, also known as Magilumiere Co. Ltd., is a Japanese manga series written by Sekka Iwata and illustrated by Yu Aoki. It was serialized by Shueisha and published on the Shōnen Jump+ website and mobile app from October 2021 to July 2025, with its chapters collected in eighteen volumes. Shueisha also published the manga in English on their Manga Plus website and app. An anime television series adaptation produced by Moe and J.C.Staff aired from October to December 2024. A second season produced solely by J.C.Staff aired from July to September 2026.
Plot The story takes place in a world where being a magical girl is a popular profession that involves exterminating mysterious creatures called . New college graduate Kana Sakuragi, who is struggling with job hunting, is able to put her excellent memory to use and helps magical girl Hitomi Koshigaya exterminate a Kaii in an emergency. Happy she has finally been useful, Kana ends up becoming the second magical girl at Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc., the magical girl startup company Koshigaya works at.
In addition to the prodigy Hitomi, Magilumiere is composed of its president Kouji Shigemoto, a middle-aged man who dresses as a magical girl, Kaede Midorikawa, who deals with customers, and magic engineer Kazuo Nikoyama.
Characters
Kana is new college graduate who is hired by Magilumiere after she assisted magical girl Hitomi Koshigaya. She has an excellent memory.
Hitomi is a magical girl who works at Magilumiere. She is a prodigy who is very supportive of Kana.
Shigemoto is the founder and president of Magilumiere. He is such a supporter of magical girls that he dresses like one at work.
Midorikawa is Magilumiere's marketing and sales representative.
Nikoyama is Magilumiere's magic engineer. He takes his job so seriously that he has a tendency of being oblivious.
Tsuchiba is a magical girl who works at AST. She has a cold personality and prefers the effectiveness of finishing her job over her own safety.
Koga is the founder and president of AST. He is an old friend of Shigemoto.
Lily is a magical girl who works at Miyakodo. She is a kind woman who is known for her beauty, elegance, and strength.
Miyako is the president of Miyakodo. She is an old friend of both Shigemoto and Koga.
Ginji is a BROOM engineer. She is a child genius who created Magilumiere's BROOMs.
Nishina is Ginji's assistant and caretaker. He was previously an engineer for the government.
Makino is a magical girl who works at APDA. Kana is assigned to be her supervisor for her on-the-job training.
Kenji is Hitomi's estranged father who is the director of the Magical Power Agency and chairman of the Council of Magical Organizations (CMO).
Manda is the director of the Research Institute for Magical Technology (RIMT).
Akasaka is a magical girl who works as the assistant director of the RIMT.
Tonomori is a young woman who is the 28th of the Tonomori Shrine. She is a childhood friend of Yaminori.
Yamimori is a college student who attends Kyoto Magic University (KMU). He is a childhood friend of Tonomori.
A CMO member who is the chairman of the New Japan Magic Energy Association.
A mysterious man who is a former colleague of Shigemoto.
Media Manga Written by Sekka Iwata and illustrated by Yu Aoki, Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc. was serialized on Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ manga website and mobile app from October 20, 2021, to July 9, 2025. Shueisha collected its chapters in eighteen volumes, released from February 4, 2022, to September 4, 2025. A special chapter was published on July 3, 2026.
Shueisha's Manga Plus service published the series in English digitally. Viz Media licensed the series in North America and began publishing it in early 2024.
Volumes
Anime An anime television series adaptation was announced on November 29, 2023. It was produced by Moe and J.C.Staff and directed by Masahiro Hiraoka, with scripts written by Shingo Nagai, character designs handled by Hidehiro Asama, and music composed by Makoto Miyazaki. The series aired from October 4 to December 20, 2024, on the Friday Anime Night programming block on Nippon TV and its affiliates. The opening theme song is , performed by Mafumafu, while the ending theme song is , performed by syudou. Amazon Prime Video licensed the series for global streaming.
Following the airing of the final episode of the first season, a second season was announced, which was produced solely by J.C.Staff and directed by Toshinori Fukushima, with Michiko Yokote writing the scripts. The season aired from July 5 to September 27, 2026. The opening theme song is , performed by syudou and from Fantastics from Exile Tribe, while the ending theme song is "BooooM!!!", performed by Houshou Marine.
Episodes Season 1 (2024)
Season 2 (2026)
Reception Masaki Endo from Tsutaya News felt the series was unique among works of the magical girl genre; Endo also praised the balance between fantasy and reality. Makoto Kitani from Da Vinci praised the comedic elements of the story and the artwork; Kitani also felt the story was unique among magical girl works. Steven Blackburn from Screen Rant praised the series, particularly enjoying the comedic moments. He also felt that the series worked well as a satire of Sailor Moon.
The series was nominated for the 2022 Next Manga Award in the web manga category, and ranked third out of 50 nominees.
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