'Mahoutsukai ni Narenakatta Onnanoko no Hanashi' Reveals Main Staff, Fall 2024 Premiere

by DatRandomDude
Feb 19, 8:16 PM | 11 Comments

Production company Asmik Ace opened an official website for the previously announced Mahoutsukai ni Narenakatta Onnanoko no Hanashi (A Story of a Girl that was Unable to Become a Mage) television anime series on Tuesday. The website revealed the main staff, a teaser visual (pictured), and a teaser promotional video. The anime is scheduled to premiere in October 2024.

Staff
Chief Director: Takashi Watanabe (Genjitsu Shugi Yuusha no Oukoku Saikenki director, Taboo Tattoo director)
Director: Masato Matsune (Nanatsu no Maken ga Shihai suru, Chaos Dragon: Sekiryuu Seneki)
Series Composition: Hiroko Kasunagi (Gekkan Mousou Kagaku, RobiHachi)
Studio: J.C.Staff

The anime adapts Yuzuki Akasaka's novel, which won in Project Anima's Isekai Fantasy category in 2018. Akasaka penned the novel on the Estar website between March 2018 and September 2019 as a sequel to her Isekai datte Salaryman wa Iru. novel.

Project Anima is a collaboration between DeNA, Nippon Cultural Broadcasting, Inc., Sotsu, and MBS. The first winner of the project, Sakugan, aired in Fall 2021. The third winner, Mebius Dust by Doga Kobo, was originally slated for a 2020 premiere.

Teaser PV

Official site: https://mahonare.asmik-ace.co.jp/
Official X: @ANIMA_info

Source: Comic Natalie

11 Comments Recent Comments

Is this gonna be similar to the little witch academia?

Mar 23, 11:23 PM by MegamiRem

OH MY GOSH OH MY GOSH OH MY GOSH ITS THE ANIME I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR SINCE 2018 CUZ THE COVER WAS FREAKIN PRETTY BUT HAD NO UPDATE SINCE THEN THAT THEY LITERALLY REMOVED IT THE LAST TIME I CHECKED LAST YEAR SO I THOUGHT IT GOT CANCELED OR SOMETHING BUT I AM SOOO GLAD IT DIDN'T. \(,,ToT,,)/

Feb 20, 7:33 PM by chibi-tan-chi

@RobertBobert Haha, no big deal buddy, stuff happens :)
It's a pleasure talking to you anyway!

Feb 20, 6:14 AM by Omarumba

@Omarumba Ah, then I'll apologize. Sometimes I really forget that people can joke and take everything as statements. My bad.

Feb 20, 6:04 AM by RobertBobert

@RobertBobert Oh, no no no, you misunderstand me. I mentioned Gushing as a joke. It's a good ecchi, but a mediocre show in its field. I'm sure it'll be forgotten by the end of the series. Madoka does not even compare :)

Feb 20, 6:00 AM by Omarumba

@Omarumba I mentioned Madoka because I thought you'd expect Gushing's popularity to be such that even regular shows in the genre would follow elements of it. Or did I misunderstand you?

Feb 20, 5:55 AM by RobertBobert

@RobertBobert You know, comparing Madoka to Gushing over MG is extremely ridiculous. The former is a deconstruction of the genre by Urobuchi, which he was very fond of doing (Psychopath is a vivid proof of that) and a fetish of mahou-shoujo, which rather positions itself as an ecchi shoujo-ai. Totally two different levels. The first one you watch to marvel at the authorship and plot, and the second one to...well....

P.s. I don't know what Mahoutsukai ni Narenakatta Onnanoko no Hanashi will be, under the news of which you and I, my friend, had a wonderful conversation, but I honestly don't have much faith that it will be anything on the level of Madoka or Sailor Moon. I'm not a skeptic, but.... We'll see.

Feb 20, 5:50 AM by Omarumba

@Omarumba Well, all-female genres have always had a huge male and slash shipping fanbase, so a large number of MG shows of this kind is an expected phenomenon. It's like an all-male shonen-ish show for a female audience. But I don't think that a successful spin-off show will immediately change the rules even in the classic examples of the genre. At least, unless it's something like Madoka or the Sailor Moon you mentioned, who created the dark magical girl and the fighting magical girl squad trends, respectively.

Also, if you want to see the character designs without any details, then the header on the Blibli account indicates a pair.

Feb 20, 5:36 AM by RobertBobert

@RobertBobert Yeah, Gushin over Magical Girls isn't so much a new concept as it is just a great etty set of fetishes with the pretense of magical girls. It's like taking Sailor Moon and giving it an 18+ rating and turning all the antagonists into sadistic women.

Feb 20, 5:27 AM by Omarumba

@Omarumba I think that Gushin over Magical Girls is more of an exception to the rule than a new concept for such shows. At least for now we are talking about the classic mahou shoujo based on a non LN novel.

Feb 20, 5:17 AM by RobertBobert

Couldn't become a girl mage, but should I? How about a villain like Utena Hiiragi?

Judging by the teaser we are waiting for a colorful work, but I think you should watch it at your own risk.

Feb 20, 2:44 AM by Omarumba