“Bullied short girl learns code-based magic from grad-student mage; chaos ensues with falling washbasins.”
Modern Magic Made Simple
よくわかる現代魔法
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Synopsis
Bullied short girl learns code-based magic from grad-student mage; chaos ensues with falling washbasins.
Life hasn't been fair to Koyomi Morishita. Even though she's in high school, she's so short that everyone assumes she's still in grade school. The boys and girls in her school tease her mercilessly, and she's not exactly graceful either. On the other hand, she's still better off than Yumiko, who has a magician trying to kill her. Or at least Koyomi was until their paths crossed! Fortunately, salvation arrives in the form of master mage and graduate student Misa Anehara, who agrees to take Koyomi under her wing in learning the new style of magic, which breaks enchantment down into sequences of code. That'll be quite a task, given that so far Koyomi's talent seems to consist of making washbasins randomly fall out of the sky. But if it was easy, it wouldn't be magic, would it? (Source: Sentai Filmworks)
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Community consensus
Derived from 9 sampled reviews
What 9 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.10 · split reception
5.0 pts
Recommenders 8.0 · others 3.0
↓ 1.22
Running avg · Sep 2009 → Oct 2022
- 10 “Modern Magic Made Simple. Just put it in, it is a modern magic that i haven't see it before and this anime is amazing though the first episode is a bit confuse. But it is WORTH WATCHING IT! plot :...”
- 7 “Story The basic premise of Yoku Wakaru Gendai Mahou is Modern Magic, which uses codes to produce spells instead of using the traditional incantations and scrolls, etc. This is somewhat a fresh spin...”
- 7 “Do you like wash basin humor? I sure do! (For those of you that don't know, I'm referring to the anime comedy cliche where that big metal pan looking thing falls on someone's head) I'm not being...”
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- Format 12 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 4h 48m all episodes
- Aired Jul 2009 – Sep 2009 Summer 2009
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-4127 catalog
Produced by
- Shueisha Producer
Licensed by
- Sentai Filmworks Licensor