The Familiar of Zero

Zero no Tsukaima (Japaneseゼロの使い魔) is a light novel series by Noboru Yamaguchi. It was implemented as anime and manga.

Action

The young mage Louise Francoise is the third daughter of the prestigious La Vallière family. She is a student of the Academy of Magic " Tristein ". Your classmates call her " Zero Louise " ( engl. zero means " zero"). This name is due to the fact that she has not yet managed to successfully run a spell. Their attempts have partially spectacular results. So a planned transformation of stone ending in brass in an explosion. In later seasons, however, it acquires the power to run with the element of emptiness own very strong spells.

In one test, the budding magician to conjure up a companion ( tsukaima ). Louise offers on all their magic and wants one, the " loyal, beautiful and powerful ", and gets a Japanese boy from the earth, which is anything but loyal. The rules of the test ban it, store them again and to give it a second try. So Louise now has with her ​​companion, Saito Hiraga, get along.

Because the runes on his arm Gandalfr are and he is thus a successor of the last Gandalfr, who lived 6000 years ago, Saito has to use in the wizarding world the power, every weapon that was made for the fight. Weapons are intended, for example, he can use as a decoration, but without his Gandalfr force.

Characters

Louise Françoise Le Blanc de La Vallière (ルイズフランソワーズ· ·ル· ·ド·ラ·ブランヴァリ エール, Ruizu Furansowāzu ru Buran do Variēru Ra )

Saito Hiraga (平 贺 才 人, Hiraga Saito )

Siesta (シエスタ, Shiesuta )

Church Augusta Frederica von Anhalt Zerbst (キュルケ・アウグスタ・フレデリカ・フォン・アンハルツ・ツェルプストー, Kyuruke Augusuta Furederika fon Anharutsu Tserupusutō )

Tabitha (タバサ, Tabasa ) or Charlotte Helene Orléans (シャルロット· ·エレーヌオルレアン, Sharurotto Erēnu Orurean )

Henrietta de Tristain (アンリエッタ·ド·トリ ステイン, Anrietta do Torisutein )

Guiche de Gramon (ギーシュ·ド·グラモン, Gishu do Guramon )

Montmorency Margarita la Fere de Montmorency (モンモランシーマルガリタ· ·ラ· ·ド·フェールモンモランシ, Monmoranshī Marugarita ra Feru do Monmoranshi )

Silpheed (シルフィード)

Publication

Noboru Yamaguchi published on 25 June 2004, the series of novels from the publisher Media Factory. The illustrations are here Eiji Usatsuka. Until February 25, 2011 20 volumes were published, the series on the basis of Yamaguchi's death remained unfinished.

In addition to the main series still appear two spin-offs. Zero no Tsukaima Gaiden: Tabitha no Boken (ゼロの使い魔 外伝 タバサ の 冒険) was published in three volumes of 25 October 2006 to 25 March 2009 A further two-volume series called Kaze no Kishihime (烈风(​​かぜ)の 騎士 姫). appeared on 23 October 2009 and 25 March 2010.

Adaptations

Anime

All four reactions as an anime television series created in the animation studio JCStaff.

Synchronization

Manga

Among the several novels manga series appeared.

From 27 June 2006 ( issue 8 /2006) to 27 August 2009 ( issue 10/2009 ) was published in Media Factory's manga magazine Comic Alive, a manga by Mochizuki Nana as a draftsman. The individual chapters were also summarized in seven anthologies ( tankōbon ).

In the same magazine published from October 27, 2007 ( issue 12/2007 ) to 27 May 2010 (Issue 7/2010 ) of the Manga Zero no Tsukaima Tabitha no Boken (ゼロの使い魔 外伝 タバサ の 冒険) drawn by Takuto Kon. The chapters are grouped into five anthologies.

From Yukari Higa comes another series called Zero no Tsukaima: Chevalier (ゼロの使い魔 シュヴァリエ, Zero no Tsukaima: Shuvarie ) from 27 January 2010 ( Issue 3 /2010) to 27 March 2013 ( issue 5/ 2013) in single chapter appeared and was then collected into four volumes.

With Zero no Tsukaima: Yōchien nano! (ゼロ の ちゅ かいまよー ちえんnano! ), There was also a parody of Masaya Takamura. The chapters published on 27 September 2009 ( issue 11 /2009) to 27 March 2012 ( issue 5/ 2012) and then three anthologies.

Seven Seas published since May 2013 Nana Mochizuki's manga in double volumes in English and licensed in June 2013 Zero no Tsukaima: Chevalier, to be published in mid- 2014.

Computer Games

Three adventure were published with strategy role -playing elements for the PlayStation 2 by Marvelous Interactive to novel series. These were Zero no Tsukaima: Koakuma to Harukaze Concerto (ゼロの使い魔 小 悪魔 と 春風 の 協奏曲(コンチェルト) ) on 15 February 2007, Zero no Tsukaima: Muma ga Tsumugu Yokaze no Fantasy (ゼロの使い魔 夢魔 が 紡ぐ 夜 風 の 幻想曲(ファンタジー) ) on 29 November 2007 and Zero no Tsukaima: Maigo no Period to Ikusen no Symphony (ゼロの使い魔 迷子 の 終止符(ピリオド)と 幾 千 の 交響曲(シンフォニー) ) on 27 November 2008.