Magical Aichi

Magical Aichi is an anime series produced by Studio Aura in association with AuraNightfall. The anime began broadcast in the United States on October 2nd, 2021. Crunchyroll, Funimation, and Flare+ would simulcast the series in North America. According to AuraNightfall, the anime was in the works since the year before. On April 1st, 2021, YTV 2 broadcast a slightly-edited version of the first episode of the series in Japanese with English subtitles as part of its annual April Fool's joke, with a later airing on AuraNightfall in the US during the night in place of a rerun of Instant Adventure: Just Add Water!. Crunchyroll and Funimation simulcast the sneak preview as it aired in Canada. The series was listed at 12 episodes.

AuraNightfall announced at the 2021 NFUpfront that they ordered a second season known as Magical Aichi Mixin!, which premiered on October 1st, 2022; Crunchyroll and Flare+ will simulcast Mixin! concurrent with the US broadcast. As with the first episode of season one, YTV 2 broadcast the first episode of season two in Japanese with English subtitles on April Fool's Day 2022, with Crunchyroll streaming the YTV 2 version of the episode as it aired.

On July 4th, 2022, Studio Aura confirmed that Magical Aichi would get a finale theatrical film, titled Magical Aichi: The Final Chapter, to be released in Japan in 2023. Crunchyroll and Flare+ would simulcast the film as it releases in Japan, with Crunchyroll handling theatrical distribution in North America. AuraNightfall and AnimeCore Extra would co-produce the film, with AuraNightfall airing it as a miniseries and AnimeCore Extra airing it as a part of its "AnimeCore Theater" block.

Characters

 * Kotake Yayoi / "Aichi": The leader of the Magic Squadron. Her codename is named after Aichi Prefecture.
 * Sakata Rio / "Todo": The second-in-command in the Magic Squadron. Her codename is named after the pen name Izumi Todo.

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Premise
After a rise in crime rates and monsters attacking Tokyo, Kotake Yayoi and a few of her friends form the Magic Squadron in order to save the city- and the world.

Episodes
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Overseas broadcasts
Although all episodes are available on Crunchyroll and Flare+ (with the first season also on Funimation) in North America, only the first episode of each season has been broadcast on linear television outside of the United States until 2023, as part of YTV 2's annual April Fool's Day pranks, in 2021 and 2022 respectively.

On September 2nd, 2022, YTV 2 announced it would air the entirety of the series starting in January 2023. Dubbed episodes would stream on Teletoon+ in Canada following each episode's YTV 2 broadcast.

In February 2023, the entire series was licensed by AnimeCore for Southeast Asian broadcast and distribution.

Trivia

 * The anime was first revealed via an unannounced airing on YTV 2 in Canada.
 * Episode 1 of Mixin! introduced a story-within-a-story series implied to be Kotake's favorite series. The story-within-a-story was adapted from the original concept for what became Mystery Detective Sina.