name	Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic
ja kanji	マギ
genre	Adventure, Fantasy }}

type	manga
author	Shinobu Ohtaka
publisher	Shogakukan
demographic	''Shōnen''
magazine	Weekly Shōnen Sunday
first	June 3, 2009
volumes	15 }}

type	tv series
director	Koji Masunari
writer	Hiroyuki Yoshino
music	Shiro Sagisu
studio	A-1 Pictures
licensor
network	TBS, MBS
first	October 7, 2012
episodes	24
episode list	#Episode List }}

is an ''One Thousand and One Nights''-themed Japanese manga written and illustrated by Shinobu Ohtaka. It started serialization in ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' in June 2009. The individual chapters are published in ''tankōbon'' volumes by Shogakukan, with 14 volumes currently published as of October 2012. An anime adaptation by A-1 Pictures began airing in Japan on October 7, 2012. It has been licensed by Aniplex USA in North America. by Viz Media Europe in Europe and by Madman Entertainment in Australia.

Plot[link]

Aladdin, the primary protagonist, is traveling a desert land, with a magic flute that summons a djinn named Ugo. The djinn has a huge and muscular body, but cannot remove his head from the flute, giving him a headless appearance and frequently causing even people he is trying to rescue to mistake him for a monster. The two meet Alibaba, a seemingly aloof young man who is trying to get rich, and realizes that Ugo would be a powerful ally to explore a nearby treasure-filled dungeon. As they adventure together, they become true friends, along with Morgianna, a slave girl from a distant land that they free from her master. The three encounter other djinn and find hints that they may be destined to decide who will rule the world.

Characters[link]

Main characters[link]

; : : A mysterious young boy with a huge djinn within his flute.

: He travels in search of metal vessels that contain other djinns. He has a pure and innocent, yet wise personality that dislikes fighting. Although he looks like a child, he has manly interests; he likes 'beautiful ladies with soft, big breasts'.

: He is known as a 'Magi'; through mediating with his staff, he can gather the Magoi of Rukh for attacks. He also has the ability to materialize the djinn 'Ugo' that lies within his flute. In addition, he can also make the magical turban that is wrapped around his head fly.

: Because he was concealed in the 'Sacred Temple' (the place Aladdin calls 'a sturdy room'), he does not know much about his identity and the world.

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: A djinn that resides in Aladdin's flute. He is the keeper of the Sacred Temple. Although he has a huge body, his head is in a different space. Hence, his head will not come out from the flute. Although it is unclear of what his powers are, he specializes in hand-in-hand combat when he is materialized. He also uses heat magic in both of his hands to deliver a deadly blow when faced with a formidable enemy.

: He has an extremely shy personality, causing him to collapse and faint whenever a girl touches him. In order to overcome this weakness, he becomes used to being touched by Morgiana.

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: A young man aiming to capture a dungeon.

: He used to be a wine cart driver but during work he gained a large debt. In hopes of replaying it, he decided to capture the 7th Dungeon "Amon" with Aladdin: a boy he just met. After escaping from it, he and Aladdin were separated but, because they had captured the dungeon, he acquired its treasures. By spending it all, he became the lord of Qishan and freed all of the slaves. He spread a rumor before leaving and headed for his hometown Balbadd.

: Although he was originally from the slums, after his mother died, he was taken in by his father, Balbadd's King, as the third prince. Wherever possible, he began to study languages, economics, fencing, and more in order to learn how to become a good ruler. Hence, his forte was in Balbadd's Royal Fencing. However, his bed-ridden father died after a certain incident. Feeling as though he should take responsibility, he left Balbadd, leading to the present.

: After returning to Balbadd, Alibaba joins and leads the Fog Troupe, a band of Robin Hood-esque thieves armed with magic tools started by his old friend Cassim, as "The Wonder Man Alibaba" in order to right the wrongs caused by the foolish nobility. This eventually leads to Alibaba's reunion (via Morgiana "kidnapping" him) with Aladdin and Morgiana. However, that consequently leads to the Fog Troupe attacking the hotel they were staying at and Sinbad defeating them before joining up with them. They help Alibaba find a less violent solution in addition to helping him learn how to use his Djinn, Amon, better. Together, the stage a coup d'état and liberate Balbadd from the monarchy, making the country into a republic.

