''Ultramarine Magmell'' is a Chinese

manhua () are Chinese-language comics produced in Greater China. Chinese comics and narrated illustrations have existed in China throughout its history. They are usually graphic and can be written for a myriad of genres, including romance, fanta ...

series written and illustrated by Dainenbyo (Chinese: 第年秒/Dìniánmiǎo). A Japanese

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television series adaptation by

Studio Signpost is an animation studio subsidiary of Pierrot. The studio is an associate-member of The Association of Japanese Animations. History The company was founded in 1959 as a magazine advertising agency and stepped into the anime industry in 1989 by ...

(formerly known as Pierrot+) aired from April 7 to June 30, 2019.

Characters

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Media

Manhua

Dainenbyo launched the

on Fanfan Dongman's ''Fan Manhua'' website. Later the series was licensed and translated in Japan on

Shueisha is a Japanese publishing company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. Shueisha is the largest publishing company in Japan. It was established in 1925 as the entertainment-related publishing division of Japanese publisher Shogakukan. The ...

's ''shōnen'' manga app ''

Shōnen Jump+ is a manga platform created by Shueisha. Launched on September 22, 2014, it operates as a free mobile app and website. Jump+ serializes original titles and titles from other Shueisha manga magazines, and also carries digital editions of ''Weekl ...

'' in June 2015 under the name ''Gunjō no Magmell''. Eight volumes have been published to date.

Anime

television series adaptation was announced on April 29, 2018. The series is directed by Hayato Date and written by Chūji Mikasano, with animation by Pierrot+. The series' music is composed by

Yasuharu Takanashi is a prolific Japanese composer and arranger for anime and video game series. His anime composition credits include ''Naruto Shippuden'', ''Fairy Tail'', '' Log Horizon'', '' Shiki'', '' Hell Girl'', and '' Record of Ragnarok''. Biography Tak ...

. It aired from April 7 to June 30, 2019 on

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and BS Fuji.

Fudanjuku is a sub-group of the Japanese Japanese idol, idol girl group Nakano Fujo Sisters and was formed in 2007 by Teichiku Records, Imperial Records. Fudanjuku is Nakano Fujo Sisters' alter-ego boy band, in which the members take on male personas and ...

performed the series' opening theme song "Dash&Daaash!!", while A Flood of Circle performed the ending theme song "The Key". Netflix streamed the series on October 10, 2019.

Name origin

The name ''Magmell'' likely comes from

Mag Mell In Irish mythology, (modern spelling: , meaning 'delightful plain') is one of the names for the Celtic Otherworld, a mythical realm achievable through death and/or glory. Unlike the underworld in some mythologies, was a pleasurable paradise ...

, one of the names for the Celtic Otherworld.

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