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Format
TV
Episodes
26
Episode Duration
23 min per ep
Status
Finished Airing
Premiered
Spring 2014
Aired
2014-04-06 to 2014-09-28
Source
Light novel
Rating
PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
Genres
Action
Fantasy
Romance
School
Sci-Fi
Studios
Madhouse
Producers
Aniplex
Square Enix
Movic
ASCII Media Works
Licensors
Aniplex of America
Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei (魔法科高校の劣等生)
In the dawn of the 21st century, magic, long thought to be folklore and fairy tales, has become a systematized technology and is taught as a technical skill. In First High School, the institution for magicians, students are segregated into two groups based on their entrance exam scores: "Blooms," those who receive high scores, are assigned to the First Course, while "Weeds" are reserve students assigned to the Second Course. Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei follows the siblings, Tatsuya and Miyuki Shiba, who are enrolled in First High School. Upon taking the exam, the prodigious Miyuki is placed in the First Course, while Tatsuya is relegated to the Second Course. Though his practical test scores and status as a "Weed" show him to be magically inept, he possesses extraordinary technical knowledge, physical combat capabilities, and unique magic techniques—making Tatsuya the irregular at a magical high school. [Written by MAL Rewrite]