:; Amon''' :

: A djinn of stern and etiquette. In the seventh Dungeon's basement, in a city that spread out there, Aladdin and the others met Amon, a polite yet rigid djinn. He materialized in the form of a muscular, bearded old man with an intimidating air.

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: Descendent of the hunting tribe 'Fanalis', a red-haired girl.

: She was emotionless and unfriendly at first, but as time passed after she was liberated, she became more emotional little by little. She was Jamil's slave before. Although she looks like a normal girl, she can get closer with an enemy far away in an instant. In addition to her strong leg strength which can even enable her to climb vertical walls, she has a keen sense of smell on par with that of a dog's and can smell the stench of death emanating from the bottom of the pit and the smell of someone hiding in unseen places. Although weaker than her leg strength, her arm strength is strong enough to send a human like Alibaba flying. She also appears to harbor some sort of affection towards Alibaba.

: However, even after Alibaba freed her, she is plagued by the trauma of her childhood in her dreams.

: After Alibaba's departure from Qishan, she took the words of her defector, Goltas, to heart, and started a journey to her hometown 'Katarg'. In the middle of her journey towards Balbadd, she helped Leila and Sahsa's caravan to eliminate the thieves at the rock quarry. She reunites with Aladdin after that, and then join Alibaba again in Balbadd.

Ko Empire[link]

The was originally a small country in the Far East that grew to the central plains into a powerful nation which intends to counquer the entire world. They send dungeon capturers to the countries in the outskirts to invade them and now it even have dungeon monsters in its army. However, with the Emperor having little time left, there is much conflict about which of their children should inherit the throne, which may lead the country into a civil war.

; : : Ko Empire's first emperor's third daughter. She is a dungeon clearer. She is the general of the western army, but is not seen as reliable by a part of them because of her pacifist personality. She is also troubled because of her position as a general and the fact that she wants to settle things peacefully. On the other hand, as she is a dungeon capturer, she is courageous and has a high fighting strength and a strong will. : As she is an existence that takes over Hakuryu's mother, she made sure that Hakuryuu will be able to do everything on his own, which includes cooking. :; Paimon ::A djinn of maniacal love and chaos. With the power to control wind, she is contained within Hakuei's Flabellum

; : : Younger brother of Hakuei, he is currently the fourth prince in the Ko Empire, distinguished by what appears to be a large burn scar on his left eye. As he was taught to be able to do everything on his own by his sister, he is good at cooking. Because of Hakuei taking over his mother's position, he treasures her a lot as she is his one and only last kin. He became friends with Aladdin's group when they were Sinbad's guests in Sindria, conquering a dungeon with them and obtaining his own djinn equipment in the process. Upon meeting Morgiana, he falls in love with her, and promising to become a man worthy of becoming her husband. : He has a serious personality and worries over little things.

; : : Ko Empire's eighth Princess. She falls in love with Sinbad at first sight. First appeared as antagonist but later on soften up to Alibaba during her stay in Sindria, who becomes her first friend. She even says that she will not use her power against Sindria. :; Vinea :: A djinn of sorrow and isolation. With the power to control water, they are contained within Kogyoku's hair ornament.

; : He is the first prince of Ko Empire and deemed as the most worthy to succeed the throne.

; : : He is an old acquaintance and assistant of Hakuei, who had captured a dungeon with her. He uses dual swords, and his household's vessel is 'double moon swords'. : He gets along well with Hakuryu and does martial arts training together with him. He is annoyed that Hakuryu grew taller than him.

; : Assistant of Kogyoku, he has grown up with her since she was young.

Fog Troupe[link]

The are virtuous thieves that distribute their stolen goods after robbing from the rich's homes. Kashim was its leader before Alibaba returned to Balbadd. Even after Alibaba became its leader, Kashim was the person who had control over the group. They have many members and uses weapons like pata.

