Modern Magic Made Simple

Modern Magic Made Simple
Cover art for the new edition of the first light novel, featuring the main cast of characters
よくわかる現代魔法
(Yoku Wakaru Gendai Mahō)
Light novel
Written byHiroshi Sakurazaka
Illustrated byMiki Miyashita
Published byShueisha
ImprintSuper Dash Bunko
Original runDecember 25, 2003 – present
Volumes6
Manga
Yoku Wakaru Gendai Mahō comic edition
Written byHiroshi Sakurazaka
Illustrated byMiki Miyashita
Published byShueisha
MagazineJump Square
DemographicShōnen
Original runAugust 4, 2008September, 2009
Anime television series
Directed byYasuhiro Kuroda
Produced byTetsuro Satomi
Nobuhiro Nakayama
Katsumi Koike
Takashi Takano
Tsuneo Takechi
Written byYasuhiro Kuroda
Yūichi Kadota
Music byYukari Hashimoto
StudioNomad
Licensed by
Original networkBS11, AT-X, Bandai Channel, Kids Station
English network
Original run July 11, 2009 September 26, 2009
Episodes12 + Special (List of episodes)

Modern Magic Made Simple (Japanese: よくわかる現代魔法, Hepburn: Yoku Wakaru Gendai Mahō, lit. "Comprehensible Modern-Day Magic") is a Japanese light novel series by, and the debut work of, Hiroshi Sakurazaka, with illustrations by Miki Miyashita. As of March 25, 2009, six volumes have been published by Shueisha under their Super Dash Bunko imprint. A new edition of the first light novel was released on April 25, 2008. A manga adaptation started serialization in the shōnen magazine Jump Square on August 4, 2008. An anime adaptation was announced in October 2008. A 12-episode anime adaptation began airing in Japan on the networks BS11, AT-X, and Bandai Channel between July and September 2009.