50 Fun Facts About A Certain Magical Index

Which Chinese video site is named after Mikoto Misaka's nickname in A Certain Magical Index?

Bilibili echoes Biribiri, the Japanese sound of an electric shock and the nickname of the lightning-throwing Mikoto.

Which power in Toma Kamijo's right hand cancels any magic or esper ability in A Certain Magical Index?

Imagine Breaker also wipes out Toma's own good luck, which is why misfortune follows him everywhere he goes.

How many forbidden grimoires does the nun Index hold in her memory in A Certain Magical Index?

103,000 is so tied to the series that a bonus novel was printed for the first 103,000 people to see its movie.

Academy City's founder in A Certain Magical Index, who floats upside down in a tube, is based on which real occultist?

Aleister Crowley keeps his real-world past in the story: he joined the Golden Dawn cabal, came to hate magic and built the science side instead.

What official esper rank does Toma Kamijo hold in A Certain Magical Index, despite his power-cancelling hand?

Level 0 means powerless, the bottom of a scale that tops out at a rank held by only seven students in the whole city.

Academy City in A Certain Magical Index is an independent city-state in the west of which Japanese city?

Tokyo's western side holds the city-state, where about 80 percent of residents are students and many of them are espers.

In A Certain Magical Index, what can Academy City's strongest esper, Accelerator, control by touching it?

Vectors cover any force with a direction, and because his power blocks all ultraviolet radiation, his hair has turned white.

How many clones of Mikoto Misaka was Accelerator meant to kill to reach Level 6 in A Certain Magical Index?

20,000 was the fallback plan: the first calculation called for killing Mikoto herself 128 times, which nobody could arrange.

What does Toma Kamijo lose after freeing Index from her church's curse early in A Certain Magical Index?

His memories vanish completely, and he keeps the loss secret from almost everyone, at first even from Index herself.

Which teacher in A Certain Magical Index stands 135 centimetres tall yet smokes and drinks beer?

Komoe Tsukuyomi looks and sounds like a child, yet she is Toma's homeroom teacher, and though she has no esper power she performs a healing spell that saves the wounded Index.

Which middle school does the electricity-wielding Level 5 Mikoto Misaka attend in A Certain Magical Index?

Tokiwadai sets a high bar for entry: one student rated only Level 2 was let in because her ability was judged equal to a Level 3.

Which teleporting Judgment officer in A Certain Magical Index is the devoted roommate of Mikoto Misaka?

Kuroko Shirai keeps a strap of nails around her thigh and uses them on duty to pin enemies down.

Which fire-wielding priest with a barcode tattoo under his eye pursues Index as A Certain Magical Index begins?

Stiyl Magnus uses runes to summon Innocentius, a fiery creature whose name is glossed as the King of Witch Hunters.

Which Saint in A Certain Magical Index fights with a two-metre sword called Seven Heavens Seven Swords?

Kaori Kanzaki declares the magic name Salvare000, a vow to be the salvation of those who cannot be saved.

Which childlike clone of Mikoto Misaka does Accelerator end up protecting in A Certain Magical Index?

Last Order looks about ten and was designed as a fail-safe, the administrator of the network that links every other clone.

Which doctor in A Certain Magical Index, nicknamed for his frog-like face, can heal almost any injury?

Heaven Canceller treats ally and enemy alike under the Hippocratic Oath, and built the choker that keeps a brain-damaged Accelerator functioning.

Which animation studio behind Food Wars! and Azumanga Daioh made the A Certain Magical Index anime?

J.C.Staff also animated the Railgun and Accelerator spin-offs, keeping the whole franchise under one studio.

Which author began A Certain Magical Index after an editor noticed his rejected novel-contest entry?

Kazuma Kamachi is a pen name, and once the first book sold well he finished the second volume in just 17 days.

In A Certain Magical Index: The Miracle of Endymion, what kind of structure is Endymion, named from Greek mythology?

A space elevator lets Academy City carry people into space without spacecraft, in a film built on an original story by the novels' author.

What is the name of the abandoned calico cat Index keeps against dorm rules in A Certain Magical Index?

Sphynx was found abandoned in a box, and although Toma's dormitory bans pets, the pair keep the cat without anyone suspecting.

Which secret magic branch of the Church of England does the nun Index belong to in A Certain Magical Index?

Necessarius is led by Laura Stuart, an archbishop whose blonde hair is two and a half times her height, so it reaches her ankles and has to be folded back up.

Which country declares war on Academy City to start World War III in A Certain Magical Index?

Russia becomes the final battlefield of the original novels, where Toma confronts Fiamma aboard the Star of Bethlehem.

Which creatures does the shrine maiden Aisa Himegami's power lure and kill in A Certain Magical Index?

Vampires are drawn in by the scent of her blood, a power called Deep Blood; it cost Aisa her family and friends, so she came to Academy City seeking a cure.

In A Certain Magical Index, what is the maid-in-training Maika Tsuchimikado usually seen sitting on as it spins?

A cleaning robot spins beneath her constantly, yet she never looks dizzy; she is the stepsister of Toma's sunglasses-wearing friend Motoharu.

In A Certain Magical Index, gym teacher Aiho Yomikawa is also an officer in which Academy City security force?

Anti-Skill colleagues tease Yomikawa for her habit of subduing delinquents with protective gear such as riot shields and helmets.

