Magical Girl Raising Project
English Title: Magical Girl Raising Project
Japanese Title: 魔法少女育成計画 — Mahou Shoujo Ikusei Keikaku
Author: Asari Endou
Illustrator: Marui-no
Translator: Alexander Keller-Nelson
Genre: Magical Girl, Action, Fantasy
Original Run: June 2012 – ongoing
English Run: June 2017 – ongoing
Japanese Publisher: Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! Bunko (Takarajimasha)
English Publisher: Yen On (Yen Press)
Volumes in Japanese: 12 (In Progress)
Volumes in English: 1 (In Progress)
Average Price Per Volume: Paperback $10 — Kindle $8 — Nook $8
- English Website — Japanese Website
- MAL Entry — Forum
- Baka Updates — LNDB.info — Novel Updates
Synopsis: The hit smartphone game Magical Girl Raising Project is not only free, but one in tens of thousands of players will win real-life powers. In N City, sixteen of these lucky girls help the city’s citizens–until upper management announces that each week, the least productive magical girl will lose her gifts. But this is no ordinary contest, and as the rules become increasingly sadistic, the competition to keep their powers becomes a vicious battle for the girls’ very lives…
Volume 1
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Released June 20, 2017 — ISBN-13: 978-0316558570
Upcoming Releases
- Volume 2 (November 14, 2017)
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Reviews of Magical Girl Raising Project
Girls in Capes — Vol 1
Illustrations Sampler
Anime Adaptation
MAL Entry — 12 episodes — Aired October 2016 – December 2016
Crunchyroll (streaming)
Note: Adapted volume 1 of the light novel series
Manga Adaptation
MAL Entry — 2 volumes — Published September 2015 – October 2015 (English release by Yen Press)
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- A Certain Magical Index — urban fantasy, magic
- Battle Royale — survival game
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