| A Certain Scientific Railgun | |
|---|---|
| Season 1 | |
 Blu-ray and DVD Volume 1 cover featuring Kuroko Shirai (L) and Mikoto Misaka (R) | |
| Starring | |
| No. of episodes | 24 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Tokyo MX |
| Original release | October 2, 2009 – March 19, 2010 |
| Season chronology | |
The first season of the Japanese animated television series A Certain Scientific Railgun, based on the manga of the same name, follows the third Level 5 esper in Academy City named Mikoto Misaka. Produced by J.C.Staff, the season was directed by Tatsuyuki Nagai from a series composition supervised by Seishi Minakami.
Rina Satō stars as Misaka, the character she previously voiced from A Certain Magical Index (2008), alongside Satomi Arai, Aki Toyosaki, and Kanae Itō, with Atsushi Abe reprising his role as Toma Kamijo. In March 2009, an anime adaptation of Motoi Fuyukawa's manga series was announced, with Nagai and Minakami joining the staff in June.
A Certain Scientific Railgun aired in Japan on October 2, 2009, consisting of twenty-four episodes, and concluded on March 19, 2010. A second season was announced in October 2012.[1]
- ^ Loo, Egan (October 21, 2012). "A Certain Scientific Railgun TV Anime Gets 2nd Season". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on September 4, 2021. Retrieved December 2, 2021.