Grimoire of Zero


Grimoire of Zero is a Japanese light novel series written by Kakeru Kobashiri and illustrated by Yoshinori Shizuma. The light novel won the Grand Prize at the 20th annual Dengeki Novel Awards. ASCII Media Works has published eleven volumes since February 2014. The series has received a manga adaptation illustrated by Takashi Iwasaki. A spinoff manga series, Zero kara Hajimeru Mahō no Sho Nano! has also been published and illustrated by Yasuoka. An anime television series adaptation by White Fox aired between April 10, 2017 and June 26, 2017.

Plot

It is the year 526 of the Liturgical calendar. Witches and their sorcery are notorious throughout the land, though knowledge of the existence of magic remains elusive. A half-man, half-beast mercenary, his kind scorned by the populace, dreams day and night of becoming a human. However, his fateful encounter one day with a witch by the name of Zero turns his dreams into reality. She offers to turn him human if he will escort her as her guard on her search for a magical tome, one that possessed powerful knowledge which could wreak havoc in the wrong hands. The two begin their travels with this agreement binding them together, with the mercenary serving as Zero's protector, though he despises her kind.

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Light novels

The light novels are written by Kakeru Kobashiri and illustrated by Yoshinori Shizuma. The series won the grand prize at the 20th Dengeki Novel Awards in 2013. ASCII Media Works began publishing the series under its Dengeki Bunko imprint in February 2014, and eleven volumes have been published to date.

Manga

A manga adaptation by Takeshi Iwasaki has been serialized in ASCII Media Works' seinen manga magazine Dengeki Maoh since 2014.
Yasutake launched a spinoff manga, titled Zero Kara Hajimeru Mahō no Sho nano!, in Dengeki Maoh on October 27, 2015.

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced at the Dengeki Fall Festival on October 2, 2016. The series is directed by Tetsuo Hirakawa and animated by the studio White Fox. Ryosuke Kimiya and Daisuke Mataga provided character designs for the anime. The series aired from April 10, 2017 to June 26, 2017. It ran for 12 episodes. The opening theme titled "Hakken-sha wa Watashi" is performed by Tapimiru and the ending theme titled "Hajimari no Shirushi" is performed by Chima. Sentai Filmworks have licensed the anime and it was streamed on Amazon Anime Strike. MVM Films will release the series in the United Kingdom.
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