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Toaru Majutsu no Index
Toaru Majutsu no Index is set in Academy City, a technologically advanced Academic city located at western Tokyo which studies scientifically advanced superhuman students with powers, but is also set in a world where magic is real. Tōma Kamijō is a student in Academy City whose right hand, the Imagine Breaker, has the ability to negate any supernatural powers, but also his own luck. One day he finds a young girl hanging on his balcony railing named Index . She is a nun from Necessarius, a secret magic branch of the Church of England , and her mind has been implanted with the Index Librorum Prohibitorum —103,000 forbidden magical books the Church has removed from circulation. His encounter with her leads him to meet others from the secret world of science and magic and an adventure with his friends where science and magic collide. Tōma's unusual power places him at the center of conflicts relating magicians and science-based espers in Academy City. As Tōma tries to help and protect his friends, he learns the people he knows are not as they appear and begins to attract the attention of magicians and espers alike as they try to unravel the secrets of Academy City and Index.
The side-story, A Certain Scientific Railgun, focuses on Mikoto Misaka , an electromaster who is the third most powerful of the seven Level 5 espers in Academy City. Set before and during the events of the novels, the manga tells the adventures of Mikoto and her friends during that time period from their point of view
Toaru Kagaku no Railgun
Toaru Kagaku no Railgun (とある科学の超電磁砲, lit. A Certain Scientific Railgun) is an anime series based on the manga of the same name, which in itself is a spin-off of the light novel , manga and anime series Toaru Majutsu no Index . The manga is serialized in Dengeki Daioh and written by Kazuma Kamachi, who is also the author of the Toaru Majutsu no Index light novels and illustrated by Motoi Fukuyama. Set in Academy City before and during the events of Toaru Majutsu no Index, the plot focuses on Mikoto Misaka , an electromaster who is the third most strongest esper in Academy City and her friends, Kuroko Shirai, a Teleporter and Mikoto's roommate, Kazari Uiharu, Kuroko's partner in Judgment, the city's public safety committee and Kazari's friend, Ruiko Saten. The anime tells the lives of these four friends and their adventures in Academy City.
The anime is produced by J.C.Staff
and directed by Tatsuyuki Nagai, series composition by Seishi Minakami, music by Maiko Iuchi, character design by Yuichi Tanaka and art and sound direction by Tomonori Kuroda and Jin Aketagawa respectively. The anime began airing on Tokyo MX
from October 2, 2009 to March 19, 2010 and were later aired a day later on Chiba TV
, MBS
, TV Saitama
and TV Kanagawa
. The first 12 episodes follow the manga closely, with some changes and a few anime-original episodes and characters, while the later half of the series being a new original plot written by Kazuma Kamachi. Eight DVD compilations, each containing three episodes and a mini Toaru Majutsu no Index novel written by Kazuma Kamachi and art by Haimura Kiyotaka which features Kaori Kanzaki as the protagonist, were released since February 7, 2010. A five minute bonus episode was included with the Official Visual Book of the show released on July 24, 2010. An OVA
episode was then released on October 29, 2010. Funimation Entertainment
has licensed the series for release in North America sometime in 2011.