A Certain Magical Index (とある魔術の禁書目録) is a 2008 anime television series based on the light novel with the same name written by Kazuma Kamachi and illustrated by Kiyotaka Haimura. The original light novel series was published by ASCII Media Works and ran from April 10, 2004 to October 10, 2010 with a total of 22 volumes. The manga adaptation of the light novel series is written by Kazuma Kamachi and illustrated by Chuya Kogino. It started publishing on April 12, 2007 and still serializing to this day.
The anime was animated by J.C.Staff, directed by Hiroshi Nishikiori, and it aired in Japan between October 4, 2008 and April 5, 2019, consisting of 74 episodes. Funimation licensed the series in North America and produced an English Dub which premiered in September 2012 and was released on DVD on December 11, 2012.
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Cast[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | Seasons |
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Toma Kamijo | Atsushi Abe | Micah Solusod | 1-3 |
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Index Librorum Prohibitorum |
Yuka Iguchi | Monica Rial | 1-3 |
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Yoshihisa Kawahara (Angel Fall) |
Scott Freeman (Angel Fall) |
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Mikoto Misaka | Rina Satō | Brittney Karbowski | 1-3 |
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Stiyl Magnus | Kishō Taniyama | Robert McCollum | 1-3 |
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Kaori Kanzaki | Shizuka Itō | Morgan Garrett | 1-3 |
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Accelerator | Nobuhiko Okamoto | Austin Tindle | 1-3 |
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Shiage Hamazura | Satoshi Hino | Clifford Chapin | 2-3 |
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Komoe Tsukuyomi | Kimiko Koyama | Jad Saxton | 1-3 |
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Motoharu Tsuchimikado | Anri Katsu | Newton Pittman | 1-3 |
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Pierce Aogami | Yoshihisa Kawahara | Scott Freeman | 1-2 |
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Patrick McAlister | 3 | ||
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Maika Tsuchimikado | Misato Fukuen | Lara Woodhull | 1-3 |
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Sphynx | Kotarō | 1-3 | |
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Heaven Canceller | Yutaka Nakano | Cole Brown | 1-2 |
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Bill Brooks | 3 | ||
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Aleister Crowley | Toshihiko Seki | Chuck Huber | 1-3 |
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Aisa Himegami | Mamiko Noto | Lindsay Seidel | 1-3 |
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MISAKA Sister | Nozomi Sasaki | Brittney Karbowski | 1-3 |
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Last Order | Rina Hidaka | 1-3 | |
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Kuroko Shirai | Satomi Arai | Alison Viktorin | 1-3 |
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Sasha Kruschschev | Yuka Terasaki | Kate Oxley | 1-3 |
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Fake Unabara / Etzali |
Daisuke Kishio | Justin Pate | 1-3 |
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Hyoka Kazakiri | Kana Asumi | Alexis Tipton | 1-3 |
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Aiho Yomikawa | Yūko Kaida | Martha Harms | 1-3 |
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Sherry Cromwell | Akeno Watanabe | Stephanie Young | 1-3 |
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Laura Stuart | Ayako Kawasumi | Carli Mosier | 2-3 |
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Orsola Aquinas | Aya Endō | Mallorie Rodak | 2-3 |
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Agnese Sanctis | Rie Kugimiya | Alex Moore | 2-3 |
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Saiji Tatemiya | Toriumi Kōsuke | Duncan Brannan | 2-3 |
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Awaki Mutsujime | Harumi Sakurai | Bryn Apprill | 2-3 |
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Seiri Fukiyose | Ayumi Fujimura | Skyler McIntosh | 2-3 |
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Itsuwa | Ai Kayano | Krishna Smitha | 2 |
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Amanda Lee | 3 | ||
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William Orwell / Acqua of the Rear |
Hiroki Tōchi | Andrew Chandler | 2 |
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Chris Ryan | 3 | ||
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Shizuri Mugino | Ami Koshimizu | Lydia Mackay | 3 |
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Riko Takitsubo | Aya Suzaki | Megan Shipman | 3 |
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Fiamma of the Right | Toshiyuki Morikawa | Christopher Wehkamp | 3 |
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Misaka Worst | Ai Kakuma | Brittney Karbowski | 3 |
Episodic Characters[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | Seasons |
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Aureolus Izzard | Tomokazu Sugita | Jason Liebrecht | 1 |
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Tokiwadai Dorm Supervisor | Shizuka Okohira | ¿? | 1 |
