Kenja no Mago

Wise Man's Grandchild / 賢者の孫 / Philosopher's Grandson / Magi's Grandson

Genres: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Isekai, Reincarnation, Romance
Themes: Isekai, Reincarnation
Studios: SILVER LINK.
Producers: ABC Animation, Docomo Anime Store, Kadokawa, Sotsu
Licensors: Funimation
Rating: 6.62 / 10
Rank: #6560
Popularity: #369
Users Listed: 638,872
Users Scored: 363,468
NSFW: No
Last Updated: 03/25/2025
Aired: April 10, 2019 – June 26, 2019 (Spring)
Type: tv
Source: Light Novel
Age Rating: PG 13
Episodes: 12
Broadcast: Wednesday at 23:30 (JST)

Synopsis:

The series follows Merlin Wolford, a once-celebrated hero now living a secluded life in the countryside. His quiet existence is disrupted by Shin, an ordinary modern-day salaryman reincarnated into Merlin's world as an orphan. As Shin grows, he displays exceptional aptitude for both magic and martial arts, surprising his adoptive guardian. However, despite his abilities, Shin struggles with social graces and practical judgment.

To navigate this new reality, Shin enrolls in the Kingdom’s Magic Academy. His arrival quickly transforms him into a local celebrity, forcing him to balance academic pursuits with the responsibilities of burgeoning power. The narrative explores themes of identity, belonging, and the challenges of adapting extraordinary abilities to everyday life, set against a backdrop of political intrigue and looming threats within the kingdom's capital.

Trailer:

Streaming Platforms:

Crunchyroll

Episodes:

Episode 1: A Babe in the Woods Goes to the Capital (Aired: 04/10/2019)
Episode 2: The Unconventional New Student (Aired: 04/17/2019)
Episode 3: An Emergency Arises! (Aired: 04/24/2019)
Episode 4: The Name of the Instigator (Aired: 05/01/2019)
Episode 5: A Pioneering New Hero (Aired: 05/08/2019)
... and 7 more episodes

Characters:

von Claude, Sicily (Main) - Voice Actors: Honizumi, Rina, Seidel, Lindsay, Valois, Giovanna, Steffen, Malin, Pérez, Gabriela
von Earlshide, August (Main) - Voice Actors: Komatsu, Shouhei, McInnis, Brandon, Fajardo, Emily, Bertolucci, Daniel, Stein, Flemming, Román, Juan Carlos
Wolford, Shin (Main) - Voice Actors: Kobayashi, Yuusuke, Mills, Daman, Viktorin, Alison, Machado, Yago, Hiromatsu, Serika, Lazcano, Samuel
Bean, Mark (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hayama, Shouta, Verta, Gabriel, Pitts, Orion, Quezada, Rubén
Bowen, Melinda (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Takashima, Gara, Cranz, Cynthia, Rodak, Mallorie, Lira, Izabel
Carlton, Yuri (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nagatsuma, Juri, de Brito, Giulia, Garrett, Morgan
Colling, Michael (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ávila, Cassiano, Sabat, Christopher, Kawahara, Yoshihisa
Corner, Alice (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kubota, Miyu, Sutton, Kristin, Guilen, Nathalia, Mendoza, Rose, Reidies, Daniela
Examiner (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yagi, Yuki
Freed, Tony (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kobayashi, Chiaki, Gama, Lucas, Shipman, Matt, Venosa, Emiliano, Kirchberger, Daniel
Haag, Tom (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Araújo, Márcio, Gann, Shawn, Mogami, Tsuguo
Hayden, Christina (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Koga, Aoi, Edwards, Kara, Franchi, Glaucia, Friede, Franciska
Hughes, Rin (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yamaguchi, Megumi, Albuquerque, Adriana, Morris, Madeleine, Böttcher, Selina
Julio (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Chapin, Clifford, Yasuda, Rikuya
Koller (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Stipp, Hermann, Yandell, Barry, Hirose, Jun
Kurtis, Neun (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Shin, Yuuki, George, Lee
Lawrence (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Vestri, Alexander, Sugiyama, Noriaki, Cruz, Jordan Dash, Sommer, Brian, Tolosa, Heber
Lieckermann, Ault (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Merbeth, Alexander, Karino, Shou
Lloyd, Kreis (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Fernández, Iván, Roberts, Aaron, Stamme, Patrick Adrian, Tezuka, Hiromichi
Marcus, Alfred (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Komada, Wataru
Marika (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ribeiro, Estela, Leonard, Linda, Nanba, Yuuka
Marquez, Siegfried (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kaneko, Makoto, Neves, Gabriel, Bolton, Zach, Weigert, Jacob, Oseguera, Samuel
McGregor, Kent (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hamano, Daiki, Harris, Taylor, Schülert, Marc
Miria (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ohara, Sayaka
Ritzburg, Russell (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tsuchida, Hiroshi, Canales, Henrique, George, Cris, Sabel, Martin
Schtrom, Oliver (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Morikawa, Toshiyuki, Tatum, J. Michael, Ribeiro, Eduardo, Schütter, Daniel
Steve (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Canales, Henrique, Stoddard, Mark, Ihara, Masaaki
Stone, Olivia (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Satou, Saya, Apprill, Bryn, Bueno, Raíssa
von Claude, Irene (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Clinkenbeard, Colleen, Okamoto, Maya
von Claude, Cecil (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Mazzei, Wilken, McFarland, Mike, Honizumi, Rina
von Coral, Elizabeth (Supporting) - Voice Actors: McDonald, Margaret, Nagumo, Nozomi, Custodi, Stephany
von Earlshide, Diseum (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hoshino, Mitsuaki, Moreno, Sérgio, Weber, Philip
von Earlshide, May (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Carvalho, Nina, Lauda, Brittany, Hinanogi, Maya
von Fregel, Thor (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Diniz, Danilo, Berry, Morgan, Shida, Arisa, Montaño, Emiliano
von Littenheim, Julius (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Koumoto, Keisuke, Tunas, César, Greene, Jarrod, Rivas Villareal, Fernando, Henneberg, Julian-Elias
von Messina, Maria (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Wakai, Yuuki, Barr, Katelyn, Freitas, Júlia, Lujambio, Nadia, Witt, Nina
von Ritzburg, Kurt (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Martins, Gabriel, Masuoka, Daisuke, Reid, Dallas
von Schtradius, Aria (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sakamoto, Maaya, Young, Stephanie
Wallace, Miranda (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Schaefer, Runa Pernoda
Wolford, Merlin (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yara, Yuusaku, Elliott, R. Bruce, Tindle, Austin, Gasperini, Mauro, Ferraz, Fernando, Vázquez, Mauricio
Zest (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tsuda, Kenjirou, Araújo, Márcio, Phillips, Ben

