We’ve had a smattering of staff and cast announcements and a key visual or two along the way, but things hav elargely been quiet for the January 9th, 2014 debut of Maho Senso, aka Magical Warfare. That’s changed now as the first promotional video has gone live, clocking in at just 35 seconds no less, which shows off the cast and animation a bit as well as the opening song by Yuuka Nanri. The Madhouse production is set to be directed by Sato Yuzo with scripting done by Fudeyasu Kazuyuki. Ebata Ryouma is doubling up here in duties by taking on both character design and the position of chief animation director. Kouda Masato is providing the scor for Flying Dog for it.
Announced as going into production for 2014 back in July, Media Factory previously opened the official Japanese site for Maho Senso/Mahou Sensou, aka Magical Warfare. Media Factory has several of their light novel series in the works to shift to anime adaptations, which comes after a few volumes of the novels and some of the manga as well. The original work comes from Hisashi Suzuki with artwork by Lunalia. The series is getting ready to roll out its sixth volume and Yu Ibuki has been working on the manga which began in early 2013.
Plot Concept: Nanase Takeshi is a normal high-school student with a slightly traumatic past. You could say he’s hard-working but in reality, he really cares about what others think about him. For some reason, he is going out with his childhood friend, Isoshima Kurumi, but otherwise, he’s a pretty normal guy. One day, however, he sees a girl wearing a uniform he had never seen before, who had collapsed on his school grounds. She is Aiba Mui and her appearance marks the beginning to a series of weird incidents. She once said, “to be honest, I’m a magic user and sorry… I turned you into one too.”
[Source: ANN]