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Toya Kamijo | Kenji Nomura | Christopher Sabat | 1-2 |
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Shina Kamijo | Kikuko Inoue | Lydia Mackay | 1-2 |
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Yuka Iguchi (Angel Fall) |
Monica Rial (Angel Fall) |
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Otohime Tatsugami | Rina Satō | Brittney Karbowski | 1 |
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Hajime Hitotsui | Kishō Taniyama | Mike McFarland | 1 |
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Mitsuki Unabara | Daisuke Kishio | Justin Pate | 1 |
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Kikyo Yoshikawa | Yumi Tōma | Caitlin Glass | 1-3 |
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Ao Amai | Tatsuhisa Suzuki | Kent Williams | 1 |
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Ouma Yamisaka | Jōji Nakata | Bob Carter | 2 |
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Lucia | Mariya Ise | Lauren Landa | 2-3 |
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Angelene | Azusa Kataoka | Kristin Sutton | 2-3 |
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Agata | Mai Fuchigami | Leah Clark | 2-3 |
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Ushibuka | Masaki Nakanishi | Jerry Jewell | 2 |
| Ian Sinclair | 3 | |||
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Koyagi | Takeru Kikuchi | Jerry Jewell | 2 |
| Derick Snow | 3 | |||
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Isahaya | Kōichi Sōma | R. Bruce Elliott | 2-3 |
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Uragami | Mai Fuchigami | Andrea Freyberg | 2-3 |
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Kazari Uiharu | Aki Toyosaki | Cherami Leigh | 2-3 |
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Misuzu Misaka | Emi Shinohara | Barrett Nash | 2 |
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Oriana Thompson | Ryōka Yuzuki | Jennifer Green | 2-3 |
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Lidvia Lorenzetti | Rei Sakuma | Rachel Robinson | 2-3 |
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Mitsuko Kongō | Minako Kotobuki | Jamie Marchi | 2 |
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Charles Conder | Toshihiko Nakanishi | Ed Blaylock | 2 |
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Biagio Busoni | Norio Wakamoto | Barry Yandell | 2-3 |
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Matthai Reese | Kimura Masafumi | Bob Magruder | 2 |
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Jim White | 3 | ||
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Vento of the Front | Akiko Hiramatsu | Kara Edwards | 2-3 |
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Vasilisa | Yōko Honna | Leah Clark | 2-3 |
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Amata Kihara | Keiji Fujiwara | Marcus D. Stimac | 2 |
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Orson | Daisuke Matsuo | Sean O'Connor | 2 |
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Rod | Hiromu Miyazaki | Sonny Strait | 2 |
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Nancy | Hiroko Ushida | Terri Doty | 2 |
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Vera | Ai Kayano | Kate Oxley | 2 |
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Dennis | Daisuke Matsuo | Tyson Rinehart | 2 |
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Mike | Hideki Kojima | Ian Sinclair | 2 |
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Group Liaison | Kenji Nojima | ¿? | 2-3 |
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Terra of the Left | Hōchū Ōtsuka | George Manley | 2 |
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Garrett Schenck | 3 | ||
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Ritoku Komaba | Kenta Miyake | Patrick Seitz | 2 |
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Monaka Oyafune | Mika Doi | Linda Young | 3 |
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Suama Oyafune | Hara Yumi | Natalie Hoover | 3 |
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Saigo | ¿? | Bryan Massey | 3 |
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Management | Shō Nogami | Howard Wang | 3 |
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Teitoku Kakine | Masaya Matsukaze | Daman Mills | 3 |
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Kaibi Gokusai (Measure Heart) |
Shiori Izawa | Marti Etheridge | 3 |
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Chimitsu Sunazara | Tarō Kuichi | Phil Parsons | 3 |
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Saiai Kinuhata | Chinatsu Akatsaki | Apphia Yu | 3 |
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Frenda Seivelun | Maaya Uchida | Leah Clark | 3 |
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Professor | Ryō Sugisaki | Ben Bryant | 3 |
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Saraku | Daisuke Takahashi | Alejandro Saab | 3 |
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Yoshio Baba | Daichi Hayashi | Dallas Reid | 3 |
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Xochitl | Hitomi Ōwada | Jill Harris | 3 |
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Tatsuhiko Saku | Ken Mizukoshi | Chris Rager | 3 |
