A Certain Magical Index is a Japanese light novel series written by Kazuma Kamachi and illustrated by Kiyotaka Haimura, which has been published by ASCII Media Works under their Dengeki Bunko imprint since April 2004 in a total of three sepa ...

'' is a Japanese

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television series produced by

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and directed by

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, which is based on the light novel of the same name. The story follows the adventures of

Toma Kamijo is a fictional character created by Kazuma Kamachi and first illustrated by Kiyotaka Haimura. He is the main protagonist of the light novel series ''A Certain Magical Index'' and a major character in its manga spin-off series ''A Certain Sci ...

, a high school student in the scientific-advanced Academy City whose right hand contains a unique power called "Imagine Breaker", and

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, a young nun from the

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whose mind has been implanted with 103,000

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s of the ''

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''. The series broadcast 74 episodes over three seasons. The first season aired on

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on October 4, 2008, and later on AT-X on January 8, 2009, upon the release of episode 14, until March 19, and consisted of twenty-four episodes. It adapts the first six volumes of the light novel. The second season aired from October 8, 2010, to April 1, 2011, and consisted of twenty-four episodes. It adapts the seventh to the thirteenth volume of the light novel. The third season aired from October 5, 2018, to April 5, 2019, and consisted of twenty-six episodes. It adapts the final nine volumes of the light novel. All three seasons are available on

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and

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, as well as on

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Series overview

Episode list

Season 1 (2008–2009)

Season 2: ''II'' (2010–2011)

Season 3: ''III'' (2018–2019)

Original video animation

''A Certain Magical Index-tan''

is an

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series included in the Japanese release of the first and fifth

and

s of each season of ''A Certain Magical Index'', which features a chibified Index and parodies of events that take place in the series.

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References

External links

* * {{Kazuma Kamachi Certain Magical Index, A A Certain Magical Index