Written by Kakeru Kobashiri Published by ASCII Media Works Imprint Dengeki Bunko Publisher ASCII Media Works | Illustrated by Yoshinori Shizuma Demographic Male Genre Fantasy | |
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Original run February 8, 2014 – present | ||
Grimoire of Zero (ゼロから始める魔法の書, Zero kara Hajimeru Mahō no Sho, lit. Starting the Magical Book from Zero) is a Japanese light novel series written by Kakeru Kobashiri and illustrated by Yoshinori Shizuma. The light novel won Grand Prize at the 20th annual Dengeki Novel Awards. ASCII Media Works has published seven volumes since February 2014. The series has received a manga adaptation illustrated by Takashi Iwasaki. A spinoff manga series, Zero kara Hajimeru Mahō no Sho Nano! (ゼロから始める魔法の書なの) has also been published, illustrated by Yasuoka. An anime television series adaptation by White Fox is scheduled to air from April 10, 2017.
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Plot
In the year 526, humanity became aware of witches and their sorcery.
A half man, half beast mercenary known as a "fallen beast" desires to be a full human. He meets a witch named Zero, who offers to help him become human if he helps her get back "The Book of Zero", which bandits stole from her.
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Light novels
The light novels are written by Kakeru Kobashiri and illustrated by Yoshinori Shizuma. They won the grand prize at the 20th Dengeki Novel Awards in 2013. ASCII Media Works began publishing the series under its Dengeki Bunko imprint in February 2014, and seven volumes have been published to date.
Manga
A manga adaptation by Takeshi Iwasaki has been serialized in ASCII Media Works' seinen manga magazine Dengeki Maoh since 2014.
Yasutake launched a spinoff manga, titled Zero Kara Hajimeru Mahō no Sho nano! (ゼロから始める魔法の書 なの！), in Dengeki Maoh on October 27, 2015.
Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced at the Dengeki Fall Festival on October 2, 2016. The series will be directed by Tetsuo Hirakawa and animated by the studio White Fox. Ryosuke Kimiya and Daisuke Mataga provide character designs for the anime. The series is scheduled to premiere in April 2017. The anime will run for 12 episodes.