To Aru Kagaku no Railgun
| To Aru Kagaku no Railgun | |
|---|---|
| Original title | と あ る 科学 の 超 電磁砲 |
| transcription | To Aru Kagaku no Rērugan |
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| Logo of the anime | |
| genre | Action , adventure, fantasy , science fiction |
| Manga | |
| country |
 Japan
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| author | Kazuma Kamachi |
| Illustrator | Motoi Fuyukawa |
| publishing company | ASCII Media Works |
| magazine | Dengeki Daioh |
| First publication | April 2007 - ... |
| expenditure | 13 |
| Anime television series | |
| title | To Aru Kagaku no Railgun To Aru Kagaku no Railgun S |
| Original title | と あ る 科学 の 超 電磁砲 と あ る 科学 の 超 電磁砲 S |
| transcription | To Aru Kagaku no Rērugan To Aru Kagaku no Rērugan S |
| Country of production |
Japan
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| original language | Japanese |
| Year (s) | 2009-2010, 2013 |
| Studio | JCStaff |
| length | 25 minutes |
| Episodes | 48 in 2 seasons |
| Director | Tatsuyuki Nagai |
| music | I've sound / Maiko Iuchi |
| First broadcast | October 3, 2009 - March 20, 2010 April 12 - September 27, 2013 on Tokyo MX (1st season) AT-X (2nd season) |
| Original video animation | |
| Country of production |
Japan
|
| original language | Japanese |
| year | 2010 |
| Studio | JCStaff |
| length | 34 minutes |
| Episodes | 1 |
| Director | Tatsuyuki Nagai |
To Aru Kagaku no Railgun ( Japanese と あ る 科学 の
action
The plot of To Aru Kagaku no Railgun represents an excerpt from the world of To Aru Majutsu no Index , which particularly focuses on the four female characters Mikoto Misaka, Kuroko Shirai, Kazari Uiharu and Ruiko Saten. Of these, Mikoto is the focus of events. Their special ability to strongly accelerate metallic objects with electromagnetic force ( railgun ) gave the series its name. She is almost always accompanied by her roommate Kuroko, who is in love with her and calls her "big sister".
Together with their two school friends, they investigate a mysterious drug in the first section of the plot, which increases the psychological abilities enormously for a short time after ingestion. This is also a reference to events in the first light novel by To Aru Majutsu no Index , in which this incident is briefly mentioned as Level Upper . They try to stop the drug dealer after their cause became personal through a coma friend.
Origin and publications
The manga series was drawn by Motoi Fuyukawa . Since May 2007 it has been published in the Japanese magazine Dengeki Daioh . The first combined chapters of the still ongoing series appeared since November 25, 2007 as Tankōbon at MediaWorks . 13 volumes have appeared so far.
- Vol. 1: ISBN 978-4-8402-4107-6 , November 25, 2007
- Vol. 2: ISBN 978-4-04-867146-0 , June 10, 2008
- Vol. 3: ISBN 978-4-04-867719-6 , February 27, 2009
- Vol. 4: ISBN 978-4-04-867894-0 , October 27, 2009
- Vol. 5: ISBN 978-4-0486-8686-0 , June 26, 2010
- Vol. 6: ISBN 978-4-04-870350-5 , February 26, 2011
- Vol. 7: ISBN 978-4-04-870976-7 , December 17, 2011
- Vol. 8: ISBN 978-4-04-891101-6 , October 27, 2012
- Vol. 9: ISBN 978-4-04-891844-2 , August 27, 2013
- Vol. 10: ISBN 978-4-04-866698-5 , July 26, 2014
- Vol. 11: ISBN 978-4-04-865431-9 , October 27, 2015
- Vol. 12: ISBN 978-4-04-892365-1 , November 26, 2016
- Vol. 13: ISBN 978-4-04-893425-1 , November 27, 2017
Adaptations
Anime
Animation studio JCStaff adapted the manga series as an anime television series in 2009, directed by Tatsuyuki Nagai . The character design was created by Yuichi Tanaka. He built on the drawings by Kiyotaka Haimura. Tomonori Kuroda took over the artistic direction. From October 3, 2009 to March 20, the 24-episode series was broadcast on Tokyo MX shortly after midnight (and thus on the previous television day ). Other stations such as AT-X , Chiba TV , Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting , MBS , TV Kanagawa and TV Saitama also started broadcasting a few days later.
On October 29, 2010, an OVA was released on DVD and BluRay.
On October 21, 2012, a second season entitled To Aru Kagaku no Railgun S was announced. The staff and the cast of the recurring characters remained the same. The series, also comprising 24 episodes, was first broadcast on AT-X from April 12 to September 27, 2013 , half an hour later on TV Tokyo, and with a delay of up to two weeks also MBS, Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting, and Tochigi TV .
On January 10, 2020, the first episode of the third season entitled To Aru Kagaku no Railgun T first aired on Japanese TV. The anime series has not ended to this day.
synchronization
| role | Japanese speaker ( seiyū ) |
|---|---|
| Mikoto Misaka | Rina Sato |
| Kuroko Shirai | Satomi Arai |
| Kazari Uiharu | Aki Toyosaki |
| Ruiko Saten | Kanae Ito |
| Shizuri Mugino | Ami Koshimizu |
| Frenda Seivelun | Maaya Uchida |
| Febri | Iori Nomizu |
music
The soundtrack for the series comes from I've sound / Maiko Iuchi.
In the opening credits of the series up to episode 14, the title only my railgun by fripSide was used, which reached 3rd place in the weekly Oricon charts and was awarded the Radio Kansai Award as the best theme song at the 15th Animation Kobe . Follow LEVEL5-judgelight- , also from fripSide.
The credits were underlined with titles by Elisa : In the first half of the series, Dear My Friend - Mada Minu Mirai e (Dear My Friend - ま だ 見 ぬ 未来 へ - ), in episode 12 Smile -You & Me- , and from the 15. Episode Real Force . The first episode had no opening credits and used the title only my railgun as the credits.
The OVA uses the song future gazer by fripSide in the opening credits and in the closing credits Special “ONE” by Elisa.
Individual evidence
- ↑ A Certain Scientific Railgun TV Anime Gets 2nd Season. In: Anime News Network . October 21, 2012, accessed October 21, 2012 .
- ↑ Haruhi Film, K-ON !!, Miku Win Anime Kobe Awards. In: Anime News Network . October 15, 2010, accessed October 15, 2010 .
Web links
- Official Website (Japanese)
- Anime News Network about the manga , the first anime series , the OVA and the second anime series (English)