Macademi Wasshoi! (anime adaptation of Magician's Academy)

[NeoSam]

The boy's light novel series Magician's Academy by Sakaki Ichirou (author) and BLADE (illustrator) will be getting animated.

まじしゃんず・あかでみい
Magician's Academy

少年向けライトノベル.
Shounen light novel (light novel series for boys).

Official anime site:
http://www.macademi.tv/

The shounen(boy's) light novel series Magician's Academy is published under the shounen(boy's) light novel label Famitsu Bunko.

The light novel series is finished with 9 light novel volumes and 5 short story light novels.
Covers:

Magician's Academy light novels:

Spoiler:

There's also a short story light novel series that's titled: Macademi Radical (まかでみ・らでぃかる).
Covers:

Spoiler:

A manga adaptation titled Magician's Academy was serialized in the shounen/seinen magazine Magi-Cu (which is now defunct).
Cover of manga:

Spoiler:

Shounen manga.

The light novel series also got adapted to a PS2 game.

Genre: Shounen, Fantasy, Comedy, Romance

Spoiler for Other boy's light novels that got animated:

Other boy's light novels from the shounen(boy's) light novel label Famitsu Bunko that got animated:

• Petopeto-san
• Yoshinaga-san Chi no Gargoyle
• Kyouran Kazoku Nikki (will be getting animated next year)

[NeoSam]

The anime adaptation of the Magician's Academy light novel series will be titled:

まかでみWAっしょい！
Macademi Wasshoi!

Broadcast: Autumn 2008

Staff:

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Original Work: Sakaki Ichirou
Original Character Concept: BLADE
Director: Kanzaki Takaomi
Series Composition: Hasegawa Katsumi
Character Design: Oosumi Takaharu
Animation Production: ZEXCS

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The official site for the anime has been renewed:
http://www.macademi.tv/

Source: MoonPhase

[Potatochobit]

NOOOO! MFI! NOOOO!@

I just recently saw this and went, macadamia nuts? thats a show I want to watch!

Im looking forward to this, but I hope it doesnt turn out horrible like maple story did.

the PV on the website is from the game I think?

[Chaos2Frozen]

Eh?! So this is the title of that manga I bought...

I just saw this at the shop about a year ago.

Bought it, but didn't understand a darn thing

But I could have sworn I saw a number of ecchi scenes...

[WanderingKnight]

What... just what the hell are those character designs...

I want my sight back.

[Same_Shark]

Ami Koshimizu fans have another anime to watch. Looks like she's vocing a boy this time.

[Claies]

Originally Posted by WanderingKnight

What... just what the hell are those character designs...

I want my sight back.

This is even worse than Zero no Tsukaima S2's hormonal plot. >_>

[Dingo]

This reminds me of that horrible Light novel/manga/Anime, Zero no Tsukaima.It looks like shit.

[Koroku]

Those character designs... are offly... interesting...

[Midonin]

New promo video up at the website today, featuring what I think is the OP. The lead seiyuu trio of Mariya Ise, Yukari Fukui, and Ui Miyazaki sing it, and a few scenes are shown.

[Midonin]

With the fall season quickly approaching, this is yet another website that underwent a major revision. And to add to my above post, the ED will be done by Ayumi Murata.

[musume_no_hoshi]

When I read the thread title...I thought it said 'macaroni' (hope I spelt it correctly).

Looks like it would be eyecandy with fanservice...most likely a pass or I might check out the first episode and see would the animation company did some miracles on it? ^_^''

[tam]

I read the novels from 1-4, and I could say this novel is VERY fun to read and I wish the anime will the novel's storyline. From the PV I watched, its certain that it will follow Vol.1 of the novel.

Here's the rundown of what I think of the novels:

Vol.1 - Introduction story. Nothing much but quite fun.

Vol.2 - The most touching I've seen.

Vol.3 - The most action packed! For those old times RPG dungeon's fans, you'll gonna love this.

Vol.4 - The funniest so far.


And for those who don't know anything about the story, here's the character info. to get a picture of what may come out in the anime:

Spoiler for Spoiler:

Hasegawa Takuto - Your basic ordinary teenage boy and also the main character of the story who is also a rookie mage in the Academy. He is also for some reason also the reincarnation of a so called "World's Savior" or "World's Destruction" as well as being surrounded by girls, especially the main female characters.

Tanarot - A mysterious red head girl that is neither a demon nor a god. But she has a power of around 5000, that is enough power to destroy 1 country in 1 day, but she doesn't know it. She is the being that was accidentally summoned by Takuto. Although she looks around 15 or 16, but her mind is like a 2 year old kid, so she's still learning.

She has been given a weapon in Vol.3 which is a pair of boxing gloves called "One Hit Kill". Because her power is very dangerous, she is taken under the care of Takuto, which she loves so much. She became Takuto's 1st roommate as well as Suzuho's rival.

Hasegawa Suzuho - Takuto's cousin. A very timid and shy girl. She also has a tragic past about mages that made her unable to speak. So she usually communicate by writing on a sketchbook that she holds everytime. Although she's shy, whenever someones get TOO CLOSE to Takuto, she'll explode. In other words, she also likes Takuto.

Because she fear that Tanarot might do something unnecessary, she moves in with Takuto and became Takuto's 2nd roommate. She also has an alter ego whenever she took out her ribbon, which is called 'The Blue-haired Vampire".

