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Written by Hisago Amazake-no Volumes 7 Illustrated by Kurogin Originally published 28 February 2013 | 7.7/10 MyAnimeList Published by Shōsetsuka ni Narō Written by Hisago Amazake-no Genres Fantasy, Mecha Anime | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Knight's & Magic (Japanese: ナイツ＆マジック, Hepburn: Naitsu to Majikku) is a Japanese light novel series written by Hisago Amazake-no and illustrated by Kurogin. The series 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 has been announced.
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Web novel
Hisago Amazake-no began publishing the series as a web novel on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website on October 16, 2010. As of September 22, 2016, seven novels have been published, comprising a total of 107 chapters.
Light novel
Publisher Shufunotomo acquired the series for print publication, and published the first volume with illustrations by Kurogin under their Hero Bunko imprint in January 2013. Six volumes have been released as of March 2016.
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.
Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced via a wraparound band on the first volume of the manga on September 24, 2016. The anime will premiere in July 2017 and will be directed by Yusuke Yamamoto at 8-Bit, Michiko Yokote is writing the scripts and Masato Kōda is composing the music.