Series synopsis
A Certain Magical Index, also known as とある魔術の禁書目録 is a Japanese animation sci-fi & fantasy comedy mystery television series that premiered on MBS on October 5, 2008. It ended on April 5, 2019. It stars Atsushi Abe, Yuka Iguchi, Rina Sato and Shizuka Itoh.
Touma Kamijou is a student living in Academy City, a highly advanced place in terms of technology. Despite being gauged as a level zero esper (no powers), he possesses on his right hand the Imagine Breaker, an ability that negates any power whatsoever.
Touma finds a young girl named Index who is trying to run away from Necessarius, a powerful magic organization that she is member of. Blessed with the skill of memorizing any sort of information, she holds 103,000 forbidden magical books within h ...
Premise
Touma Kamijou is a student living in Academy City, a highly advanced place in terms of technology. Despite being gauged as a level zero esper (no powers), he possesses on his right hand the Imagine Breaker, an ability that negates any power whatsoever.
Touma finds a young girl named Index who is trying to run away from Necessarius, a powerful magic organization that she is member of. Blessed with the skill of memorizing any sort of information, she holds 103,000 forbidden magical books within her head.
As science and magic cross paths, Touma must face several dangers amid espers and magicians who appear in the exciting scientific town.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Atsushi Abe as Touma Kamijou (voice)
- Yuka Iguchi as Index (voice)
- Rina Sato as Mikoto Misaka (voice)
- Shizuka Itoh as Kaori Kanzaki (voice)
- Anri Katsu as Motoharu Tsuchimikado (voice)
- Kana Asumi as Hyouka Kazakiri (voice)
- Satomi Arai as Kuroko Shirai (voice)
- Nobuhiko Okamoto as Accelerator (voice)
Supporting cast
- Aki Toyosaki as Kazari Uiharu (voice)
- Misato Fukuen as Maika Tsuchimikado (voice)
- Ayumi Fujimura as Seiri Fukiyose (voice)
- Yuhko Kaida as Aiho Yomikawa (voice)
- Yuka Terasaki as Sasha Kreutzev (voice)
- Yumi Touma as Kikyou Yoshikawa (voice)
- Satoshi Hino as Shiage Hamazura (voice)
Guest cast
- Kisho Taniyama as Stiyl Magnus (voice)
- Kimiko Koyama as Komoe (voice)
- Nozomi Sasaki as Misaka 10032 (voice)
- Yoshihisa Kawahara as Blue Haired-Earrings (voice)
- Ao Takahashi as Researcher (voice)
- Yutaka Nakano as Frog-Faced Doctor (voice)
- Ryusuke Fujimoto as Male Student (voice)
- Toshihiko Seki as Aleister Crowley (voice)
- Toratarō as Sphynx (voice)
- Tomokazu Sugita as Aureolus Izzard (voice)
- Yuuka Nakatsukasa as Female Announcer (voice)
- Megumi Takamoto as Female Student (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 4 seasons with 80 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 6 | January 23, 2009 | April 30, 2019 |
| Season 1 | 24 | October 5, 2008 | March 19, 2009 |
| Season 2 | 24 | October 8, 2010 | April 1, 2011 |
| Season 3 | 26 | October 5, 2018 | April 5, 2019 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | To Aru Majutsu no Index-tan | January 23, 2009 |
| 2 | To Aru Majutsu no Index-tan II | May 29, 2009 |
| 3 | To Aru Majutsu no Index-tan III | January 26, 2011 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Academy City Kamijo meets Index, who is on the run from a magic society that wants the library of forbidden knowledge stored in her memory. Later, Kamijo is shocked to find Index at his house – bleeding and accompanied by a strange man. |
October 5, 2008 |
| 2 |
Innocentius (The Witch Hunter King) Kamijo tangles with Stiyl, upset with the magician’s rough behavior toward Index. When quick thinking allows Kamijo and Index to escape, they head to the one person that might be able to help them. |
October 12, 2008 |
| 3 |
Necessarius (The Church of Necessary Evil) While Komoe helps Index in healing her wounds using magic, Toma meets Stiyl's partner, Kaori Kanzaki and learns from her why they are hunting Index and the organization, Necessarius, The Church of Necessary Evil. |
October 19, 2008 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Last Day (August 31) As summer ends, Toma desperately tries to catch up on homework—but that’s totally out of the question once a magician named Yamisaka kidnaps Index. As Toma tries to rescue his friend, he finds there may be more to her captor’s motives than just malice. |
October 8, 2010 |
| 2 |
The Book of Law The Book of Law is an encrypted grimoire that only one nun has the skills to decipher—and it’s gone missing! If its magic is ever used, it will bring about all sorts of ruin. Now, the church just has to keep the gifted nun safe. How hard can that be? |
October 15, 2010 |
| 3 |
The Amakusa Church The battle over Orsola, the only nun who can read the Book of Law, continues as Toma is forced to act as an unwitting decoy. The Amakusa clash with church representatives, but the real culprit behind the plot might not be who Toma expected. |
October 22, 2010 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Unrest Following the September 30th Kazakiri incident, protests against Academy City erupt across Europe, and things are restless within the city, as well. Kamijo must stay after school as punishment after getting into a fight with his classmates. |
October 5, 2018 |
| 2 |
The Right Seat of God Kamijo is separated from Tsuchimikado, but ends up finding the Amakusa Church's Itsuwa. She informs Kamijo about the circumstances of the Papal Palace of Avignon, and its link to the turmoil being incited around the world. |
October 12, 2018 |
| 3 |
The Document of C Confronted by Terra, Kamijo and Itsuwa have their hands full trying to avoid his attacks. Military forces from Academy City appear in Avignon, suppressing the demonstrators. Terra uncovers the secret Kamijo has been hiding. |
October 19, 2018 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | MBS |
|---|---|
| First aired | October 5, 2008 |
| Last aired | April 5, 2019 |
| Runtime | 25 minutes |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | Friday at 22:00:00 |