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A Certain Magical Index

7.5 / 10

2008

3 seasons

74 episodes

AnimationSci-Fi & FantasyComedyMystery

Touma Kamijou is a student living in Academy City, a highly advanced place in terms of technology. Despite being gauged as a level zero esper (no powers), he possesses on his right hand the Imagine Breaker, an ability that negates any power whatsoever. Touma finds a young girl named Index who is trying to run away from Necessarius, a powerful magic organization that she is member of. Blessed with the skill of memorizing any sort of information, she holds 103,000 forbidden magical books within her head. As science and magic cross paths, Touma must face several dangers amid espers and magicians who appear in the exciting scientific town.

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Cast

Atsushi Abe

Yuka Iguchi

Rina Sato

Nobuhiko Okamoto

Shizuka Itoh

Anri Katsu

Kisho Taniyama

Satomi Arai

Kimiko Koyama

Satoshi Hino

Yoshihisa Kawahara

Ai Kayano

Seasons

Set in a city of scientifically advanced superhuman students, but in a world where magic is also real. Touma Kamijou’s right hand, the Imagine Breaker, will negate all magic, psychic, or divine powers, but not his own bad luck. One day he finds a young girl hanging on his balcony railing. She turns out to be a nun from the Church of England, and her mind has been implanted with the Index-Librorum-Prohibitorum - all the magical texts the Church has removed from circulation.

1.Academy City
7.4
05-10-200825m
Kamijo meets Index, who is on the run from a magic society that wants the library of forbidden knowledge stored in her memory. Later, Kamijo is shocked to find Index at his house –...
2.Innocentius (The Witch Hunter King)
7.3
12-10-200825m
Kamijo tangles with Stiyl, upset with the magician’s rough behavior toward Index. When quick thinking allows Kamijo and Index to escape, they head to the one person that might be a...
3.Necessarius (The Church of Necessary Evil)
7.3
19-10-200825m
While Komoe helps Index in healing her wounds using magic, Toma meets Stiyl's partner, Kaori Kanzaki and learns from her why they are hunting Index and the organization, Necessariu...
4.Perfect Memory Ability
7.2
26-10-200825m
Touma learns the truth about Index's perfect memorization and her loss of memories.
5.Limit (12 o'clock)
7.4
02-11-200825m
Touma tries desperately to save Index's memories before it is too late.
6.Imagine Breaker
7.4
09-11-200825m
Following the events of last episode and the activation of Index's defense mechanism Touma struggles to hide his amnesia from Index.
7.The Science Cult (Misawa Cram School)
7.0
16-11-200825m
Stiyl and Touma join forces to investigate the mysterious Misawa Cram School.
8.Ars Magna (Golden Transmutation)
7.3
23-11-200825m
Touma encounters Ars Magna the leader of Misawa Cram School and a man with his own connection to Index.
9.Deep Blood (Vampire Killer)
7.4
30-11-200825m
Touma confronts Ars Magna in a dangerous battle to rescue both Index and Deep Blood.
10.Mikoto Misaka (Sissy)
7.1
07-12-200825m
Touma spends some time with Misaka Mikoto and makes a strange discovery.
11.Sisters (Sisters)
7.3
14-12-200825m
Touma goes in search of Misaka to investigate the clone experiment.
12.Level 6 (Absolute Ability)
7.3
21-12-200825m
Touma discovers the reason behind the experiment and appears to grow closer to Misaka.
13.Accelerator (One Way)
6.8
28-12-200825m
Misaka and Touma hatch a plan to defeat Accelerator and end the experiment.
14.Weakest vs. Strongest (Strongest vs. Weakest)
5.6
08-01-200925m
Touma faces off against Accelerator for the sake of Misaka and her 'sisters'.
15.Angel Fall (Angel Fall)
5.2
15-01-200925m
Touma and Index head to the beach to avoid the fallout from Touma's fight with Accelerator. They also plan to meet Touma's Family but when they arrive they aren't quite what Touma...
16.Toya Kamijo (Father)
5.2
22-01-200925m
The Angel Fall spell remains in effect with only Toma, Kanzaki, Misha and Tsuchimikado relatively unaffected. However, the person responsible for casting the spell remains a myster...
17.The Power of God (Archangel)
6.7
29-01-200925m
After figuring out the truth of Misha’s real identity, Kanzaki sends Kamijo and Toya to destroy the ritual spot. When Tsuchimikado suggests that Toya must die for the spell to end,...
18.Replica (Impostor)
7.2
05-02-200925m
In order to shake off the unwanted attention she’s getting from Unabara, Misaka asks Kamijo to pretend to be her boyfriend. Things get complicated when the faux-couple discovers th...
19.Last Order (The End)
5.4
12-02-200925m
Accelerator meets the last of Misaka’s clones – Last Order – who explains the special role she played in the Sister experiment. Later, Accelerator learns what steps he’ll have to t...
20.Virus Code (Final Signal)
6.8
19-02-200925m
After Accelerator frees Last Order of the virus infecting her brain, he’s attacked by gun-wielding Amai. Just as all appears lost for Accelerator, Yoshikawa arrives to help – but A...
21.Counter Stop (Identity Unknown)
7.2
26-02-200925m
School’s back in session and that means new transfer students – one of which is Index! In class, Komoe offers more insight into the realities of life as an esper – and a powerful n...
22.Golem (Stone Figure)
7.2
05-03-200925m
Panic ensues in Academy City upon the arrival of the sorcerer Sherry Cromwell, who makes no secret of her plans to destroy Kazakiri! Kamijo steps up to ruin Sherry’s plot – but the...
23.Friends (Hyoka Kazakiri)
7.2
12-03-200925m
Kamijo chases Sherry away only to discover the sorcerer now has designs on Index! Meanwhile, with her secret revealed, Kazakiri takes advantage of her new situation and sets out to...
24.Imaginary Number School District - Five-Element Agency
5.6
19-03-200925m
Kamijo, Index and Kazakiri join forces to take on Ellis. When the battle ends, and with the support of Index, Kazakiri returns to the place of her origin. Later, Tsuchimikado ponde...

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