Wizard Barristers: Benmashi Cecil | |
Cover of the first Blu-ray/DVD featuring main character Cecil Sudo
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ウィザード・バリスターズ〜弁魔士セシル (Wizādo Barisutāzu - Benmashi Seshiru) |
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Genre | Legal drama, Fantasy |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Yasuomi Umetsu |
Written by | Michiko Itou |
Music by | Kayo Konishi Yukio Kondoo |
Studio | Arms |
Licensed by | |
Original network | Tokyo MX, SUN, KBS, TVA, AT-X, BS11 |
English network | |
Original run | January 12, 2014 – March 30, 2014 |
Episodes | 12 |
Wizard Barristers: Benmashi Cecil (ウィザード・バリスターズ〜弁魔士セシル Wizādo Barisutāzu - Benmashi Seshiru?) is an anime television series produced by Arms and directed by Yasuomi Umetsu. It aired from January 12, 2014 to March 30, 2014.
In 2018, humans and wizards live together in Tokyo. Police continue to protect order in society, but wizards (known as Wud) are tried according to magical law via Magic Prohibition Law, in special courts defended by wizard barristers via the Court for Magic. At age seventeen, half-Japanese, half-Canadian Cecil Sudo, has just become the youngest wizard barrister after passing the bar exam at age fifteen, and begins work at the Butterfly Law Offices. While she hasn't realized it yet, she has tremendous magical potential.
Magic-Prohibition Law (魔禁法 Makin hō?) is a special law restricting the use of magic, which Wuds are subject to. Its articles include:
A light novel entitled Wizard Barrister: Benmashi Cecil The Beginning (ウィザード・バリスターズ 弁魔士セシル The Beginning Wizādo Barisutāzu - Benmashi Seshiru The Beginning?), written by Michiko Itou and illustrated by Yasuomi Umetsu was published March 3, 2014 by Pony Canyon. The novel depicts the early life of Sudo Cecil, before becoming a barrister.