What name is given in A Certain Magical Index to the gangs of powerless students who find ways to counter espers?

Skill-Out is not all thuggery: its leader Ritoku Komaba told members to leave espers alone unless they actively misused their powers.

Which Level 5 esper in A Certain Magical Index uses remote controls to read and rewrite people's minds?

Misaki Shokuhō's Mental Out fails on animals, machines and Electromasters, so Mikoto is one of the few minds she cannot touch.

Which ability does second-ranked Level 5 Teitoku Kakine wield in A Certain Magical Index?

Dark Matter lets Kakine create a substance outside the laws of physics, and it made him the chairman's spare plan in case Accelerator failed, a role he resented enough to start a revolt.

Which white habit worn by the nun Index does Toma Kamijo destroy with his right hand in A Certain Magical Index?

Walking Church is a white robe edged with gold embroidery; after Toma wrecks it, Index holds it together with golden pins.

Which spell in A Certain Magical Index makes people seem to swap appearances after Toma's father sets it off?

Angel Fall was cast by accident, because Toma's father had arranged his occult souvenirs around the family home in a feng shui pattern.

Which powerless ex-gang member defeats the Level 5 Shizuri Mugino to save Rikō Takitsubo in A Certain Magical Index?

Shiage Hamazura had been the driver for Mugino's own squad, and his upset win so disturbed the city's plans that a bounty was put on him.

Which audio file made by researcher Harumi Kiyama leaves its listeners unconscious in A Certain Scientific Railgun?

Level Upper promises stronger esper powers by linking its listeners into a network, which gave Kiyama herself the power to use many of their abilities at once.

Which illustrator of the A Certain Magical Index novels also designed the new characters for its Endymion film?

Kiyotaka Haimura works as a game character designer too, and each of his three artbooks came with an exclusive short Index novel.

Which singer performs PSI-Missing, the first opening theme of the A Certain Magical Index anime?

Mami Kawada stayed with the franchise for years, from the follow-up opening Masterpiece to the film's closing song Fixed Star.

Which group performs Only My Railgun, the first opening theme of the anime A Certain Scientific Railgun?

fripSide relaunched under a new record label with this very single in 2009, having first released its songs on an indie music site.

Which voice actress plays Index in Japanese and also sang both ending themes of A Certain Magical Index III?

Yuka Iguchi closed the third season with two songs of her own, Eve of a Revolution and The Never-Ending Song.

Which company licensed the A Certain Magical Index anime for home video and streaming in North America?

Funimation, since renamed Crunchyroll LLC, began streaming its English dub in September 2012 and later put the franchise's film into American cinemas.

A Certain Magical Index became the first series to sell over 10 million copies for which light novel imprint?

Dengeki Bunko found its bestseller through its own novel prize: the author's entry was turned down, but an editor phoned him anyway.

Mikoto Misaka, the strongest Electromaster in A Certain Magical Index, can generate up to how many volts?

One billion volts is enough for Mikoto to launch objects as projectiles, the trick that earned her the nickname Railgun.

When Toma Kamijo's right arm is severed early in A Certain Magical Index, what briefly emerges from the stump?

A dragon's head, known as Dragon Strike, bursts from the stump and frightens his enemy into passing out; the arm is later reattached in hospital.

What name does A Certain Magical Index give espers whose powers arise without the aid of scientific instruments?

Gemstones include the seventh-ranked Level 5, Gunha Sogīta, the strongest of them, whose ability is still unidentified.

Which first friend of Index in A Certain Magical Index turns out to be an aggregation of espers' AIM fields?

Hyōka Kazakiri is called the key to the Imaginary Number District, a hidden realm made of the same stray fields inside Academy City.

Which alchemist in A Certain Magical Index turns his spoken thoughts into reality with Ars Magna?

Aureolus Izzard is undone by his own doubt: his alchemy weakens the less he believes in it, until it stops working altogether.

Which grimoire is Orsola Aquinas hunted by her own church for decoding in A Certain Magical Index?

The Book of the Law put a devoted missionary in danger: Orsola's preaching had already earned her a church named after her in Japan.

Which director helmed all three seasons of A Certain Magical Index and its film The Miracle of Endymion?

Hiroshi Nishikiori built the film around miracles, which he treated as a third power standing beside science and magic.

Which singer whose songs seem to work miracles is the heroine of A Certain Magical Index: The Miracle of Endymion?

Arisa Meigo went to voice actress Sachika Misawa because the film needed someone who could act and sing; she performs its insert songs.

Which Sega mecha franchise crossed over with A Certain Magical Index in both a novel and a PlayStation 4 game?

Virtual On first met the series in a crossover novel by its author, with robots drawn by mecha designer Hajime Katoki; the game followed in 2018.

Which British princess leads the Knights of England in a coup against the crown in A Certain Magical Index?

Carissa, the second princess and a keen military strategist, launched the revolt known as British Halloween to curb the Roman church's influence.

Which Magic God destroys the world, leaving only herself and Toma, in the A Certain Magical Index sequel novels?

Othinus then puts Toma through endless remade worlds to break his spirit, yet he ends up siding with her against everyone else.

Under which project in A Certain Magical Index was Mikoto Misaka cloned after giving up her DNA map as a child?

Radio Noise clones were later reused for the Level 6 Shift experiment, which is how thousands of them came to face Accelerator.