Magical Destroyers

Magical Destroyers (魔法少女マジカルデストロイヤーズ, Mahō Shōjo Majikaru Desutoroiyāzu, "Magical Girl Magical Destroyers") is an original Japanese anime television series created by Jun Inagawa and animated by Bibury Animation Studios.[2][3] It is directed by Hiroshi Ikehata, with Masao Kawase serving as assistant director, Daishiro Tanimura writing the scripts, Yuki Sawa designing the characters, and Gin Hashiba composing the music.[4] The series premiered on April 8, 2023, on the Animeism programming block on MBS, TBS and BS-TBS.[5][6] The opening theme song is "Magical Destroyer" by Aimi, while the ending theme song is "Gospelion in a classic love" by The 13th tailor.[7] Crunchyroll licensed the series.[8]

Magical Destroyers
Key visual
魔法少女マジカルデストロイヤーズ
(Mahō Shōjo Majikaru Desutoroiyāzu)
GenreMagical girl
Created byJun Inagawa
Anime television series
Directed by
  • Hiroshi Ikehata
  • Masao Kawase (assistant director)
Written byDaishiro Tanimura
Music byGin Hashiba
StudioBibury Animation Studios
Licensed byCrunchyroll
Original networkMBS, TBS, BS-TBS
Original run April 8, 2023 – present
Episodes4

Plot

In a dystopian, near-future Japan—circa 2011—the SSC, a mysterious organization, has indoctrinated most of Japan into accepting the destruction of otaku culture, while their Shobon Army rounds up all otaku and their prized possessions into concentration camps. Resisting the efforts of the SSC are a Revolutionary Army, led by a trio of magical girls, named Anarchy, Blue and Pink, guided by a young man known only as the Otaku Hero. After spending three years fighting for the remains of Akihabara, Anarchy decides to go on the offensive and reunite with her fellow magical girls to gain back the culture from the oppressive regime.

Characters
Otaku Hero (オタクヒーロー, Otaku Hīrō)
Voiced by: Makoto Furukawa[5]
The protagonist, an unnamed otaku who leads the revolution against the SSC.
Anarchy / Kirara Akabane (アナーキー, Anākī)
Voiced by: Fairouz Ai[5]
An ill-tempered Magical Girl who wields a staff with the Anarchy symbol embedded at the end of it, she can create and destroy different objects. Anarchy wishes to defeat the SSC so she can return to being a normal girl.
Blue / Blueberry Ai Kanda (ブルー, Burū)
Voiced by: Aimi[5]
An extremely horny Magical Girl with a love of surströmming who wields an odd shaped scythe that can cut through almost anything. Her wish is to see New Order live when the SSC are gone.
Pink (ピンク, Pinku)
Voiced by: Tomoyo Kurosawa[5]
A magical girl who hides behind a gasmask and speaks in a verbal tic that only Blue seems to understand. She wields a large, magical syringe and is skilled at creating different kinds of drugs. Her wish is to work in a maid cafe one day.
Kyōtarō (狂太郎)
Voiced by: Tomori Kusunoki[9]
Shobon
Voiced by: Soma Saito[9]
The leader of the SSC. Their true identity is unknown, but they wear a formal black suit and tie, and their head is covered by a white TV with a cute face drawn on the front.
Slayer (スレイヤー, Sureiyā)
Voiced by: Yu Serizawa[9]
A young woman dressed in gothic lolita style who wields an umbrella and works under Shobon.
Nick (ニック, Nikku)
Voiced by: Kazuyuki Okitsu[9]
A veteran otaku with a vast information network who provides support and training to Otaku Hero.
Old Leader (オールドリーダー, Ōrudo Rīdā)
Voiced by: Tomokazu Sugita[10]
Military Otaku (ミリオタ, Miriota)
Voiced by: Junji Majima[10]
Game Otaku (ゲーオタ, Gēota)
Voiced by: Takehito Koyasu[10]
Train Otaku (鉄オタ, Tetsu Ota)
Voiced by: Shō Okumura[10]
JSDF Otaku (自衛隊オタ, Jieitai Ota)
Voiced by: Ikuto Kanemasa[10]
Anime Otaku (アニオタ, Aniota)
Voiced by: Tetsu Inada[10]
Idol Otaku (ドルオタ, Doruota)
Voiced by: Haruki Ishiya[10]
Pro-Wrestling Otaku (プロレスオタ, Puroresuota)
Voiced by: Shinya Takahashi[10]
@Gō (＠号)
Voiced by: Koki Uchiyama[11]
Itasha Driver (痛車ドライバー, Itasha Doraibā)
Voiced by: Nobuyuki Hiyama[11]
Marcus (マーカス, Mākasu)
Voiced by: Kenta Miyake[12]
Chōgō-shi (調合師)
Voiced by: Shigeru Chiba[12]
Adam (アダム, Adamu)
Voiced by: Nobuhiko Okamoto[13]
Eve (イブ, Ibu)
Voiced by: Maki Kawase[13]

