List of Rental Magica episodes

This is a list of episodes of the Japanese animated television series nihongo|"Rental Magica"|レンタルマギカ|Rentaru Magika|. The episodes are directed by Itsuro Kawasaki and produced by the Japanese animation studio ZEXCS and Victor Entertainment. ZEXCS produced the animation and Victor Entertainment was responsible for developing the music.cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=8033|title=Rental Magica (TV)|publisher=Anime News Network|accessdate=2008-01-01] They are based on the light novel series "Rental Magica" by Makoto Sando and illustrated by pako, and adapt the source material over twenty-four episodes. The plot of the episodes follows Itsuki Iba, the newly appointed president of Astral, a company that dispatches magicians to perform jobs involving supernatural phenomena, and his interactions with his employees and Astral's competitors.

The episodes aired from October 7, 2007 to March 23, 2008 on Chiba TV and TV Saitama, with the episodes later broadcasted on KBS Kyoto, Sun TV, Tokyo MX TV, TV Aichi, TV Hokkaido, TV Kanagawa, and TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting Co. The order that the episodes air in is nonlinear; for instance, the first episode broadcasted is the seventh episode chronologically. The exceptions are episodes two and episodes sixteen through twenty, which are in the same broadcast and chronological order.cite web|url=http://www.kadokawa.co.jp/sneaker/magica/story/|title=Rental Magica - Episode List|language=Japanese|publisher=Kadokawa|accessdate=2007-01-01]

Four pieces of theme music are used for the episodes; two opening themes and two ending themes. The two opening themes are nihongo|"Sora ni Saku"|宇宙に咲く and "Faith"; both are by Lisa Komine. The ending themes are Jungo Yoshida's nihongo|"Aruite Ikō"|歩いていこう。 and an "a cappella" version of "Aruite Ikō", sung by the Astral members' voice actors, used in episodes twelve and twenty-one. A single containing both opening themes was released on November 21, 2007,cite web|url=http://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/-/Discography/A018803/VTCL-35005.html|title=@Victor Entertainment 作品詳細 コミネリサ（lisa） TVアニメーション『レンタルマギカ』オープニングテーマ 「宇宙（そら）に咲く」|language=Japanese|publisher=Victor Entertainment|accessdate=2008-02-23] and a single for the closing themes was released on the same date.cite web|url=http://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/-/Discography/A021356/VTCL-35006.html|title=@Victor Entertainment 作品詳細 吉田　旬吾 TVアニメーション『レンタルマギカ』エンディングテーマ 「歩いていこう。」|language=Japanese|publisher=Victor Entertainment|accessdate=2008-02-23]

Several DVD compilations have been released by Kadokawa. The compilations contain two episodes of the series, with the first four released on December 21, 2007,cite web|url=http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BF%E3%83%AB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%AE%E3%82%AB-%E3%82%A2%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%A9%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AA%E3%83%A2%E3%82%A2-%E7%AC%ACI%E5%B7%BB-%E9%99%90%E5%AE%9A%E7%89%88-%E7%A6%8F%E5%B1%B1%E6%BD%A4-%E6%A4%8D%E7%94%B0%E4%BD%B3%E5%A5%88-%E9%AB%98%E6%A9%8B%E7%BE%8E%E4%BD%B3%E5%AD%90-%E8%AB%8F%E8%A8%AA%E9%83%A8%E9%A0%86%E4%B8%80-%E9%87%98%E5%AE%AE%E7%90%86%E6%81%B5-%E4%BC%8A%E8%97%A4%E9%9D%99-%E5%B0%8F%E9%87%8E%E5%A4%A7%E8%BC%94/dp/B000WVPU5C/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/249-5247475-2117165?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1199167269&sr=8-1|title=Amazon.co.jp: Rental Magica - DVD (Vol. 1)|language=Japanese|publisher=Amazon.com|accessdate=2008-01-01] January 25, 2008,cite web|url=http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BF%E3%83%AB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%AE%E3%82%AB-%E3%82%A2%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%A9%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AA%E3%83%A2%E3%82%A2%E7%AC%ACII%E5%B7%BB-%E9%99%90%E5%AE%9A%E7%89%88-%E7%A6%8F%E5%B1%B1%E6%BD%A4-%E6%A4%8D%E7%94%B0%E4%BD%B3%E5%A5%88-%E9%AB%98%E6%A9%8B%E7%BE%8E%E4%BD%B3%E5%AD%90-%E8%AB%8F%E8%A8%AA%E9%83%A8%E9%A0%86%E4%B8%80-%E9%87%98%E5%AE%AE%E7%90%86%E6%81%B5-%E4%BC%8A%E8%97%A4%E9%9D%99-%E5%B0%8F%E9%87%8E%E5%A4%A7%E8%BC%94/dp/B000WVPU5W/ref=pd_sbs_d_img_1|title=Amazon.co.jp: Rental Magica - DVD (Vol. 2)|language=Japanese|publisher=Amazon.com|accessdate=2008-01-01] February 22, 2008,cite web|url=http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/switch-language/product/B000WVPU6G/ref=dp_change_lang?ie=UTF8&language=en%5FJP|title=Amazon.co.jp: Rental Magica - DVD (Vol. 2)|language=Japanese|publisher=Amazon.com|accessdate=2008-03-24] and March 21, 2008 respectively.cite web|url=http://www.kadokawa.co.jp/sneaker/magica/dvd/|title=Rental Magica - DVD|language=Japanese|publisher=Kadokawa|accessdate=2008-01-01] The fifth compilation is set for release on April 25, 2008.cite web|url=http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/switch-language/product/B000WVPU7K/ref=dp_change_lang?ie=UTF8&language=en%5FJP|title=Amazon.co.jp: Rental Magica - DVD (Vol. 5)|language=Japanese|publisher=Amazon.com|accessdate=2008-03-24]

Episode list

"Note: B = episode number by broadcast order (nonlinear), C = episode number chronologically.

ee also

*List of "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya" episodes — another anime series with a nonlinear episode order
*List of "Hidamari Sketch" episodes — a third anime series with a nonlinear episode order

References

;General
*cite web|url=http://www.kadokawa.co.jp/sneaker/magica/story/|title=List of "Rental Magica" episode titles and chronological order|language=Japanese|publisher=Kadokawa|accessdate=2008-01-01

;Specific

External links

* [http://www.kadokawa.co.jp/sneaker/magica/ Official website] jp icon