Season 2 of Magi: The Kingdom of Magic premiered on October 6, 2013, and a long time has passed since then. The said anime takes a piece from classic tales by borrowing the names of fairy tale characters and bringing a whole new and exciting twist.
The manga had over 25 million copies in circulation as of April 2018. Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic won the 59th Shogakukan Manga Award in the shnen category in 2014. Kazé in the United Kingdom and Madman Entertainment in Australia also licensed it.Ī spin-off series titled Magi: Adventure of Sinbad, written by Ohtaka and illustrated by Yoshifumi Ohtera, was serialized in Weekly Shonen Sunday from May to June 2013, and later on Shogakukan's website Ura Sunday from September 2013 to April 2018. Aniplex of America is the North American distributor for the anime series. Viz Media has licensed the manga for English release in North America.Ī-1 Pictures produced an anime television adaptation that aired in Japan from October 2012 to March 2013, followed by a second season titled Magi: The Kingdom of Magic that aired from October 2013 to March 2014.
From June 2009 to October 2017, Shogakukan serialized it in the shonen manga magazine Weekly Shonen Sunday, with chapters collected and published in 37 tankobon volumes. Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic (マギ, Magi) is a Japanese fantasy adventure manga series written and illustrated by Shinobu Ohtaka.
