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Magical Warfare (TV)

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Alternative title:
Mahō Sensō (Japanese)
魔法戦争 (Japanese)
Genres: action, magic, romance
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: When Nanase Takeshi, a regular high school student, encounters Aiba Miu, a girl from a world of destruction, he winds up getting involved in a grand battle between mages. In order to save Miu, in order to save the world, and in order to change destiny. A real, modern-day magical action story begins now.
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User Ratings: 340 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 3 votes (sub:2, raw:1)
 Excellent: 12 votes (sub:8, dub:3, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Very good: 34 votes (sub:31, dub:3)
 Good: 62 votes (sub:57, dub:4, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Decent: 64 votes (sub:49, dub:13, others:2
2 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 41 votes (sub:35, dub:3, others:3
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Not really good: 42 votes (sub:35, dub:6, others:1
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Weak: 49 votes (sub:43, dub:4, raw:1, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Bad: 20 votes (sub:17, dub:3)
 Awful: 5 votes (sub:5)
 Worst ever: 8 votes (sub:4, ?:1, dub:1, others:2
2 Spanish subtitled
)
Seen in part or in whole by 659 users, rank: #1742 (of 9898)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 5.274 (So-so+), std. dev.: 2.1403, rank: #8970 (of 10043)
Weighted mean: 5.201 (So-so+), rank: #9045 (of 10043) (seen all: 5.33 / seen some: 5.82 / won't finish: 3.55)
Bayesian estimate: 5.285 (So-so+), rank: #7395 (of 7598)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage: 2014-01-09
Release dates: We have 1
Opening Theme:
"Senkō no Prisoner" (閃光のPRISONER) by Yuuka Nanri
Ending Theme:
"Born to be" by nano
Insert song:
"New World" by nano
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Magical Warfare - Complete Collection (Blu-ray) 2015-06-30 (from $48.32)
    Magical Warfare - Complete Collection (Blu-ray) 2022-09-06 (from $28.49)
DVD (Region 1)
    Magical Warfare - Complete Collection (DVD) 2015-06-30 (from $49.99)

Japanese staff
Japanese companies
Director: Yūzō Satō
Series Composition: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
Script:
Atsuo Ishino (eps 8-9)
Kazuyuki Fudeyasu (eps 1-2, 5)
Momoko Murakami (eps 3, 6, 11-12)
Sayaka Harada (eps 4, 7, 10)
Storyboard:
Kazuya Sakamoto (ep 9)
Keiichiro Kawaguchi (ep 4)
Masashi Ishihama (ED)
Masashi Kojima (eps 6, 10)
Naoyuki Itō (ep 8)
Osamu Tadokoro (eps 2, 7, 11)
Tatsufumi Itō (ep 5)
Toshiharu Kudō (ep 3)
Yūzō Satō (OP; ep 1)
Episode Director:
Akira Mano (eps 1, 6, 12)
Katsumi Minoguchi (ep 2)
Kenichi Yatagai (ep 3)
Kiyoshi Murayama (ep 7)
Kōji Sawai (ep 4)
Naoyuki Itō (ep 8)
Shin'ichi Masaki (ep 5)
Takahiro Majima (ep 11)
Yōsuke Hatta (ep 9)
Yūzō Satō (ep 10)
Unit Director:
Masashi Ishihama (ED)
Yūzō Satō (OP)
Music: Masato Kōda
Original creator: Hisashi Suzuki (light novel)
Original Character Design: Lunalia
Character Design: Ryōma Ebata
Art Director: Jirō Kōno
Chief Animation Director: Ryōma Ebata
Animation Director:
Gi Dong Huh (ep 2)
Hitoshi Haga (eps 8, 12)
Jae Min Lee (ep 2)
Jung Woo Kim (ep 2)
Kenji Hattori (ep 3)
Masumi Hoshino (ep 3)
Megumi Nagayama (ep 3)
Ryōma Ebata (OP, ED; ep 12)
3D Director: Tsukasa Saitō
Sound Director: Teruaki Sugawara
Director of Photography: Kazuya Arahata
Producer:
Ayuri Taguchi (MADHOUSE)
Keisuke Kaminaga (Kadokawa Media Factory)
Makoto Itō
Masatoshi Ishizuka (Sony Music Communications)
Shigeaki Komatsu (Flying Dog)
Tsuyoshi Tanaka (TBS)

