Anti-Magic Academy: The 35th Test Platoon
Japanese light novel series
Anti-Magic Academy: The 35th Test Platoon (Japanese: 対魔導学園35試験小隊, Hepburn: Tai-Madō Gakuen Sango Shiken Shōtai) is a Japanese light novel series written by Tōki Yanagimi and illustrated by Kippu. Fujimi Shobo have published eleven volumes since May 2012 under their Fujimi Fantasia Bunko imprint. A manga adaptation with art by Sutarō Hanao was serialized in Fujimi Shobo's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Dragon Age between 2012 and 2014, and was collected in three tankōbon volumes. A second manga adaptation by Yohei Yasumura began serialization in Media Factory's seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic Alive from January 2015 and Seven Seas Entertainment published the manga in English. A 12-episode anime television series adaptation by Silver Link aired between October and December 2015.
Plot
The Anti-Magic Academy is a training institution where students are organized into squads to train as Inquisitors, who are special operatives trained to suppress magical crimes and fight magic users. Takeru Kusanagi, a student who cannot use firearms and instead fights with a sword, is assigned as captain of the 35th Test Platoon, a low-ranked squad made up of misfits and problem students.
The platoon's members include specialists with different abilities but they struggle to function effectively as a unit. Their situation changes when Ouka Ootori, a highly skilled former Inquisitor who was demoted after killing a witch in violation of regulations, is reassigned to their platoon.
Characters
Takeru Kusanagi (草薙 タケル, Kusanagi Takeru)
Voiced by: Yoshimasa Hosoya
The leader of the 35th Test Platoon.
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