Episode list
No.Title [14]Directed by [14]Written by [14]Storyboarded by [14]Original air date [15]
1"Rage Against Akihabara"
Transcription: "Akiba ni Kakumei no Honō Moyu" (Japanese: アキバに革命の炎燃ゆ)		Kento ShintaniDaishiro TanimuraHiroshi IkehataApril 8, 2023 (2023-04-08)[lower-alpha 1]
One day in Akihabara, an unnamed Otaku Hero notices an entire store being cleared out by heavily armed soldiers with cute mascot-like faces. Their organization, the SSC, manages to brainwash most of Japan into accepting the destruction of all things otaku, under the guise of their "protection." Otaku Hero manages to rally other otaku who escaped the onslaught of the SSC with a girl known as Anarchy and a strange floating talking animal, even taking back Akihabara for the otaku after the SSC lead a campaign of demolishing the neighborhood and loading all the otaku and their pop culture artifacts into train cars bound for an open-air prison. After about three years of fighting and no further progress, Otaku Hero plans to give up leadership of the group to Anarchy as the SSC mount a new offensive on their stronghold. However, after Anarchy risks her life to raise the otaku flag in Akihabara once more, Otaku Hero decides to help her and uses a blimp to bomb the enemy until they retreat. Anarchy then follows up by skydiving into an SSC prison camp and freeing the otaku there, who then revolt against their oppressors. Further into the prison, Anarchy frees her comrade, Magical Girl Blue, from her solitary captivity.
2"Gobo Gobo!"
Transcription: "Momoiro Nō Miso o Uragaese" (Japanese: 桃色脳ミソを裏返せ)		Takanori YamamotoDaishiro TanimuraRyōsuke TsuchiyaApril 15, 2023 (2023-04-15)[lower-alpha 2]
After rescuing Blue, Otaku Hero decides to rescue Pink as well to reunite the Magical Girls before the SSC attack again. With the help of his friend Nick, Otaku Hero discovers that Pink is holding a rave at a nearby location, and walks there with Anarchy and Blue. However, Pink refuses to join them, as she prefers her current carefree lifestyle. After chatting, Pink offers Blue and Anarchy a challenge, to share a drug with her that connects their consciousness together. Anarchy and Blue fight Pink and her manifestations in the mental realm, but Pink has the advantage with her own mind as the battlefield. Anarchy tries to remind Pink of their shared past together and their reasons for winning their war against the SSC, but Pink is unmoved until her underlings all decide to enter the same mental realm and encourage Pink to live out her dreams with their support. Pink gives in and wakes up in the real world in the arms of Otaku Hero, who later announces that the Magical Girls have reunited.
3"Pessimistic Overdrive"
Transcription: "Ekizōsuto Nōto[lower-alpha 3] o Kiite Ike" (Japanese: エキゾーストノートを聞いて逝け)		Umeko Haruno,
Kento Shintani		Yutaka SatoIkuo GesoiApril 22, 2023 (2023-04-22)[lower-alpha 4]
The resistance in Akiba are gawked at by tourists as "@-Go" of the Four Heavenly Kings seeks to destroy them. Otaku Hero and a nearby itasha driver quickly deduce that the enemy is another car otaku brainwashed to fight for the SSC, and use that to their advantage as the three Magical Girls come together to take down the enemy mech. However, their celebration is short-lived when an evil Magical Girl appears and kills @-Go, then quickly defeats the combined might of Anarchy, Blue, and Pink. The itasha driver sacrifices himself by hitting the evil Magical Girl with his car, giving the resistance time to regroup.
4"R U Ready?"
Transcription: "Mahō Shōjo darake no Suiei Taikai" (Japanese: 魔法少女だらけの水泳大会)		IkabomberToshimitsu TakeuchiHiroshi IkehataApril 29, 2023 (2023-04-29)[lower-alpha 2]
