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Grimoire of Zero
The cover of the first light novel, featuring the character Zero.
ゼロから始める魔法の書
(Zero kara Hajimeru Mahō no Sho)
GenreFantasy[1]
Light novel
Written byKakeru Kobashiri
Illustrated byYoshinori Shizuma
Published byASCII Media Works
ImprintDengeki Bunko
DemographicMale
Original runFebruary 8, 2014 – December 9, 2017
Volumes11 (List of volumes)
Manga
Written byKakeru Kobashiri
Illustrated byTakashi Iwasaki
Published byASCII Media Works
MagazineDengeki Maoh
DemographicSeinen
Original runDecember 27, 2014 – present
Volumes5
Manga
Zero kara Hajimeru Mahō no Sho Nano!
Written byYasuoka
Published byASCII Media Works
MagazineDengeki Maoh
DemographicSeinen
Original runOctober 27, 2015 – present
Anime television series
Directed byTetsuo Hirakawa
Produced byHitoshi Kawamura
Yusuke Yoshioka
Koji Hyakutake
Fumiki Yamazaki
Mika Shimizu
Hirotaka Kaneko
Takema Okamura
Written byTetsuo Hirakawa
Music byAkito Matsuda
StudioWhite Fox
Licensed by
Original networkAT-X, Tokyo MX, SUN, KBS, BS Fuji
Original run April 10, 2017 – June 26, 2017
Episodes12

Grimoire of Zero (ゼロから始める魔法の書, Zero kara Hajimeru Mahō no Sho, lit. Starting the Magical Book from Zero) is a Japanese light novel series written by Kakeru Kobashiri and illustrated by Yoshinori Shizuma.[2] The light novel won Grand Prize at the 20th annual Dengeki Novel Awards.[3] ASCII Media Works has published nine volumes since February 2014.[4] The series has received a manga adaptation illustrated by Takashi Iwasaki.[5] A spinoff manga series, Zero kara Hajimeru Mahō no Sho Nano! (ゼロから始める魔法の書なの) has also been published and illustrated by Yasuoka.[6] An anime television series adaptation by White Fox aired between April 10, 2017 and June 26, 2017.[7]

Plot

It is the year 526 of the Liturgical calendar. Witches and their sorcery are notorious throughout the land, though knowledge of the existence of magic remains elusive.

A half-man, half-beast mercenary, his kind scorned by the populace, dreams day and night of becoming a human. His fateful encounter one day with a witch by the name of Zero however, turns his dreams into reality. She offers to turn him human if he will escort her as her guard on her search for a magical tome, one that possessed powerful knowledge which could wreak havoc in the wrong hands. The two begin their travels with this agreement binding them together, with the mercenary serving as Zero's protector though he despises her kind.

