One of the amazing things about magical anime is that anything is possible. When people think of magic in anime, they often think of magic schools or magical girls. However, not all magic anime contains magical girls.
In some cases, magic is combined with science. Science doesn’t always mean laboratories and chemical experiments. It can be as simple as the analysis and application of things with a quantifiable framework. When combined with magic or magical elements, science can make for a rather interesting twist. Similar to A Certain Magical Index, there are quite a few anime that combine the best of both magic and science.
10 Touma Kamijou Lives In A Technologically Advanced World With Psychic Abilities (A Certain Magical Index)
Academy City in Japan is 30 years ahead of the world in terms of its technology. Over three-quarters of the population are also espers (people who have psychic powers). As such, they have many schools that encourage the learning and understanding of a person’s psychic abilities.
One such person with psychic abilities is Touma Kamijou. Even though his abilities aren’t measurable, he has a special ability known as the Imagine Breaker which allows him to nullify another person’s esper abilities. In a world filled with advanced technology and powers, he’s not the only one who’s breaking the mold.
9 Alphonse And Edward Elric Are Alchemists Who Discover Unsettling Things About Their World And Their Father (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)
Edward and Alphonse Elric live in a world filled with technology, science, and magic. When they were younger, they attempted to bring back their mother from the dead using alchemy. However, as it was taboo and didn’t comply with the laws of equivalent exchange, they lost more than they bargained for.
Now, as they’re much older, they set out on a quest to get their bodies back. But on their journey, they discover many mysterious events and learn that their father isn’t exactly who they thought he was.
8 Tooru Acura Helps A Wizard Find The Pieces Of Her Tyrannical Father Who Experimented On People (Hitsugi No Chaika)
Arthur Gaz, also known as the Taboo Emperor, governed over the Gaz Empire with fear for over 500 years. He experimented on his citizens until he was taken out by the eight heroes who helped restore peace to the Gaz Empire and the Alliance.
Cut to today, Tooru Acura is a skilled swordfighter who can’t find a job. That is until he meets the wizard Chaika who is on a quest to find the scattered remnants of her father. She tasks Tooru and his adopted sister with protecting her from the Alliance that is after her while she continues on her quest.
7 Three Children Are Summoned To Another Magical And Advanced World To Compete In A High Stakes Game (Problem Children Are Coming From Another World, Aren’t They?)
Izayoi Sakamaki, Asuka Kudou, and You Kasukabe are three children from Earth (albeit different versions of Earth) who receive a mysterious envelope that sends them to a completely new place known as Little Garden. Little Garden is a place where many different species dwell, but it’s not as peaceful as it sounds.
They are tasked with competing in a high-stakes game and intend to use their extraordinary abilities, gifts, and psychic abilities to win at all costs. When they decide to join a faction, they’ll do whatever it takes to help the faction reclaim their glory in a world filled with the extraordinary.
6 Shuu Ouma Lives In A World Ruled By The Military Where He Has The Power Of Kings (Guilty Crown)
In 2039 Japan, ten years after the release of a deadly Apocalyptic Virus, the nation is ruled by an independent military organization. There are many who oppose this, including a group known as the Funeral Parlor.
Inori Yuzuriha is a key member of the group. He happens to run into Shuu Ouma, who obtains the Power of Kings. This is an ability that allows the wielder to draw out and manifest aspects of an individual’s personality. With this power, he is forced into helping the group take back control of their country.
5 Youji Itami Leads A Team To Understand And Learn More About The Beings Coming Through Mysterious Portals (Gate)
Youji Itami is an otaku police officer who was on his way to a convention when a mysterious portal in the shape of a gate appeared. From inside the gate, monsters, supernatural creatures, and warriors come through with the sole intention of destroying the world and killing everything and anyone in their path.
Youji is tasked with leading a special task force to understand and learn more about these beings by any means possible. If they don’t find some way to make peace with them, it will mean the destruction of their race.
4 Tatsuya Shiba May Not Be Great At Magic, But He Has A Vast Amount Of Knowledge And Unique Magic Techniques (Irregular At Magic High School)
In Irregular at Magic High School, magic is taught as a technical skill. For students who attend magic schools, they are separated into those with great skills and those who barely have any.
Tatsuya and Miyuki Shiba are siblings who are enrolled in their first year at school but are separated due to their skills. Where Miyuki is proficient in magic, Tatsuya isn’t. However, what he lacks, he makes up for in his knowledge, combat skills, and unique magic techniques and weapons.
3 Lelouch Lamperouge Lives In An Advanced Society And Rebels Against Britannia As A Vigilante (Code Geass)
Britannia is a military nation that dominated Japan and renamed it Area 11, but there are many people who are rebelling against Britannia. Lelouch Lamperouge, a Britannian student, is unfortunately caught in the crossfire between Britannia and the rebels.
He escapes with the help of a girl named C.C., who bestows upon him Geass, the “Power of Kings.” This gives him the “power of absolute obedience.” With the ability, he becomes a vigilante to oppose the Britannia and seek revenge – even though it’s a perilous endeavor.
2 Onmyoudou Has Been Refined To Work With Science And Technology But People Want To Destroy The World (Tokyo Ravens)
Onmyoudou magic is a powerful technique that was used in a war to gain the upper hand. However, the war was lost due to a revered Onmyouji, Yakou Tsuchimikado, losing control of his abilities. Due to the “Great Spiritual Disaster” that he caused, the Onmyou Agency was established to exorcise the spirits and combat the demons.
Now, Onmyoudou has become more modernized and refined to work with science and technology, and it has become something that people use every day. But not everyone can use Onmyoudou. So when a prominent member of the Onmyou Agency decides to create the same event that caused the world’s downfall, a small group does everything that they can to save the world.
1 Humans Are Selling Their Souls For Magical Power And Are Threatened By A Plot That Seeks To Remove Them (Darker Than Black)
In Darker than Black, it’s been ten years since the Heaven’s Gate and Hell’s Gate appeared in South America and Japan respectively. No one knows why they appeared or how they were able to ignore physics to come into existence. With the gates came Contractors. These are people who sold their souls for supernatural abilities.
Chief Misaki Kirihara clashes with the infamous Contractor, Hei, who does jobs for a crime syndicate. A dark and twisted plot is soon discovered that threatens the very existence of the Contractors.
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