Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic
| Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic | ||||
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| Original title | マ ギ | |||
| transcription | Magi | |||
| genre | Shōnen , adventure , fantasy | |||
| Manga | ||||
| country |
 Japan
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| author | Shinobu Ōtaka | |||
| publishing company | Shogakukan | |||
| magazine | Weekly Shōnen Sunday | |||
| First publication | June 3, 2009 - October 11, 2017 | |||
| expenditure | 37 | |||
| Anime television series | ||||
| title | Magi: The labyrinth of magic Magi: The kingdom of magic |
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| Original title | マ ギ The labyrinth of magic マ ギ The kingdom of magic |
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| Country of production |
Japan
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| original language | Japanese | |||
| Year (s) | 2012-2014 | |||
| Studio | A-1 Pictures | |||
| length | 25 minutes | |||
| Episodes | 50 in 2 seasons | |||
| Director | Kōji Masunari | |||
| music | Shirō Sagisu | |||
| First broadcast | October 7, 2012 on MBS , TBS | |||
| German-language first broadcast |
March 15, 2018 on ProSieben Maxx | |||
| Offshoot | ||||
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Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic ( Japanese マ ギ ) is a manga series by Shinobu Ōtaka that has been published in Japan since 2009. The Shōnen and Fantasy series was implemented in the form of an anime television series and translated into German, among other things. The branch Magi: Sinbad no Bōken has been published since 2013 . The story is loosely based on the Arabian Nights and takes place in a magical world whose diverse cultures resemble those of medieval Asia .
action
The young trader Alibaba Saluja lives in a desert town and works for a rich merchant. He dreams of entering the tower in the middle of the city, a so-called "dungeon", and passing its tests in order to gain wealth himself. The dungeons popped up all over the world some time ago, promising wealth and power to those who pass their trials. When Aladdin appears, a wizard in the form of a child, he only gets Alibaba into trouble at first. But his Djinn Ugo, who lives in a flute and is called with her, and Aladdin's magic help Alibaba as does the slave Morgiana. Aladdin doesn't see that people should be slaves of others and tries to free them. Eventually, Aladdin and Alibaba become friends and go to the dungeon together.
There are many traps hidden in the dungeon that the two can only overcome with skill and intelligence. Behind them the ruler of the city has also entered the tower and lets his entourage overcome the traps for him, so that he is soon alone. Only Morgiana and one other slave are still with him. Aladdin and Alibaba can fight off his deceptions and attacks and eventually pass all the tests. Finally they reach the treasury, in which the ruler of the city and his two slaves soon appear. The cruel regent orders his slaves to attack, but is shortly afterwards surprised by the means Aladdin and Alibaba use to defend themselves. When it comes to a duel between Alibaba and the despot, Alibaba seems superior and he realizes that Alibaba is very good at palace fencing, which only high citizens are actually allowed to learn. After his victory, Alibaba receives great fortunes from the protector of the dungeon, the Fire Djinn Amon. This accompanies Alibaba from now on in the form of a dagger. Shortly before the dungeon collapses and buries the ruler with his second slave, the latter remembers a prophecy in which the coming of a magi was predicted. Alibaba, Morgiana, and Aladdin escape. Back in town, Alibaba buys Morgiana and all the other slaves in town. However, Aladdin ends up from the dungeon in a distant land. He gets into the fight of an old nomad tribe against the powerful Kou Empire. Its princess and commander Hakuei Ren ( 練 白 瑛 ) wants to protect the tribe and peacefully unite the world - however, her adviser wants to subjugate and enslave the tribe. In doing so, he hopes to become ruler himself, and uses several intrigues to pit the two parties against each other. Aladdin can mediate, convince the tribe of the peacefulness of Kou and help the princess by defeating her deputy together. He also learns what it means to be a Magi. These can use the power of Rukh, butterfly-like beings that transport and distribute the Magoi, the basis of sorcery, in the form of magic. Furthermore, they choose king candidates with jinn vessels, in Aladdin's case these are initially Alibaba and Amon by summoning dungeons and mastering them with selected people. How many king candidates a magi or how many jinn vessels a person has does not matter. Hakuei Ren is also a dungeon conqueror and has the wind Djinn Paimon. When peace is established, Aladdin sets out on a trip to Alibaba.
Meanwhile, Morgiana tries to get to Balbadd with a caravan. As a descendant of the Fanalis, a people who have superhuman strength and speed, after being enslaved again, she meets Aladdin and the two travel together to Balbadd, where Alibaba acts as the leader of the criminal fog gang, who steal from the rich based on Robin Hood's example to give what was stolen to people from the slums. On their journey, Aladdin and Morgiana also meet the mysterious Sindbad who is suddenly robbed down to the last shirt in front of them. When they arrive in Balbadd it turns out that Sinbad is eagerly awaited there by his generals Ja'far and Masrur, another member of the Fanalis. Sindbad introduces himself as the ruler of Sindria, who has seven jinn vessels at the same time and is the commander of a large armada of allied empires.
publication
The series created by Shinobu Ōtaka has been published since June 3, 2009 (issue 27/2009) in individual chapters in Weekly Shōnen Sunday magazine by Shogakukan . This has also brought out Magi in 37 anthologies to date.
A German translation by John Schmitt-Weigand was published by Kazé Manga from October 2013 to January 2019 with all 37 volumes. An English version is published by Viz Media , a French version by Kurokawa and a Spanish version by Planeta DeAgostini . The series has also been translated into Portuguese and Chinese.
From April 2013, the offshoot Magi: Sinbad no Bōken appeared in the same magazine in Japan , with the text by Shinobu Ōtaka , but the drawings by Yoshifumi Ōtera . In September 2013 he switched to Ura Sunday magazine and has been published there ever since. The story takes place 30 years earlier and tells Sindbad's story.
