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Animax Asia to Air Roku de Nashi Majutsu Kōshi to Akashic Records Anime
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Animax Asia revealed on Wednesday that it will air the television anime of Tarō Hitsuji's Roku de Nashi Majutsu Kōshi to Akashic Records (Akashic Records of bastard magic instructor) light novels. The anime premieres on Thursday at 8:00 p.m. GMT +8, and Animax Asia will air two episodes every Wednesday and Thursday.
In the "action fantasy" story, Glenn is a part-time teacher at a magic school who is inclined to write "self-study" on the blackboard and then take a nap. One of his students, Sistine, gets angry and challenges him to a duel and he is easily defeated. However, when a terrible incident threatens the school, Glenn shows intense dedication to protecting his students.
The 12-episode anime premiered in April 2017.
Minato Kazuto directed the anime at LIDEN FILMS. Touko Machida (Lucky Star, The IDOLM@STER, The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan) wrote and oversaw the scripts, Satoshi Kimura (Terraformars served as both character designer and chief animation director, and Hiroaki Tsutsumi (Kuromukuro, Monster Musume, Orange) composed the music. Konomi Suzuki performed the opening theme song "Blow out," and the characters Sistine (as voiced by Akane Fujita), Rumia (Yume Miyamoto), and Re-L (Ari Ozawa) performed the ending theme song "Precious You☆."
Kurone Mishima (The Devil Is a Part-Timer! High School!, KonoSuba – God’s blessing on this wonderful world!!) provides the illustrations for the original light novels. Kadokawa published the 11th novel on March 20.
Aosa Tsunemi began drawing a manga adaptation in Kadokawa's Monthly Shōnen Ace magazine in March 2015, and Kadokawa published the manga's seventh volume on February 26. Kadokawa also published a collection of short stories, titled Roku de Nashi Majutsu Kōshi to Tsuisō Nishi, in March 2016.