Hasegawa Suzuho" Blue-Hair form" - She is the exact opposite of the original Suzuho. She is called the " Blue-Haired Vampire" cause she can absorbed any magic around her which makes any magic useless. Because of this she became the nemy to all mages and summon creatures. Luckilly the Academy solve this confict, so far.

She is a very tomboyish girl and constantly fights with Tanarot. Although both Suzuho have opposit traits, but they have one thing in common, they both like Takuto. It is unclear whether both of them share the same memories.

Falce - First appeared in Vol.3 of the novel. She is known as "The Variable Wand", cause she is a wand with a mind and conscious of his own. Her creator died by poison, the reason is still unknown. Because of this she doesn't know the reason for her existence.

Takuto gave her a reason, which is to be yourself. Because of that Falce fell for Takuto and also became her master. She's quite nice and polite. Although she likes Takuto, but she is not that competitive like Suzuho or Tanarot. She also become Takuto's 3rd roommate.

Sakuma Ataro - Takuto's sempai. Also an otaku and a strong mage. He constantly talk about moe and other stuff. Usually creates costume for Tanarot and Suzuho and has a habit for torturing people by helping him in his doujins( And I MEAN torturing, try working 72 hours a day without rest).

Eneus - Ataro's tsukaima. Usually dressed in a maid costume with a tail and dog ears ( Guess who's idea). You can say that Eneus is Ataro's discipline advisor since most of the time she remind him to be serious. She is a very skillful fighter. She has a spear which also has a broom at one end. Quite convenient don't you think.

Synclavia - A demon whose original mission is to kill Takuto. Her attacks usually consists of sound. First appeared in Vol.2. After her failure, she has been sealed by Ataro and became Ataro's slave. Usually dressed in SM costume.

Miyabi - A god who is Synclavia's partner. Also first appeared in Vol.2 and also has the same motif and (sadly) consequence as her partner. But a good thing is she usually get to take a task of joining Takuto's "cleaning duty". Because of this, she came to understand Takuto a lot more. Usually dressed in Miko outfit and has a katana as her weapon.

Professor Sagami - Takuto's teacher as well as a robot( I think). Usually helps Takuto in his trouble.

Trincia - A cute girl that usually appears in the monitor of laptops. Too bad she doesn't appear much in the novels. She does look cute you know.

There are some characters that I didn't explain, mainly because I have not enough info.

Hopefully this helps. And I really support this novel and anime. Hopefully someone can translate the manga version that was serialized in " Comic Alive".

[Vexx]

Looks like they toned down the character designs a bit from the manga --- all still "scary-cute".

The weird factor makes me want to give it 2 or 3 episodes at least.

[tam]

Just finished Vol.5 and I could say this is where the real story begins. This is quite a mixture of comedy and action, in this case, both funny and fun.

The details:

Spoiler for Plot:

We get to take a look at Suzuho's tragic past which led her to the way she is now. We also know from this vol. that there are existence of Psychics which are different than mages.

We also learn the Academy's true enemy, which is known as the SSS(Secret Sorcerer Society) which thinks that mages should rule all.

We get to see a bit of action from Takuto and company, he's quite the good strategist by the way.

Also I just read the manga version of it. Its the "only one volume" version. From the manga the first chapter follows the first chapter of the novels. The others are either short stories or original stories specially for this manga.

Really can't wait for the anime to release.

[Shiroi Hane]

There was a little piece on this in the August Megami (yeah, takes 2 months to get to me)



It didn't interest me greatly, but I do like the artwork on novel covers above.

[Midonin]

Three new promos up today - one for each of the main girls. (And after hearing it several times over the past month or two, the OP is starting to grow on me.)

[Midonin]

Spoiler for Episode 01 - ? de Wasshoi:

Between this and Kemeko, I believe the quotient of "weird and wacky" left by Kyouran's departure will be filled.

The OP is suitably bizarre and sort of dancey. Having heard it enough times in the promos over the past few weeks, I've grown accustomed to it.

Beginning in media res was an interesting choice, showing the summoning of Tanarot followed by a quick rewind to where it all began. As much as I advocate viewing shows as themselves, I suppose one could see this as being a gender-reversed Zero no Tsukaima, sort of.

Suzuho immediately gives off Megumi (SA) vibes, though hopefully she's easier to typeset to whoever takes this on. Suzuho also has some elements of Inner Moka going for her. Though with less kicks and "know your place" and more sword swinging.

There's some weird claymation censoring going on (the scene of Suzuho walking in differs from the promos) and in the eyecatch. Claymation in anime has a history of freaking me out. Manabi Straight, I'm looking your direction.

No proper ED this week (just playing over the last scenes), but it sounds nice.

A nice cast here, with Ami Koshimizu as a boy again, and Mariya Ise as Tanarot. Good to see her getting a lot of major roles lately. A fun first episode.

[aroduc]

I'll admit to being pretty pleasant surprised by this. Far less... well... horrificly bad than I was expecting it to be. Still not 100% on these downs syndrome character designs though...

OP

[tam]

My guesses for next episode:

Spoiler for Next Episode:

The debut of Synclavia and Miyabi. And more magic action.

Also glad that the anime is following the story from the novels.