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List of A Certain Scientific Railgun episodes
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A Certain Scientific Railgun is an anime television series based on the manga series of the same name, which in itself is a spin-off to Kazuma Kamachi's light novel series A Certain Magical Index. The manga is serialized in Dengeki Daioh and is written by Kazuma Kamachi and illustrated by Motoi Fuyukawa . The series is set in Academy City before and during the events of A Certain Magical Index, in which the plot focuses on Mikoto Misaka, an electromaster who is the third strongest esper in Academy City, along with her friends: Kuroko Shirai, a teleporter and Mikoto's roommate; Kazari Uiharu, Kuroko's partner in Judgment, the city's public safety committee; and Ruiko Saten, Kazari's friend and classmate.

The anime series is produced by J.C.Staff and directed by Tatsuyuki Nagai, with series composition by Seishi Minakami, music by Maiko Iuchi, character design by Yuichi Tanaka and art and sound direction by Tomonori Kuroda and Jin Aketagawa respectively. The first season began airing on Tokyo MX from October 3, 2009 to March 20, 2010, and were later aired days later on Chiba Television Broadcasting, Mainichi Broadcasting System, Television Saitama and Television Kanagawa.[a] The first twelve episodes of the series closely follow the manga its based on, with a few changes and several anime-original episodes and characters, while the second half of the first season is an entirely original plot written by Kazuma Kamachi. The season released on eight home media volumes, containing three episodes each and a mini A Certain Magical Index novel written by Kazuma Kamachi and illustrated by Haimura Kiyotaka which features Kaori Kanzaki as the protagonist, were released since February 7, 2010. A five-minute bonus animation was included with the official visual book of the series, which released on July 24, 2010. An original video animation (OVA) was released shortly thereafter on October 29, 2010. Funimation licensed the series in North America and released the season on home media in April 2013.[1] A second season, titled A Certain Scientific Railgun S, aired from April 12 to September 27, 2013, and was simulcast by Funimation, who released the season on home media between July and August 2014.[2][3] Another visual book containing another bonus animation was released on March 27, 2014. A third season, titled A Certain Scientific Railgun T, aired from January 10 to September 25, 2020.[4][5] A fourth season was announced during the Dengeki Bunko Winter Festival 2025 livestream event held on February 16, 2025.[6]
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Episodes
Season 1 (2009–10)
Season 2: S (2013)
Season 3: T (2020)
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OVAs
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These shorts are released as bonus animation features on Japanese home media volumes for each season.
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Notes
- A 22-minute preview of A Certain Magical Index: The Movie – The Miracle of Endymion aired on August 9, 2013, in place of episode 43
- This episode was delayed from its original scheduled airing date of February 21, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Subsequent episodes would be delayed by another two weeks.[14]
- This episode was delayed from its original scheduled airing date of April 24, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic[15]
- This episode was delayed from its original scheduled airing date of May 8, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic[16]
- This episode was delayed from its original scheduled airing date of May 29, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic[17]
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