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Modern Magic Made Simple (TV)

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Alternative title:
Yoku Wakaru Gendai Mahō (Japanese)
よくわかる現代魔法 (Japanese)
簡單易懂的現代魔法 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: magic
Themes: magical girl
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: The story revolves around Koyomi Morishita, a clumsy high school freshman girl who is often mistaken for a grade-schooler because of her shortness. Koyomi becomes a disciple of Misa Anehara, a 25-year-old graduate student who happens to be one of the most powerful modern-day magicians.
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Ratings: 289 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 6 votes (sub:2, raw:2, others:2
1 Tagalog dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 13 votes (sub:11, dub:2)
 Very good: 53 votes (sub:35, dub:17, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Good: 88 votes (sub:76, dub:10, others:2
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Decent: 51 votes (sub:50, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 24 votes (sub:22, dub:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Not really good: 26 votes (sub:23, dub:2, raw:1)
 Weak: 19 votes (sub:17, dub:1, others:1
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Bad: 8 votes (sub:7, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 536 s, rank: #2042 (of 9996)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.301 (Decent+), std. dev.: 1.8024, rank: #6693 (of 10154)
Weighted mean: 6.225 (Decent+), rank: #6848 (of 10154) (seen all: 6.49 / seen some: 4.96 / won't finish: 4.03)
Bayesian estimate: 6.278 (Decent+), rank: #6138 (of 7635)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage:
2009-07-04 (Advanced Broadcast)
2009-07-11 to 2009-09-26
Release dates: We have 6
Opening Theme:
"programming for non-fiction" by Natsuko Aso
Ending Theme:
"Made in WONDER" by Aki Misato
Official website:
よくわかる現代魔法 (Japanese)
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 3
Review:
Modern Magic Made Simple Sub.DVD (Jun 27, 2012)
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Section23 Films Announces December Slate (Sep 20, 2011)
Other article:
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DVD (Region 1)
    Modern Magic Made Simple - Complete Collection (Sub.DVD) 2011-12-20 (from $53.50)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Yasuhiro Kuroda
Series Composition:
Yūichi Monda
Script:
Naoki Tozuka (5 episodes
eps 1, 5, 8, 11-12
)
Yūichi Monda (eps 0, 2-4)
Storyboard:
Yasuhiro Kuroda (ep 2)
Episode Director:
Yoshitaka Nagaoka (eps 5, 9)
Music: Yukari Hashimoto
Original creator: Hiroshi Sakurazaka
Original Character Design: Miki Miyashita
Character Design: Makoto Koga
Art Director: Ken'ichi Tatefuji (See Throu Studio)
Chief Animation Director: Masafumi Tamura
Animation Director:
Toshihiro Kikuchi (ep 10)
Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa
Director of Photography: Tōru Sugawara (Studio Cosmos)
Producer:
Tsuneo Takechi

2nd Key Animation:
Yukio Kitahara
Animation Check:
Rika Takada
Assistant Animation Director:
Yoshino Honda (ep 8)
Background Art:
Yasutoshi Kawai (Studio Jack)
Color design: Osamu Mikasa
Color Key:
Yukiko Shigemitsu
Composite:
Yurie Tadano
Design Assistant: Hiroyuki Kasugai
Editing: Mutsumi Takemiya
Finish Animation:
Yukiko Shigemitsu
Finish Check:
Yukiko Shigemitsu
In-Between Animation:
Yumi Fushimi
Key Animation:
Akio Kitahara (5 episodes
eps 0-1, 3, 7, 12
)
Yukihiro Kitano (10 episodes
eps 0-5, 7, 9-10, 12
)
Yumie Wada (NakamuraProduction-Eps.3,4,11)
Music producer: Yoshiyuki Ito
Online Editor:
Gen Itakura
Planning:
Tatsuya Ono
Production:
Tetsuro Satomi
Production Advancement:
Yoshiki Sugano (ep 8)
Production producer: Yūji Takae
Special Effects: Naomasa Fukuda
Theme Song Performance:
Natsuko Aso (OP)
Ai Nonaka as Koyomi Morishita

Haruka Tomatsu as Yumiko Cristina Ichinose
Hitomi Nabatame as Misa Anehara
Minako Kotobuki as Kaho Sakazaki
Shintarō Asanuma as Sōshirō Anehara

Ayumi Fujimura as
Katamari
Mayuri Anehara
Binbin Takaoka as
Detective (ep 8)
Man (ep 11)
Chikara Ōsaka as
Manager (ep 2)
Tsukumo Jinzai
Gō Inoue as Company employee (ep 3)
Hiromi Igarashi as Boy A (ep 1)
Junko Kitanishi as
CA (ep 8)
Teacher (ep 2)
Yumiko's mother
Kazuyuki Okitsu as
Karl Cristbarth
erby A (ep 7)
Kenji Hamada as Gary Huang
Masayuki Katō as Jean-Jacques Guibarthez
Misaki Sekiyama as
Boy (ep 7)
Homeroom teacher (ep 1)
Mutsumi Tamura as Sōshirō Anehara (young)
Natsuko Aso as Receptionist (ep 9)
Nobuaki Kanemitsu as
Teacher (ep 10)
Yumiko's father
Nobuhiko Okamoto as Customer B (ep 1)
Noriko Uchiyama as Chinese person (ep 10)
Ryōkichi Takahashi as Thief (ep 3)
Satomi Satō as jini
Shunzō Miyasaka as Customer A (ep 1)
Takashi Oohara as Shop manager (ep 1)
Takayuki Sugō as Karl Cristbarth (old)
Tōru Ōkawa as Company president (ep 2)
Tsutomu Densaka as erby B (ep 7)
Tsuyoshi Aoki as Kenjūrō Anehara
Yōko Hikasa as
Mio Kisaragi (ep 2)
Official (ep 4)
Yoshino Nanjō as Student (ep 2)
Yoshiya Naruke as Stock exchange staff (ep 10)
Yuka Saitō as Announcer (ep 3)
Yuka Tanishita as Announcer (ep 9)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
TNK
Animation Production: Nomad
Backgrounds:
Studio Jack (10 episodes
eps 1, 3-8, 10-12
)
Broadcaster:
Nippon BS Broadcasting Corporation (2009-07-11)
Composite: Studio Cosmos
Finish Animation:
Triple A
In-Between Animation:
Wao World
Key Animation:
Sunrise Animation Studio
Music Production: Lantis
Production:
The Klockworx Co., Ltd.
Production Assistance: Studio Blanc. (ep 8)
Sound Production: Magic Capsule
English staff
English companies
Translation: Michael Brown
Executive producer:
John Ledford

Media Coordinator: Janice Williams
Packaging Design: Larry Koteff
Subtitle Editor: Laura Wyrick
Distributor: Section23 Films (North America)
Internet Streaming:
The Anime Network
Licensed by: Sentai Filmworks
Subtitles: MX Media LLC
Translation: MX Media LLC
English cast
(none)

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