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Megumi Teshio | Chitose Morinaga | Jeannie Tirado | 3 |
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Tetsumo | Tomoko Tsuzuki | Sarah Wiedenheft | 3 |
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Nomozaki | Hinata Tadokoro | Jim Foronda | 3 |
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Tsushima | Eri Yukimura | Haley Esposito | 3 |
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Musset | Eiichirō Tokumoto | Stephen Fu | 3 |
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Richmond | Hayato Kimura | Orion Pitts | 3 |
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Eiker Lugoni | Takahiro Shimada | Jim Johnson | 3 |
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Queen Elizard | Yoko Sōmi | Casey Casper | 3 |
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Riméa | Mari Hino | Katelyn Barr | 3 |
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Carissa | Kei Shindō | Dawn M. Bennett | 3 |
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Villian | Sayaka Harada | Emily Fajardo | 3 |
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Knight Leader | Takehito Koyasu | David Matranga | 3 |
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Lessar | Yūki Takada | Brittany Lauda | 3 |
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Bayloupe | Natsumi Fujiwara | Michelle Rojas | 3 |
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Floris | Minori Suzuki | Morgan Berry | 3 |
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Lancis | Rui Tanabe | Kristen McGuire | 3 |
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Smartvery | Nana Hamasaki | Katlin Moon-Jones | 3 |
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Depart | Daisuke Motohashi | Bryan Massey | 3 |
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Shiokishi | Ryōsuke Kanemoto | Doug Jackson | 3 |
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Thomas Platinaburg | Yūya Murakami | Randy Pearlman | 3 |
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Stephanie Gorgeouspalace | Mao Ichimichi | Dani Chambers | 3 |
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Sugitani | Kenichirō Matsuda | Brandon Potter | 3 |
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Tecpatl | Junichi Yanagita | Ian Ferguson | 3 |
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Tochtli | Ayasa Itō | Ariel Graham | 3 |
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Aiwass | Mitsuru Miyamoto | Andy Mullins | 3 |
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Soldier I. Krainikov | ¿? | Brian Mathis | 3 |
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Elizalina | Naomi Shindō | Mikaela Krantz | 3 |
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Bellagi | Ryō Sugisaki | Phil Parsons | 3 |
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Longhe | Masashi Yamane | Mike McFarland | 3 |
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Digurv | Itaru Yamamoto | Cris George | 3 |
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Maiden of Versailles | Yuka Keichō | Mikaela Krantz | 3 |
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Ekalielya A. Pronskaya | Shū Uchida | ¿? | 3 |
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Nikolai Tolstoy | Ryūnosuke Watanuki | Kent Williams | 3 |
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Archangel Gabriel / Misha Kruschschev |
¿? | Kate Oxley | 3 |
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Pietro Yogdis | Shinnosuke Ogami | Mark Stoddard | 3 |
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Leivinia Birdway | Yō Taichi | Ariel Graham | 3 |
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Krans R. Tsarskiy | Asuna Tomari | Derick Snow | 3 |
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Helmeted Woman | Sayumi Watabe | Clarine Harp | 3 |
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Ollerus | Nobunaga Shimazaki | Brad Hawkins | 3 |
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Silvia | Yū Kobayashi | Anastasia Muñoz | 3 |
Additional Voices[]
Notes[]
- Patrick McAlister replaces Scott Freeman as Pierce Aogami in Season 3 due to Freeman's arrest and forced retirement following the possession of child pornography.
- Bill Brooks replaces Cole Brown as Heaven Canceller in Season 3 due to Brown’s passing on 2016.
- Amanda Lee replaces Krishna Smitha as Itsuwa in Season 3 due to her live-action career in Los Angeles.
- Chris Ryan replaces Andrew Chandler as William Orwell / Acqua of the Rear in Season 3 due to him mostly only do reprisal roles nowadays.
- Garrett Schenck replaces George Manley as Terra of the Left in Season 3 due to his health and personal issues.
- Ian Sinclair and Derick Snow replaces Jerry Jewell as Ushibuka and Koyagi respectively in Season 3, despite Jewell was still the voice director of the anime.
- Jim White replaces Bob Magruder as Matthai Reese in Season 3 due to Magruder’s passing on 2015.
See Also[]
- A Certain Magical Index: The Miracle of Endymion
- A Certain Scientific Railgun
- A Certain Scientific Accelerator
External Links[]
- A Certain Magical Index at the Internet Movie Database
- A Certain Magical Index (anime) on the Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- A Certain Magical Index on Behind The Voice Actors