Magic Maker: Isekai Mahou no Tsukurikata

A 30-year-old man who dreams of becoming a wizard suddenly loses his life. Reincarnated in another world as a young child named Shion, he grows up alongside Marie, his dependable older sister who adores him. Shion eagerly anticipates using magical powers, but he discovers that the new world seemingly does not have any magic. He spends the ensuing years as a gloomy and dejected child until a mystical phenomenon at a nearby lake catches the siblings' attention and breathes life back into his magical dream.

While experimenting on the peculiar light emanating from the water, Shion finally confirms that magical energy really exists. It may not be convenient for anything just yet, but Shion devotes his time to studying the anomaly, determined to uncover all the existing wonders in his quest to make magic.

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Marie Main

Kakuma, Ai Japanese

Shion Main

Han, Megumi Japanese

Raffina Supporting

Serizawa, Yuu Japanese

Rose Supporting

Amamiya, Sora Japanese

Gawain Supporting

Miyamoto, Mitsuru Japanese

Bridget Supporting

Koga, Aoi Japanese

Huey Supporting

Nagaoka, Ryuho Japanese

Dave Supporting

Tada, Keita Japanese

Lond Supporting

Akagi, Susumu Japanese

Balfe Supporting

Horiuchi, Kenyuu Japanese

Koga, Kazuomi Director

Takakuwa, Hajime Sound Director

Campos, Clara Script

Humbreaders Theme Song Performance

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Mar 26, 2025

Ellenya

Recommended

It's surprisingly good! On first glance it looks childish, but it's not. The MC is grown man that dreamed of being able to use magic, and upon arriving in another world as a toddler he is shocked to find out that magic doesn't exist. Nonetheless, he is able to figure out that mana exists, and hence starts his research on inventing magic.
It's truly fun to watch him grow (as opposed to many isekai animes nowadays where the MC is OP from the beginning) as he figures out that his mana + laws of physics = magic.
The highlight of this anime is that it has a ... steady plot that properly merges all aspects of the story: the magic research, his family development, his friends, and even a tiny bit of romance.

Animation: 8/10. Way better than average, and every episode has action scenes and magic spells.
Characters: 10/10. Awesome character development for the main characters, and the supporting characters have proper screentime and importance in the plot.
Plot: 8/10. It has a steady pace and it makes it very clear that this first season is about the invention of magic, making us excited for a next season where he will have more action with the magic he invented.

Definitely a good watch, and makes us excited for season 2.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Mar 26, 2025

KANLen09

Mixed Feelings

Magic Maker — Seriously, why have the Isekai name in it if you know that the thematic don't necessarily call for such things like this?

If you ask me what's the temperament between Isekai and fantasy, they basically go hand-in-hand for reasons justifiable, such as unfortunate scenarios of death to then reincarnate in the fantasy world and so forth. But in the case of novelist Kazuki Kaburagi's Magic Maker: Isekai Mahou no Tsukurikata a.k.a How to Create Magic in Another World, this is one of a rare few times that Isekai and fantasy (I feel) should have a distinction that's not properly defined here.

You know how ... in every fantasy world, magic should be a mandatory thing for people to pick up on and make it their bread-and-butter in life? That's inherently not so in Magic Maker, where the element of magic doesn't even exist, let alone the people of the lands from both royalties up to commoners down. This sounds strange to the MC of Shion, thinking from the remnants of the living world that fantasy worlds SHOULD have magic and, even if it's not mentioned, should exist in some form. Undeterred, Shion sets out with his sister, Marie, and their good friend, Rose, to find out about this "magic," which charms them like discovering something new in the children's mindsets to enable seeing why their world works as such — that magic has always been surrounding them without knowing it. This then sets the course for Shion to discover magic and share with the world that it actually exists and is among them all.

First off, I just don't understand why this NEEDS to be an Isekai or if someone just had an idea to think of why their world operates the way it does and to pioneer some missing element that would help in any sort of way. For reference, the latter is how Shion would think of how their world can operate even without acknowledging that there's magic around them, and throughout the series, his experimentations bring to light that magic actually exists and is worth sharing around the "new technology" of their age for a breakthrough of its kind...which also unfortunately reveals the shattering truth that every discovery has its omens (of a typical Isekai). This is fine and all for a rather cookie-cutter fantasy story, but just don't call it an Isekai.

