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Modern Magic Made Simple (TV)

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Alternative title:
Yoku Wakaru Gendai Mahō (Japanese)
よくわかる現代魔法 (Japanese)
簡單易懂的現代魔法 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: action, comedy, magic
Themes: magical girl
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: The story revolves around Koyomi Morishita, a clumsy high school freshman girl who is often mistaken for a grade-schooler because of her shortness. Koyomi becomes a disciple of Misa Anehara, a 25-year-old graduate student who happens to be one of the most powerful modern-day magicians.
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User Ratings: 289 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 6 votes (sub:2, raw:2, others:2
1 Tagalog dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 13 votes (sub:11, dub:2)
 Very good: 53 votes (sub:35, dub:17, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Good: 88 votes (sub:76, dub:10, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Decent: 51 votes (sub:50, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 24 votes (sub:22, dub:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Not really good: 26 votes (sub:23, dub:2, raw:1)
 Weak: 19 votes (sub:17, dub:1, others:1
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Bad: 8 votes (sub:7, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 534 users, rank: #2040 (of 9857)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.301 (Decent+), std. dev.: 1.8024, rank: #6602 (of 10009)
Weighted mean: 6.225 (Decent+), rank: #6757 (of 10009) (seen all: 6.49 / seen some: 4.96 / won't finish: 4.03)
Bayesian estimate: 6.279 (Decent+), rank: #6064 (of 7550)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage:
2009-07-04 (Advanced Broadcast)
2009-07-11 to 2009-09-26
Release dates: We have 6
Opening Theme:
"programming for non-fiction" by Natsuko Aso
Ending Theme:
"Made in WONDER" by Aki Misato
Official website:
よくわかる現代魔法 (Japanese)
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 3
Review:
Modern Magic Made Simple Sub.DVD (Jun 27, 2012)
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Press Release:
Section23 Films Announces December Slate (Sep 20, 2011)
Other article:
Shelf Life - Modern Magica (Apr 16, 2012)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Modern Magic Made Simple - Complete Collection (Sub.DVD) 2011-12-20 (from $53.50)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Yasuhiro Kuroda
Series Composition:
Yasuhiro Kuroda
Yūichi Monda
Script:
Michiko Itou (eps 6-7, 9-10)
Naoki Tozuka (5 episodes
eps 1, 5, 8, 11-12
)
Yūichi Monda (eps 0, 2-4)
Storyboard:
Junichi Sakata (eps 3, 7, 11)
Katsuyuki Kodera (eps 5, 9)
Masahiro Sonoda (ep 8)
Mitsue Yamazaki (ep 4)
Nagisa Miyazaki (eps 0, 6)
Takehiro Nakayama (eps 1, 12)
Toshihiro Kikuchi (ep 10)
Toshinari Yamashita (OP)
Yasuhiro Kuroda (ep 2)
Episode Director:
Atsushi Nakayama (ep 1)
Jirō Asuka (ep 11)
Masahiro Sonoda (ep 8)
Masato Jinbo (ep 6)
Mitsue Yamazaki (ep 4)
Naoki Murata (eps 3, 7, 12)
Risako Yoshida (ep 2)