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: Although he is the cadre of the 'Fog Troupe', he is the real leader of the 'Fog Troupe'. He uses the magical weapon 'Sword of the Black Binding Fog'. He had lived with Alibaba in the slum streets like brothers when he was younger.

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: Cadre of the 'Fog Troupe'. She uses the magical weapon 'Sword of the Scarlet Delusional Fog'. Although she is going out with Hassan, they often get into fights.

; : Cadre of the 'Fog Troupe'. He wears a patch over his left eye. He uses the weapon 'Sword of the Yellow Corrosive Fog'. Although he is going out with Zaynab, they often get into fights.

Sindria Kingdom [link]

is an island country of the southern seas. Its realms lie in the area named 'uncivilized' of the extreme southern zones. These islands far off in the ocean were isolated until king Sinbad developed it. The 'city of dreams' being known widely around the world as finishing touches to the ‘legend of the dungeon capturer' attracts many visitors. Having unseen sights in the northern continents such as unusual topography, and climates, and people are living with animals and plants. This country became prosperous through trades and tourism.

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: He is the King of Sindria and the leader of the Alliance of the Seven Seas. He was 14 years old when he first captured a dungeon, the first dungeon 'Bael'. Since then, he had sailed the seven seas and captured seven dungeons. He is known as the 'Legendary Dungeon Capturer' being the master of seven djinn. He is also commonly known as 'High King of Seven Seas;. His nickname is Sin.

: He met Aladdin and his friends when he was in Balbadd, trying to reopen trade.

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: One of the eight generals. He uses the weapon household's vessel 'Valalark Kauza'. He is also a 'Fanalis' like Morgiana. He does not speak a lot usually and is seen as emotionless and unfriendly. His senior, Sharrkan often picks fight with him. However, he only listens to what Sinbad says. Although he is given a private room, he is often seen outside.

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: One of the eight generals, he uses the weapon household's vessel 'Valalark Sei'. His loyalty towards Sinbad is so high that he will approach with a murderous intent to anyone who insults him. However, when Sinbad always does things as he pleases, it will cause him endless worry, and he sometimes will feel faint. He usually only wears official clothing as he only has one set of normal clothing he received from Sinbad when he was 14.(It became too small and he could not wear it anymore). He is easily irritable.

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: One of the eight generals, she is a sorcerer that specialize in magic affiliated with water. She is called 'Miss Yamuraiha' by Aladdin. Because of her fondness and pride for magic, she often gets into fights with Sharrkan, who is a swordsman. Because she will become so nervous that she will only talk about topics regarding magic with the person she is interested in, Pisti suggested her to 'just date a guy who can use magic'.

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: One of the eight generals, he has terrific skills in fencing. He is a poseur. He has a personality to not do any more work after off-duty. He also goes drinking often. His optimistic personality changes into a violent personality during sword practice. Because of his extreme fondness for fencing, he often gets into fights with Yamuraiha. Because he thought it was cool, it became a habit of his to bring a girl he likes to the sword forge.

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: One of the eight generals. Because of her looks, she has complicated feelings of inadequacy towards sexy girls. The truth is, she has many lovers in the palace and she is a girl with a personality of a wolf that leads others (this is a lie). This has become one of the questions pondered by people in the palace. On the other hand, her only female friend is Yamuraiha. Although she is good at pretending to cry, she says it no longer works on Ja'far. Her special skills include communicating with, and charming animals through the use of her music.

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: One of the eight generals.

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: One of the eight generals.

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: One of the eight generals.

Al Sarmen[link]

is an organization that raise the numbers of the 'Abnormalities of the World'. They will try to slip into the center of countries through various manners, sometimes as a goods dealer, political advisor or lady court, and manipulate the history from the shadows. There is some connection between Al Sarmen, the magic dungeons and the Black Rukh.

; : : He is the oracle of the Ko Empire and a "Magi". Able to produce the Black Rukh which gives him an overwhelming advantage in combat even against other Magi.

; : He is a member of the Al Sarmen. He works as Balbadd's financial advisor, with the name 'Banker'.

; : He is the person who supplied weapons/arms to the 'Fog Troupe'.

Lehm Empire[link]

A powerful nation next to Balbadd.

