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A Certain Scientific Railgun

Toaru Kagaku no Railgun · 2009–2020

An electricity-wielding girl protects her strange city.

#Action #Fantasy #Sci-Fi #Super Power #Urban Fantasy

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StatusFinished Airing SeasonWinter 2020 StudioJ.C.Staff SourceManga

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Synopsis

Mikoto Misaka is a Level 5 esper in Academy City, a research metropolis where students are ranked by psychic ability and where a great deal of unethical experimentation happens out of public view. Alongside her roommate Kuroko Shirai and their friends, Mikoto investigates incidents involving illegal ability enhancement, black market technology, and research programs that treat students as materials. Her electromagnetic powers make her formidable, but the city's institutional problems consistently prove harder to solve than any individual opponent. Every case exposes something the city would prefer its students never discovered.

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Adapted from Kazuma Kamachi and Motoi Fuyukawa's manga by J.C.Staff, A Certain Scientific Railgun is a spinoff of A Certain Magical Index focusing on one of that series' most popular supporting characters. It is widely regarded as stronger than its parent series, benefiting from tighter plotting and a protagonist whose motivations are clearer. The franchise's Academy City setting, with its rigid ability rankings and hidden research programs, has sustained multiple interconnected series across many years. Its tighter plotting is the main reason viewers recommend it over its parent series.

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Type: TV
Episodes: 73
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: 2009-10-02 → 2010-03-19
Season: Winter 2020
Studio: J.C.Staff
Source: Manga
Duration: 24 min per ep
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
Producers: ASCII Media Works, AT-X, Geneon Universal Entertainment, Kadokawa, Movic, NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan, Square Enix, Warner Bros. Japan

Dubbed in 3 languages

Dub data © MyDubList (CC BY 4.0)

English
German
Korean

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Episodes

73

1
Electromaster Aired 2009-10-02
2
When Working Under a Hot Sun, Rehydration is Essential Aired 2009-10-09
3
Tokiwadai is Targeted Aired 2009-10-16
4
Urban Legends Aired 2009-10-23
5
A Certain Pair of New Trainees Aired 2009-10-30
6
Everyone is Proactive When it Comes to Such Things Aired 2009-11-06
7
Abilities and Power Aired 2009-11-13
8
Level Upper Aired 2009-11-20
9
Majority Report Aired 2009-11-27
10
Silent Majority Aired 2009-12-04
11
Dr. Kiyama Aired 2009-12-11
12
AIM Burst Aired 2009-12-18
13
A Bikini Divides the Eyeline Between Top and Bottom, But a One-piece Shows Off the Figure, so They Only Flatter the Slender Aired 2009-12-25
14
Special Workshop Aired 2010-01-08
15
Skill Out Aired 2010-01-15
16
Academy City Aired 2010-01-22
17
Tsuzuri's Summer Vacation Aired 2010-01-29
18
Asunaro Park Aired 2010-02-05
19
Midsummer Festival Aired 2010-02-12
20
Poltergeist Aired 2010-02-19
21
Voices Aired 2010-02-26
22
Level 6 (The One Who Obtains The Power Of God Whilst Still Possessing A Mortal Body) Aired 2010-03-05
23
What Is It You See In Your Eyes Right Now? Aired 2010-03-12
24
Dear My Friends Aired 2010-03-19

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Railgun Aired 2013-04-11
2
Critical Aired 2013-04-18
3
Project Radio Noise Aired 2013-04-25
4
Sisters Aired 2013-05-02
5
Project Level 6 Shift Aired 2013-05-09
6
I... Can See All Of You Aired 2013-05-16
7
I... I Want To Be Of Help To You, Sissy Aired 2013-05-23
8
Item Aired 2013-05-30
9
AIM Stalker Aired 2013-06-06
10
Meltdowner Aired 2013-06-13
11
The Vending Machine Aired 2013-06-20
12
Tree Diagram Aired 2013-06-27
13
Accelerator Aired 2013-07-04
14
The Promise Aired 2013-07-11
15
Kamijou Touma Aired 2013-07-18
16
Sisterhood Aired 2013-07-25
17
Study Group Aired 2013-08-01
18
Moving Aired 2013-08-15
19
Academic Reach Assembly Aired 2013-08-22
20
Febri Aired 2013-08-29
21
Darkness Aired 2013-09-05
22
Study Aired 2013-09-12
23
Silent Party Aired 2013-09-19
24
Eternal Party Aired 2013-09-26

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Super-powered (Level 5) Aired 2020-01-09
2
The Daihasei Festival Aired 2020-01-16
3
Balloon Hunter Aired 2020-01-23
4
Tampering Aired 2020-01-30
5
Trust Aired 2020-02-06
6
The Battle Begins Aired 2020-02-13
7
Auribus Oculi Fideliores Sunt. (The Eyes Are More Trustworthy Than the Ears) Aired 2020-02-27
8
Railgun × Mental Out Aired 2020-03-19
9
Kozaku Mitori Aired 2020-03-26
10
Clone Dolly Aired 2020-04-02
11
Joining the Battle Aired 2020-04-09
12
Exterior Aired 2020-04-16
13
SYSTEM (Those Who Arrive At Heaven's Will In An Only Human Body) Aired 2020-04-30
14
Dragon Strike (Jaw of the Dragon King) Aired 2020-05-14
15
Promise Aired 2020-05-21
16
Dream Ranker Aired 2020-07-23
17
Precognition Aired 2020-07-30
18
Bust Upper Aired 2020-08-06
19
Strange Coincidence Aired 2020-08-13
20
Ha Det Bra Aired 2020-08-20
21
Doppelgänger Aired 2020-08-27
22
Scavenger Aired 2020-09-03
23
Possession Aired 2020-09-10
24
Diffusion Aired 2020-09-17
25
My Dear Friends Aired 2020-09-24