Anime adaptation
An anime adaptation of the work for Japanese television was created at Studio A-1 Pictures from 2012 . Directed by Kōji Masunari , Hiroyuki Yoshino was responsible for the concept and script . The character design was created by Toshifumi Akai and the artistic directors were Ayu Kawamoto and Taichi Maezuka .
The first season with 25 episodes each 25 minutes long was shown from October 7, 2012 to March 31, 2013 by MBS and TBS in the afternoon program. The second season with the same episode number and the subtitle The Kingdom of Magic had its first broadcast from October 6, 2013 to March 30, 2014. An English subtitled simulcast was streamed on Crunchyroll and Hulu .
The series was released entirely in German dubbing by Kazé Anime on DVD and Blu-Ray. The Anime on Demand portal made the series accessible via streaming. English, Korean, and French versions and one in Tagalog were shown on television. A Portuguese subtitled version has also been published.
For the offshoot Magi: Sinbad no Bōken five OVAs and a 13-part anime television series were released. On December 10, 2016, the series was first published on Netflix with German synchronization under the title Magi: Adventure of Sinbad , after it was only available with German subtitles for a while.
Since March 15, 2018, the series has been broadcast Monday through Friday at 5:05 p.m. on ProSieben Maxx . In early April 2018, the broadcaster announced that after the completion of the first season, the second season of the anime would also be broadcast.
synchronization
The German synchronization of the two seasons of Magi was created in the G&G recording studios .
| role | Japanese speaker ( seiyū ) | German speaker |
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| Aladdin | Kaori Ishihara | Katrin Hess |
| Ali Baba | Yūki Kaji | Sunke Janssen |
| Morgiana | Haruka Tomatsu | Corinna Dorenkamp |
| Ugo-kun | Toshiyuki Morikawa | Tobias Brecklinghaus |
| Hakuryu Ren | Kensho Ono | Arne Obermeyer |
| Kougyoku Ren | Kana Hanazawa | Kerstin Kramer |
| Judal | Ryōhei Kimura | Louis Friedemann Thiele |
| Kassim | Jun Fukuyama | Daniel Käser |
| Sinbad | Daisuke Ono | Simon T. Roden |
| Jafar | Takahiro Sakurai | Markus Haase |
| Masrur | Yoshimasa Hosoya | Ben Steinhoff |
| Yamraiha | Yui Horie | Birte Baumgardt |
| Sharrkan | Shoutarou Morikubo | Lars Schmidtke |
| Dracon | Tomokazu Sugita | Dieter Brink |
| Pisti | Rumi Ookubo | Rieke Werner |
| Spartos | Wataru Hatano | Tom Raczok |
| Matal Mogamett | Choo | Jochen Langner |
| Scheherazade | Maaya Sakamoto | Silke Linderhaus |
| Titus Alexius | Yoshitsugu Matsuoka | Marco Sven Reinbold |
| Sphintus Carmen | Ryouta Oosaka | Martin Bross |
| Myers | Kikuko Inoue | Kordula Leiße |
| Kouha Ren | Tetsuya Kakihara | Dennis Saemann |
| Kouen Ren | Yuuichi Nakamura | Michael-Che cook |
| Muu Alexius | Mamoru Miyano | David Schulze |
music
The music in the series comes from Shirō Sagisu . The following songs were used for the opening credits:
- VIP from SID
- Matataku Hoshi no Shita de ( 瞬 く 星 の 下 で ) from Porno Graffitti
- ANNIVERSARY by SID
- Hikari ( 光 -HIKARI- ) from ViViD
The closing titles are:
- Yubi Bōenkyō ( 指 望遠鏡 ) by Nogizaka46
- The Bravery from Supercell
- Eden ( エ デ ン ) from Aqua Timez
- With You / With Me by 9nine
Video game
On February 21, 2013, Magi: Hajimari no Meikyū ( マ ギ は じ ま り の 迷宮 ) was a video game for the series. The game developed and published by Bandai Namco Games for the Nintendo 3DS received expansions in the form of further playable characters and dungeons after its release. A second game appeared in the form of Magi: Aratanaru no Sekai for the same console.
reception
The series won the Shōgakukan Manga Prize in the Shōnen category in 2014. Magi is also a commercial success in Japan: it is one of the publisher's best-selling titles, so Volume 21 was Shogakukan's fourth best-selling volume in the first half of 2015 with 660,000 copies sold. According to an evaluation by Anime News Network , Magi was ranked 22nd among the most successful media franchises in 2015 .
Web links
- Official website of the manga (Japanese)
- Official website of the anime (Japanese)
- Manga and Anime on Anime News Network (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Magi: Adventure of Sinbad Gets TV Anime. In: Anime News Network. September 29, 2015, accessed January 27, 2016 .
- ↑ Crunchyroll to Stream Magi Fantasy Adventure Anime (Update 2). In: Anime News Network. October 3, 2012, accessed January 27, 2016 .
- ↑ Robin Hirsch: Anime2You : Second »Magi« season soon on ProSieben MAXX
- ↑ Magi: Aratanaru Sekai 3DS Game's Promo Streamed. Anime News Network, September 24, 2013, accessed January 27, 2014 .
- ↑ Magi, Kano-Uso, Zekkyō Gakkyū Win Shogakukan Manga Awards. Anime News Network, January 21, 2014, accessed January 27, 2014 .
- ↑ Manga With Biggest 1st Printings from Kodansha, Shogakukan, Shueisha: 2014-2015. Anime News Network, June 6, 2015, accessed January 27, 2014 .
- ↑ Top-Selling Media Franchises in Japan: 2015. Anime News Network, December 29, 2015, accessed January 27, 2014 .