Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei (2014) — Story, Release Date, Rating

Synopsis:

Set in a near-future where magic is integrated into education as a structured discipline, *Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei* explores the social stratification within First High School. Students are divided into "Blooms" and "Weeds" based on aptitude, influencing their academic paths. The narrative centers on siblings Tatsuya and Miyuki Shiba, whose differing placements challenge the established order. While Miyuki excels in conventional magical studies, Tatsuya’s perceived shortcomings mask exceptional physical prowess, strategic thinking, and unconventional application of magic.

The series examines themes of talent versus hard work, societal expectations, and finding one's own path within a rigid system. It presents a world where academic rankings don't always reflect true potential, offering a nuanced perspective on ambition, skill, and the complexities of personal growth amidst competitive environments. The story unfolds against a backdrop of advanced technological integration with established magical practices, hinting at underlying power dynamics and unforeseen possibilities.

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Episodes:

Episode 1: Enrollment Part I (Aired: 04/06/2014)
Episode 2: Enrollment Part II (Aired: 04/13/2014)
Episode 3: Enrollment Part III (Aired: 04/20/2014)
Episode 4: Enrollment Part IV (Aired: 04/27/2014)
Episode 5: Enrollment Part V (Aired: 05/04/2014)
... and 21 more episodes

Characters:

Shiba, Tatsuya (Main) - Voice Actors: Nakamura, Yuuichi, Stark, Christian, Saab, Alejandro
Shiba, Miyuki (Main) - Voice Actors: Hayami, Saori, Diekow, Mia, Quinones, Anairis
Akechi Goldie, Amelia Eimi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nishi, Asuka, Sturz, Dorothee, Marie, Michelle
Aoki (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Satou, Haruo, Riehm, Wolfgang
Asuka, Satomi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yuzuki, Ryouka, Bäcker, Manuela
Chiba, Naotsugu (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Chiba, Susumu
Chiba, Toshikazu (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kiuchi, Hidenobu, Kinzel, Timo
Chiba, Erika (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Uchiyama, Yumi, Schreier, Nadine
Chiyoda, Kanon (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Oonishi, Saori, von Keller, Katharina, Lu, Vivian
Fujibayashi, Kyouko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Itou, Shizuka, Stein, Sonja, Bennett, Dawn M.
Gonghu, Lu (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Fujiwara, Takahiro
Hattori, Hanzou Gyoubushoujo (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kimura, Ryouhei, Endemann, Jannik, Wang, Howard
Hayama, Tadanori (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Naka, Hiroshi
Hirakawa, Koharu (Supporting)
Hirakawa, Chiaki (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tanabe, Rui, Fölster, Linda, Sheppard, Lindsay
Huang, Douglas (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yanai, Ken, Holdorf, Jürgen
Ichihara, Suzune (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nakahara, Mai, Casper, Julia, Ruff, Michelle
Ichijou, Masaki (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Matsuoka, Yoshitsugu, Rieke, Nils, Fu, Stephen
Inagaki (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Taki, Satoshi, Shipman, Matt
Isori, Kei (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Saitou, Souma, Brücker, Martin
Izumi, Rika (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Iida, Yuuko
Juumonji, Katsuto (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Suwabe, Junichi, Schmidt, Tobias
Kasuga, Nanami (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kuno, Misaki
Kazama, Harunobu (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ookawa, Tooru, Hanisch, Volker, Chalmers, Brook
Kichijouji, Shinkurou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Murase, Ayumu, Kreuer, Tim
Kirihara, Takeaki (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sugita, Tomokazu, Nöhren, Henning, Chase, Ray
Kitayama, Shizuku (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tatsumi, Yuiko, Meyer, Jenny Maria
Kobayakawa, Keiko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Asakura, Azumi
Kokonoe, Yakumo (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Okiayu, Ryoutarou, Rudolf, Christian, Silverstein, Keith
Kudou, Retsu (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kiyokawa, Motomu, Dahlem, Sven, Mendel, Stephen
Marshall, Jirou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Endou, Daichi
Mibu, Sayaka (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tomatsu, Haruka, Böttcher, Jennifer
Mibu, Yuuzou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: May, Martin, Yamamoto, Itaru
Mitsui, Honoka (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Amamiya, Sora, Fölster, Julia, Woods, Kimberly
Morisaki, Shun (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ohara, Takashi, Gavrilis, Marios, Yen, Caleb
Nakajou, Azusa (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ogasawara, Saki, Bäcker, Manuela, Marie, Michelle
Okada (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Inoue, Gou
Ono, Haruka (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tange, Sakura, von Weltzien, Kristina
Otowa (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Stolz, Benjamin, Yanai, Ken
Pixie (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Touyama, Nao, Southerland, Stephanie, Brandts, Kim-Sarah
Saegusa, Mayumi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hanazawa, Kana, Schmidt, Josephine, Price, Maureen
Saijou, Leonhart (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Terashima, Takuma, Grimm, Jesse
Sanada, Shigeru (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Shingaki, Tarusuke, Semm, Johannes, Chase, Ray
Satomi, Subaru (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Saitou, Yuka, Weckler, Saskia
Sawaki, Midori (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Shinomiya, Gou, Weißenburger, Stefan
Sekimoto, Isao (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sabel, Martin, Ooyama, Takanori
Shiba, Tatsurou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Koyasu, Takehito
Shiba, Sayuri (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Toyoguchi, Megumi, Nitzsche, Ela
Shibata, Mizuki (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Satou, Satomi, Brettschneider, Merete, Huynh, Xanthe
Takigawa, Kazumi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Alavi, Souzan, Suwa, Ayaka
Tateoka (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Satou, Tomohiro
Tatsumi, Koutarou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hamada, Kenji, Cho, SungWon
Tomitsuka, Hagane (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yamashita, Daiki, Kinzel, Timo, Bach, Patrick
Tsukasa, Hajime (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Chiba, Isshin, Lohmann, Martin, Mills, Daman
Tsukasa, Kinoe (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Katou, Masayuki, Tatum, J. Michael
... and 9 more characters

