Magic Maker anime reveals January 2025 release and more in main PV

Modified Oct 27, 2024 13:09 GMT

Magic Maker anime reveals January 2025 release and more in main PV (Image via Studio DEEN)

Friday, October 18, 2024, saw Kadokawa begin streaming the main promotional video for the upcoming Magic Maker anime series, which revealed the series’ January 2025 release window. The promotional video also confirmed that the series will debut in Japan on TV Tokyo, TV Osaka, BS NTV, and AT-X. Unfortunately, no additional release information was discussed in this latest batch of news.

The promotional video also revealed additional cast members for the Magic Maker anime. Staff for the series also shared a new key visual featuring the story’s central characters and also confirmed the opening theme song information for the series. The ending theme wasn’t discussed in this latest news but will likely be the focus of the series’ next major announcement.

Magic Maker anime features series’ central trio in new key visual

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The newly announced cast for the Magic Maker anime includes Sora Amamiya as Rose, Yu Serizawa as Rafine, Aoi Koga as Brigitte, Noaya Miyase as Cole, Mitsuri Miyamoto as Gawwain, Megumi Toyoguchi as Ema, and Masayuki Akasaka as Grast. Megumi Han and Ai Kakuma star as siblings Shion and Marie, respectively.

Amamiya as Rose will also be heavily featured alongside Shion and Marie as the series’ central trio. The three are featured in a new key visual for the series, which sees Shion seemingly wielding magic while Rose and Marie each wield a unique type of sword. However, this presumption is seemingly contrary to the setting of author Kazuki Kaburagi and illustrator Kururi’s original Magic Maker Isekai Maho no Tsukurikata light novels.

Officially translated as How to Perform Alternate World Magic, the story follows a man who dies in the modern world of a heart attack. The man always longed to be able to wield magic and was likewise ecstatic to be reborn in another world as a baby named Shion. However, Shion is disappointed to discover as a young child that magic doesn’t exist in this world.

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Shion is born into a noble family with an older sister named Marie, whom he one day visits a lake with. There, the pair witness an inexplicable phenomenon that is similar to magic, giving the boy hope once again. He then decides to be this new world’s pioneer of magic, starting his research on the subject and attempting to discover and master the rules behind it.

Kazuomi Koga is directing the Magic Maker anime series at Studio DEEN, with Keiichiro Ochi in charge of series scripts. Takayuki Noguchi is designing the anime’s characters, with Kei Yoshikawa and Kana Hashiguchi composing its music. TOY’S FACTORY is in charge of music production for the series.

The light novel series was originally launched as a web novel on the Shosetsuka ni Naro website in June 2017, which is still ongoing today. The light novels began in May 2020 and are also ongoing. A manga adaptation began in June 2021 but ended in February 2023.