Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic

A Magi is a magician whose inclination toward magic is so immense that they can be said to shape the world. With their significant influence, each Magi chooses a worthy candidate to become a king, then helps them conquer strange labyrinths called "Dungeons" and acquire the power of mythical djinns within. Above all else, the Magi supervises their elected representative as they build a country that might one day bring the world to its knees.

Aladdin is a young Magi wandering the world in search of his true self. However, his journey is not a lonely one, as he is accompanied by his friend and mentor Ugo—a djinn he summons using his flute. In his travels, Aladdin also befriends Alibaba Saluja and guides him to a nearby Dungeon. With this newfound friendship, they begin an epic adventure across the world, witnessing various irregularities that seem more frequent than ever.

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Morgiana Main

Tomatsu, Haruka Japanese

Saluja, Alibaba Main

Kaji, Yuuki Japanese

Aladdin Main

Ishihara, Kaori Japanese

Sinbad Supporting

Ono, Daisuke Japanese

Judar Supporting

Kimura, Ryouhei Japanese

Ren, Hakuryuu Supporting

Ono, Kensho Japanese

Ren, Kougyoku Supporting

Hanazawa, Kana Japanese

Ja'far Supporting

Sakurai, Takahiro Japanese

Ren, Kouha Supporting

Kakihara, Tetsuya Japanese

Yunan Supporting

Ishida, Akira Japanese

Saitou, Shunsuke Producer

Ochikoshi, Tomonori Producer

Maruyama, Hiroo Producer

Shimizu, Akira Producer

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Sep 30, 2025

Feitan_zzz

Recommended

Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic (2012) is an anime adopted from Shinobu Ohtaka’s manga. It's a fantasy, adventure anime which is inspired from Middle Eastern folktales. From the start it may seem like a lighthearted adventure, comedy series however it portrays some serious themes as the plot develops.

From the beginning we follow Aladin and Alibaba, who become friends as their journey begins. On their journey they come across Morgiana, a former slave who's struggling to accept her freedom. Together they decide to go on an adventure to conquer magical dungeons and obtain valuable objects, metal vessels and powerful djinns.

The narrative of the show is ... captivating and engaging. The combination of adventure, comedy and fantasy is entertaining. However the anime also deals with some dark topics such as slavery, discrimination and political issues which are still relevant in our society. What makes the show special and unique is that it starts as a typical shounen anime but the tone shifts to more serious and dark themes.

Aladin, one of the main characters, is friendly and empathetic and I found his childish charm to be adorable. Then we have Alibaba, who seems like a coward at first. However quickly we see him as someone who tries his best to save people, going beyond his abilities. Throughout the story we witness his incredible character growth. One of my personal favorite characters is Morgiana, she's one of the strongest female characters I've seen in a while. Another character worth mentioning would be Sindbad, powerful and charming and he plays a very important role throughout the show.

The overall animation quality was pretty good. The bright colors and Middle Eastern themes were pleasing. The magical dungeons and the magical creatures were intriguing as well. However I think certain action scenes could have been animated a little better. The soundtracks were quite solid. I especially liked the lyrics of the songs, which seemed to bring out the themes of the anime perfectly. Even though the anime might seem a little slow paced in the first few episodes, the plot is picked up in the next episodes pretty quick.

What I loved the most is probably Morgiana’s character. The way her chains that have held her back for years, become the source of her power was extremely fascinating to me. Her development as she accepts herself and the freedom she deserves was unbelievably satisfying to watch.

If you're someone who's into adventure, fantasy anime and looking for something magic and heartwarming, “Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic” is a must watch. It's a solid 7 out of 10 for me.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Jun 24, 2024

LazarusU

Mixed Feelings

This show has a really sentimental place in my heart because it was one of the first animes that I’ve ever watched and was one of the first ones I was really obsessed with. Revisiting it over 10 years later I’ve realized how shocking and strange a lot of the sexual content was that completely either flew over my head or I just thought was strange but permissible when I was a preteen. I don’t even believe that a lot of it was fanservice, but I really don’t understand why the very young characters were walking into brothels (then getting assaulted! wtf?) Or a 10 ... year old having a significant character trait of groping women? If someone is able to overlook a lot of the poorly aged and uncomfortable and inappropriate sexual occurrences, this is a very lovely series to watch. Most of the characters are very charming and easy to like, including most of the antagonists!
I can’t in good faith recommend this show to any of my friends for the aforementioned reasons, which is a huge bummer.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Sep 30, 2020

superking_armaan

Not Recommended

I have seen plenty of anime due to this my level of expectation has gone up. I can no longer enjoy something which doesn't make sense. After trying this over praised anime Magi, I am seriously left disappointed, it started good but soon converted into another generic show.

My problem with Magi is that it doesn't know what it is doing, let me give you little summary.

Just like every other anime, main protagonist has some sad back story. in this case the protagonist's father is king, but he suddenly dies, due to this the entire kingdom has fallen into the hands of his evil big brother, ... now everything rest on this kid's shoulders. He is willing to do everything to save his country, but he lacks faith which will be fixed with some lectures and betrayal.

After some serious struggle and a small scale battle, Our protagonist gained the chance to talk with his unreasonable brother who consider him less than an insect. The conversation Our protagonist wanted to have is, Plz as a king promise me that you will do everything to protect the life of our people and his brother replies is this is all you have to say to me.

(I mean seriously after all the things he went through, this is all he wanted to say? Did he really expect him to understand. Let's just say, your country gets taken over by Kim Jong, will you just march to his face and say please save us, please don't treat us like a garbage. Do you really think he will say you have opened my eyes, how can I have been so wrong.)

After some time passed, he gains some Shonen powers. Soon he does the same thing again. He marches into the palace and say this is a coup d'etat, just like that he has dethroned the king.

(Seriously, is this all? Is dethroning a king supposed to be this easy? Let just say if you lived under the British Empire rule, could you have just walked into their palace and say, I dethrone you queen.)

Seriously, this anime follows the horrible sense of logic, it is so annoying that it gets me irritated.

Reviewer’s Rating: 2

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