Rental Magica: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Based on a light novel series by Sanda Makoto, illustrated by pako. Due to his father`s disappearance, Itsuki Iba has to take over the family business: a magician dispatch service. Their family basically employs countless magicians and other supernatural beings in order to send them out to help those who need magical assistance. As a leader, Itsuki now has to be tough, commanding, and reliable, but there`s one problem, he`s a coward. Also, in order to run a successful business, he has to connect with his employees, which is more difficult than it seems due to his personality. But not only does he have to deal with his own employees, he also has to deal with those who threaten the family business.

Series details

• Title: Rental Magica
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Comedy, Anime, Fantasy, Horror
• Premiere date: 2007-10-07
• Final broadcast date listed: 2008-03-23
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Tokyo MX
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 24833
• IMDb ID: tt1305638
• TVDB ID: 80677

Cast and credited roles

• Jun Fukuyama — Itsuki Iba
• Kana Ueda — Honami Takase Ambler
• Mikako Takahashi — Adilicia Ren Mathers
• Daisuke Ono — Kagezaki
• Junichi Suwabe — Ren Nekoyashiki
• Katsuyuki Konishi — Sekiren
• Rie Kugimiya — Mikan Katsuragi
• Shizuka Itou — Manami Kuroha

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2007-10-07; final listed air date 2008-03-23; episode order: 24.

Source and licence

Adapted from Rental Magica on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.