Yen Press has picked up a new acquisition for their light novel imprint Yen On with the 2011 light novel series The Irregular at Magic High School. The company announced the pickup today with plans for the first volume to arrive in October 2015. They’ve also indicated that they have the manga for the property, but have not yet specified which series or all series. Based on their acquisitions of other properties, they likely have all series planned.

The series comes from writer Tsutomu Saito with illustrations by Kana Ishida which began back in the summer of 2011 from Dengeki Bunko. The series has been published regularly since then with fifteen volumes released so far in Japan. The property spun off five different manga series since then with one of them ending after four volumes while the others are still ongoing, albeit in slow form. There was also an anime adaptation that came out in the spring of 2014, which ran for twenty-six episodes and was simulcast by Crunchyroll with Aniplex USA picking it up for north American distribution.

Plot concept: Magic is a product of neither legends nor fairy tales, but instead has become a technology of reality since a time unknown to people. Supernatural power became a technology systematized through magic, while magic became a technical skill. A “Supernatural Power User” became a “Magic Technician.” Magic Technicians (in short, Magicians) are nurtured through Magic High Schools and Universities.

This is a story about:

Tatsuya, a defective elder brother low achiever.

Miyuki, a perfect, flawless younger sister high achiever.

After both siblings entered a Magic High School,

The stage of daily turbulence was unveiled —.

Chris Beveridge http://www.fandompost.com Chris has been writing about anime, manga, movies and comics for well on twenty years now. He began AnimeOnDVD.com back in 1998 and has covered nearly every anime release that’s come out in the US ever since. He likes to write a lot, as you can see. See author's posts

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