The Irregular at Magic High School & Yuki Yuna is a Hero to Expire from Netflix (UPDATED!)
Some unfortunate news for the Netflix viewers.
While Netflix have a ton of anime original titles in the works, their non-original catalog can discontinue and re-appear from time to time. Unfortunately in this instance, there are two titles that will be delisted from the Netflix streaming service sometime this November, and one of them is actually the only way to watch the show here in the United Kingdom.
The Irregular at Magic High School
Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei
UPDATE (31st October 2017): The title has now extended its streaming run on the service! [Original Expired date: 15th November 2017]
The Spring 2014 series from Aniplex did not have an official UK stream until the show randomly appeared on Netflix from the US distributor Aniplex of America as a catalogue title. The show also never received an English dub but all 26 episodes were available in subtitled form.
Based on the light novel by Tsutomu Sato, The irregular at magic high school is set in a world where magic exists but instead of using chants and spells, magic users cast spells with their Casting Assistant Device (CAD). The CAD is infused with the user’s Psions (a substance-less thought particle) that activates the device and constructs the magic ritual.
Aniplex of America have released the series in three volumes on Blu-ray only in the United States and Hanabee have done the same in Australia.
Yuki Yuna is a Hero
Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru
Expire date: 13th November 2017
The Autumn 2014 series from Pony Canyon did receive a simulcast on Crunchyroll on behalf of Ponycan US, however it was later added to Netflix with an English dub. All 12 episodes of the show’s first season was available in subtitled and dubbed form on the service.
Yuna Yuki is an ordinary second-year middle school student. She gets up in the morning, gets ready for school, goes to classes, participates in club activities, and has fun with her friends. But there is one extraordinary thing about Yuki — she belongs to the “Brave Hero Club.” What does the Brave Hero Club do? Who is the mysterious being called “Vertex?” Yuki Yuna and her friends’ story takes place in Year 300, Era of the Gods.
Ponycan US have released the series in three collector’s edition volumes and a complete series Blu-ray only set exclusively at conventions in the United States. The show remains unlicensed outside the United States. The show’s second season is currently streaming on Amazon Prime as part of the Animeism programming block.
