A Certain Scientific Railgun

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Basic Information
Original Name	とある科学の超電磁砲（レールガン）
Translation Name	A Certain Scientific Railgun Toaru Kagaku no Railgun
Original Work Format	Comic
Adapted Format	Anime, net radio, game
Region	Japan

A Certain Scientific Railgun(とある科学の超電磁砲（レールガン）, a.l.a. Toaru Kagaku no Railgun) is a comic series that tell a side story to the light novel A Certain Magical Index written by Kamachi Kazuma and illustrated by Motoi Fuyukawa. It's also made into TV animes.

The Comic

Basic Info

The comic is drawn by Motoi Fuyukawa. It has been serialized in Gekkan Comic Dengeki Daioh since May 2007.

Background

The story takes place in the Academy City. The Academy City is a highly developed place in terms of technology. It is said to be 20 to 30 years ahead of the rest of the world. Eighty percent of its 2.3 million residents are students. The focus of studies here is directed towards esper powers.

Story

It mainly tells the story of Mikoto Misaka and things that happen around her. Misaka Mikoto, one of the top level espers in the Academy City(Level 5), shares a room with Kuroko Shirai, a Level 4 esper who is a member of the Judgment. Both attend to Tokiwadai, a private school reserved for the high-leveled and the rich. Kuroko's partner at Branch 177, the Judgment, Kazari Uiharu, is a Level 1 Level 6 Temperature Keeping Death God who studies at Sakugawa middle school. Her best friend and classmate there is Ruiko Saten, a Level 0Level 6 Uppering Gas. Together the four encounter several adventures in the exciting scientific town.

The Anime

1st Season

A Certain Scientific Railgun was made into TV animes in October,2009 by J.C.STAFF, it has 24 episodes and an ova.

STAFF

• Original Work: Kamachi Kazuma, Motoi Fuyakawa
• Characters Designner: Kiyokata Haimura
• Director: Tatsuyuki Nagai
• Anime Characters Designner: Yūichi Tanaka
• Series Making: Seishi Minakami
• Items Designner: Nozomi Abe
• Arts Derector: Tomonori Kuroda
• Color Designner: Tomomi Andō
• Director of Photography: Shingo Fukuyo
• Edit: Shigeru Nishiyama(REAL-T)
• Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa
• Music: I've Sound/Maiko Iuchi
• Anime Making: J.C.STAFF
• Made by: PROJECT-RAILGUN

CAST

• Mikoto Misaka: Rina Satō
• Kuroko Shirai: Satomi Arai
• Kazari Uiharu: Aki Toyosaki
• Ruiko Saten: Kanae Itō
• Tōma Kamijō: Atsushi Abe

