Summer anime “Mahoaku” “It looks like it’s going to be sold as a naughty disc…” Episode 3 advance cutThe synopsis and preview cuts for episode 3, “And Back to Square One,” of the summer anime series “A Long Time Since Magical Girls and Evil Were Enemies,” which will air on Tuesday, July 23, 2024, have been released.

“Once upon a time, magical girls and evil were enemies.” is based on a romantic love comedy by manga artist Fujiwara Cocoa, known for works such as “Inu x Boku SS” (Inu Boku Secret Service). It was serialized in the monthly “Gangan Joker” from 2013 to 2015, and was the last work written by Fujiwara Cocoa due to her sudden death. In November 2023, the 10th anniversary of the start of the original serialization, it was announced that the series will be adapted into a TV anime by Bones.

The main characters are Mira, an evil strategist who is trying to destroy the world, and Mimori Byakuya, a magical girl who fights to protect the world. However, Mira falls in love with Byakuya at first sight, and although they were supposed to be enemies, they end up falling in love…

Episode 3 “And Back to the Beginning”

When Byakuya hears how she became a magical girl, it seems that she was deceived and used by some so-called angel. If

she carries on like this, won’t she just get more and more exhausted…? Mira worries.

One night, Mira meets Byakuya, who works as a hostess. Byakuya tells her in tears, “I’m going to make an erotic disc and sell it…”

Episode 3 of “Once Upon a Time, Magical Girls and Evil Were Enemies,” titled “And Back to Square One,” will air on TOKYO MX and other stations from Tuesday, July 23rd.

TV anime information: “Once upon a time, magical girls and evil were enemies.”

Broadcast begins on Tuesday, July 9th, 2024 on TOKYO MX, BS11, and AT-X.

[ON AIR]

・TOKYO MX: From July 9th (Tuesday), every Tuesday from 23:30

・BS11: From July 9th (Tuesday), every Tuesday from 23:00

・AT-X: From July 9th (Tuesday), every Tuesday from 22:45

Repeat broadcasts: Every Thursday from 10:45 / Every Monday from 16:45

*Broadcast dates and times are subject to change.

[STREAMING]

■Pre-release streaming begins on Tuesday, July 9th, 2024 on Lemino!!

Lemino: Every Tuesday from 23:45 starting on Tuesday, July 9th

■Streaming begins sequentially from Thursday, July 11th, 2024 Every Thursday from 23:45 onwards

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[STAFF]

Original story: Fujiwara Cocoa (Gangan Comics JOKER, published by Square Enix)

Director: Ohashi Akiyo

Series composition and script: Ayana Yuniko

Character design: Iizuka Haruko

Sub-character design and chief animation director: Arai Nobuhiro

Prop design: Araki Mio

Art director: Kuga Yumiko and Onitani Takumi

Color design: Goto Yukari

Director of photography: Kanbayashi Tsuyoshi

Editing: Sakamoto Kumiko

Sound director: Kimura Eriko

Sound effects: Yaso Shota

Music: MAYUKO

Music production: Avex Pictures

Animation production: Bones

Production: Mahoaku Production Committee

Opening theme: Incomplete Rendezvous/Lezel

Ending theme: Always the two of us is good/Milla & Mimori Byakuya (CV: Ono Yuki & Nakahara Mai)

[CAST]

Milla: Ono Yuki

Mimori Byakuya: Nakahara Mai

Familiar angel (cat): Miki Shinichiro Kagari

Hibana: Ise Mariya

Familiar angel (bird): Midorikawa Light

Fomalhaut: Kenichi Suzumura

Bellatrix: Ayako Kawasumi

Alcyone: Hiro Shimono

Spica: Nao Toyama

Sadalsuudo: Takumi Yamazaki

Betelgeuse: Takaya Hashi and others

(C) Fujiwara Cocoa / SQUARE ENIX, Mahoaku Production Committee