Main Title: To Aru Majutsu no Index
Official Title: とある魔術の禁書目録
Synonym: A Certain Magical Index
Type: TV Series, unknown number of episodes
Year: 05.10.2008 till ?
Categories: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Science fiction, Magic
Producers: J.C.STAFF
Voice Actors:
Atsushi Abe as Toma Kamijo
Rina Satou as Mikoto Misaka
Yuka Iguchi as Index
Kimiko Koyama as Komoe Tsukuyomi
Kishô Taniyama as Stiyl Magnus
Nobuhiko Okamoto as Accelerator
Satomi Arai as Kuroko Shirai
Shizuka Itou as Kaori Kanzaki

Synopsis:

Set in a city of scientifically advanced superhuman students, but in a world where magic is also real. Toma Kamijo’s right hand, the Imagine Breaker, will negate all magic, psychic, or divine powers, but not his own bad luck. One day he finds a young girl hanging on his balcony railing. She turns out to be a nun from the Church of England, and her mind has been implanted with the Index-Librorum-Prohibitorum - all the magical texts the Church has removed from circulation. -AniDB, MAL

In a world where science clarifies supernatural powers. In a huge college that has power development in its curriculum. To a resident high school student, Kamijou Touma, a pure white sister appears. She calls herself “Index” and says that sorcerers are chasing her. Thus, Kamijou Touma enters the world of the occult. -ANN

Opening Theme:
#01: “PSI-missing” by Mami Kawada
Ending Theme:
#01: “Rimless~フチナシノセカイ~” by IKU

Comment:
When I saw JC Staff on the list, I was afraid that they will ruin the chara design just like what they have done to Toradora. But then, after I watched the first episode, it was awwsome. Kudos JC Staff. Good chara design, Good OP and ED, Loli teacher, Moe Index, Manly Touma, etc. This reminds me of Shakugan no Shana. The storyline is in a fast pace (Different with the mango) but still good. Really recommend this one.

Overall Score: 4.5/5

Watch the first episode here! Eclipse+m.3.3.w Fansub. :3

Type: TV
Episodes: 51
Status: Currently Airing
Aired: Apr 7, 2008 to ?
Producers: Bones, TV Tokyo, Dentsu Inc., Square Enix
Genres: Supernatural, Shounen, Fantasy, Comedy, Adventure, Action
Duration: 24 min. per episode
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Plot:
Soul Eater primarily revolves around students known as meisters (shokunin) or technicians at the Shinigami Weapon Meister Vocational School (Shinigami Buki Shokunin Senmon Gakkō), or Shibusen (Shibusen) for short, located in Death City. The school is run by Shinigami, the God of Death himself, as a training facility for weapons created by shinigami and the human wielders of those weapons, the meisters. Each meister has at least one demon weapon companion which has both a weapon and human form. Shinigami created the school as an organization that enforces peace in order to prevent the rebirth of the “kishin”, evil demon gods that nearly destroyed everything by plunging the world into chaos. Human souls that have become evil by straying from the path of humans have a high risk of becoming kishin, so evil humans are constantly being hunted down and killed by the students trained at Shibusen. The ultimate goal of the students with their weapons is to have their weapons defeat and eat the souls of ninety-nine evil human souls and one witch’s soul which will dramatically increase the power of the given weapon and thus be capable of being used by shinigami. In order to ensure this is done in a timely manner, all students and weapons attend classes regularly and are given homework or supplementary lessons to further their training. The meisters have a rating system that goes from one to three stars which usually measures soul energy. It is important that the meister and weapon can tune their “soul wavelength” to perform high level attacks and bring out the weapon’s full power.

Characters:
Maka Alban
She is Soul’s technician. She is the more level-headed of the two but when her anger gets the better of her, she will put her foot down. Where Soul seems to be the brawn, Maka is the brain. She always tries to think of a way to beat their opponent by exploiting the opponent’s weaknesses. Her father is the Shingami’s current death scythe, she seems to hate her father for constantly flirting with other women but she still loves him. Her mother was also a scythe technician; she and Maka’s father are divorced. Maka seems to be annoyed at the fact that her body hasn’t developed yet (which is the center of some jokes in the series). She usually kicks Soul after he does something perverted or if he and Blair have been acting too friendly. Dr. Stein saw her soul and told her she was a “serious person who tries hard.”

