Three girls are called upon to finally live out their magical girl dreams in the exciting new adaptation of the beloved Magic Knight Rayearth anime! Final Weapon has everything you need to know about Magic Knight Rayearth, including the weekly schedule, release dates and timing for new episodes, and much more about the new anime.
The story of Magic Knight Rayearth focuses on three girls: Hikaru Shidou, Umi Ryuuzaki, and Fuu Hououji. While on a school field trip to the Tokyo Tower, the girls’ minds are deep in thoughts of different worlds full of magic and wonder. Suddenly, Princess Emeraude, the Pillar of Cephiro, calls out for Magic Knights to save her world, and those girls just happen to be those same three on the trip.
Magic Knight Rayearth Release Dates, Exact Premiere Time and Schedule
New episodes of Magic Knight Rayearth will release on Wednesdays at 8:30 a.m. PT / 11:30 a.m. ET on Crunchyroll. Episodes will be released with English subs and an English dub. Magic Knight Rayearth is expected to feature at least 24 episodes across two cours.
Here are the release dates and schedule for Magic Knight Rayearth (subject to change):
- First Cour
- Episode 1 – October 7 – OUT NOW
- Episode 2 – October 14
- Episode 3 – October 21
- Episode 4 – October 28
- Episode 5 – November 4
- Episode 6 – November 11
- Episode 7 – November 18
- Episode 8 – November 25
- Episode 9 – December 2
- Episode 10 – December 9
- Episode 11 – December 16
- Episode 12 – December 23
- Second Cour
- Episode 13 – TBA
New episodes of Magic Knight Rayearth will premiere at the following times (subject to change):
- Pacific Daylight Time: 8:30 a.m. PDT
- Mountain Daylight Time: 9:30 a.m. MDT
- Central Daylight Time: 10:30 a.m. CDT
- Eastern Daylight Time: 11:30 a.m. EDT
- Greenwich Mean Time: 3:30 p.m. GMT
OP/ED, Cast and Staff
Toaka performs the opening theme song “Otome no Tsurugi (A Young Lady’s Sword)” and Yurina Kawaguchi performs the ending theme song “Hoshiakari (Starlight).”
The anime’s cast includes:
- Ayane Sakura as Hikaru Shidō
- Rumi Ōkubo as Umi Ryūzaki
- Rie Takahashi as Fū Hōōji
- Saori Hayami as Emeraude
- Yūki Ono as Zagato
- Mika Kikuchi as Mokona
- Yūki Kaji as Clef
- Emiri Katō as Presea
- Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Ferio
- Mamiko Noto as Alcione
- Ayumu Murase as Ascot
- Hitomi Ueda as Caldina
- Hiroki Yasumoto as Lafarga
The anime’s staff includes:
- Director: Yui Miura
- Producer: E&H production and UNLIMITED PRODUCE by TMS
- Series’ Scripts: Shigeru Murakoshi
- Character Designer: Satomi Watabe
- Composer: Yuki Kajiura, Takumi Ozawa, and Shiho Terada
Where Can I Watch Magic Knight Rayearth?
Crunchyroll is streaming Magic Knight Rayearth in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, CIS (excluding Belarus and Russia), Southeast Asia and Korea. In Japan, the anime is airing during the “IMAnimation W” programming block on TV Asahi and affiliate channels.
What is Magic Knight Rayearth About?
CLAMP initially wrote the Magic Knight Rayearth manga in 1993 in Kodansha’s Nakayoshi magazine. The series would continue until 1996, and six volumes were released. An anime adaptation would premiere in October 1994 and run until November 1995. A three-episode OVA was released in 1997.
Lastly, here’s an overview of the original anime series, via MyAnimeList:
Hikaru Shidou, Umi Ryuuzaki, and Fuu Hououji are strangers brought together by fate when they meet during a seemingly normal field trip to Tokyo Tower. Accompanied by a great flash of light, they hear a mysterious woman’s plea to save “Cephiro,” and the junior high heroines are suddenly swept away by a giant flying fish. Afterwards, they arrive in an unknown land, where they encounter a man called Master Mage Clef.
Clef informs the girls that they were summoned by Princess Emeraude to fulfill their destinies as Magic Knights, restoring peace and balance in Cephiro. The formerly lively and peaceful land has been in disarray ever since High Priest Zagato imprisoned the princess, who acted as Cephiro’s pillar of stability. The Magic Knights reluctantly accept Clef’s words as truth and embark on a journey to save Cephiro from the clutches of evil.
