The Irregular at Magic High School is an anime adaptation of a light novel series written by Tsutomu Satō. At the "Dengeki Bunko Aki no Namahōsō Festival" event on October 6, 2019, a second season of the anime series was announced and originally scheduled to air in July 2020, adapting the "Visitor Arc" in the novel series,[1] but it has been delayed to October 4, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2][3] The main staff and cast from the 2017 film are reprising their roles in the second season.[4] ASCA performed the opening theme song "Howling", while Miki Satō performed the ending theme song "Na mo Nai Hana".[5] Aniplex of America announced its acquisition the anime series, and originally announced that Funimation would stream it exclusively, but Hulu ended up streaming the series as well.[6][7] On November 13, 2020, Funimation announced that the second season of the series would receive an English dub.[8]
The Irregular at Magic High School | |
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Season 2 | |
No. of episodes | 13 |
Release | |
Original network | Tokyo MX |
Original release | October 4 December 27, 2020 | –
Season chronology | |
With the release of the eleventh episode of the series, the timeline of the 2017 anime film The Irregular at Magic High School: The Movie – The Girl Who Summons the Stars was revealed to be taking place during its commercial break.[9]
Episodes
editNo. overall | No. in season | Title [10][11] | Directed by | Storyboarded by | Original air date [12] | Ref. | |
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27 | 1 | "Visitor Arc I" Transliteration: "Raihō-sha-hen I" (Japanese: 来訪者編I) | Daisuke Eguchi | Risako Yoshida | October 4, 2020 | [10] | |
Two months after Scorched Halloween incident, Tatsuya and his friends hold a going-away party for Shizuku who will be studying abroad in America. With the start of the new semester, an exchange student from America arrives at First High School. | |||||||
28 | 2 | "Visitor Arc II" Transliteration: "Raihō-sha-hen II" (Japanese: 来訪者編II) | Jun'ichi Takaoka | Junichi Takaoka | October 11, 2020 | [13] | |
A series of murders have begun in downtown Shibuya that are being described as 'vampire' attacks due to the victims missing blood. The USNA are hard on the hunt for the fugitives in Tokyo and Leo gets caught up in the whole situation and ends up hospitalised. | |||||||
29 | 3 | "Visitor Arc III" Transliteration: "Raihō-sha-hen III" (Japanese: 来訪者編III) | Shigetaka Ikeda | Katsumi Terahigashi | October 18, 2020 | [14] | |
The vampire that attacked Leo was a demon called a 'parasite'. Tatsuya seeks aid from his mentor whilst the Saegusa and Jumonji Families decide to join forces to solve this case. Mikihiko and Erika search for the parasite to get revenge for Leo, and they confront a mysterious masked magician. | |||||||
30 | 4 | "Visitor Arc IV" Transliteration: "Raihō-sha-hen IV" (Japanese: 来訪者編IV) | Jimmy Stone | Jimmy Stone | October 25, 2020 | [15] | |
It turns out that the masked magician that fought with Erika was Lina. With her identity blown, Lina uses the Parade spell to attack Tatsuya and a skirmish ensues. Both parties receive reinforcements and things quickly escalate. In the aftermath intel is attained and given to the other parties hunting for the 'vampires'. | |||||||
31 | 5 | "Visitor Arc V" Transliteration: "Raihō-sha-hen V" (Japanese: 来訪者編V) | Kunio Wakabayashi | Manabu Ono | November 1, 2020 | [16] | |
A parasite is an information body that was generated from the spirit dimension. How could an entity from another dimension appear in the physical world? An evil visitor of unknown origin infiltrates its way into First High School. | |||||||
32 | 6 | "Visitor Arc VI" Transliteration: "Raihō-sha-hen VI" (Japanese: 来訪者編VI) | Daishi Katō | Risako Yoshida | November 8, 2020 | [17] | |