Soul Eater
Soul Eater, “Soul” to his friends, is Maka’s Demon Scythe partner; his human appearance is that of a teenage boy with a forever present drool mark coming from his mouth. He acts like a normal teenager . His personality mostly consist of what he considers “cool”. Being a “cool” guy, he almost always uses the direct approach which most of the time fails. He sometimes becomes too driven by the idea of eating souls, which leads him to bicker with Maka, but in the end they remain friends and partners. He has stated that men go for older women while calling Maka “Miss Tiny Tits” (this was because Maka’s father told Soul that if he laid a hand on her in any way, he’ll kick his ass). He also said this when fighting Blair. However, that time was so he could get close to attack Blair. His way of absorbing souls is literally eating them. He says that it’s the texture, not the taste, that matters. When Dr. Stein saw his soul, he said it was that of “a twisted person with a sarcastic soul.”

Black Star
He is Tsubaki’s technician. He comes from a family of ninjas (The Star Clan), which explains the star on his shoulder. He uses ninja tactics. His biggest weakness is that he is a total show-off and thinks that he is some kind of star, which he happily proclaims, defeating the purpose of the ninja arts. The few times he uses his ninja stealth is when he peeps on Tsubaki (which normally ends up with him yelling and showing his whereabouts upon seeing Tsubaki’s nude body) when she is bathing, or when he finally takes the fight seriously. His delusion of stardom is so great that he constantly gives out autographs that nobody wants. Black Star hates it when someone gets more attention then him and will show them who the real star is. He is also able to use his soul wavelength in hand-to-hand combat. Dr. Stein stated the obvious when he said Black Star’s was “a terribly self-absorbed soul.”

Tsubaki
She is Black Star’s Dark Demon Blade partner. She can change into multiple ninja weapons (shuriken, smoke bomb, a katana [later chapters], etc). She is most of the time disheartened by Black Star’s loud self but she still puts up with it because that’s what she likes about him. She has a very forgiving personality and always tries to help everyone even when she has no idea how to help. Tsubaki soul is “very co-operative and has a lot of space to accept people” as said by Dr. Stein.

Death The Kid
He is Patty and Liz’s technician and the Shinigami’s son. He is called Kidd by his friends and family. At first glance, he seems to be perfect in every aspect (polite, well pressed clothes, etc.) But he has one major flaw. He is completely obsessed about everything being symmetrical and takes the idea of perfection to the extremes. To him, anything symmetrical is beautiful and if it’s off by any measurement (a picture frame off by millimeter, or a pose that is slightly out of place), he will try to correct it right away. The biggest problem Kidd has with is his hair one side being completely black while the other has three white strips going across it. Showing Kidd anything that is too unsymmetrical or mentioning his hair will send him into a state of massive depression (which normally takes encouragement from Patty and Liz to break). He refers to Shinigami as Chichi-Ue (Honorable Father). His father has mentioned that Kidd is already a shinigami and doesn’t need to collect souls but Kidd says he wants to make a weapon of his own. His father also says that since he uses two weapons (the guns don’t count as a set), he will have to collect twice as many souls (198 human souls and 2 witch souls). If he sees anything perfect or symmetrical get broken or destroyed, it will send him into a blind rage where he will unload all of his power to erase the offensive sight from his eyes. He has a flight-capable skateboard called Beelzebub, which he uses as a form short distance transportation.

Review:
Another Epic Anime from Bones and Square Enix. The artwork, characters, and plot are obviously interesting. Simple artwork with sharp animation. The Shinigami WMV School’s building is 3D. (lolwut). The soundtracks are very well done. OP by TM Revolution - Resonance and ED by Stance Punks - I Wanna Be. No need to worry if you want to watch this anime. I really recommend this anime.

Rating:
5/5 - Animation
5/5 - Storyline
4/5 - Music

Too bad it’s licensed on CR but try another site (veoh or megavideo).