The characters here are surprisingly sound; I'm equally as intrigued about this. The kids of Shion, Marie, and Rose, as playful as children can be, have good adult figures to take care of them, mainly the former's parents, Gawain and Ema, as well as the warrior Grast. To an extent, Gawain is always at the forefront of Shion's new magical discoveries, either celebrating with him or taking care of things when the newfangled magic somehow goes out of hand for protection. Sure, Gawain and Grast can only train the children as much in swordsmanship, but magic is something that Shion, as the pioneer, can only muster at the time; he's responsible for how magic operates by his count. This is intentionally designed to be one of the series' strengths, and rightfully so; it proves to be a shadow without a doubt.

For Studio Deen and director Kazuomi Koga's standards, this is as low as it can go, mainly because Isekai/fantasy shows have now become the new garbage that has every staff team and studio edge for something that they can work on, even if they know that the source material cannot be improved upon in terms of content. So, for what Magic Maker brings to the oversaturated genre, this is palatable enough to give the series a look that, while not great, is most importantly, not looking bad either, just teetering on the edge of mediocre to decent.

The music is kind of forgettable, though it helps set the mood for the series to good effect, and I'll give my compliments on that. Same too with XIIX's OP and Humbreaders' ED songs; they're alright and suit the show for what it is. Noticeable? Yes, but they're not memorable.

To appreciate Magic Maker: Isekai Mahou no Tsukurikata a.k.a How to Make Magic in Another World is to identify the target audience it's serving: the kiddy scientist feelings that warrant us to discover much more, even if it's lacking in certain areas that can be identified as suitable sacrifices for a much more compelling experience. Indeed, Magic Maker serves all that and more as not an insulting show for those tired of the repetitive Isekai/fantasy tropes but a show that, while decent, has more potential that was missed along the way.

You can enjoy Magic Maker, provided that you don't expect too much from it, and you're good to go.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Mar 27, 2025

SuperAdventure

Not Recommended

What makes ANIME special? What sets it apart from animation from the west? What makes it so popular for so many decades?
There are so many ways to answer this question- and it might be the same answer as why it’s still popular. When you think back to some of the great anime from years past- like Akira- it’s a simple story about a guy becoming so powerful he became a monster- an interesting concept, but the way it’s animated is what makes it special.
Western animation didn’t do anything like this. Everything from the colors, to the camera angles, to the concepts, to the ... design of its worlds and characters. When Japan wants to- it can put out some of the best animation the world has ever seen- and do things that make Hollywood studios with their billions of dollars jealous. Anime can be an amazing medium. 


Then there’s this.

It’s hard for me to understand, how an industry that created all the incredible stuff it has over a century would even bother making something like this.
What makes Magic Maker special? What sets it apart from other animation from the west?
What sets it apart from other anime?
The answer is simply nothing.
Absolutely nothing aspirational, hopeful, useful, inspiring, exciting, thoughtful, creative or interesting has been put into- nor expressed by- this anime.
It is NOT about interesting concepts. It is NOT well animated. It is not creative. It’s a miserable pile of cardboard cutout characters and generic CGI backgrounds and glowing bubbles of mana mashed together into a painfully boring 23 minutes of flavorless pith.

Normally I would not rate a show so harshly when its characters look at least mildly well drawn or the backgrounds were decent- but I am not giving credit anymore for a major studio like this who are just importing a bunch of stock backgrounds; while half the episode consists of a non-animated chibi of the character talking against a blue or green background; and the other half takes place with a brick wall pattern behind the stock characters, or the stock house they imported from minecraft. They can do better, and with enough choices, so can I on my own PC.
The entire reason so much of this rubbish gets made is not just because it’s popular but because it’s EASY. It’s cheap. There is hardly any animation in any of these episodes, and even the fight against the goblin, and near the end the demon guy, were barely anything, and the goblin was another stock character import (and they didn’t even bother to integrate it!) It’s low effort mass produced chaff. There isn’t even a need to write a story, because the ‘story’ of most of the episodes is: boy tests making mana bubbles, boy tests making more mana bubbles, he fights a monster with them, sister and father look amazeface, the end.

No it is not the worst anime I have ever seen, its biggest sin is just being BORING.
Week after week, I had to force myself to watch this. It does not attempt anything interesting with its animation, camera angles, designs, story, or characters. It plays it safe in every department, it remains content to just be as bland as possible. I cannot see how anyone could be impressed by this, unless your expectations were so rock bottom that anything better than a total train wreck would have seemed brilliant. There was a time when anime had something to prove, and went to great lengths to create things you couldn't even imagine. And we have come full circle to something that does not even try.
It depresses me that the once great animation powerhouse that was Japan, who have produced so many incredible, inspiring, fascinating anime for so many decades, has fallen so low.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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