2nd Key Animation:
Hitoshi Haga (ep 1)
Yōsuke Hatta (eps 1, 9, 12)
3D CG: Tsukasa Saitō
Animation producer: Takuya Tsunoki
Assistant Animation Director: Hitoshi Haga (ep 1)
Assistant Episode Director: Akira Mano (ep 10)
CG Producer: Shigeki Nemoto
Chief Animation Producer: Satoki Toyoda
Color design: Koji Hamaoka
Editing: Mariko Tsukatsune
In-Between Animation: Mitsuka Sekimoto (ep 7)
Key Animation:
Hitoshi Haga (OP; eps 6, 12)
Jung Woo Kim (ep 2)
Kenichi Shimizu (ep 12)
Masahiro Yamane (ep 5)
Masashi Ishihama (ED)
Megumi Nagayama (ep 3)
Takeshi Moriyama (ep 3)
Yūzō Satō (ep 12)
Main Animator: Takashi Kojima
Monster Design: Ryōta Azuma
Music producer: Makoto Nishibe
Paint:
Azusa Sunagawa (Passione Naha; ep 3)
Michino Fujiwara (Passione Naha; ep 3)
Yuriko Yamashita (Passione Naha; ep 3)
Planning:
Akira Shinohara
Hiroshi Matsumoto
Hitoshi Murakami
Shirō Sasaki
Sou Yurugi
Tsutomu Kashimura
Preview Animation: Kei Miura
Production Desk: Yasuhiro Mitsuda
Prop Design:
Hiroyuki Horiuchi
Jinshichi Yamaguchi
Recording: Yōko Nakano
Recording Assistant:
Kōhei Yoshida (eps 9, 12)
Naoki Imazawa
Setting Production: Kei Miura
Sound Effects: Emi Takanashi
Sound Producer: Keiichi Nozaki
Sound Production Manager: Yoshinori Kusumi
Theme Song Performance:
Nano (ED)
Yuuka Nanri (OP)
2nd Key Animation:
8-Bit Rocket
Ace Company
Anihouse Sun
Art Base Bam
BEEP
Big Owl
CJT
CL Corporation
DCI
Jumondo
Kyushu Animation
LIDEN FILMS
Mouse
Muses
Nakamura Production
Production EN
Studio Argo
Studio Elle
Studio Kuma
Studio Victory
Studio Wombat
Studio μ
Sunshine Corporation
TAP
Tokyo Animation Center
White Line
xenron
Yuhodo
3DCGI: MADBOX
Animation Production: Madhouse
Animation Production Cooperation:
Bee Train (eps 2, 10)
BLADE (ep 5)
GONZO (ep 3)
Magic Bus (ep 7)
Backgrounds:
Atelier BWCA
Cosmos Arts
DR Movie
Green
Hyoin Animation
Image Room Jiro (OP; ED)
J.C. Staff Art Dept. (eps 3, 5)
Mukuo Studio
Namu Animation
Studio Loft
Tezuka Productions
Broadcaster:
BS-TBS
Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting Co., Ltd.
Mainichi Broadcasting System
Tokyo Broadcasting System
Finish Animation:
Ace Company
AI
Anihouse Sun
BEEP
Big Owl
CJT
CL Corporation
Daejin Animation
DCI
DR Movie
FINE COLORs
Golden Bell
Han il Animation
J-Cube Animation
Jumondo
Kyung Kang ANIA
Media Lab
Muses
Passione Naha (ep 3)
Studio Elle
Studio Kuma
Studio μ
Sunshine Corporation
Synod
TAP
Triple A
VISTA
White Line
xenron
YABES
In-Between Animation:
AI
Anihouse Sun
BEEP
Big Owl
CJT
CL Corporation
Daejin Animation
DCI
DR Movie
Golden Bell
Han il Animation
J-Cube Animation
Jumondo
Kyung Kang ANIA
Madhouse
Media Lab
Muses
Nakamura Production
Studio Kuma
Studio μ
Sunshine Corporation
Synod
TAP
Triple A
VISTA
White Line
xenron
YABES
Key Animation:
GACHI Production (ep 5)
Han il Animation (ep 7)
HEBARAKI (ep 3)
J-Cube Animation (ep 7)
Kyung Kang ANIA (eps 6, 12)
Synod (ep 7)
YABES (ep 7)
Music Production: Flying Dog
Photography:
Asura Film
MADBOX
Raretrick
Studio Shamrock
Production:
Flying Dog
Kadokawa Shoten
Madhouse
Sony Music Communications
Tokyo Broadcasting System
Sound Production:
Dax Production
Dog On Beat
Japanese cast
Asami Seto as Kurumi Isoshima
Kenichi Suzumura as Kazumi Ida
Mamoru Miyano as Takeshi Nanase
Nao Tōyama as Mui Aiba

