Witch Craft Works
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Cover of the first manga volume.Showing Main Character Takamiya Honoka and Kagari Ayaka
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ウィッチクラフトワークス (Witchikurafuto Wākusu) |
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| Manga | |
| Written by | Ryū Mizunagi |
| Published by | Kodansha |
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| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | good! Afternoon |
| Original run | March 5, 2010 – present |
| Volumes | 10 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Tsutomu Mizushima |
| Written by | Tsutomu Mizushima |
| Music by | Technoboys Pulcraft Green-Fund |
| Studio | J.C.Staff |
| Original network | Tokyo MX, TVA, AT-X, BS11, ABC |
| Original run | January 5, 2014 – March 23, 2014 |
| Episodes | 12 + OVA |
Witchcraft Works (ウィッチクラフトワークス Witchikurafuto Wākusu?) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ryū Mizunagi. The plot revolves around Honoka Takamiya, an average student who somehow becomes infatuated with and protected by the most popular girl in school, Ayaka Kagari. An anime television series adaptation by J.C.Staff began airing in Japan in January 2014.
Honoka Takamiya is a seemingly, ordinary high school student whose primary problem in life is him sitting in the same bus as Ayaka Kagari, the beautiful idol and 'princess' of the school. Not only that, he even sits next to her in class and resumes the same class cleaning duties as she does. Even the tiniest interaction between them leads to Honoka getting beaten up black and blue by her fanclub.
But one day, however, while returning from school, he gets attacked by a mysterious enemy. Luckily, a Fire Witch swings to his rescue and wards off the attack. This Fire Witch is revealed to be none other than Ayaka herself, who has been observing and protecting him ever since. Deciding to no longer keep her mission a secret, she eventually becomes friends with him. From that moment on, Honoka gets dragged into an escalating conflict between two groups of witches - the Tower Witches and the Workshop Witches, whom Ayaka is a part of. Both these groups have their own plans to use the mysterious power that lies deep within him.
The manga was written and illustrated by Ryū Mizunagi and published by Kodansha. The manga has been serialized in Good! Afternoon bimonthly magazine since January 7, 2011 and has been compiled into 6 tankōbon volumes as of November 7, 2013. Vertical Comics published officially-translated English volumes of the manga in North America, with its first volume released on October 21, 2014.
A 12 episode anime television series adaptation, directed by Tsutomu Mizushima at studio J.C.Staff, is currently airing in Japan. The series' first episode was screened at Tokyo's Cinemart Shinjuku theater on December 29, 2013, streamed to 2000 people on December 30, 2013, by Bandai Channel and premiered on Tokyo MX on January 5, 2014. Additionally the anime is airing on TVA, AT-X, BS11 and ABC and is streamed with English subtitles by Crunchyroll. The series' writer is Michiko Yokote and its music is composed by Technoboys Pulcraft Green-Fund. The opening theme song is "divine intervention" by Fhána and the ending is "Witch☆Activity" (ウィッチ☆アクティビティ?) by KMM Gang consisting Izawa, Natsukawa, Asakura, Hioka, and Iida.
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