Magica Wars

Short description: Japanese media franchise

Magica Wars

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魔法少女大戦
(Mahō Shōjo Taisen)
Game
Magica Wars Lock-On
Platform| iOS
Released| December 20, 2013
Game
Magica Wars Tactics
Developer| DMM Games
Platform| Adobe Flash
Released| January 2014
Game
Magica Wars Zanbatsu
Platform| PlayStation Vita
Released| March 27, 2014
Anime television series
Directed by| Ayano Ohnoki
Produced by| Ken Matsui, Momoka Ito
Written by| Kazuho Hyodo
Music by| Hiroshi Watanabe
Studio| Gainax
Original network| Tokyo MX, BS11
Original run|  April 8, 2014  –  September 30, 2014
Episodes| 26

Magica Wars (魔法少女大戦, Mahō Shōjo Taisen, lit. "Magical Girl Wars") is a media franchise created by the internet television variety show 2.5 Jigen Terebi. It consists of an iOS game titled Magica Wars Lock-On which was released on December 20, 2013; a free-to-play smartphone browser game by DMM Games titled Magica Wars Tactics, released in January 2014; a PlayStation Vita game was released on March 27, 2014;[1][2] and an anime television series by Gainax that aired on April 8, 2014.[3]

The franchise personifies Japan's 47 prefectures, each one being represented by a magical girl. The character designs are determined via a contest on the art website Pixiv. The voice actress for each girl was born in the prefecture that they represent.[4]

## Contents

* 1 Story
* 2 Characters
* 3 Production
* 3.1 Development
* 4 Anime
* 4.1 Episode list
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## Story

The dragon sleeps under the ground of this land… It gives an abundant harvest on the land when sleeping, but brings a disaster when it is awake. In every decade or hundreds of years, the dragon moves its body as if it tosses about unconsciously. The movement becomes the distortion and causes impurity. This “impurity” forms the corrupted being known as Magatsuhi (マガツヒ, Magatsuhi), which lavishes an evil on people. And now, there is a huge indication of a distortion as Magatsuhi outbreak were now spread across the prefectures of Japan. Gods foresaw the greatest harm would happen to Japan, divide own power and give it off as a messenger of God (御先神, Shinshi) in Japan to gather mediums, or “Magica” who can expel the “impurity” and exorcise Magatsuhi. With the magical weapon the power of Gods, the “Magica” will fight to stop evils in Japan.

## Characters

Naruko Aoba (青葉 鳴子, Aoba Naruko)
Voiced by: Miho Arakawa
Representative of Miyagi Prefecture.
Takesuzume (タケスズメ)
Voiced by: Kōichi Yamadera
Representative of Miyagi Prefecture.
Rin Kobari (小張 凛, Kobari Rin) / Kobarin (こばりん)
Voiced by: Rie Murakawa
Representative of Tokyo Prefecture.
Mosuke (モ助)
Voiced by: Satomi Arai
Representative of Tokyo Prefecture.
Yuri Inuwashi (犬鷲 由里, Inuwashi Yuri) / Magia Furumine (マジア・フルミネ)
Voiced by: Ryōko Shintani
Representative of Ishikawa Prefecture.
Shishiku (ししく)
Voiced by: Ryōta Takeuchi
Representative of Ishikawa Prefecture.
Matsuri Sengen (浅間 まつり, Sengen Matsuri)
Voiced by: Yoshino Nanjō
Representative of Shizuoka Prefecture.
Toro (トロ)
Voiced by: Mitsuo Iwata
Representative of Shizuoka Prefecture.
Suzuka Kamiki (神木 鈴花, Kamiki Suzuka) / Magical Triple (マジカル三重県（トリプル）, Majikaru Toripuru)
Voiced by: Mikako Komatsu
Representative of Mie Prefecture.
Ebizō (エビゾウ)
Voiced by: Shigeru Chiba
Representative of Mie Prefecture.
Mebuki Konoe (近衛 めぶき, Konoe Mebuki)
Voiced by: Kotori Koiwai
Representative of Kyoto Prefecture.
Oage-san (おあげさん)
Voiced by: Arisa Nishiguchi
Representative of Kyoto Prefecture.
Renka Ariake (有明 煉華, Ariake Renka) / Ren (れん)
Voiced by: Yuka Terasaki
Representative of Kumamoto Prefecture.
Esora (笑空)
Voiced by: Kappei Yamaguchi
Representative of Kumamoto Prefecture.
Amane Sakaki (榊天音, Sakaki Amane)
Voiced by: Haruna Ikezawa
Main protagonist of Zanbatsu.

## Production

### Development

Magica Wars is a concept created by the Web-based otaku-oriented news program 2.5 Jigen Terebi as an original content project that aims to create characters based on the 47 prefectures of Japan. It began as a character design contest for each of the 47 prefectures, and is currently composed of three games, an anime series and a manga serialization.

The Magica Wars concept started development on June 28, 2012, coinciding the premiere of 2.5 Jigen Terebi. Using the concept of "livening up one's locale", a character design contest was hosted on the illustration SNS Pixiv during June 28 to August 8 wherein each entry consists of a magical girl and her familiar. By the end of the contest, a staggering 3,248 entries from Japan and other countries joined the period. Of these entries, 60 were chosen as official designs for the magical girls that would represent the 47 prefectures of Japan and Taiwan, with 3D sprites especially made for three of these entries, which are representatives for the Miyagi, Aomori and Kanagawa prefectures.

After the selection of the 60 entries from the character design contest, three games were green-lit for release. Two of these games, Magica Wars Lock On! and Magica Wars Tactics, were designed for smartphones, while a third, Magica Wars Zanbatsu, is released for the PlayStation Vita handheld console. An anime series and a manga based on the concept were also green-lit. Each project has a different number of cast of Magical Girls, the anime and manga having the fewest featured. The Zanbatsu game featured 47 prefecture magical girls, two original girls, the amnesiac protagonist Sakaki Amane and another original character Maki Inada who gives the amnesiac Amane her name and is the first person who Amane meets; also guest starring in Zanbatsu are some Magatsuhi-corrupted magical girl cast from Lock-On as antagonists. The Zanbatsu game ended service on December 22, 2015 after slightly over a year's run from March 2014.

## Anime

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## References

1. ↑ 2013-12-03, Magica Wars, Gainax’s Next Anime Series, Is Getting A Vita Game, Siliconera
2. ↑ 2014-03-11, Magica Wars Zanbatsu hits PS Vita in Japan this month, Gematsu
3. ↑ "Gainax Makes Magica Wars TV Anime With Game Tie-Ins". Anime News Network. November 28, 2013. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-11-28/gainax-to-make-magica-wars-tv-anime-in-april. Retrieved November 28, 2013.
4. ↑ "Kouichi Yamadera, Satomi Arai, Kappei Yamaguchi Star in Magica Wars Anime". Anime News Network. January 5, 2014. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-01-05/kouichi-yamadera-satomi-arai-kappei-yamaguchi-star-in-magica-wars-anime. Retrieved January 5, 2014.

## External links

* Magica Wars (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

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