Japanese light novel series
Cover of the first DVD of Sorcerous Stabber Orphen: Spell of the Dragon .
Genre Adventure , comedy ,[ 1] sword and sorcery [ 2]
Written by Yoshinobu Akita Illustrated by Yuuya Kusaka Published by Fujimi Shobo English publisher Imprint Fujimi Fantasia Bunko Magazine Dragon Magazine Demographic Male Original run May 1994 – September 2003 Volumes 20
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Written by Yoshinobu Akita Illustrated by Yuuya Kusaka Published by Fujimi Shobo Imprint Fujimi Fantasia Bunko Magazine Dragon Magazine Demographic Male Original run February 1996 – October 2003 Volumes 13
Written by Yoshinobu Akita Illustrated by Yuuya Kusaka Published by Kadokawa Shoten Imprint Kadokawa Mini Bunko Demographic Male Original run November 1997 – September 1998 Volumes 2
Written by Yoshinobu Akita Illustrated by Hajime Sawada Published by Fujimi Shobo English publisher Magazine Dragon Magazine Demographic Seinen Original run December 27, 1997 – February 27, 2003 Volumes 8
Directed by Hiroshi Watanabe Produced by Tetsuo Genshō Michihisa Abe Yūji Matsukura Written by Masashi Kubota Mayori Sekijima Music by Hatake (Sharam Q ) Studio J.C.Staff Licensed by Original network TBS English network Original run 3 October 1998 – 27 March 1999 Episodes 24 (List of episodes )
Directed by Tōru Takahashi Produced by Tetsuo Genshō Michihisa Abe Yūji Matsukura Written by Masashi Kubota Mayori Sekijima Music by Yasunori Iwasaki Studio J.C.Staff Licensed by Original network TBS English network Original run 2 October 1999 – 26 March 2000 Episodes 23 (List of episodes )
Written by Illustrated by Published by Fujimi Shobo Imprint Fujimi Fantasia Bunko Magazine Dragon Magazine Demographic Male Published 2005
Written by Yoshinobu Akita Illustrated by Yuuya Kusaka Published by T.O Entertainment Demographic Male Original run September 2011 – presentVolumes 12
Written by Yoshinobu Akita Illustrated by Muraji Published by Kadokawa Shoten English publisher Magazine Comp Ace Demographic Seinen Original run March 2017 – November 2018 Volumes 5
Written by Yu Yagami Published by Kadokawa Shoten English publisher Magazine Comp Ace Demographic Seinen Original run December 2018 – March 2021 Volumes 6
Written by Kirouran Published by Kadokawa Shoten English publisher Magazine Comp Ace Demographic Seinen Original run 25 December 2018 – 14 December 2019 Volumes 2
Written by Yoshinobu Akita Illustrated by Yuuya Kusaka Published by T.O Entertainment Demographic Male Published 30 November 2019
Written by Yoshinobu Akita Illustrated by Yuuya Kusaka Published by T.O Entertainment Demographic Male Published 25 December 2019
Directed by Takayuki Hamana Written by Reiko Yoshida Music by Shinnosuke Studio Studio Deen Licensed by Crunchyroll [ 3] Original network AT-X , BS Fuji , Tokyo MX , Wowow Original run 7 January 2020 – 31 March 2020 Episodes 13 + OVA (List of episodes )
Written by Yoshinobu Akita Illustrated by Yuuya Kusaka Published by T.O Entertainment Demographic Male Published 20 January 2021
Directed by Takayuki Hamana Written by Reiko Yoshida Music by Shinnosuke Studio Studio Deen Licensed by Crunchyroll Original network AT-X, BS Fuji, Tokyo MX, Wowow Original run 20 January 2021 – 31 March 2021 Episodes 11 (List of episodes )
Directed by Takayuki Hamana Written by Kenji Konuta Music by Shinnosuke Studio Studio Deen Original network AT-X, Tokyo MX, Wowow, BS Fuji Original run 18 January 2023 – 5 April 2023 Episodes 12 (List of episodes )
Directed by Takayuki Hamana Written by Kenji Konuta Music by Shinnosuke Studio Studio Deen Original network AT-X, Tokyo MX, Wowow, BS Fuji Original run 12 April 2023 – 28 June 2023 Episodes 12 (List of episodes )
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Sorcerous Stabber Orphen (魔術士オーフェン , Majutsushi Ōfen , lit. "Sorcerer Orphen") is a Japanese light novel series written by Yoshinobu Akita. It was adapted into manga , two anime television series and a video game .
As of December 2019, the novels had over 14 million copies in circulation.[ 4]