A Certain Magical Index Movie Special
劇場版とある魔術の禁書目録たん-エンデュミオンの奇蹟-があったりなかったり (Toaru Majutsu no Index-tan Movie: Endymion no Kiseki - Ga Attari Nakattari)
- Action
- Fantasy
- Sci-Fi
- Super Power
- Urban Fantasy
- Episodes
- 1
- Duration
- 12 min
- Aired
- Aug 28, 2013
- Status
- Finished Airing
Synopsis
*A Certain Magical Index Movie Special* is a short bonus animation featuring Index-tan, released as an extra with the Blu-ray special edition of *Toaru Majutsu no Index: Endymion no Kiseki*.
Otaku Consensus
Otaku Consensus: A Certain Magical Index Movie Special works best as a compact Index-tan victory lap for viewers already invested in Endymion no Kiseki, leaning on chibi parody, familiar voice chemistry, and the franchise’s science-versus-magic texture rather than dramatic escalation. Its reception is positive but narrow: fans appreciate the character-driven gag format, while the broader Index anime’s recurring complaints about rushed adaptation choices, uneven pacing, and inconsistent animation keep it from being treated as an essential entry.
Why You Should Watch
Watch this if you want the Toaru universe in self-aware bonus-mode: quick, character-first, and built for fans who enjoy seeing serious urban-fantasy material folded into chibi parody. It is not the place to start if you need clean worldbuilding or a full action arc; it is for viewers who already know Touma, Index, and the Endymion movie context and want a short cooldown after the main feature. It scratches a tiny version of the same itch as Carnival Phantasm: familiar characters, franchise in-jokes, and a willingness to deflate high-stakes lore with absurd timing. The appeal is in seeing J.C.Staff’s Index cast used for comic compression rather than another dense adaptation sprint.
Key Characters
- IIndex Librorum Prohibitorum(VA: Yuka Iguchi)
Index is the special’s natural comedy engine, turning a character normally tied to heavy magical lore into the face of the chibi Index-tan parody format.
- TTouma Kamijou(VA: Atsushi Abe)
Touma remains the audience’s grounded point of contact, which makes him especially useful when the special pivots the franchise’s earnest superpower logic into gag timing.
- AArisa Meigo(VA: Sachika Misawa)
Arisa’s inclusion marks this as specifically connected to the Endymion no Kiseki movie era rather than a generic Index franchise extra.
What Makes It Stand Out
- 1
The special is a single-episode Blu-ray tie-in to Toaru Majutsu no Index: Endymion no Kiseki, so its structure is closer to a collector’s bonus skit than a broadcast OVA with its own dramatic arc.
- 2
AniList’s strongest tag for the entry is Parody at 79%, which accurately places it in the Index-tan gag lineage rather than the mainline action-fantasy mode of the franchise.
- 3
The cast list centers on Index, Touma, and Arisa, making the special unusually specific to the movie’s character mix instead of drawing broadly from the entire Academy City ensemble.
- 4
J.C.Staff’s involvement keeps it inside the same studio ecosystem as the animated Index franchise, but the chibi framing changes the visual priority from spectacle to comic exaggeration.
- 5
Its audience metrics show a niche but real afterlife: 11,377 MAL voters give it a 7.06 average, while AniList records a nearby 68/100 score and only 53 favourites, signaling a fan-service extra rather than a breakout title.
Fun Facts & Trivia
- Fun fact 1
- It aired on August 28, 2013, the same year as the Endymion no Kiseki movie release cycle, positioning it as a home-video companion piece rather than a later retrospective gag.
- Fun fact 2
- The full Japanese title, Toaru Majutsu no Index-tan Movie: Endymion no Kiseki - Ga Attari Nakattari, explicitly brands it under the Index-tan parody banner instead of the standard Index title format.
- Fun fact 3
- AniList tags it with both Magic and Super Power at 50%, a neat reflection of the franchise’s split identity between occult systems and Academy City esper abilities even in a comedy short.
- Fun fact 4
- The entry’s MAL popularity rank of #4942 and overall rank of #4590 make it a deep-catalog item: visible to franchise trackers, but far outside the discovery path of most casual Index viewers.
- Fun fact 5
- Web commentary on the broader Index anime often praises its characters and worldbuilding while criticizing rushed adaptation and missing light-novel detail, which helps explain why this special is best judged as a playful add-on rather than as proof of the series’ narrative strengths.
Studios
- J.C.Staff
