The Asterisk War

The Asterisk War
Cover of the first light novel featuring Julis
学戦都市アスタリスク (Gakusen Toshi Asutarisuku)
Genre	Action,[1] harem[2][3]
Light novel
Written by	Yū Miyazaki
Illustrated by	Okiura
Published by	Media Factory
English publisher	NA: Yen Press
Imprint	MF Bunko J
Demographic	Male
Original run	September 25, 2012 – June 24, 2022
Volumes	17 + 3 side stories
Manga
Written by	Yū Miyazaki
Illustrated by	Ningen
Published by	Media Factory
English publisher	NA: Yen Press
Magazine	Monthly Comic Alive
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	May 27, 2013 – August 27, 2016
Volumes	5
Anime television series
Directed by	Manabu Ono Kenji Seto
Produced by	Isao Sato Masahito Ikemoto Masayuki Nishide Shousei Ito Soichiro Umemoto Yōsuke Futami Youhei Hayashi
Written by	Munemasa Nakamoto Yukito Kizawa Yukie Sugawara
Music by	Rasmus Faber
Studio	A-1 Pictures
Licensed by	AUS: Madman Entertainment NA: Aniplex of America UK: MVM Films
Original network	Animax, Tokyo MX, GTV, GYT, BS11, ABC, CBC
Original run	October 3, 2015 – June 18, 2016
Episodes	24
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The Asterisk War: The Academy City on the Water (Japanese: 学戦都市アスタリスク, Hepburn: Gakusen Toshi Asutarisuku, lit. "Academy Battle City Asterisk") is a Japanese light novel series written by Yū Miyazaki, and illustrated by Okiura. Media Factory has published the series in seventeen volumes from September 25, 2012, to June 24, 2022, under their MF Bunko J imprint. Three spin-off volumes, Wings of Queenvale, were also released. The series was later serialized from January 2013 in Media Factory's seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic Alive where it was adapted into a manga. The artwork for the manga was done by Ningen, and three volumes have been collected into tankōbon. Eventually, an anime television series adaptation by A-1 Pictures was made which began airing on October 3, 2015. The anime aired for two seasons at twelve episodes each from October 3, 2015, to June 18, 2016.^[4][5] Other media adaptations include a video game called The Asterisk War: Houka Kenran which was released in Japan on January 28, 2016.

The anime has been licensed by Aniplex of America in North America, Madman Entertainment in Australasia and MVM Films in the United Kingdom. The light novels and manga were licensed and localized by Yen Press from August 2016.^[6]