A Certain Magical Index
Seen it?2008 | 3 seasons | 25 min | Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Comedy, Mystery
Weeknight WatchWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With almost no lasting buzz and a short run with a modest audience, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who likes to be kept guessing, anyone who wants a laugh and sci-fi fans. If you loved Charmed, start here.
- The mood
- Light and funny, tense.
- The pace
- 3 seasons: a few weeks of evenings, short, snackable episodes, about 31 hours in all.
- What might put you off
- Rated TV-14. Probably too much for younger kids.
- It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
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.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesSolid
7.5 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Ran for 3 seasons and reached a modest audience
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 13K people sought it out in the past year
Season by season
The show overall is a Weeknight Watch. Here's how each season stacks up; Season 1 is the high point.
- Season 12008 · 24 episodes · 6.9 out of 10Weeknight
Season 22010 · 24 episodes · 4.9 out of 10Monday- Season 32018 · 26 episodes · 6.5 out of 10Weeknight
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Cast & crew
- Atsushi AbeTouma Kamijou (voice)
- Yuka IguchiIndex (voice)
- Rina SatoMikoto Misaka (voice)
- Nobuhiko OkamotoAccelerator (voice)
- Satoshi HinoShiage Hamazura (voice)