Alderamin on the Sky

Alderamin on the Sky
The cover of the first light novel.
ねじ巻き精霊戦記 天鏡のアルデラミン (Nejimaki Seirei Senki: Tenkyō no Aruderamin)
Genre	Military history, Fantasy
Light novel
Written by	Bokuto Uno
Illustrated by	Sanbasō, Ryūtetsu
Published by	ASCII Media Works
Demographic	Male
Imprint	Dengeki Bunko
Original run	June 9, 2012 – present
Volumes	11 (List of volumes)
Manga
Illustrated by	Taiki Kawakami
Published by	ASCII Media Works
Demographic	Seinen
Imprint	Dengeki Comics
Magazine	Dengeki Maoh
Original run	May 27, 2014 – present
Volumes	5 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by	Tetsuo Ichimura
Produced by	Nobuhiro Nakayama Yasutaka Kurosaki Jun Fukuda Yukihiro Ito Yuki Yoshida
Written by	Shōgo Yasukawa
Music by	Keiji Inai
Studio	Madhouse
Licensed by	NA Crunchyroll
Original network	Tokyo MX, KBS, SUN, TVA, BS Fuji, AT-X
Original run	July 9, 2016 – September 30, 2016
Episodes	13 (List of episodes)

Alderamin on the Sky (ねじ巻き精霊戦記 天鏡のアルデラミン, Nejimaki Seirei Senki: Tenkyō no Aruderamin^?, lit. "Wind-Up Spirit Chronicles: Alderamin on the Sky") is a Japanese light novel series, written by Bokuto Uno and illustrated by Sanbasō (volumes 1-5) and Ryūtetsu (volume 6 onwards). A manga based on the series, written by Taiki Kawakami, is published in Dengeki Daioh. An anime adaptation produced by Madhouse and directed by Tetsuo Ichimura premiered on July 9, 2016.

Bokuto Uno began publishing the light novels with illustrations by Sanbasō under ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Bunko imprint in June 2012. After Sanbasō began suffering from poor health, Ryūtetsu took over illustrating the series, starting with the sixth novel.

A manga adaptation by Taiki Kawakami began serialization in the July 2014 issue of ASCII Media Works imprint Dengeki Comics' seinen manga magazine Dengeki Maoh on May 27, 2014.

An anime adaptation was announced at the Dengeki Bunko Autumn Festival 2015 on October 4, 2015. The adaptation was later revealed to be a television series in the December issue of Kodansha's Monthly Shōnen Sirius magazine on October 26, 2015. A trailer for the series was released during the Dengeki Bunko Haru no Saiten 2016 event on March 13, 2016.

The series is directed by Tetsuo Ichimura and written by Shogo Yasukawa, with animation by the studio Madhouse. Kunio Katsuki provides the character designs for the anime, while Yoshikazu Iwanami serves as the series' sound director.Keiji Inai is composing the music for the anime. The opening theme, "Tenkyō no Alderamin" (天鏡のアルデラミン^?, "Alderamin on the Sky") by Kisida Kyoudan & The Akebosi Rockets, while the ending theme is "nameless" by Kano.