is an anime television series produced by Arms and directed by Yasuomi Umetsu. It is set in a world where ordinary humans co-exist with magic users, and magic users are represented in law by a subset of defense attorney (Bengoshi) called "wizard barristers" (Benmashi). The series follows Cecil SudÃ
Â, who has recently become the youngest wizard barrister in history. The series aired from January 12 to March 30, 2014.
Plot
In 2018, humans and wizards live together in Tokyo. Police continue to protect order in society, but wizards known as Wud are tried according to magical law via Magic Prohibition Law, in special courts defended by wizard barristers via the Court for Magic. Half-Japanese, half-Canadian Cecil SudÃ
 has just become the youngest wizard barrister and begins work at the Butterfly Law Office. Although Cecil has not realized it yet, she has tremendous magical potential.
Characters
Butterfly Law Office
The main protagonist who is Japanese Canadian. At 15 years old, she passed the national bar and at age 17, became the youngest wizard barrister in history. She has blue eyes and shoulder-length purple hair, mostly in two braids with multi-colored spherical beads at the ends, which shatter and have to be replaced when she uses her magic. She wears a loud colored "battle dress" including a miniskirt and rides a scooter. Her motive for becoming a wizard barrister is to rescue her mother Megumi from the death penalty. She has several magic powers, unlike most Wuds who only have one, which include manipulation of metal, fire and sand. Her most notable power is forming a giant robot vehicle called the "Diaboloid" from metal near her.
Natsuna joined the law firm on the same day as Cecil and is initially jealous of Cecil's reputation as a wizard barrister. Eventually, after learning that Cecil intends to rescue Megumi from the death penalty, Natsuna becomes friends with Cecil. Her magic is taming dust and sand.
Mitsuhisa is a prosecutor of the Court of Magic, but resigns when he awakened as a wizard and joins the law firm. He creates fast streams of water from thin air. He works alongside Cecil in a murder case, in which a girl named Mayu Saotome killed a manager named Ken Oizumi, who killed his employee and Mayu's lover Masato Namase.
Moyo is a paralegal assistant with the body of Lucifer in human form who is attracted to Cecil. As archangel, she has many magic powers which she hides. Moyo may sense where Cecil is, secretly protecting her from dangerous situations.
Tsunomi is a kind witch whose magic is manipulating wind into large gusts and blasts.
Koromo is a witch who loves to make lewd puns accompanied by lewd actions like aggressively fondling her own breasts. Her magic is divination, or precognition, by the use of tarot cards.
The leader of the law firm, Ageha has no magical abilities, she is clever and quick thinking.
Seseri is Ageha's partner and brother in the law firm. He is stern, especially towards Cecil. His magic is creating human-sized robots.
Mitori is the receptionist and computer operator of the law firm. She does not have magical abilities, but her skills to quickly and accurately analyze and process any kind of information are supreme.
TobirÃ
 is a clever old man of the law firm. His magic is illusions, such as making one person look like another. He first worked with Cecil on a murder case, in which a bowling alley manager named Takuma Kiritani was knifed by his employee Hiroyuki Suzui.
Shark Knight Law Office
Kiba is a member of the Labone, a pro-human group of Wuds. He seeks to protect Cecil from the Macal, an anti-human organization of Wuds.
Kujira is a member Shark Knight Law Office whose magic power uses words to make people act against their will briefly.
Metropolitan Police Department
Shizumu is the assistant and partner of Quinn who is secretly and illegally a Wud, sub-leader of the Macal, as well as the son of Makusu. He cares for Cecil despite his involvement with the Macal.
Quinn is Shizumu's partner who uses a gun as a weapon.
Familiars
Nana Genie is Cecil's familiar who resembles an anthropomorphic frog. He has a perverted personality and tries to sexually assault Cecil and makes suggestive remarks. Nana Genie is also revealed to be a very skillful cook.
Bubuhyi is Mitsuhisa's familiar who resembles an anthropomorphic pig.
Kokki is Tsunomi's familiar who resembles an anthropomorphic chicken.
Other characters
Odagiri is the current president of the Court of Magic.
Megumi is Cecil's mother.
Makusu is the chief justice of the Supreme Court. He is secretly and illegally a Wud, the head of Macal, as well as the father of Shizumu. Makusu attempted to summon Lucifer using Cecil as a catalyst, but Shizumu prevents that from happening.
Katase is the prosecutor for Megumi and Makusu's cases as well as a conspirator with Makusu.
SÃ
Âta is Cecil's first client who is wrongly accused of belonging to the Wud robbery gang "No Face" and killing a fellow gang member.
Media
Light novel
A light novel titled , written by Michiko Itou and illustrated by Yasuomi Umetsu was published March 3, 2014 by Pony Canyon. The novel depicts the early life of Cecil Sudo, before becoming a barrister.
Anime
An anime adaptation produced by studio Arms â written and directed by Yasuomi Umetsu with scripts by Michiko ItÃ
 â aired in Japan between January 12, 2014 and March 30, 2014. It premiered on Tokyo MX on January 12, 2014 and was subsequently aired on Sun TV, KBS, TV Aichi, AT-X and BS11. The anime was simulcasted in English on Crunchyroll and licensed by Sentai Filmworks for North America. The opening theme song "Justitia" is performed by Lia and the ending theme song "Blue Topaz" by Rui Tanabe.
Episode list
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