Episode List

No.	Japanese Title	English Title	Script	Storyboard	Enshutsu	Animation Director	Genaral Animation Director	Based on the Original Work
1	電撃使い（エレクトロマスター）	Electromaster	Seishi Minakami	Tatsuyuki Nagai		Keiichi Sano Yuu Yamashita Tomohiro Kamitani Nozomu Abe	Yuichi Tanaka	Vol 1 (ep 1)
2	炎天下の作業には 水分補給が必須ですのよ	When Working Under a Hot Sun, Rehydration is Essential	Hiroshi Ohnogi Seishi Minakami	Tamaki Nakatsu		Haruka Tanaka Asuka Shimizu Kazunori Iwakura	Tomoyuki Shitaya	Vol 3 (ep 17)
3	ねらわれた常盤台	Tokiwadai is Targeted	Kurasumi Sunayama	Sōma Ōgami	Takashi Kawabata	Shigeru Chiba Junichi Fukunaga	Keiichi Sano	Anime original
4	都市伝説	Urban Legends	Miya Asakawa	Hideki Tachibana		Shigeki Kimoto		Vol 1 (ep 3)
5	とある二人の新人研修	A Certain Pair of New Trainees	Nobuhiko Tenkawa	Tomohiro Kamitani		Naoto Nakamura Shinsuke Yanagi	Yuichi Tanaka	Vol 3 (Bangaihen)
6	こういうことにみんな 積極的なんですよ	Everyone is Proactive When It Comes to This	Mariko Kunisawa	Yuuichi Nihei	Toshio Ishikawa	Hiroshi Tomioka Chieko Miyakawa	Yuu Yamashita Haruko Iizuka Shigeki Kimoto	Vol 1 (eps 2, 4)
7	能力とちから	Abilities and Powers	Michiko Itou	Kenichi Yatagai		Haruka Tanaka Eiji Tominaga Eri Sano Naoto Yoshida	Tomoyuki Shitaya Naoto Nakamura	Vol 1 (eps 4~5)
8	幻想御手（レベ儿アッパー）	Level Upper	Nobuhiko Tenkawa	Sakomi Yajima	Makoto Sokuza	Kanetoshi Kamimoto Akio Hirakawa	Shinsuke Yanagi	Vol 1 (eps 6~7)
9	マジョリティ・リポート	Majority Report	Hiroshi Ohnogi	Shigeyasu Yamauchi		Kazunori Iwakura Shigeki Kimoto	Kazunori Iwakura Shigeki Kimoto Yuichi Tanaka	Vol 2 (eps 8~10)
10	サイレント・マジョリティ	Silent Majority		Masato Suma	Daisuke Takashima	Yoshimitsu Yamashita	Yuichi Tanaka	Vol 2 (eps 11~12)
11	木山せんせい	Dr. Kiyama	Kurasumi Sunayama	Yuuichi Nihei	Kei Mabiki	Naoto Nakamura	Shinsuke Yanagi	Vol 2 (eps 12~13) Vol 3 (ep 14)
12	AIMバースト	AIM Burst	Seishi Minakami	Michio Fukuda	Hideki Tachibana	Masahiro Fujii		Vol 3 (eps 15~16)
13	ビキニは目線が上下に 分かれますけどワンピースは 身体のラインが出ますから 細い方しか似合わないですよ	A Bikini Divides the Eyeline Between Top and Bottom, but a One-Piece Shows Off the Figure so They Only Flatter the Slender	Michiko Itou	Tamaki Nakatsu	Tomohiro Kamitani	Eri Sano Chieko Miyakawa	Shigeki Kimoto	Anime original
14	特別講習	Special Workshop	Miya Asakawa	Sakomi Yajima	Takashi Kawabata	Shigeru Chiba Junichi Fukunaga Hitoshi Miyajima	Shinsuke Yanagi
15	武裝無能力集團（スキルアウト）	Skill Out	Hiroshi Ohnogi	Yuuichi Nihei	Makoto Sokuza	Kanetoshi Kamimoto Akio Hirakawa	Naoto Nakamura
16	学園都市	Academy City			Daisuke Takashima	Eiji Tominaga Eri Ogawa Shin'ya Segawa Seiya Numata	Shigeki Kimoto
17	夏休みのつづり	Tsuzuri's Summer Vacation	Kurasumi Sunayama	Masato Suma	Kei Mabiki	石川慎亮 Eri Sano Eri Ogawa Shirō Shida	Yuichi Tanaka Shigeki Kimoto Naoto Nakamura Ikuko Matsushita
18	あすなろ園	Asunaro Park	Mariko Kunisawa	Yoshitaka Koyama		Daisuke Endo	Shinsuke Yanagi
19	盛夏祭	Midsummer Festival	Nobuhiko Tenkawa	Hideki Tachibana		Masahiro Fujii
20	乱雑解放（ポルターガイスト）	Poltergeist	Miya Asakawa	Yuuichi Nihei	Masato Jinbo	Shigeki Kimoto 石川慎亮	Yuichi Tanaka Shigeki Kimoto
21	声	Voices	Seishi Minakami	Tomohiro Kamitani		Eiji Tominaga Eri Sano	Shigeki Kimoto
22	レベル6（神ならぬ身にて 天上の意志に辿り着くもの）	LEVEL6（The One Who Obtains the Power of God Whilst Still Possessing a Mortal Body）	Kurasumi Sunayama	Masato Suma Yuuichi Nihei	Kenichi Kasai	Eri Ogawa Shirō Shida	Keiichi Sano
23	いま、あなたの目には 何が見えていますか？	What Is It You See In Your Eyes Right Now?	Miya Asakawa	Naoto Hosoda	Daisuke Takashima	Eri Sano Eiji Tominaga	Shigeki Kimoto
24	Dear My Friends		Seishi Minakami	Tatsuyuki Nagai		Masahiro Fujii Kenichi Takase 石川慎亮 Eri Sano Yuu Yamashita	Yuichi Tanaka Keiichi Sano