Characters

Zero (ゼロ)
Voiced by: Yumiri Hanamori (Japanese); Amanda Lee (English)[8][9]
The title character. She is a witch, child-like in appearance, but presumably much older. She is proficient in both Sorcery and Magic, having developed the latter. Despite her immense knowledge, she is clueless with regards to basic knowledge, such as the value of gems and monetary transactions. Situations that may normally embarrass others, hold no problem for her. She employed Mercenary, after promising to grant him his true human form. Zero has shown an interest in growing closer to him as the series progresses. At the end of the novel series, the two of them marry and open their own tavern in his village. She also seems to prefer the comfort of Mercenary's stomach fur to that of a real bed.
Mercenary (傭兵, Yōhei)
Voiced by: Tsuyoshi Koyama (Japanese); Jason Douglas (English)[8][9]
One of the main characters. He is a Beastfallen; people who are born cursed with the partial appearance of an animal. In his case it's a giant white tiger. It is revealed early on that Beastfallen were created by witches as soldiers. Whenever they were killed, the power that created them would return to the witch. However, if the witch was dead, it would pass on to her descendants making them Beastfallen. He is extremely proficient in fighting as well as cooking. The Mercenary has stated that it is his dream to one day open a tavern when he is human. Physically, he can outweigh most humans as well as even several Beastfallen. Despite being mistreated in his life, he has maintained himself as a better person. He has a gruff attitude, but is in fact a very kind person. He maintains this gruff demeanor and in a few cases, amplifies it, to make sure people remain wary of him and other Beastfallen who are not as kind as they have likely suffered abuse. His name remains unknown, as he was warned by Zero not to give his name out to witches who could use his name to control him. Since then, he has been referred to simply as Mercenary.
Albus (アルバス, Arubasu)
Voiced by: Yō Taichi (Japanese); Chelsea McCurdy (English)[8][9]
A young girl who is a witch. She is Sorena's granddaughter and disguised herself as a boy to conceal her lineage. She initially attempted to try and kill Mercenary in order to take his head for a ritual that would increase her power. However, Albus was stopped by Zero and has since joined them. Despite this she occasionally jokes that she'll take Mercenary's head only to draw the latter's ire. She idolizes Zero as she is the one who wrote 'The Grimoire of Zero', a book that discusses the secrets of 'Magic', a new, different and efficient form of power utilized by Witches alongside Sorcery.
Holdem (ホルデム, Horudemu)
Voiced by: Masayuki Katō (Japanese); David Wald (English)[10][9]
A werewolf Beastfallen. He was originally a prince who ran away from his family when he was caught having an affair and ended up living with Sorena. He asked Sorena to make him a Beastfallen to hide his royal lineage so that he could live out his life in peace. He was entrusted with taking care of Sorena's granddaughter (later revealed to be Albus) after Sorena was executed.
Thirteen (十三番, Jūsanban)
Voiced by: Takehito Koyasu (Japanese); Ian Sinclair (English)[10][9]
The main antagonist. He is an old associate of Zero's, later revealed to be her older brother, who was the only other survivor aside from Zero of the massacre that led to the theft of the Grimoire of Zero. Alike Zero and Albus, Thirteen does not use his real name and opts for his alias. Thirteen's main personality trait is his deadpan face and low voice. Despite this, he shares Zero's mannerisms when it comes to food including being punctual about meals. Since leaving the cave behind, he has become a Court Mage for a local kingdom in hopes of squashing the rogue mages who have learned magic from the Grimoire. However, his motives have come into question as he is manipulating the people in the kingdom he works for.
Sorena (ソーレナ)
Voiced by: Yoshiko Sakakibara (Japanese); Melissa Pritchett (English)[9]
Sorena was the representative of the Mooncaller lineage and a great witch. While she used her power to help others, she was wrongly burned at stake after humans mistakenly blamed her for spreading a plague. Her death triggered the rebellion by the witches in the Kingdom of Wenias, causing humanity to hunt the Witches. It was later revealed by Thirteen that the plague that Sorena was blamed for was actually started by accident thanks to an unnamed novice witch.

Media

Light novels

The light novels are written by Kakeru Kobashiri and illustrated by Yoshinori Shizuma. The series won the grand prize at the 20th Dengeki Novel Awards in 2013.[8] ASCII Media Works began publishing the series under its Dengeki Bunko imprint in February 2014,[2] and eleven volumes have been published to date.

No. Title Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1Zero kara Hajimeru Mahō no Sho (ゼロから始める魔法の書)February 8, 2014[11]978-4-04-866312-0
2Akudiosu no Seijo (Jō) (アクディオスの聖女〈上〉)November 8, 2014[12]978-4-04-866649-7
3Akudiosu no Seijo (Ge) (アクディオスの聖女〈下〉)February 10, 2015[13]978-4-04-869256-4
4Kokuryū Tō no Maki (黒竜島の魔姫)August 8, 2015[14]978-4-04-865306-0
5Rakuen no Hakamori (楽園の墓守)December 10, 2015[15]978-4-04-865565-1
6Yomitsuki no Majo (Jō) (詠月の魔女〈上〉)April 9, 2016[16]978-4-04-865913-0
7Yomitsuki no Majo (Ge) (詠月の魔女〈下〉)August 10, 2016[17]978-4-04-892276-0
8Kinshokan no Shisho (禁書館の司書)December 10, 2016[18]978-4-04-892539-6
9Zero no Yōhei (Jō) (ゼロの傭兵〈上〉)April 8, 2017[19]978-4-04-892824-3
10ゼロから始める魔法の書X −ゼロの傭兵〈下〉August 10, 2017[20]978-4-04-893274-5
11ゼロから始める魔法の書XI ―獣と魔女の村づくり―December 9, 2017[21]978-4-04-893521-0

Manga

A manga adaptation by Takeshi Iwasaki has been serialized in ASCII Media Works' seinen manga magazine Dengeki Maoh since 2014.[8]

No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 May 9, 2015[22]978-4-04-865235-3
2 October 10, 2015[23]978-4-04-865433-3
3 March 10, 2016[24]978-4-04-865849-2
4 August 10, 2016[25]978-4-04-892271-5
5 January 10, 2017[26]978-4-04-892618-8