Valentine's Day is a tradition and a source of joy and grief for many even at a distinguished institution like Magic High School. What will happen this year on Valentine's Day? | |||||||
33 | 7 | "Visitor Arc VII" Transliteration: "Raihō-sha-hen VII" (Japanese: 来訪者編VII) | Kazuo Miyake | Satoshi Shimizu | November 15, 2020 | [18] | |
Colonel Balance orders Lina to capture, or if that is not possible, kill the caster who was responsible for Scorched Halloween and gives Lina a custom-made device called 'the Brionac' to do so. Meanwhile, at First High, Pixie starts malfunctioning and makes a shocking declaration. | |||||||
34 | 8 | "Visitor Arc VIII" Transliteration: "Raihō-sha-hen VIII" (Japanese: 来訪者編VIII) | Tatsuya Sasaki | Satoshi Shimizu | November 22, 2020 | [19] | |
The Yotsuba Family intervenes to eliminate the threat to Tatsuya from the USNA military forces. After questioning Pixie about the remaining parasites, Tatsuya heads to Aoyama Cemetery with Pixie, Miyuki and Honoka to lure them out while another group lurks in the shadows. | |||||||
35 | 9 | "Visitor Arc IX" Transliteration: "Raihō-sha-hen IX" (Japanese: 来訪者編IX) | Daishi Katō, Daisuke Eguchi | Katsumi Terahigashi | November 29, 2020 | [20] | |
Thanks to Pixie's psychic powers, Tatsuya and his friends are finally able to capture the parasites. They leave the scene after Erika and her team arrive, but a third faction disguised as the police appear before them and snatch the parasites away. The next day they tell Tatsuya and he gives a warning to Mayumi for her father, but the parasites are executed by someone who attacks the facility. Tatsuya investigates and upon learning who attacked the facility, is contacted one of the Seven Sages, Raymond Clark. | |||||||
36 | 10 | "Visitor Arc X" Transliteration: "Raihō-sha-hen X" (Japanese: 来訪者編X) | Jimmy Stone | Jimmy Stone | December 6, 2020 | [21] | |
As instructed by Raymond, Tatsuya and his friends head to the outdoor training area behind First High School and detect the presence of parasites gathering at the scene. A clash with Lina, who is hell-bent on completing her mission, is inevitable. | |||||||
37 | 11 | "Visitor Arc XI" Transliteration: "Raihō-sha-hen XI" (Japanese: 来訪者編XI) | Jimmy Stone | Katsumi Terahigashi | December 13, 2020 | [22] | |
Roughly a month after the parasite incident, Tatsuya and his friends bid farewell to Mayumi, Mari, Katsuto and the other seniors at First High School's 29th graduation ceremony and the school year comes to a close and the new one begins. | |||||||
38 | 12 | "Visitor Arc XII" Transliteration: "Raihō-sha-hen XII" (Japanese: 来訪者編XII) | Kazuo Miyake | Katsumi Terahigashi | December 20, 2020 | [23] | |
Tatsuya and Miyuki are invited to a party to commemorate the completion of Japan's first hyper-building offshore tower, there Hayama introduces a young girl called Sakurai Minami. The two are shaken upon seeing her face which is that of a woman who died in an incident three years earlier. At such a time, there is intelligence that the party is being targeted by extremist magic advocates — The Advancement of Humanity Front. | |||||||
39 | 13 | "Visitor Arc XIII" Transliteration: "Raihō-sha-hen XIII" (Japanese: 来訪者編XIII) | Munenori Nawa, Kazuo Miyake | Katsumi Terahigashi | December 27, 2020 | [24] | |
The Advancement of Humanity Front have declared they will ‘blow up the offshore tower in one hour’. But there is no guarantee they will keep to their one-hour time limit. For the sake of preventing the Advancement of Humanity Front’s scheme, Tatsuya takes Miyuki and Minami towards the control centre on the first underground floor. |
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External links
edit- Official website (in Japanese)
- The irregular at magic high school (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia