The Magical Girl and the Evil Lieutenant Used to Be Archenemies
かつて魔法少女と悪は敵対していた。
Katsute Mahou Shoujo to Aku wa Tekitai Shite Ita.
Binge-ready
Finished airing — 12 episodes, ready to binge.
- Format
- TV SHORT
- Season
- Summer 2024
- Studio
- bones
- Based on
- Manga
- Episode length
- 12 min
- Started
- 9 Jul 2024
- Ended
- 24 Sep 2024
- Score
- 74/100
Comedy Fantasy Mahou Shoujo Romance Heterosexual Urban Fantasy Episodic Tsundere Magic Henshin Parody Age Gap
An evil organization invades and destroys everything in its path. The brains of the brutal operation is the king’s right-hand man, an evil lieutenant named Mira. Everything changes when a magical girl named Byakuya Mimori tries to stop the evil group in their tracks. When Mira confronts her, he knows it’s love at first sight. What will become of Mira and Byakuya, stuck between orders and love? (Source: Crunchyroll)
Where to watch
Opening and ending songs
- Opening Mikansei Rendezvous Lezel (episodes 1-4, 6-12) Watch ↗
- Ending Itsumo Futari ga Ii ne Mai Nakahara, Yuuki Ono (episodes 1-12) Watch ↗
Song data from AnimeThemes.
Source material
The Magical Girl and The Evil Lieutenant Used to Be Archenemies ↗ · かつて魔法少女と悪は敵対していた。
Manga · Cancelled · 3 volumes · 22 chapters · 2013–2015
Source: AniList and MangaDex (publication details only).
Credits, releases and news
Staff
- Director
- Akiyo Ohashi
- Original creator
- Cocoa Fujiwara
- Series Composition
- Yuniko Ayana
- Script
- Yuniko Ayana
- Character Design
- Haruko Iizuka
- Music
- MAYUKO
- Art Director
- Yumiko Kuga, Takumi Onitani
- Sound Director
- Eriko Kimura
- Chief Animation Director
- Nobuhiro Arai
Japanese voice cast
- Byakuya Mimori: Mai Nakahara
- Bellatrix: Ayako Kawasumi
- The Bird Familiar: Hikaru Midorikawa
- The Cat Familiar: Shinichirō Miki
- Sadalsudh: Takumi Yamazaki
- Fomalhaut: Kenichi Suzumura
- Alcyone: Hiro Shimono
- Betelgeuse: Takaya Hashi
Latest news
- 18 Apr 2025 The Magical Girl and The Evil Lieutenant Used to Be Archenemies Anime Gets Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada Dubs
- 15 Apr 2025 Anime Times Adds Yaiba, My Hero Academia: Vigilantes, More Anime in India
- 13 Jul 2024 The Magical Girl and The Evil Lieutenant Used to Be Archenemies Anime Streams in India
- 3 Jul 2024 Crunchyroll to Stream Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest, The Elusive Samurai, True Beauty, More Anime for Summer Season
- 21 Jun 2024 The Magical Girl and The Evil Lieutenant Used to Be Archenemies Anime's Main Promo Video Reveals Theme Songs
Episode titles (12)
- 1. Won`t Kill for Love
- 2. The (Taking Down of the) Magical Girl Belongs to (No One but) Me
- 3. Now Back to the Drawing Board
- 4. A Habit of Chasing What Moves
- 5. We`re Enemies
- 6. What Magical Girls Are
- 7. They`re Friends...?
- 8. Before Christmas
- 9. On Christmas Night
- 10. A Day with Mr. Familiar
- 11. 53-Year Old Building
- 12. SideB/SideM
Anime News Network readers rate it 7.22/10 (87 votes).
Source: Anime News Network. Full details at Anime News Network.
Main characters
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Mira
ミラ
Voiced by Yuuki Ono
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Byakuya Mimori
深森白夜
Voiced by Mai Nakahara
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Mitsukai (CAT)
御使い（猫）
Voiced by Shinichirou Miki
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Hibana Kagari
篝火花
Voiced by Mariya Ise
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Fomalhaut
フォーマルハウト
Voiced by Kenichi Suzumura
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Bellatrix
ベラトリックス
Voiced by Ayako Kawasumi
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Airing data from AniList. Last updated 25 Oct 2026.