Magilumiere Co. Ltd.

Magilumiere Co. Ltd. (株式会社マジルミエ), also known in English as Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc., is a Japanese manga series written by Sekka Iwata and illustrated by Yu Aoki. It began serialization on the Shōnen Jump+ website and mobile app in October 2021. As of April 2024, the series' individual chapters have been collected into twelve volumes by Shueisha. Shueisha also publishes the series in English on their Manga Plus website and app. An anime television series adaptation produced by Studio Moe and J.C.Staff is set to premiere in Q4 2024.

Plot summary
The story takes place in a world where being a magical girl is a popular profession that involves exterminating mysterious creatures called Kaii (怪異). New college graduate Kana Sakuragi, who is struggling with job hunting, is able to put her excellent memory to use and helps magical girl Hitomi Koshigaya exterminate a Kaii in an emergency. Happy she has finally been useful, Sakuragi ends up becoming the second magical girl at Magilumiere, the magical girl startup company Koshigaya works at. In addition to the prodigy Koshigaya, Magilumiere is composed of its president Kouji Shigemoto, a middle-aged man who dresses as a magical girl, Kaede Midorikawa, who deals with customers, and magic engineer Kazuo Nikoyama.

Characters

 * Kana Sakuragi (桜木 カナ)


 * Hitomi Koshigaya (越谷 仁美)


 * Kouji Shigemoto (重本 浩司)


 * Kaede Midorikawa (翠川 楓)


 * Kazuo Nikoyama (二子山 和央)

Manga
Written by Sekka Iwata and illustrated by Yu Aoki, Magilumiere Co. Ltd. began serialization on Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ manga website and mobile app on October 20, 2021. The individual chapters are being collected into tankōbon volumes, with the first released on February 4, 2022.

Shueisha's Manga Plus service is publishing the series in English digitally. Viz Media licensed the series in North America and began publishing it under the name Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc. in early 2024.

Chapters not yet in tankōbon format
These chapters have yet to be published in a tankōbon volume. They were serialized on Shōnen Jump+.

Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced on November 29, 2023. It will be produced by Studio Moe and J.C.Staff and directed by Masahiro Hiraoka, with scripts written by Shingo Nagai, character designs handled by Hidehiro Asama, and music composed by Makoto Miyazaki. The series is set to premiere in Q4 2024 on Nippon TV and its affiliates.

Reception
Masaki Endo from Tsutaya News felt the series was unique among works of the magical girl genre; Endo also praised the balance between fantasy and reality. Makoto Kitani from Da Vinci praised the comedic elements of the story and the artwork; Kitani also felt the story was unique among magical girl works. Steven Blackburn from Screen Rant praised the series, particularly enjoying the comedic moments. He also noted that the series worked well as a satire of Sailor Moon.

The series was nominated for the 2022 Next Manga Award in the web manga category, and ranked third out of 50 nominees.