Cast

Characters

81

Trick

Trick Supporting

MISAKA 10031

MISAKA 10031 Supporting

Tsuchimikado, Maika

Tsuchimikado, Maika Supporting

MISAKA 10032

MISAKA 10032 Supporting

Tsukuyomi, Komoe

Tsukuyomi, Komoe Supporting

Kouzaku, Mitori

Kouzaku, Mitori Supporting

MISAKA 19090

MISAKA 19090 Supporting

Wannai, Kinuho

Wannai, Kinuho Supporting

Kumokawa, Seria

Kumokawa, Seria Supporting

MISAKA 9982

MISAKA 9982 Supporting

Woman Gang Boss

Woman Gang Boss Supporting

Kuriba, Ryouko

Kuriba, Ryouko Supporting

Misaka, Misuzu

Misaka, Misuzu Supporting

Yanagisako, Aomi

Yanagisako, Aomi Supporting

Mugino, Shizuri

Mugino, Shizuri Supporting

Yomikawa, Aiho

Yomikawa, Aiho Supporting

Nokleben, Keitz

Nokleben, Keitz Supporting

Nunotaba, Shinobu

Nunotaba, Shinobu Supporting

Miyama, Shaei

Miyama, Shaei Supporting

Seivelun, Frenda

Seivelun, Frenda Supporting

Professor

Professor Supporting

Takitsubo, Rikou

Takitsubo, Rikou Supporting

Sakuragi, Naruha

Sakuragi, Naruha Supporting

Saraku

Saraku Supporting

Seike, Taroumaru

Seike, Taroumaru Supporting

Sogiita, Gunha

Sogiita, Gunha Supporting

Tsuchimikado, Motoharu

Tsuchimikado, Motoharu Supporting

Xochitl

Xochitl Supporting

Yakumaru, Itsuki

Yakumaru, Itsuki Supporting

Yobou, Banka

Yobou, Banka Supporting

Yumiya, Rakko

Yumiya, Rakko Supporting

Crew

Staff

774

Production Manager2

Nakagawa, Jirou

Okada, Kouji

Okada, Kouji

Publicity5

Isogai, Noritomo

Kamata, Nanami

Kamata, Nanami

Maeda, Yuki

Watanabe, Takashi

Yoda, Nobutaka

Yoda, Nobutaka

Recording Engineer1

Hawkinson, Peter

Screenplay1

Itou, Michiko

Itou, Michiko

Script9

Asakawa, Miya

Ishino, Atsuo

Itou, Michiko

Itou, Michiko

Jukki Hanada

Kunisawa, Mariko

Minakami, Seishi

Sunayama, Kurasumi

Tenkawa, Nobuhiko

Yamada, Yasunori

Series Composition2

Minakami, Seishi

Yasukawa, Shougo

Yasukawa, Shougo

Setting1

Inose, Yukie

Sound Director1

Aketagawa, Jin

Sound Effects3

Nakano, Katsuhiro

Okuda, Ijou

Ueno, Rei

Sound Manager1

Hamano, Takatoshi

Special Effects1

Mukai, Yoshihide

Storyboard21

Gotou, Keiji

Hideki Tachibana

Hideki Tachibana

Horiguchi, Kazuki

Hosoda, Naoto

Iida, Takashi

Ishikawa, Kensuke

Iwataki, Satoshi

Iwataki, Satoshi

Kamitani, Tomohiro

Kawasaki, Yoshiki

Kobayashi, Tsuneo

Kobayashi, Tsuneo

Miyaji, Masayuki

Miyaji, Masayuki

Miyazaki, Shuuji

Muroi, Yasuo

Nihei, Yuuichi

Sayama, Kiyoko

Soutome, Kouichirou

Soutome, Kouichirou

Takada, Kouichi

Takayanagi, Shigehito

Tanaka, Masayoshi

Tanaka, Masayoshi

Tanaka, Yuuichi

Tanaka, Yuuichi

Yamauchi, Shigeyasu

Yamauchi, Shigeyasu

Theme Song Arrangement2

Chiba, Naoki

Chiba, Naoki

Kisida

Critics

HakiPoints

Hero's Choice

Generally favourable

Critic score: the average of 3 critic reviews, out of 100 HakiPoints.

How we score?

80

Conquers 67% · 2 reviews
Hero's Choice 0% · 0 reviews
Average 33% · 1 review
Skippable 0% · 0 reviews

90/ 100

UK Anime Network

A. H. Season 1 Oct 5, 2015

A fascinating world occupied by strong characters and supplemented by some well-delivered stories - this is a spin-off that surpasses its parent series.

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90/ 100

UK Anime Network

Laurence Green Season 2 Aug 18, 2017

A thrilling all-rounder that passes with flying colours across the board.

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60/ 100

THEM Anime Reviews

Nicole MacLean 2009

As shounen fantasy/sci-fi adaptations go, it's pretty good, but it's definitely a bit indebted to the conventions of that genre and, thus, not especially deep or self-aware.

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