Animatsu Sets ‘A Certain Magical Index’&‘Railgun’ Anime Release Plans

Animatsu announced back in October 2016 that they had picked up the Certain Magical Index and Certain Scientific Railgun properties for release and have now started scheduling them. The plans at this point look to be like this, making for a fun later summer and early fall for fans of the franchise:

• A Certain Magical Index: The Movie DVD/BD – 9/11/17 – 29.99
• A Certain Magical Index II Complete Collection DVD/BD – 08/21/17 – 49.99
• A Certain Scientific Railgun Season 2 Complete Collection DVD/BD – 08/21/17 – 49.99

Originally airing in 2008, the original series was directed by Hiroshi Nishikori based on the series composition by Masanao Akahoshi. Character designs were done by Yuichi Tanaka based on the original designs by Kiyotaka Haimura that were done for the light novels written by Kazuma Kamachi. The series was animated by JC Staff.

The Japanese cast includes Atsushi Abe as Toma Kamijo, Yuka Iguchi as Index, Akeno Watanabe as Sherry Cromwell, Anri Katsu as Motoharu Tsuchimikado, Kana Asumi as Hyouka Kazakiri, Kimiko Koyama as Komoe Tsukuyomi, Kishō Taniyama as Stiyl Magnus, Mamiko Noto as Aisa Himegami, Misato Fukuen as Maika Tsuchimikado, Nobuhiko Okamoto as Accelerator, Nozomi Sasaki as Misaka’s Younger Sister, Rina Hidaka as Last Order, Rina Satou as Mikoto Misaka, Satomi Arai as Kuroko Shirai, Shizuka Itou as Kaori Kanzaki, Tomokazu Sugita as Aureolus Izzard, Yuka Terasaki as Misha=Kruschschev and Yuko Kaida as Aiho Yomikawa.

Plot concept: Kamijo is a student in Academy City, where people use science to develop supernatural abilities. The guy’s got a lot of heart – luckily for a young nun named Index. She’s on the run from a sorcery society that covets the astonishing 103,000 volumes of magical knowledge stored in her memory. When Index stumbles into Kamijo’s life, she find a faithful friend and protector, and while Kamijo’s easily the weakest kid in Academy City, he’s got something else going for him: the Imagine Breaker, an unexplainable power stored in his right hand that negates the powers of others.