Ami Nanase as Youko Nanase
Jun Fukuyama as Takao Oigami
Kazuya Nakai as Kippei Washizu
Mikako Takahashi as Momoka Shijō
Nobuhiko Okamoto as Gekkō Nanase
Toshiyuki Morikawa as Tsuganashi Aiba

Akane Fujita as Ida Futaba
Atsuko Tanaka as Violet North
Ayumi Tsunematsu as Nanami Hyoudou
Daisuke Namikawa as Kazuma Ryūsenji
Ei Miwa as Pendragon's Magician (ep 9)
Eiji Takeuchi as
Inspector (ep 10)
Special Evil Organisation's Man (ep 8)
Three Mansell Twin Magician (ep 9)
Hiroshi Shirokuma as Oyassan (ep 2)
Hyang-Ri Kim as
Camelot Witch (ep 10)
Mother (ep 8)
Schoolgirl (ep 3)
Three Mansell Female Magician (ep 9)
Wizard Breath's Magician (ep 6)
Ikuto Ōkane as Three Mansell Twin Magician (ep 9)
Kōichi Sakaguchi as Gilliam Wiseman (ep 10)
M.A.O as Ena Kisaki (eps 10-12)
Maho Matsunaga as
Freshman (ep 8)
Schoolgirl (ep 3)
Nao Tōyama as Mahoko
Saki Fujita as Hotaru Kumagai
Takahiro Tomita as Man (ep 8)
Takayuki Yamaguchi as Makoto Hitouji
Takeshi Maeda as
Schoolboy (ep 9)
Tsukiomi Fujikawa (eps 8, 12)
Toshiki Masuda as Tendō Ushiwaka (ep 1)
Toshinari Fukamachi as
Man (ep 10)
Pendragon's Magician (ep 9)
Schoolboy (ep 3)
Trailer's Magician (ep 12)
Wizard Breath's Magician (eps 4, 6, 8)
Yoshitaka Yamaya as
Schoolboy (ep 3)
Tsuganashi Aiba (young; ep 4)
Wizard Breath's Magician (ep 6)
Yusuke Shirai as
Schoolboy (ep 3)
Trailer's Magician (ep 4)
Yutaka Sasakura as
Male Student (ep 3)
Man (eps 8, 10)
Trailer Magician (eps 6, 12)
Yuuka Nanri as Towa

Atsuko Tanaka
M.A.O
Maho Matsunaga
Takeshi Maeda
Yoshitaka Yamaya
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Christopher Ayres
Translation:
Jackie McClure
Su Mon Han (Crunchyroll)
ADR Script: George Manley
Executive producer:
Eiichi Takahashi
John Ledford
Producer:
David Del Rio
John Ledford

Audio Engineer:
Brent Marshall
Bryan Leach
Ricardo Contreras
Disc Authoring: Joel McCray
Media Coordinator: Janice Williams
Menu Design: Andrea Rodriguez
Mixing: Brent Marshall
Packaging Design: Andrea Rodriguez
Production:
Brittany Deans
Joey Goubeaud
Roxanne Terrell
Production Assistant:
Cameron Hohle
E.W. Rector, III
Jose DeArmas
Kjell Doucet
Ned Gayle
Shannon Reed
Production Coordination: Janice Williams
Production manager: Luke Patterson
Subtitle Timing: Kayla King
Subtitling: Jessica Kim
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch
Allison Sumrall as Mui Aiba
Gabriel Regojo as Takeshi Nanase
Sara Ornelas as Kurumi Isoshima
Scott Gibbs as Kazumi Ida

Andrew Love as Takao Oigami
Clint Bickham as Gekko Nanase
David Wald as Kippei Washizu
Leraldo Anzaldua as Tsuganashi Aiba
Molly Searcy as Youko Nanase
Nancy Novotny as Momoka Shijo

Amelia Fischer as Nanami Hyoudou
Brittany Djie as Towa
Brittney Karbowski as Futaba Ida
Carli Mosier as Violet North
David Matranga as Kazuma Ryusenji
Houston Hayes as Tsukiomi
John Swasey as Wiseman
Johnny De La Cerda as Tendo Ushiwaka (ep 1)
Josh Morrison as Pops
Juliet Simmons as Hotaru Kumagai
Katelyn Barr as Ena
Mike Yager as Makoto Hitouji
Tiffany Grant as Mahoko

Adam Gibbs
Brent Marshall
Cara Duncan
Christopher Ayres
Connor Leach
Kasi Hollowell
Tiffany Terrell
English companies
Broadcaster: Animax Asia
Distributor:
Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
New Video Group
Internet Streaming:
AnimeLab (Australia and New Zealand)
Crunchyroll
HIDIVE (Subtitled & Dubbed)
Hulu
The Anime Network
Licensed by: Sentai Filmworks

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