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, Ryuuho 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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Apr 14, 2025

KayPlays

Recommended

Many people have a problem with instantly overpowered characters, and while not an immediate turn off for me I am in the same boat. But in this one bro legit starts and ends with nothing but glowy bubbles. He just gets better at utilizing them in strange ways. And everything he learns gets used. I absolutely hate when authors forget about certain elements: an ability thats only ever used once, a character who is never mentioned again, a place that is never revisited despite being a supposedly core area, sometimes entire arcs getting lost in the sauce. If you can't keep track of it, then ... you've got too many! Magic Maker is the first time I'VE been slapped in the face with an element that I forgot about. It actually made me really happy to go "oh right! that was a thing! they used that thing!". And every side character also got their appropriate screen time to shine and character developement.

As for qualms the animation during the training with dad was kinda funny, dad legit turned into a png and flew off screen. Aside from that one scene I didn't notice any poorly animated scenes tho, perhaps they got lazy during that particular section. One of my favorite things about isekai are the cool fight scenes. Magic and blades crossing in a brilliant kaleidoscope of colors! There wasn't that much in this anime, despite magic being its main premise. The final battle was cool and kinda made up for it but that plus the few skirmishes here and there still couldn't quite scratch the itch. But I'm assuming thats cuz season 1 is more about the beginings of developement of magic rather than the use of it, so from the story telling point of view I can't rlly complain too much abt it.

Did some research and while the LN is still ongoing, the manga finished where the anime did. And there was a twitter post from the author stating: "Thank you for watching the final episode! Shion and friends’ journey continues, but the anime will now come to an end." so I doubt there'll be a S2. Shame since I would've def liked to see MC's full magical capabilities put onto display.

So if you want some good world building and a more slice of life casual feel for an isekai, or simply hate overly convenient plots and op protagonists, I'd def recc this one.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Apr 13, 2025

Zeno_Artaxerxes

Mixed Feelings

A 30 y old man that always wanted to use magic, even believing the fact that if he doesn't lose his V card by 30 will make him a wizard, gets reincarnated into a world that... doesn't have magic. But wait! It has! But it's not discovered yet! So he gets to be the first to invent magic in that world!!

Before I go to the goods and bads, know that as of writing this review, the manga finished (got axed) with 3 volumes, and from what I understood it finished exactly where the anime ends. There's also a light novel, but it has 2 volumes ... released in 2020 and 1 in 2024... and that's it... none translated officially in english... so there are very, very low chances in my opinion of it getting a second season. It's a wonder it even got a season to me. So if you will end up liking the story, know that you might need to read the web novel to know what happens next...

Let's talk about the good points of this anime:
- an interesting premise where the MC needs to try and understand how magic works in that world and how to use it
- pretty interesting magic system (expected)
- the beginning of the anime and the end of the anime are okayish/good
- I liked the monsters, especially the goblins
- not an OP MC, but still a "special" one

Now onto the bad points:
- the MC acts like a child a lot of times, not like someone that would have 30+ years old ("+" because you add the age in that world as well)
- certain characters are quite annoying...
- it is slow, and it is slow because of what I would consider a plot hole. The MC spent all his real life wanting to use magic, so you would assume that he would learn about it and stuff, know a lot of things and a lot of mediums and occult stuff, but no, he doesn't know anything besides screaming "Fireball!" and throwing his hands... quite a ??? for someone that was portraited as obsessed over magic. Then the plot hole comes: even after finding that magic exists in this world, he has a hard time figuring it out... and because of that the anime has a pretty slow pace, especially at the beginning.... Now explain to me how someone that always wanted to use magic and supposedly learnt a lot about it cannot figure out a magic system faster than his current slow speed...
- there are time skips that to me do not make sense. In a few weeks he figures out quite a few things about magic, then comes a time skip of years where he barely advances with magic and is almost at the same level as he was before the time skip... Kinda dumb to me, but whatever
- sometimes you would get spoon fed information... you see a scene where some random convo says something regarding a certain idea... next scene that idea becomes really important! felt very natural and not at all very easy to guess the whole event where it was heading (sarcams)!
- they overdid it a bit on the flashbacks and emotional scenes, especially BECAUSE THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN AN ADULT!
- the combination between the comedy and serious moments in this anime is really bad... why are you introducing comedy relief characters right after a big sad moment, that should have been more about desperation and stuff? Also the jokes are like 90% missing to me... and some of them are just childish... sorry, but I don't find it funny when you make a really serious and important character switch between acting serious and acting like a toddler, especially not in the given context and how it was done....
- one thing that kinda put me off is the relation between the characters... a lot of moments felt fake af, like those "picture a perfect family moment" types, a lot of convos between characters are too much to the basic script to feel natural, and the relationship between the MC and his family, especially his sister, is uhh... not a very cool one, especially when you put it in the perspective that MC is 30+ y old... I think someone might be added on a list if he was thinking and saying the stuff he was, or at least be under supervision or something... also, some of the characters that became good "friends" to the MC... brother/sister, where and when did they become good friends? I barely saw them! Damn time skips and making me assume half the story!
- ended up where the story finally starting getting interesting, and because of the info I wrote at the beginning, a season 2 is gonna take quite a while to come, if it even comes...
- I expected more magic making... testing, different spells, finding out about the history of that world, more worldbuilding... but ig it was okayish what we got... would have been way better if we got more though...
- he showed that he has the ability to revolutionize the world with his knowledge, but doesn't do it... instead, he even gives for free some of those ideas...

Story: 6 -- Good premise, very bad execution

Art: 6 -- Quite a few static scenes, barely animated fights besides maybe the last one, and again with the 20 something army that protects a city with big walls and stuff!

Music: 7 -- nothing memorable, but not bad

Characters: 6 -- I did not like any of them, besides maybe the sister's friend, the one with blonde hair, but she didn't get much screen time so eh.... I was neutral to all of them

Enjoyment: 6 -- Not much enjoyment... sometimes felt like a drag to continue to the next episode... but some episodes did deliver a bit at times

Overall: 6
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It has its moments, but mostly bad/disappointing ones. I would recommend this to those that want something to watch to pass the time, another isekai that had potential but failed to meet and deliver it, and are okay with a story that you may never see a continuation to. It's not really a fully thrash isekai, that's the only reason I'm at mixed feelings about it, but it is close to being bottom tier isekai... it's right on the line between mid and bottom...

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Mar 31, 2025

Jet_Suzuyaki

Not Recommended

Maybe I'm being a bit harsh with this anime, but it suffers for the comparison with the ones I gave the average to, which were already a bit better.

It's terrible how bored I was and I literally didn't for a single moment feel the slightest involvement in anything in the series: the characters; the script; the animation; everything reeks of incipience, it's bland beyond belief, which means that it provokes absolutely nothing.

The only time I felt anything at all was when I got bored with the semi-incestuous relationship between the hero and Marie (because frankly, it's embarrassing and not crazy).

Honestly, the concept of a ... world where you have to invent magic was intriguing, but pfffff what a bore!

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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