Rental Magica
| Rental Magica | |
Cover of the first light novel
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レンタルマギカ (Rentaru Magika) |
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| Genre | Fantasy, Romance, Mystery, Comedy, Action, Magic |
| Light novel | |
| Written by | Makoto Sanda |
| Illustrated by | pako |
| Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
| Demographic | Male |
| Magazine | The Sneaker |
| Original run | August 31, 2004 – present |
| Volumes | 24 |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Makoto Sanda |
| Illustrated by | Akiho Narimiya |
| Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
| Demographic | Shōjo |
| Magazine | Asuka |
| Original run | August 2006 – August 2009 |
| Volumes | 5 |
| Manga | |
| Rental Magica from SOLOMON | |
| Written by | Makoto Sanda |
| Illustrated by | MAKOTO2 |
| Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Comp Ace |
| Original run | May 26, 2007 – April 26, 2008 |
| Volumes | 2 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Itsuro Kawasaki |
| Studio | Zexcs |
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Chiba TV, KBS Kyoto, Sun TV, Tokyo MX TV, TV Aichi, TV Hokkaido, TV Kanagawa, TV Saitama, TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting |
| English network | |
| Original run | October 7, 2007 – March 23, 2008 |
| Episodes | 24 |
Rental Magica (レンタルマギカ Rentaru Magika?) is a Japanese light novel series by Makoto Sanda, with illustrations by Pako. It is in the midst of serialization in The Sneaker magazine published by Kadokawa Shoten. An anime television series adaptation animated by Zexcs was broadcast in Japan between October 7, 2007 and March 23, 2008, airing a total of twenty-four episodes.
The plot centers on the magician-dispatch service and Mage's Society: Astral. The main protagonist of the story is Astral's second president: Itsuki Iba, who, although he is young and inexperienced, ironically is not even a mage. Central to the story are Astral's many adventures with magical spirits and creatures, competing with rival company Goetia, rogue members, taboos and the Dark Magician's Society: Ophion, all while trying to complete enough jobs to pay the bills and fill The Association's quota and evade abolition. Each story arc is written as an incident in which the Astral members and their associates are involved.
The anime series is shown out of chronological order, meaning that episode one chronologically occurs later in the series. This is quite similar to how The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya was shown, although it is not stated as such in next episode previews. The anime uses four pieces of theme music; two opening themes and two ending themes. The first opening theme is "Sora ni Saku" (宇宙に咲く?) by Lisa Komine, and the second opening theme is "Faith" by the same artist. The first ending theme is "Aruite Ikō." (歩いていこう。?) by Jungo Yoshida, and the second ending theme is the same song sung by Astral no Mina-san in episodes twelve and twenty-one.
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