Toaru Majutsu no Index
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Toaru Majutsu no Index (Toaru Majutsu no Indekkusu), translated as A Certain Magical Index of Prohibited Books (shortened to A Certain Magical Index) is a Japanese light novel series written by Kazuma Kamachi and illustrated by Kiyotaka Haimura; the series is published by ASCII Media Works under their Dengeki Bunko imprint. The series was made into a manga, beginning serialization in May 2007, and an anime[1] which aired between October 2008 and March 2009, containing 24 episodes. A second season of the anime has been announced.[2] A side story manga series, Toaru Kagaku no Railgun (Toaru Kagaku no R.rugan, lit. A Certain Scientific Railgun), began serialization in March 2007 and was later adapted into a 24-episode anime, which aired from October 2009 to March 2010 in Japan.[3]

Plot and characters
Toaru Majutsu no Index is set in Academy City, a technologically advanced Academic city located at western Tokyo which studies scientifically advanced superhuman students with powers, but is also set in a world where magic is also real. T.ma Kamij. is a student in Academy City whose right hand, the Imagine Breaker, has the ability to negate all magic and psychic powers, but also his own luck. One day he finds a young girl hanging on his balcony railing named Index. She is a nun from Necessarius, the secret magic branch of the Church of England, and her mind has been implanted with the Index Librorum Prohibitorum 103,000 forbidden magical books the Church has removed from circulation. His encounter with her leads him to meet others from the secret world of science and magic and an adventure with his friends where science and magic collide. T.ma's unusual power places him at the center of conflicts relating magicians and science-based espers in Academy City. As T.ma tries to help and protect his friends, he learns the people he knows are not as they appear and begins to attract the attention of magicians and espers alike as they try to unravel the secrets of Academy City and Index. The side-story, Toaru Kagaku no Railgun, focuses on Mikoto Misaka, an electromaster who is the third most powerful of the seven Level 5 espers in Academy City. Set before and during the events of the novels, the manga tell the adventures of Mikoto and her friends during that time period from their point of view, eventually coinciding with the events of the third novel.

Anime
An anime adaptation of Toaru Majutsu no Index was produced by J.C.Staff and directed by Hiroshi Nishikiori,[1] and aired in Japan between October 4, 2008 and March 19, 2009. The 24 episodes covered the first six of the light novels. A second season of Toaru Majutsu no Index has been announced.[2] An anime adaptation of the side story manga series Toaru Kagaku no Railgun aired in Japan from October 3, 2009 to March 20, 2010.[3] An original video animation episode of Toaru Kagaku no Railgun will be released on October 29, 2010.[7] At Anime Expo 2010, North American anime distributor Funimation Entertainment announced that they have acquired licenses for both TV series to be released in 2011.[8]

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