Toshihiro Kikuchi (ep 10)
Yasushi Muroya (ep 0)
Yoshitaka Nagaoka (eps 5, 9)
Music: Yukari Hashimoto
Original creator: Hiroshi Sakurazaka
Original Character Design: Miki Miyashita
Character Design: Makoto Koga
Art Director: Ken'ichi Tatefuji (See Throu Studio)
Chief Animation Director: Masafumi Tamura
Animation Director:
Eri Baba (ep 5)
Kenichi Ishimaru (ep 8)
Kenji Ōta (eps 3, 6, 11)
Makoto Koga (ep 11)
Masafumi Tamura (eps 0, 12)
Rie Fujiwara (ep 8)
Shinji Yamamoto (eps 4, 7, 11)
Shinya Ojiri (ep 2)
Takashi Uchida (eps 1, 9)
Toshihiro Kikuchi (ep 10)
Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa
Director of Photography: Tōru Sugawara (Studio Cosmos)
Producer:
Katsumi Koike
Nobuhiro Nakayama
Takashi Takano
Tetsurō Saitō
Tsuneo Takechi

2nd Key Animation:
Akio Kitahara
Eri Baba
Eriko Murakami
Hiromi Kawamoto
Hiroyuki Sekigawa
Makoto Iino
Masahito Onoda (eps 3-4)
Masaki Kōsaka
Miyako Ōta
Noriko Sato
Nozomu Kurahashi
Reiko Sato
Reina Takada
Saki Kobayashi
Shunsuke Itai
Takayo Mitsuwaka
Takayoshi Hayashi
Toshiharu Kumaoka
Yōsuke Imakubo
Yukio Kitahara
Animation Check:
Akiko Fujimoto
Mitsue Akiyama
Rika Takada
Assistant Animation Director:
Kazuhisa Kosuge (ep 8)
Naoki Yamauchi (ep 12)
Reiko Sato (ep 8)
Yoshino Honda (ep 8)
Background Art:
Fuminao Akai
Sanae Tomoto
Sumiko Aihara (Studio Jack)
Yasutoshi Kawai (Studio Jack)
Color design: Osamu Mikasa
Color Key:
Chikako Kamata
Kouta Shiraishi (Studio Easter)
Mayumi Tomari (Studio Fantasia)
Yukiko Shigemitsu
Composite:
Fujiko Tabata
Hiroshi Yoshida
Kazuhiro Udagawa (Studio Cosmos; eps 1-12)
Kōichi Gonda
Masato Andō
Naohisa Haijima
Sakae Sugai
Shinji Ikegami
Tatsuaki Koike
Yūji Shirai
Yūko Orikasa
Yumiko Morimoto
Yumiko Suibun
Yurie Tadano
Design Assistant: Hiroyuki Kasugai
Editing: Mutsumi Takemiya
Finish Animation:
Aiko Shinohara (Studio Easter)
Emi Nonaka (Studio Easter)
Emiko Onodera (Studio Easter)
Fumiko Numahata
Hitomi Ikeda (Studio Easter)
Kanna Terawake
Keiko Kai (Studio Easter; ep 12)
Kumiko Anno (Studio Easter)
Miyuki Shimada (Studio Easter)
Shun Hasegawa (Studio Easter)
Yukiko Shigemitsu
Finish Check:
Emiko Okada (Studio Fantasia)
Hiroko Umezaki
Noriko Komata
Osamu Mikasa
Yukiko Shigemitsu
In-Between Animation:
Aki Komori
Maiko Hara
Minami Watanabe
Miyuki Oshiro
Reina Takada
Satoshi Inoue
Tomomi Morita
Yumi Fushimi
Key Animation:
Aiko Ōura (Sunrise Animation Studio-Ep6,9)
Akio Kitahara (5 episodes
eps 0-1, 3, 7, 12
)
Atsushi Nikaidō (ep 4)
Atsushi Usui (ep 8)
Aya Nagumo (eps 1, 4)
Ayu Imoto (ep 8)
Bomin Kim (Big Bang; ep 12)
Chikae Kuwahara (Big Bang; ep 12)
Dai Nishino (Big Bang; ep 12)
Daisuke Kamei (ep 11)
Daisuke Saitō (eps 1, 7, 12)
Eiichi Kuboyama (ep 3)
Eisuke Matsubara (ep 10)
Eitarō Abe (eps 6, 12)
Eri Baba (eps 0, 4, 10)
Eriko Iida (Sunrise Animation Studio -Ep 5)
Fumiko Kon (ep 9)
Hidenori Miyahara (Nakamura Production; ep 3)
Hiroaki Konno (Big Bang; ep 12)
Hiroko Shigekuni (eps 6, 11)
Hiroshi Tatezaki (ep 11)
Hiroyuki Kasugai (eps 1, 3, 7, 10)
Itaru Saito (ep 12)
Ji Hee Jung (Anihouse Sun; ep 12)
Kana Nishijima (Sunrise Animation Studio -Ep 6)
Katsumi Aoshima (eps 2, 7)
Katsushi Suzuki (Big Bang; ep 12)
