Rakudai Majo (らくだい魔女; "Failure Witch") is a Japanese children's novel series, written by Satoko Narita and illustrated by Senno Enaga. Poplar Publishing have published seventeen volumes and one short story volume since October 2006 under their Poplar Pocket Bunko imprint. An anime film adaptation by Production I.G titled Rakudai Majo: Fūka to Yami no Majo opened in Japan in March 2023.
An anime film adaptation was announced on October 10, 2021.[23] The film, titled Rakudai Majo: Fūka to Yami no Majo, is animated by Production I.G and directed by Takayuki Hamana, with Kiyoko Yoshimura overseeing the scripts, Marumi Sugita handling the character designs, and Shun Narita and Yasuyuki Yamazaki composing the music.[24] It opened in Japan on March 31, 2023.[1][2] The theme song is "Tokimeki no Kaze ni Notte" (ときめきの風に乗って; "Ride the Heartthrobbing Wind") by Honoka Inoue.[4]
Reception
The novel series has a cumulative 1.6 million copies in print.[25]
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↑"らくだい魔女と王子の誓い". Poplar Publishing. Archived from the original on March 19, 2016. Retrieved April 14, 2022.
↑"らくだい魔女のドキドキおかしパーティ". Poplar Publishing. Archived from the original on March 19, 2016. Retrieved April 14, 2022.
↑"らくだい魔女とゆうれい島". Poplar Publishing. Archived from the original on March 19, 2016. Retrieved April 14, 2022.
↑"らくだい魔女と水の国の王女". Poplar Publishing. Archived from the original on March 19, 2016. Retrieved April 14, 2022.
↑"らくだい魔女と迷宮の宝石". Poplar Publishing. Archived from the original on March 19, 2016. Retrieved April 14, 2022.
↑"らくだい魔女とさいごの砦". Poplar Publishing. Archived from the original on March 19, 2016. Retrieved April 14, 2022.
↑"らくだい魔女と放課後の森". Poplar Publishing. Archived from the original on March 19, 2016. Retrieved April 14, 2022.
↑"らくだい魔女と冥界のゆびわ". Poplar Publishing. Archived from the original on March 19, 2016. Retrieved April 14, 2022.
↑"らくだい魔女と鏡の国の怪人". Poplar Publishing. Archived from the original on March 19, 2016. Retrieved April 14, 2022.
↑"らくだい魔女と魔界サーカス". Poplar Publishing. Archived from the original on March 19, 2016. Retrieved April 14, 2022.
↑"らくだい魔女と妖精の約束". Poplar Publishing. Archived from the original on March 19, 2016. Retrieved April 14, 2022.
↑"らくだい魔女とランドールの騎士". Poplar Publishing. Archived from the original on March 19, 2016. Retrieved April 14, 2022.
↑"らくだい魔女とはつこいの君". Poplar Publishing. Archived from the original on March 19, 2016. Retrieved April 14, 2022.
↑"らくだい魔女のデート大作戦". Poplar Publishing. Archived from the original on March 19, 2016. Retrieved April 14, 2022.
↑"らくだい魔女の出会いの物語". Poplar Publishing. Archived from the original on March 19, 2016. Retrieved April 14, 2022.
↑"らくだい魔女と闇の宮殿". Poplar Publishing. Archived from the original on May 23, 2016. Retrieved April 14, 2022.
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