; Lady Scheherazade : A Magi who is the High Priestess of the Lehm Empire.

; Mu Alexius : Captain of Lehm's "Fanalis Army Corps", a special unit composed solely of Fanalians.

; Titus Alexius : A magician sent by Scheherazade to infiltrate Magnoshutatt disguised as a student who befriends Aladdin and Sphintus. Upon meeting and adopting Marga, Titus becomes divided between his mission and his desire to protect her, as he knows that without the treatment given by the Magnoshutatt's magicians she will soon die.

Magnoshutatt[link]

Formely the Mustashim Kingdom, it is a small nation founded and ruled by Magicians that has rapidly grown in size and power since its establishment due to its advanced magic research. It implements a caste system with most of the non-magician inhabitants living in poor conditions at the slums with their Magoi being slowly drained to power up the magic tools manufactured by the magicians.

; Mogamett : The chanceller of Magnoshutatt's magic academy who started loathing non-magician humans (whom he labels as "Goi") due to all the suffering and prejudice caused upon magicians by the King and the nobility, which led to several tragedies including the death of his daughter. This led Mogamett to lead a plot to take over the country leading it to its current status quo. His hatred toward the normal humans led him to view them as no more than animals.

; Marga : A sick orphan whose condition went terminal due to the constant drain of Magoi from her body. She is adopted by Titus who grows attached to her.

Terminology[link]

; : Which means Genies. They are the rulers of dungeons and sleep deep inside their dungeon until a Dungeon Capturer reaches where they are. They are able to change the level of the dungeon's difficulty. The Djinn in Magi are named after the 72 demons in the Ars Goetia (With the exception of Ugo).

; : A whose role is to choose the king candidate and lead them. It is said that Magi are loved by Rukh, for being able to generate Magoi from the Rukh arround them, while other people can only use Rukh inside their body (Inner Rukh).

; : Someone who "completes" or "clears" a dungeon. Most of the time if they survive the dungeon, the person acquires wealth and magical items such as flying cloth or Djinn containers.

; : A Dungeon Capturer that is chosen and led by Magi to lead his/her nation despite the candidate's lineage or status.

; : The energy Rukh creates. It is the magical power that is used for magical weapons, spells and summoning djinn. Even though Magi can use an infinite amount of Magoi, there's a limit to the amount their bodies can hold. When a person runs low of Magoi they will get tired and hungry even getting to die if their inner Magoi is totally depleted.

; : When people die, their bodies return to the earth and their souls return to the Rukh (Home of souls). In the appearance of white birds, the guidance of Rukh is what called "Fate". Rukh can produces Magoi and cause natural phenomena. In every living person, there is an "Inner Rukh" that produces a certain amount of energy or Magoi. When this guidance is altered from its natural course, it assumes a black color. This "Black Rukh" can be manipulated by normal magicians and Magi alike and can be used to create monsters with it, among other special properties.

Media[link]

Manga[link]

''Magi'' is a manga written and illustrated by Shinobu Ohtaka. It began serialization in Shogakukan's ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' magazine on June 3, 2009. The first ''tankōbon'' volume was released on December 18, 2009, and 14 volumes have been published as of October, 2012.

Anime[link]

During the Shogakukan's Jisedai World Hobby Fair '12 Summer event, an anime television adaption was announced on the event's official website. The anime series was produced by A-1 Pictures began airing in Japan on October 7, 2012. It also debuted in North America on October 10 on Crunchyroll and Hulu. It has been licensed by Aniplex USA in North America, by Viz Media Europe in Europe and by Madman Entertainment in Australia. The opening theme song is "V.I.P." by SID and the ending theme song is "Yubi Bōenkyō" by Nogizaka46.

Episode List[link]

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See also[link]

List of demons in the Ars Goetia

List of ''One Thousand and One Nights'' characters

References[link]

External links[link]

Manga official website Anime official website ''Magi - The Labyrinth of Magic'' at Aniplex of America

Category:2009 manga Category:2012 anime television series Category:A-1 Pictures Category:Adventure anime and manga Category:Fantasy anime and manga Category:Shogakukan manga Category:Shōnen manga

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