Kazuhisa Kosuge (ep 8)
Kazuki Ito (ep 4)
Kazuki Toi (ep 6)
Kazuma Kikuchi (ep 1)
Kei Mazaki (ep 12)
Kei Ōhashi (ep 7)
Keiko Motoya (ep 10)
Keisuke Watanabe (ep 9)
Ken Mutou (eps 1, 4)
Kenichi Ishimaru (ep 8)
Kenichi Umeki (ep 1)
Kenichi Umemoto (ep 9)
Kenji Ōta (eps 0, 3, 6, 11)
Kōichi Shimizu (Big Bang; ep 12)
Kōichi Takai (eps 1, 4, 7)
Kōji Miura (eps 9, 12)
Kōsuke Yoshida (Nakamura Pro.; eps 3, 6-7)
Kumiko Abe (SunriseAnimationSt.-Ep5,6,9,11)
Maki Fujita (ep 12)
Makoto Ōta (ep 0)
Makoto Ozawa (ep 11)
Manabu Shioda (eps 1, 3, 11)
Mao Furukawa (ep 8)
Masafumi Tamura (ep 12)
Masakazu Ishikawa (ep 8)
Masanori Hashimoto (Big Bang; ep 12)
Masanori Iizuka (AI; ep 12)
Masaru Yoshioka (ep 2)
Masato Nishikawa (ep 11)
Megumi Yamazaki (ep 10)
Michinori Shika (ep 10)
Mika Suzuki (Sunrise Animation Studio-Ep6,9)
Min Bae Lee (Anihouse Sun; ep 12)
Mitsuru Nakata (Nakamura Pro.; eps 3, 6-7, 11)
Miyako Ōta (eps 4-5, 9)
Miyuki Konno (ep 8)
Naoki Yamauchi (eps 0, 5-6)
Naomi Ide (ep 8)
Naoto Nakamura (ep 4)
Noriko Sato (eps 0-1, 3, 9)
Reiko Sato (eps 0, 2, 8, 10)
Reina Takada (eps 5, 9)
Risako Yoshida (ep 0)
Saki Kobayashi (eps 0, 4-5, 9)
Sakiko Uda (SunriseAnimationStudio-Ep6,11)
Sakurako Mitsuhashi (Sunrise Animation Studio -Ep 5)
Satomi Watabe (Sunrise Animation St.-Ep5,6,9)
Satomi Yamanaka (ep 6)
Seiji Masuda (eps 0, 2)
Shigeki Iwasaki (Sunrise Animation St.-Ep5,6,11)
Shinichi Iimura (eps 1, 7)
Shinji Abe (ep 8)
Shinji Yamamoto (eps 0, 5)
Shinya Kameyama (eps 1, 10)
Shinya Ojiri (eps 0, 3)
Shinya Yamada (ep 6)
Shun Odajima (eps 1, 12)
Takashi Uchida (ep 1)
Takayo Mitsuwaka (eps 0-1, 7, 10)
Takayoshi Hayashi (ep 11)
Takuya Hirata (ep 11)
Tokuhiro Itagaki (Sunrise Animation Studio -Ep 9)
Tomoaki Chishima (ep 11)
Tomokazu Shimabukuro (Nakamura Pro.; eps 4, 6-7, 11)
Tomoko Tsuji (ep 8)
Tomomi Murayama (ep 8)
Tomoyuki Kitamura (eps 0, 4)
Tomoyuki Ōshita (ep 0)
Toshihiro Kikuchi (eps 0, 3-5, 10)
Toshinari Yamashita (OP)
Wataru Yamamoto (ep 10)
Yoshimasa Kikuchi (AI; ep 12)
Yoshinari Saito (ep 8)
Yoshino Honda (ep 8)
Yōsuke Imakubo (ep 7)
Youko Kuboyama (ep 10)
Young Hee Cho (Anihouse Sun; ep 12)
Yūhei Murota (Sunrise Animation Studio-Ep6,9)
Yui Murakami (ep 10)
Yūki Nakajima (eps 0, 4)
Yūki Yamashita (Nakamura Production; eps 4, 6)
Yukihiro Kitano (10 episodes
eps 0-5, 7, 9-10, 12
)
Yukihiro Kobayashi (eps 2, 9)
Yukiko Muta (Big Bang; ep 12)
Yumie Wada (NakamuraProduction-Eps.3,4,11)
Music producer: Yoshiyuki Ito
Online Editor:
Ayaka Minami
Gen Itakura
Planning:
Akihiro Kawamura
Kazuhiko Torishima
Nobuhiko Sakoh
Shunji Inoue
Tatsuya Ono
Production:
Kohei Kawase
Naoki Watanabe
Tetsuro Satomi
Production Advancement:
Akihiko Ōsawa (eps 0, 4)
Riyo Horie (ep 8)
Sayuri Ōi (eps 5, 9)
Shin Tozuka (eps 2, 6)
Takanobu Akita (ep 12)
Takanori Yano (ep 10)
Takashi Udo (ep 8)
Takurō Suzuki (eps 6, 11)
Yasuhiro Fujikawa (eps 1, 3, 7, 12)
Yoshiki Sugano (ep 8)
Production producer: Yūji Takae
Special Effects: Naomasa Fukuda
Theme Song Performance:
Aki Misato (ED)
Natsuko Aso (OP)
Ai Nonaka as Koyomi Morishita

Haruka Tomatsu as Yumiko Cristina Ichinose
Hitomi Nabatame as Misa Anehara
Minako Kotobuki as Kaho Sakazaki
