow bow. Her hazel eyes show a firm attitude, and she has somewhat thick eyebrows.

Her Luna Nova Academy standard uniform consists of a dark blue skirt and jacket with buttons in the center of the same color, a white shirt and tie underneath, along with a normal blue belt. She wears long socks of the same color as the jacket, and dark brown shoes.

In her prototype design, Hannah had dark blue hair with pigtails instead of auburn hair with a ponytail.

Barbara Parker
Barbara is a girl of average stature. She has completely straight and waist-length black hair, with teal eyes. Her eyelashes are highlighted in the lower part of her eyes and her eyebrows are a bit as thick as Hannah's.

Her Luna Nova Academy standard uniform consists of a dark blue skirt and jacket with buttons in the center of the same color, a white shirt and tie underneath, along with a normal blue belt. She wears long socks of the same color as the jacket, and dark brown shoes.

In her prototype design, Barbara had dark brown hair instead of black.

Hannah England
Hannah, like all witches in the academy, has her magic wand. In the first short film, she uses it to to attack the Ancient Dragon with a lightning spell.

Barbara Parker
Barbara, like all witches in the academy, has her own magic wand and flying broom.

In the first short film, Barbara creates fireballs using flame magic to defeat the Ancient Dragon, though that only makes the dragon stronger due to its consumption of magic, and Akko mentions in The Enchanted Parade that Barbara is skilled in the art. In the TV series episode "Don't Stop Me Now", Barbara uses a spell that transforms Akko's broom into a scooter, mocking her inability to fly.

Etymology
"Hannah" comes from the Hebrew name חַנָּה (Channah) meaning "favour" or "grace", "Barbara" is derived from Greek βαρβαρος (barbaros) meaning "foreign", and "Parker" is a surname of English origin, derived from Old French with the meaning "keeper of the park". "Parker" was also a nickname given to gamekeepers in medieval England. It is the 48th-most common surname in England. Within the United States, it is ranked as the 47th-most common surname.

Trivia

 * Hannah and Barbara's names are most likely a reference to William Hanna and Joseph Barbera of Hanna-Barbera fame (a very well-known American animation studio).
 * Their surnames likely come from real life atheletes Hannah England and Barbara Parker.