Music

OP

• only my railgun（Episode 2-14）

  Lyrics: Satoshi Yaginuma & Yuki-ka, Compose & Arranger: Satoshi Yaginuma, Sing: fripSide

• LEVEL5 -Judgelight-（Episode 15 - Episode 23）

  Lyrics: fripSide,Compose & Arranger: Satoshi Yaginuma,Sing: fripSide

ED

• only my railgun（Episode 1, TV Version Limited）

  Lyrics: Satoshi Yaginuma & Yuki-ka, Compose & Arranger: Satoshi Yaginuma, Sing: fripSide

• Dear My Friend -まだ見ぬ未来へ-（Episode2 - Episode11、Episode13 - Episode14、Episode24）

  Lyrics: Aya Harukazu, Compose: Takuya Watanabe, Arranger: Kaoru Ōkubo,Sing: ELISA

• SMILE -You & Me-（Episode 12）

  Lyrics: Aya Harukazu,Compose: Takuya Watanabe,Arranger: Takeshi Masuda,Sing: ELISA

• Real Force（Episode 15 – Episode 23）

  Lyrics: Sumiyo Mutsumi, Compose, Arranger: Daisuke Kikuta（Elements Garden）,Sing: ELISA

IN

• only my railgun（Episode 12, Episode 24）

  • Lyrics: Satoshi Yaginuma & Yuki-ka, Compose & Arranger: Satoshi Yaginuma, Sing: fripSide

• LEVEL5 -Judgelight-（Episode 24）

  Lyrics: fripSide, Compose & Arranger: Satoshi Yaginuma, Sing: fripSide

2nd Season

The 2nd season A Certain Scientific Railgun S was aired from April,2013.

Music

OP

• sister's noise (Episode2~Episode16)

  Lyrics,Compose,Arranger:Satoshi Yaginuma,Sing:fripSide

• eternal reality(Episode 17~Episode 23)

  Lyrics:Satoshi Yaginuma,Compose:Tetsuya Komuro,Satoshi Yaginuma,Arranger:Satoshi Yaginuma,Sing:fripSide

ED

• sister's noise (Episode1,TV version limited)

  Lyrics,Compose,Arranger:Satoshi Yaginuma,Sing:fripSide

• Grow Slowly(Episode2~Episode4,Episode6~Episode10,Episode12~Episode13,Episode15~Episode16)

  Lyrics,Compose:Sho Watanabe,Arranger:Teppei Shimizu,Sing:Yuka Iguchi

• Stand Still(Episode11,Episode14)

  Lyrics,Compose:Sho Watanabe,Arranger:Miki Moritani,Sing:Yuka Iguchi

• リンクス(Episode17~Episode20,Episode24)

  Lyrics,Compose,Arranger:Naoki "naotyu-"Chiba,Sing:Sachika Misawa

• インフィニア(Episode23)

  Lyrics:Ceui,Compose:Kōtarō Odaka,Ceui,Arranger:Kōtarō Odaka,Sing:Sachika Misawa

IN

• sister's noise(Episode24)

  Lyrics,Compose,Arranger:Satoshi Yaginuma,Sing:fripSide

• eternal reality(Episode24)

  Lyrics:Satoshi Yaginuma,Compose:Tetsuya Komuro,Satoshi Yaginuma,Arranger:Satoshi Yaginuma,Sing:fripSide

• future gazer(Episode24)

  Lyrics,Compose,Arranger:Satoshi Yaginuma,Sing:fripSide

• LEVEL5 -Judgelight-(Episode24)

  Lyrics:fripSide,Compose,Arranger:Satoshi Yaginuma,Sing:fripSide

(Waiting to be finished)

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