A Certain Magical Index (2008): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2008, A Certain Magical Index is an animation, sci-fi & fantasy, comedy and mystery series.

What it’s about. Touma Kamijou is a student living in Academy City, a highly advanced place in terms of technology. Despite being gauged as a level zero esper (no powers), he possesses on his right hand the Imagine Breaker, an ability that negates any power whatsoever. Touma finds a young girl named Index who is trying to run away from Necessarius, a powerful magic organization that she is member of. Blessed with the skill of memorizing any sort of information, she holds 103,000 forbidden magical books within her head. As science and magic cross paths, Touma must face several dangers amid espers and magicians who appear in the exciting scientific town.

Who’s in it. A Certain Magical Index stars Atsushi Abe as Touma Kamijou (voice), Yuka Iguchi as Index (voice), Rina Sato as Mikoto Misaka (voice) and Shizuka Itoh as Kaori Kanzaki (voice), among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 7.5/10, A Certain Magical Index has been warmly received by audiences.

Where to watch. In US you can stream it on Crunchyroll and Crunchyroll Amazon Channel and rent or buy it from Apple TV Store. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch A Certain Magical Index page.

If you liked it. Fans of A Certain Magical Index tend to enjoy Rick and Morty, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Attack on Titan and Attack on Titan: No Regrets.