Shintarō Asanuma as Sōshirō Anehara

Ayumi Fujimura as
Katamari
Mayuri Anehara
Binbin Takaoka as
Detective (ep 8)
Man (ep 11)
Chikara Ōsaka as
Manager (ep 2)
Tsukumo Jinzai
Gō Inoue as Company employee (ep 3)
Hiromi Igarashi as Boy A (ep 1)
Junko Kitanishi as
CA (ep 8)
Teacher (ep 2)
Yumiko's mother
Kazuyuki Okitsu as
Karl Cristbarth
Passerby A (ep 7)
Kenji Hamada as Gary Huang
Masayuki Katō as Jean-Jacques Guibarthez
Misaki Sekiyama as
Boy (ep 7)
Homeroom teacher (ep 1)
Mutsumi Tamura as Sōshirō Anehara (young)
Natsuko Aso as Receptionist (ep 9)
Nobuaki Kanemitsu as
Teacher (ep 10)
Yumiko's father
Nobuhiko Okamoto as Customer B (ep 1)
Noriko Uchiyama as Chinese person (ep 10)
Ryōkichi Takahashi as Thief (ep 3)
Satomi Satō as jini
Shunzō Miyasaka as Customer A (ep 1)
Takashi Oohara as Shop manager (ep 1)
Takayuki Sugō as Karl Cristbarth (old)
Tōru Ohkawa as Company president (ep 2)
Tsutomu Densaka as Passerby B (ep 7)
Tsuyoshi Aoki as Kenjūrō Anehara
Yōko Hikasa as
Mio Kisaragi (ep 2)
Official (ep 4)
Yoshino Nanjō as Student (ep 2)
Yoshiya Naruke as Stock exchange staff (ep 10)
Yuka Saitō as Announcer (ep 3)
Yuka Tanishita as Announcer (ep 9)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
ARCTURUS
Big Bang
C2C
Def.c
diomedéa
Dōga Kōbō
drop
Ekura Animal
Frontline
G&G Entertainment
Geum Woo Production (ep 8)
HEBARAKI
Kagura
Manglobe
Marvie Jack
Nakamura Production
Studio Blanc.
Studio Create
Studio Mu
Sunny Side Up
Sunrise
Tamazawa Dogasha
TNK
Animation Production: Nomad
Backgrounds:
Kyung Kang ANIA
Studio Beam
Studio Jack (10 episodes
eps 1, 3-8, 10-12
)
Broadcaster:
AT-X (2009-07-13)
Bandai Channel (2009-07-13)
Nippon BS Broadcasting Corporation (2009-07-11)
Composite: Studio Cosmos
Finish Animation:
AI
AIM Entertainment
Asahi Production
Chaos Project
D-COLORS
E-cho
Hayashi
KOEI
Kyung Kang ANIA
M.S.J Musashino Production
MADBOX
Mook Animation
Studio Easter
Studio Elle
Studio Fantasia
Sunny Side Up
Triple A
In-Between Animation:
Actas
AI
AIM Entertainment
Anime R
Asahi Production
asread
Big Bang
Brain's Base
diomedéa
E-cho
Frontline
G&G Entertainment
Hayashi
HEBARAKI
J.C. Staff (eps 0, 7, 9, 12)
KOEI
Kyung Kang ANIA
M.S.J Musashino Production
Mook Animation
Nomad
OLM
PIGGY
PRA
Studio Comet
Studio Pastoral
Sunny Side Up
TNK
Triple A
Wao World
Key Animation:
AI
Anihouse Sun (ep 12)
Big Bang
Def.c
Geum Woo Production (ep 8)
HEBARAKI
Nakamura Production
Sunny Side Up
Sunrise Animation Studio
Music Production: Lantis
Production:
Geneon Universal Entertainment
Lantis
Shueisha
The Klockworx Co., Ltd.
Production Assistance: Studio Blanc. (ep 8)
Sound Production: Magic Capsule
English staff
English companies
Translation: Michael Brown
Executive producer:
Eiichi Takahashi
John Ledford

Media Coordinator: Janice Williams
Packaging Design: Larry Koteff
Subtitle Editor: Laura Wyrick
Distributor: Section23 Films (North America)
Internet Streaming:
Crunchyroll (subtitled version)
HIDIVE (Subtitled)
Hulu
The Anime Network
Licensed by: Sentai Filmworks
Subtitles: MX Media LLC
Translation: MX Media LLC
English cast
(none)

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