Maburaho

Maburaho
Cover of the first light novel (Kindle version)
まぶらほ
Genre	Fantasy, harem
Light novel
Written by	Toshihiko Tsukiji
Illustrated by	Eeji Komatsu
Published by	Fujimi Shobo
Demographic	Male
Imprint	Fujimi Fantasia Bunko
Magazine	Dragon Magazine
Original run	August 2000 – January 2011
Volumes	30 (List of volumes)
Manga
Written by	Toshihiko Tsukiji
Illustrated by	Miki Miyashita
Published by	Kadokawa Shoten
English publisher	AUS Madman Entertainment NA ADV Manga
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Gekkan Dragon Age
Original run	April 9, 2003 – September 9, 2004
Volumes	2
Manga
Written by	Toshihiko Tsukiji
Illustrated by	Kinoto Sensōji
Published by	Fujimi Shobo
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Gekkan Dragon Age
Original run	2005 – 2006
Volumes	2
Anime television series
Directed by	Shinichiro Kimura
Produced by	Masato Matsubayashi Shigeaki Tomioka Takashi Tachizaki Tsuneo Takechi Yuji Matsukura
Written by	Koichi Taki
Music by	Koichi Korenaga Ryo Sakai
Studio	J.C.Staff
Licensed by	AUS Madman Entertainment NA ADV Films
Original network	WOWOW
Original run	October 14, 2003 – April 6, 2004
Episodes	24 (List of episodes)

Maburaho (Japanese: まぶらほ^?) is a romantic school comedy light novel series written by Toshihiko Tsukiji, illustrated by Eeji Komatsu and serialized in Gekkan Dragon Magazine. The light novel was adapted into a manga illustrated by Miki Miyashita and later developed into a 24 episode anime series produced by J.C.Staff and broadcast by WOWOW in Japan.

The series is about the story of Kazuki Shikimori, a second year student of the prestigious magic school, Aoi Academy. Unlike ordinary people who can use magic fewer than a hundred times and several of his classmates, who can use magic several thousand times, Kazuki can only use his magic eight times before he turns to ash. His life changes when it is revealed that Kazuki is descended from a line of world-famous magicians and he has the potential to father the most powerful magician in the world. Suddenly three girls, Yuna Miyama, Kuriko Kazetsubaki and Rin Kamishiro, enter Kazuki's life in order to obtain his valuable genes.

A.D. Vision (ADV) acquired the English language distribution rights of the anime series in March 2004 and released it under its ADV Films division. Later the same year, ADV acquired the English language rights to the manga, which is released under the ADV Manga division.

Maburaho is set in a world where every character has the ability to use magic, however everyone's magic is not equal. Each person in the story has a different degree of magic and a set number of times that they can use their magic. The average person is able to use magic fewer than a hundred times, however some people are able to use magic several thousand times. Because of this, a person's social standing is determined by the number of times that he or she can perform magic. If someone uses up all of their magic, his or her body turns to ash and is scattered into the winds.