Staff:

Cook, Justin (Producer)
Iizuka, Aya (Producer)
Kumamoto, Norio (Producer)
Matsumura, Kazuto (Producer)
Oowada, Tomoyuki (Producer)
Tachizaki, Takashi (Producer)
Umeda, Kazusa (Producer)
Herek, Samantha (Assistant Producer)
Tamura, Masafumi (Director, Episode Director, Storyboard, Animation Director, Assistant Animation Director)
Tsuchiya, Masanori (Sound Director)
Gomi, Shinsuke (Episode Director, Animation Director)
Horiuchi, Yuuya (Episode Director)
Ibe, Yuushi (Episode Director)
Takahashi, Tatsuya (Script, Series Composition)
Kawamura, Kenichi (Storyboard)
Nishita, Masayoshi (Storyboard)
Watanabe, Shinichi (Storyboard)
Kaneko, Mayumi (Theme Song Lyrics)
Kushita, Mine (Theme Song Arrangement)
Oda, Asuka (Theme Song Lyrics)
i☆Ris (Theme Song Performance)
Akita, Hideto (Animation Director)
Fu, Shiming (Key Animation)
Fujita, Ayano (Key Animation)
Guilen, Nathalia (ADR Director)
Hashimoto, Hodaka (Key Animation)
Hawkinson, Peter (Recording Engineer)
Hirota, Haruka (In-Between Animation, Animation Check)
Hisamatsu, Saki (Animation Director)
Honda, Souichi (Animation Director)
Imada, Akane (Key Animation, Animation Director)
Itou, Kouji (Key Animation)
Kawada, Kiyotaka (Sound Effects)
Kawamori, Noboru (Key Animation)
Kikuchi, Takeshi (Planning)
Kikuchi, Seiji (Original Character Design)
Kim, Jeong-nam (Animation Director)
Kinoshita, Yumiko (Animation Director, Key Animation)
Kiyuna, You (In-Between Animation)
Kudou, Daijou (Planning)
Maehara, Kaoru (Animation Director)
Maejima, Hiroshi (Key Animation, Animation Director)
Mashiko, Noriko (Special Effects)
Miyake, Masakazu (Art Director)
Mizusaki, Kenta (Animation Director)
Munhoz, Anibal (ADR Director)
Nagai, Rina (Animation Director)
Otani, Kow (Music)
Satou, Atsushi (Director of Photography)
Satou, Yuuki (In-Between Animation)
... and 10 more staff

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