, also known in English as ''Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc.'', is a Japanese

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series written by Sekka Iwata and illustrated by Yu Aoki. It was serialized on the ''

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'' website and mobile app from October 2021 to July 2025. As of June 2025, the series' individual chapters have been collected into seventeen volumes by

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. Shueisha also publishes the series in English on their ''

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'' website and app. An

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television series adaptation produced by Moe and

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aired from October to December 2024. A second season is set to premiere in 2026.

Plot

The story takes place in a world where being a

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is a popular profession that involves exterminating mysterious creatures called . 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, the magical girl

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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 is new college graduate who is hired by Magilumiere after she assisted magical girl Hitomi Koshigaya. She has an excellent memory. ; : :Koshigaya is a magical girl who works at Magilumiere. She is a prodigy who is very supportive of Kana. ; : :Shigemoto is the founder and president of Magilumiere. He is such a supporter of magical girls that he dresses like one at work. ; : :Midorikawa is Magilumiere's marketing and sales representative. ; : :Nikoyama is Magilumiere's magic engineer. He takes his job so seriously that he has a tendency of being oblivious. ; : :Tsuchiba is a magical girl who works at AST. She has a cold personality and prefers the effectiveness of finishing her job over her own safety. ; : :Koga is the founder and president of AST. He is an old friend of Shigemoto's. ; : :Lily is a magical girl who works at Miyakodo. She is a kind woman who is known for her beauty, elegance, and strength. ; : :Miyako is the president of Miyakodo. She is an old friend of both Shigemoto and Koga. ; : :Ginji is a BROOM engineer. She is a child genius who created Magilumiere's BROOMs. ; : :Nishina is Ginji's assistant and caretaker. He was previously an engineer for the government. ; : :Makino is a magical girl who works at APDA. Kana is assigned to be her supervisor for her on-the-job training.

Media

Manga

Written by Sekka Iwata and illustrated by Yu Aoki, ''Magilumiere Co. Ltd.'' was serialized on

's ''

'' manga website and mobile app from October 20, 2021, to July 9, 2025. The individual chapters are being collected into volumes, with the first released on February 4, 2022. Shueisha's ''

'' service is publishing the series in English digitally.

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licensed the series in North America and began publishing it under the title ''Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc.'' in early 2024.

Volumes

Chapters not yet in ''tankōbon'' format

These chapters have yet to be published in a volume. They were serialized on ''Shōnen Jump+''.

Anime

television series adaptation was announced on November 29, 2023. It was produced by Moe and

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

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and its affiliates. The opening theme song is , performed by

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, while the ending theme song is , performed by syudou.

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licensed the series for global streaming. Following the airing of the final episode, a second season was announced. It is set to premiere in 2026.

Episodes

Reception

Masaki Endo from '' Tsutaya News'' felt the series was unique among works of the

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 ''

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'' praised the series, particularly enjoying the comedic moments. He also felt that the series worked well as a satire of ''

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''. The series was nominated for the 2022

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in the web manga category, and ranked third out of 50 nominees.

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