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Occult Academy (2010)

Occult Academy poster
Original title
世紀末オカルト学院
Genre
school anime and manga, supernatural anime and manga
Country
Japan
Length
1 season, 13 episodes
Rated
MA 15+
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 51 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In 2010, a girl named Maya returns to her late father's school to become its new principal. She believes in science and rejects the occult, but the school is a hotbed for paranormal activity. A time traveler shows up from the future to stop a disaster tied to the occult.

playfulmysteriouscomedicfast-pacedsupernaturalschool-lifequirkylighthearted

What happens

Occult Academy (世紀末オカルト学院, Seikimatsu Okaruto Gakuin; "End of Century Occult Academy") is a Japanese anime television series produced by A-1 Pictures and Aniplex and directed by Tomohiko Itō. The 13-episode anime premiered in Japan on the TV Tokyo television network on July 6, 2010. Occult Academy is the third and final project of Anime no Chikara. It was shown by Crunchyroll an hour after the Japanese broadcast. A manga adaptation of the anime is currently serialized in Media Factory's Monthly Comic Alive. A series of DVD/Blu-ray releases are made over six volumes. Volumes one through five each contain two episodes from the series and comes with extras, such as bonus songs sung by various voice actors for the characters. The final volume covers the last three episodes. There are also four spinoff episodes, the first of which is included with the second volume. The series has been picked up in North America by NIS America, who released the series on Blu-ray on May 8, 2012. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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