Staff:

Hashimoto, Kentarou (Producer)
Kananiwa, Kozue (Producer)
Kashiwada, Shinichirou (Producer)
Kimura, Yasutaka (Producer)
Miki, Kazuma (Producer)
Ono, Manabu (Director, Storyboard)
Motoyama, Satoshi (Sound Director)
Kawamura, Kenichi (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Kuboyama, Eiichi (Episode Director)
Kuraya, Ryouichi (Episode Director)
Matsumura, Masaki (Episode Director)
Miyazaki, Shuuji (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Seki, Dai (Episode Director)
Shiraishi, Michita (Episode Director)
Kizawa, Yukito (Script)
Nakamoto, Muneo (Script)
Stocker, Kevin (Script)
Sugawara, Yukie (Script)
Houri, Kouji (Storyboard)
Itou, Naoyuki (Storyboard)
Kazui, Hiroko (Storyboard)
Kojima, Masao (Storyboard)
Shimazu, Hiroyuki (Storyboard)
Yoshida, Risako (Storyboard)
ELISA (Theme Song Performance)
GARNiDELiA (Theme Song Performance, Theme Song Arrangement)
Horie, Shouta (Theme Song Arrangement)
LiSA (Theme Song Performance, Theme Song Lyrics)
Shihori (Theme Song Lyrics)
Tabuchi, Tomoya (Theme Song Composition, Theme Song Lyrics)
Tanaka, Hidenori (Theme Song Lyrics)
Tsuri, Shunsuke (Theme Song Arrangement)
Yasuda, Rei (Theme Song Performance)
toku (Theme Song Composition, Theme Song Lyrics)
Furumata, Taichi (Key Animation)
Furuya, Yuuji (Sound Effects)
Hashiguchi, Hayato (Animation Director)
Hirano, Yuuichi (Animation Director)
Hirasawa, Akihiro (Background Art)
Imamura, Taiki (Key Animation)
Ishida, Kana (2nd Key Animation, Animation Director, Chief Animation Director, Key Animation, Original Character Design, Character Design)
Ishimoto, Takehiro (Background Art)
Iwakami, Atsuhiro (Planning)
Iwasaki, Taku (Music)
Iwataki, Satoshi (Animation Director, Key Animation)
Izumo, Juuki (Mechanical Design)
Kanemori, Yoshinori (Key Animation)
Katsuki, Kunio (Animation Director, Key Animation, Assistant Animation Director)
Kawada, Izumi (Animation Director)
Kawashita, Yuuki (Director of Photography, Special Effects)
... and 34 more staff

News:

'Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei' Gets Second Season in 2020 (10/06/2019)
North American Anime & Manga Releases for October (10/01/2018)
Movie Adaptation of Light Novel 'Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei' Announced [Update 3/13] (03/09/2016)
Interview: GARNiDELiA at Anime Festival Asia 2015 (03/05/2016)
North American Anime & Manga Releases for December (12/02/2015)
North American Anime & Manga Releases for September (09/01/2015)
North American Anime & Manga Releases for June (06/02/2015)
Q2 2014 Anime Licenses [Update 7/12] (04/05/2014)
Spring 2014 Simulcast List [Update 4/19] (04/01/2014)
Spring 2014 Preview (03/17/2014)
News Briefs for Mar 10 - 16 (03/17/2014)
News Briefs for Feb 3 - 9 (02/09/2014)
Q1 2014 Anime Licenses [Update 3/30] (01/02/2014)
Light Novel 'Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei' to be Animated [Update 01/01] (10/06/2013)

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Genres: Action, Fantasy, Romance, School, Sci-Fi, Urban Fantasy
Themes: School, Urban Fantasy
Studios: Madhouse
Producers: Aniplex, ASCII Media Works, Movic, Square Enix
Licensors: Aniplex of America
Rating: 7.37 / 10
Rank: #2571
Popularity: #146
Users Listed: 1,124,758
Users Scored: 613,688
NSFW: No
Last Updated: 10/03/2024
Aired: April 6, 2014 – September 28, 2014 (Spring)
Type: tv
Source: Light Novel
Age Rating: PG 13
Episodes: 26
Broadcast: Sunday at 00:30 (JST)

Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei