Knight's and Magic

Knight's & Magic (ナイツ＆マジック, Naitsu ando Majikku) is a Japanese light novel series written by Hisago Amazake-no and illustrated by Kurogin. The series tells the story of a young Japanese man who dies in a car accident(Truck-kun) and reincarnates as a child in an alternate world where magic and giant robots are real, dedicating himself since then to fulfill his longtime dream of building and piloting his own mecha. It originated as a web novel before being picked up for print publication by Shufunotomo.

A manga adaptation by Takuji Katō is published by Square Enix, and an anime television series adaptation by Eight Bit aired from July to September 2017.

Overview
A fantasy work centered around reincarnation in another world, magic, and giant robots.

In 2010, it began to be published in "Let's become a novelist", and it continues to be posted as of February 2020 (the short story described later is February 2019). From 2012 to 2013, the setting until the Great West War period was posted as "Knight's & Magic setting material and memorandum". In addition, three short stories with settings based on the paperback version described later have been posted, two of which, 02 and 03, are reprints of the short stories distributed as a bonus at the release of Volume 9 of Knight's & Magic. Until the Great West War period, Amasakanohyo's self-made phantom knight painting was sometimes included as an illustration in the main part of the web version, and the same illustration was also posted to Mimin・pixiv (including the one that seems to be a knight later).

Since 2013, paperback books with partially changed hero settings and stories have been published sequentially from Hero Bunko. The illustrator is Kurogin. As of March 2021, the cumulative circulation of the series has exceeded 3 million.

From 2016, Takuji Kato began serialization of comicalization in "Young Gangan". This manga version was partly viewable on Shufunotomosha's web comic site "COMICAWA", but Comikawa ended its service on February 20, 2020, and was replaced by the website of Shufunotomo Infos Co., Ltd. Part (the first 5 episodes) has been released. Sequentially published as a book by Young Gangan Comics. The serialization will end in 2022 in the form of the first part.

TV animation was announced in September 2016 and was broadcast from July to September 2017 (described later). In addition, along with the TV animation, the official abbreviation was set as "Nightma".

Synopsis
Having died in a car accident, Tsubasa Kurata—an otaku from modern Japan—is reborn in the Fremmevilla Kingdom, a medieval world where powerful mechs called Silhouette Knights are used to fight horrific demonic beasts.

Born into a noble family under the name of Ernesti Echevarria and bestowed with prodigious magical abilities, he enrolls into Royal Laihaila Academy. This school of magic trains young men and women on how to pilot the Silhouette Knights, prepping them to protect the kingdom from threats, both demonic and human. Ernesti teams up with the twins named Adeltrud and Archid Olter with the goal to create his own Silhouette Knight one day, a feat unheard of for several centuries.

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Web novel
Hisago Amazake-no began publishing the series as a web novel on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website on 16 October 2010. As of 1 October 2021, ten novels have been published, comprising a total of 195 chapters

Light novel
Publisher Shufunotomo (JP) acquired the series for print publication, and published the first volume with illustrations by Kurogin under their Hero Bunko imprint in January 2013. 11 volumes have been released as of 30 September 2020.


 * 1) First issue issued on February 2, 2013 (released on January 30) - ISBN 978-4-07-288159-0
 * 2) First issue issued on June 30, 2013 (released on May 31) - ISBN 978-4-07-289667-9
 * 3) First issue issued on October 31, 2013 (released on September 30) - ISBN 978-4-07-292729-8
 * 4) First issue issued on May 31, 2014 (released on April 28) - ISBN 978-4-07-296348-7
 * 5) First issue issued on April 30, 2015 (released on March 30) - ISBN 978-4-07-412412-1
 * 6) First issue issued on April 30, 2016 (released on March 30) - ISBN 978-4-07-416172-0
 * 7) First issue issued on April 30, 2017 (released on March 25) - ISBN 978-4-07-424154-5
 * 8) First issue issued on October 31, 2017 (released on September 30) - ISBN 978-4-07-427900-5
 * 9) First issue issued on November 10, 2018 (released on October 31) - ISBN 978-4-07-435471-9
 * 10) First issue issued on October 10, 2020 (released on September 30) - ISBN 78-4-07-445630-7
 * 11) First issue issued on December 10, 2021 (released on November 29) - ISBN 978-4-07-450520-3

Manga
Artist Takuji Katō began serializing a manga adaptation of the novels in Square Enix's seinen manga magazine Young Gangan on April 15, 2016. Crunchyroll will publish the manga digitally starting on July 5, 2017.


 * 1) First edition published on September 24, 2016 - ISBN 978-4-7575-5108-4
 * 2) First edition published on March 23, 2017 - ISBN 978-4-7575-5254-8
 * 3) First edition published on June 24, 2017 - ISBN 978-4-7575-5389-7
 * 4) First edition published on September 25, 2017 - ISBN ISBN 978-4-7575-5484-9
 * 5) First edition published on March 24, 2018 - ISBN 978-4-7575-5670-6
 * 6) First edition published on July 25, 2018 - ISBN 978-4-7575-5792-5
 * 7) First edition published on November 24, 2018 - ISBN 978-4-7575-5919-6
 * 8) First edition published on March 25, 2019 - ISBN 978-4-7575-6071-0
 * 9) First edition published on July 25, 2019 - ISBN 978-4-7575-6213-4
 * 10) First edition published on November 25, 2019 - ISBN 978-4-7575-6400-8
 * 11) First edition published on March 25, 2020 - ISBN 978-4-7575-6573-9
 * 12) First edition published on July 22, 2020 - ISBN 978-4-7575-6765-8
 * 13) First edition published on November 25, 2020 - ISBN ISBN 978-4-7575-6955-3
 * 14) First edition published on March 25, 2021 - ISBN ISBN 978-4-7575-7166-2
 * 15) First edition published on July 26, 2021 - ISBN ISBN 978-4-7575-7385-7
 * 16) First edition published on November 25, 2021 - ISBN 978-4-7575-7594-3
 * 17) First edition published on March 25, 2022 - ISBN 978-4-7575-7836-4

Character
"Looks like you're having lots of fun!"

- Ernesti Echevalier

The main character of this work. His nickname is "Eru". His age has changed from 9 years old (elementary school) → 12 years old (middle school) → 16 years old (at the time of the Great Western War). He has the nature of pushing straight toward his goal without regard for his surroundings, so much so that he is described as a "madman" many times in the work, and many of his actions are described as "runaway".

Tsubasa Kurata, a Japanese who was a serious robot otaku in his previous life. He is a genius programmer who is called the "last line of defense" and works for K Softworks, a medium-sized software maker in K City, K Prefecture, Kansai  It boasted the processing power of However, on his way home from purchasing a plastic model on payday, he was run over by a drunk driver's car in S district of K city and died. He is 28 years old. After that, for some reason, he was reincarnated in another world with the memories and knowledge of his previous life. Reborn as a single seed between father Matthias and mother Celestina in the Echevarria family in Laihiara Academy in the Kingdom of Flemevira.

Because he has memories of his previous life, his knowledge, comprehension, and ability to think are on par with adults, but basically he is a child suitable for his age living in this world, and his previous life consciousness and Elle's consciousness are mixed. In the early days of the web version, Kurata's consciousness was strong and he was in a state like a dual personality, but after the beginning of the web version and the paperback version, mental age, reaction methods, thoughts, etc. have been changed to those appropriate for his age. there is Since the beginning of the story is omitted in the anime version, it is a depiction of an instant flashback of memories of the previous life and ability as an engineer, triggered by being attacked by a monster when he was an infant.

I realized that the logical laws of the programming language I learned in my previous life can be applied to the "magical formula" of this world, and that the "magic calculation area" that living things in this world are born with can be used as a virtual computer. Using the talent of a genius programmer inherited from his previous life, he has become adept at rearranging and improving existing magic, performing efficient operations, and creating new spells. However, by general standards, it is impossible to handle this much processing with only its own calculation domain, and it is described in the work that this abnormal calculation ability is Ernesty's greatest ability. Coding is fast even after the previous life and reincarnation, and there are no descriptions that cause bugs, but the codes of Telestare and Sylphiane KASASAGI III are difficult to read and are evaluated by specialized syntactic engineers (parsers). Aiming to become a knight from the age of  Since he has accumulated his own training to improve his physical strength and magical power, his physical strength and magical power have reached a non-standard area, compared to the knights who are said to be first-class. is also outstanding.

After entering the Laihiala Knights Academy, during expedition training, he performed "direct control" to move the Phantom Crystal Knights using only his own magic calculations, and won his first battle with the demon beast "Behemoth". Because of this, he was made known to King Ambrosius, and in order to fulfill his promise to the audience, he created a telestare with new ideas that were not bound by conventional wisdom, making use of his knowledge of robot geeks from his previous life. After a series of turmoil related to this, the "Order of the Silver Phoenix" under the direct control of the king was established and assumed the position of leader. While developing new phantom crystal knights one after another, he became deeply involved in national affairs such as intervening in the war that broke out in a neighboring country and exploring the sea of ​​Bocuse Omori. Due to the numerous achievements he made as a result, he became an exceptional existence with power on par with the king in matters related to phantom knights and magical. His final educational background is Reihiara Knight Academy Middle School Graduate.

After returning from Omorikai, he got engaged to Addy, and instead of an engagement ring, Sylphiane KASASAGI III (third, formal name at the time. Later renamed "Sylphiane KASASAGI III Engage" after this engagement announcement) (It is the first time in human history that a phantom knight was made instead of an engagement ring), announced his engagement to Addy and his surroundings, and married in 1285 of the Western calendar. The wedding ceremony was held as a quasi-state event at the place used for ceremonies of the Knights of the Imperial Guard in front of the royal capital Kankanen Royal Castle, according to the instruction of King Riotamus (officially, he was not present at the wedding ceremony). By the king's arrangement, food and alcohol were served free of charge and were open to the public, and the giants who were visiting the Flemevilla Kingdom at the time attended in full armor, which was considered formal attire, and at El's own request, a group of phantom knights. As a result of Addy's desire to line up around and dress up and Matthias' desire to keep it within the range of common sense, El wore the formal attire of the Silver Phoenix Knight Commander. According to the web version #155, her name has not changed even after her marriage. Addy calls the erotic thing "Eru" (using hiragana).

During the discussion on how to deal with the giants and the survivors of the Forest Expeditionary Force, it was also decided to reorganize the Ginho Knights by order of the king. Along with that, the members of the Knights of the White Heron and the Knights of the Red Falcon, who became the knights under their command, asked how they should call Eru, the leader of the knights, and Edgar confidently asked the members. I calmed down with the way I called him "Grand Commander". At that time, Dietrich laughed out loud at Addy's tweets with the "big" leader, even though he was small, and a super-high-speed chasing match was held with El, who was angry. By the way, in Knight's & Magic's setting materials and memorandum, "he is scheduled to be about 150 cm in the end".

Abilities
"Even broken Mechs are beautiful in their own way."

- Ernesti Echevalier

Although he is a man, he is often misunderstood as a beautiful girl due to his petite physique, purple-silver semi-long hair, and beautiful features inherited from his mother. Eru is good at piloting IKagura, because of his fanatic in Robot in his previous life.

TV Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced via a wraparound band on the first volume of the manga on 24 September 2016. The anime aired from 2 July – 24 September 2017. It is directed by Yusuke Yamamoto at Eight Bit, with scripts written by Michiko Yokote, and music composed by Masato Kōda. Fhána performed the opening theme song "Hello!MyWorld!!" and Ayaka Ohashi performed the ending theme song "You & I". Crunchyroll streamed the anime, while Funimation had licensed the series in North America. Following Sony's acquisition of Crunchyroll, the dub was moved to Crunchyroll.

Acting/Casting

Takahashi, who plays Elle, said in an interview with V-Storage that he was very happy to play the boy, and that he felt that he was similar to himself since he was participating in the audition. talking. Shinsuke Sugawara, who plays Kidd, said in the same interview that he read the original novel after receiving the offer. Sugawara also auditioned for roles other than Kid, but while Kid was the one who got in the best, he was worried that he might not have been able to fully express the boy's unique innocence and honesty.

Staff

 * Original work - Amazake no Gourd
 * Original Illustration / Silhouette Night Design - Black Silver
 * Director - Yusuke Yamamoto
 * Series composition - Michiko Yokote
 * Screenplay - Michiko Yokote, Toru Kimura
 * Character Design - Kenichiro Katsura
 * Effect animation director - Takashi Umeda
 * Mechanical Design - Hidetaka Tenjin
 * Concept design - Kazuki Miyatake, Takahiro Kishida
 * Prop Design - Atsushi Irie
 * Art Director - Kenta Masuda
 * Art Setting - Kazushi Fujii
 * Color design - Yukari Fujiki
 * 2D Design - Hirofumi Araki
 * CG Director - Eiji Inomoto
 * 3DCG - Orange
 * Cinematographer - Hiroshi Sato
 * Editing - Megumi Uchida
 * Acoustic Director - Hitoshi Aketagawa
 * Music - Masato Koda
 * Music production - Lantis
 * Music Producer - Yohei Kisara
 * Chief Producers - Nobuhiro Osawa, Haruto Nakayoshi, Takaro Asaga
 * Producers - Ryutaro Kawakami, Ryota Ozaki, Emi Kashimura
 * Animation Producer - Toshiya Otomo
 * Produced by Jenco
 * Animation Production - Eightbit
 * Production - Knights & Magic Production Committee ( Shufunotomosha, Bandai Visual, Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures, Lantis, AT-X, Q-Tech, Genco)

Reception
The manga and the light novels had a combined 1.5 million copies in print as of 16 March 2018.

Product Commercialization
From Bandai's robot figure brand "ROBOT SPIRITS", in October 2017, two phantom knights (Earl Cumber, Guerre) were commercialized. A prototype was shown at an exhibition in May of the same year.

Also, Good Smile Company has announced that Ernesti Echevalier will be made into a Nendoroid.

Trivia

 * Ernie is hailed as a genius. But all his "rAddycal" innovations could have been thought up by anyone; since the inspiration is all around them in the world.
 * it's more surprising that Ernie never said anything along the lines of "not my fault they lacked the imagination" when the Marquis was left flabbergasted by Ernie making these advancements.
 * Married at 18 after returning from the land of the giants. (Vol 8-9)
 * Because Ernesti's childhood prior to his training wasn't fully adapted, many viewers incorrectly believed Kurata immediately got reincarnated into the 3-year-old Ernesti.
 * Both when he was Kurata and since being reincarnated, Ernesti has a habit of touching his chin when he's thinking.

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