Yasutake launched a spinoff manga, titled Zero Kara Hajimeru Mahō no Sho nano! (ゼロから始める魔法の書 なの！), in Dengeki Maoh on October 27, 2015.[27][8]

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced at the Dengeki Fall Festival on October 2, 2016.[8][28] The series is directed by Tetsuo Hirakawa and animated by the studio White Fox.[8] Ryosuke Kimiya and Daisuke Mataga provided character designs for the anime.[8] The series aired from April 10, 2017[29] to June 26, 2017. The anime ran for 12 episodes.[30] The opening theme titled "Hakken-sha wa Watashi" (発見者はワタシ) is performed by Tapimiru and the ending theme titled "Hajimari no Shirushi" (はじまりのしるし) is performed by Chima.[29] Sentai Filmworks have licensed the anime and it was streamed on Amazon Anime Strike.[31] MVM Films will release the series in the United Kingdom.[32]

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Note

  1. ^ All English titles are taken from Amazon Video.

References

  1. ^ Green, Scott (October 3, 2016). "Witch Unleashed In First "Zero kara Hajimeru Mahou no Sho" Anime Preview". Crunchyroll. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  2. ^ a b "ゼロから始める魔法の書｜電撃文庫公式サイト". 電撃文庫公式サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 2016-09-01.
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  6. ^ "ゼロから始める魔法の書 なの！". Retrieved 2016-09-01.
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  9. ^ a b c d e f Ressler, Karen (May 22, 2018). "Grimoire of Zero English Dub Stars Jason Douglas, Amanda Lee". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  10. ^ a b "Zero Kara Hajimeru Mahō no Sho Anime Adds Cast, Reveals April Premiere". Anime News Network. January 27, 2017. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
  11. ^ ゼロから始める魔法の書. Dengeki Bunko (in Japanese). Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  12. ^ ゼロから始める魔法の書II ―アクディオスの聖女〈上〉―. Dengeki Bunko (in Japanese). Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  13. ^ ゼロから始める魔法の書III ―アクディオスの聖女〈下〉―. Dengeki Bunko (in Japanese). Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  14. ^ ゼロから始める魔法の書IV ―黒竜島の魔姫―. Dengeki Bunko (in Japanese). Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  15. ^ ゼロから始める魔法の書V ―楽園の墓守―. Dengeki Bunko (in Japanese). Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  16. ^ ゼロから始める魔法の書VI ―詠月の魔女〈上〉―. Dengeki Bunko (in Japanese). Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  17. ^ ゼロから始める魔法の書VII —詠月の魔女〈下〉—. Dengeki Bunko (in Japanese). Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  18. ^ ゼロから始める魔法の書VIII —禁書館の司書—. Dengeki Bunko (in Japanese). Retrieved April 9, 2017.
  19. ^ ゼロから始める魔法の書IX —ゼロの傭兵〈上〉—. Dengeki Bunko (in Japanese). Retrieved April 9, 2017.
  20. ^ ゼロから始める魔法の書X −ゼロの傭兵〈下〉—. Dengeki Bunko (in Japanese). Retrieved August 10, 2017.
  21. ^ ゼロから始める魔法の書XI ―獣と魔女の村づくり―. Dengeki Bunko (in Japanese). Retrieved December 9, 2017.
  22. ^ ゼロから始める魔法の書I. Dengeki Bunko (in Japanese). Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  23. ^ ゼロから始める魔法の書II. Dengeki Bunko (in Japanese). Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  24. ^ ゼロから始める魔法の書III. Dengeki Bunko (in Japanese). Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  25. ^ ゼロから始める魔法の書IV. Dengeki Bunko (in Japanese). Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  26. ^ ゼロから始める魔法の書V. Tokyo Otaku Mode. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
  27. ^ マオウ10周年の読み切り祭りに田中久仁彦、武田すんら、新連載も一挙開始. Natalie (in Japanese). October 27, 2015. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  28. ^ Green, Scott (October 2, 2016). "TV Anime To Adapt "Zero kara Hajimeru Mahou no Sho" Dengeki Fantasy Light Novels". Crunchyroll. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
  29. ^ a b "Grimoire of Zero TV Anime Reveals April 10 Premiere, Theme Song Artists". Anime News Network. March 12, 2017.
  30. ^ "Grimoire of Zero TV Anime Gets 12 Episodes". Anime News Network. March 23, 2017. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
  31. ^ "Sentai Filmworks Licenses Grimoire of Zero, Kabukibu! Anime". Anime News Network. April 4, 2017. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
  32. ^ "MVM Release Announcements". Anime News Network. May 27, 2017. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
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