Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc.
Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc. , also known as Magilumiere Co. Ltd., is a Japanese manga series written by Sekka Iwata and illustrated by Yu Aoki. It was serialized on the Shōnen Jump+ website and mobile app from October 2021 to July 2025, with its chapters collected in eighteen volumes by Shueisha. Shueisha also publishes the series in English on their Manga Plus website and app. An anime television series adaptation produced by Moe and J.C.Staff aired from October to December 2024. A second season produced solely by J.C.Staff is set to premiere in July 2026.
Plot
The story takes place in a world where being a magical girl is a popular profession that involves exterminating mysterious creatures called Kaii. New college graduate Kana Sakuragi, who is struggling with job hunting, is able to put her excellent memory to use and helps magical girl Hitomi Koshigaya exterminate a Kaii in an emergency. Happy she has finally been useful, Kana ends up becoming the second magical girl at Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc., the magical girl startup company Koshigaya works at.In addition to the prodigy Koshigaya, Magilumiere is composed of its president Kouji Shigemoto, a middle-aged man who dresses as a magical girl, Kaede Midorikawa, who deals with customers, and magic engineer Kazuo Nikoyama.
Characters
;Kana Sakuragi;Hitomi Koshigaya
;Kouji Shigemoto
;Kaede Midorikawa
;Kazuo Nikoyama
;Mei Tsuchiba
;Kei Koga
;Lily Aoi
;Miyako Asou
;Hana Ginji
;Nishina
;Akane Makino
Media
Manga
Written by Sekka Iwata and illustrated by Yu Aoki, Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc. was serialized on Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ manga website and mobile app from October 20, 2021, to July 9, 2025. Shueisha collected its chapters in eighteen volumes, released from February 4, 2022, to September 4, 2025.Shueisha's Manga Plus service is publishing the series in English digitally. Viz Media licensed the series in North America and began publishing it in early 2024.
Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced on November 29, 2023. It was produced by Moe and J.C.Staff and directed by Masahiro Hiraoka, with scripts written by Shingo Nagai, character designs handled by Hidehiro Asama, and music composed by Makoto Miyazaki. The series aired from October 4 to December 20, 2024, on the programming block on Nippon TV and its affiliates. The opening theme song is "Order Made", performed by Mafumafu, while the ending theme song is "Workout", performed by syudou. Amazon Prime Video licensed the series for global streaming.Following the airing of the final episode, a second season was announced. The season will produced solely by J.C.Staff and directed by Toshinori Fukushima, with Michiko Yokote writing the scripts. It is set to premiere in July 2026.
Reception
Masaki Endo from Tsutaya News felt the series was unique among works of the magical girl genre; Endo also praised the balance between fantasy and reality. Makoto Kitani from Da Vinci praised the comedic elements of the story and the artwork; Kitani also felt the story was unique among magical girl works. Steven Blackburn from Screen Rant praised the series, particularly enjoying the comedic moments. He also felt that the series worked well as a satire of Sailor Moon.The series was nominated for the 2022 Next Manga Award in the web manga category, and ranked third out of 50 nominees.