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Irregular at Magic High School Anime Film's 3rd Teaser Previews GARNiDELiA Song

posted on by Egan Loo
June 17 film follows spring break encounter with mysterious woman

The production company Aniplex began streaming the third teaser trailer for the Gekijōban Mahōka Kōkō no Rettōsei: Hoshi o Yobu Shōjo (The Irregular at Magic High School The Movie: The Girl Who Calls the Stars) anime film on Saturday. The new teaser previews the theme song "Speed Star" by the duo GARNiDELiA.


In the story, the seasons have changed, and it will soon be spring before the main characters' second year in high school. The poor student/older brother Tatsuya and the honor student/younger sister Miyuki have finished their first year at their magic high school, and are on their spring break. The two go to their villa on the Ogasawara Island archipelago. After only a small moment of peace, a lone young woman named Kokoa appears before them. She has abandoned the Naval base, and she tells Tatsuya her one wish.

The film's returning cast includes:

The film's new cast includes:

Konomi Kohara as Kokoa, who is a deserter from the National Defense Navy's base, and who ends up in Miyuki's care. Her appearance is that of a very young woman, but her true character is shrouded in mystery.


Yōko Hikasa as Angelina Kudou Shields


Kana Hanazawa as Mayumi Saegusa


Marina Inoue as Mari Watanabe


Junichi Suwabe as as Katsuto Jyumonji


Jin Yamanoi as Benjamin Canopus
Satoshi Hino as Ralph Algol
Masaki Aizawa as Ralph Hardy Mirphak

The film will open in Japan on June 17. Advance screenings will be held in Tokyo and Osaka on June 5; the screenings are open to 750 people, and applications must be submitted by May 12.

Risako Yoshida, who served as a unit director and a storyboarder on the television anime series, is directing the film at studio 8-Bit (Madhouse animated the television series). Original light novel series artist Kana Ishida is returning to serve as the character designer and chief animation director. Original light novel author Tsutomu Satou is writing an original new story for the film, and he and WriteWorks are in writing the script. Taku Iwasaki is returning to compose the music.

Other staff members include:

Tsutomu Satou began writing the novel series with character designs and illustrations by Kana Ishida (Aquarion Evol character design) in 2008 under the Dengeki Bunko label. The novel series has more than 7.7 million copies in print in Japan. Yen Press licensed the original light novel series and the spinoff manga The Honor Student at Magic High School.

The earlier 26-episode television anime adaptation debuted in April 2014 from director Manabu Ono at Madhouse. Aniplex of America licensed the anime and released it on home video in 2015.

Thanks to Dennis R for the embedded video


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