Otaku Hero gets help from Pink to restore an old mecha model, but Pink's drug makes the model fly out of the base on its own, soon falling into the Kanda River. Otaku Hero and the Magical Girls then run into a group of older otaku who believe that the younger ones aren't "real" otaku, as they had to hide their obsessions from the world while the younger ones casually flaunt them and expanded the definition of otaku. The older otaku refuse to let them search the river for the mecha toy, but Otaku Hero doesn't want to fight them, so with Kyotaro's help both sides engage in an impromptu sporting tournament. Suddenly, Shobon sends their aquatic mecha beasts to destroy all the otaku in the river. The Magical Girls and the recovered mecha toy combine their strength to drain the river, leaving the enemies helpless and allowing all the otaku to reclaim their formerly-submerged treasures.
5"Climbing to the Hell"
Transcription: "Dai-niji Nakano Jihen" (Japanese: 第二次中野事変)		Daisuke EguchiDaishiro TanimuraDaisuke EguchiMay 6, 2023 (2023-05-06)[lower-alpha 2]
Otaku Hero gets a tip from Nick about a drug that can make the Magical Girls stronger, but first the group must travel to Shibuya, where the SSC is dragging away anyone who shows even little signs of being an otaku. The group is helped by an American otaku named Marcus, who leads them to a doctor named Chogo. He denies being an otaku or a drugmaker at first, but soon relents and offers to help strengthen the Magical Girls if they will retrieve a rare old figurine box set for him. The box in question is held at the top of Nakano Broadway. Otaku Hero and the Magical Girls climb their way to the top of the building, and just as they are about to fall, Marcus reappears to save them. The Magical Girls destroy the building's anti-otaku defenses and retrieve the item for Chogo, who then gives them one capsule each of his special drug. Pink wants to use it right away, but Otaku Hero decides to save them for now. Later, Marcus is given his daughter back by the SSC along with their passports and is warned to leave Japan, while Chogo leaves his box set under some garbage.
6"Revolution Eve"
Transcription: "Kakumei Zenya" (Japanese: 革命前夜)		Yuichiro Aoki,
Daisuke Eguchi		Daishiro TanimuraDaisuke EguchiMay 13, 2023 (2023-05-13)[lower-alpha 2]
As the SSC storm another otaku stronghold, Otaku Hero flashes back to how he met the Magical Girls, when they were somehow delivered to him in a giant box, and how they spent a year together scrounging for food and supplies while trying to avoid the SSC. Otaku Hero tells the girls about his past walking through Akihabara with his dad, a technology otaku, before he passed on. He then gives the girls homemade outfits before asking them to leave, as Otaku Hero wants to lead an otaku revolution against the SSC. The girls then somehow gain magical powers and their outfits are transformed to suit each of their tastes. Together, Otaku Hero and the empowered Magical Girls come together to start a revolution. In the present, Otaku Hero gets in radio range and rallies the troops to fight back against the SSC. However, Otaku Hero and the Magical Girls suddenly have suction cups stuck to each of their heads.

Notes
  1. This episode aired at 2:23 a.m. JST, 28 minutes after the original air time.
  2. This episode aired at 1:53 a.m. JST, 2 minutes before the original air time.
  3. Exhaust Note
  4. This episode aired at 2:08 a.m. JST, 13 minutes after the original air time.

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