- 6.9/10106 votes6.9/10(106)
#1 - Academy City
Season 1 Episode 1
Aired 10/5/2008
Kamijo meets Index, who is on the run from a magic society that wants the library of forbidden knowledge stored in her memory. Later, Kamijo is shocked to find Index at his house – bleeding and accompanied by a strange man.
Director: N/A
Writer: Masanao Akahoshi
- 6.9/1089 votes6.9/10(89)
#2 - Innocentius (The Witch Hunter King)
Season 1 Episode 2
Aired 10/12/2008
Kamijo tangles with Stiyl, upset with the magician’s rough behavior toward Index. When quick thinking allows Kamijo and Index to escape, they head to the one person that might be able to help them.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1084 votes6.8/10(84)
#3 - (Necessarius) The Church of Necessary Evil
Season 1 Episode 3
Aired 10/19/2008
While Komoe helps Index in healing her wounds using magic, Toma meets Stiyl's partner, Kaori Kanzaki and learns from her why they are hunting Index and the organization, Necessarius, The Church of Necessary Evil.
Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1080 votes6.8/10(80)
#4 - Perfect Memory Ability
Season 1 Episode 4
Aired 10/26/2008
Touma learns the truth about Index's perfect memorization and her loss of memories.
Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1077 votes6.9/10(77)
#5 - Limit (12 o'clock)
Season 1 Episode 5
Aired 11/2/2008
Touma tries desperately to save Index's memories before it is too late.
Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1078 votes6.9/10(78)
#6 - Imagine Breaker
Season 1 Episode 6
Aired 11/9/2008
Following the events of last episode and the activation of Index's defense mechanism Touma struggles to hide his amnesia from Index.
Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/1077 votes6.7/10(77)
#7 - The Science Cult (Misawa Cram School)
Season 1 Episode 7
Aired 11/16/2008
Stiyl and Touma join forces to investigate the mysterious Misawa Cram School.
Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1076 votes6.9/10(76)
#8 - Ars Magna (Golden Transmutation)
Season 1 Episode 8
Aired 11/23/2008
Touma encounters Ars Magna the leader of Misawa Cram School and a man with his own connection to Index.
Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1077 votes6.9/10(77)
#9 - Deep Blood (Vampire Killer)
Season 1 Episode 9
Aired 11/30/2008
Touma confronts Ars Magna in a dangerous battle to rescue both Index and Deep Blood.
Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1080 votes6.9/10(80)
#10 - Mikoto Misaka (Sissy)
Season 1 Episode 10
Aired 12/7/2008
Touma spends some time with Misaka Mikoto and makes a strange discovery.
Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1075 votes6.9/10(75)
#11 - Sisters (Sisters)
Season 1 Episode 11
Aired 12/14/2008
Touma goes in search of Misaka to investigate the clone experiment.
Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1070 votes7.0/10(70)
#12 - Level 6 (Absolute Ability)
Season 1 Episode 12
Aired 12/21/2008
Touma discovers the reason behind the experiment and appears to grow closer to Misaka.
Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1074 votes6.8/10(74)
#13 - Accelerator (One Way)
Season 1 Episode 13
Aired 12/28/2008
Misaka and Touma hatch a plan to defeat Accelerator and end the experiment.
Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1074 votes6.9/10(74)
#14 - Weakest vs. Strongest (Strongest vs. Weakest)
Season 1 Episode 14
Aired 1/8/2009
Touma faces off against Accelerator for the sake of Misaka and her 'sisters'.
Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori
Writer: N/A
- 6.5/1072 votes6.5/10(72)
#15 - Angel Fall (Angel Fall)
Season 1 Episode 15
Aired 1/15/2009
Touma and Index head to the beach to avoid the fallout from Touma's fight with Accelerator. They also plan to meet Touma's Family but when they arrive they aren't quite what Touma was expecting.
Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/1070 votes6.7/10(70)
#16 - Toya Kamijo (Father)
Season 1 Episode 16
Aired 1/22/2009
The Angel Fall spell remains in effect with only Toma, Kanzaki, Misha and Tsuchimikado relatively unaffected. However, the person responsible for casting the spell remains a mystery. Misha quickly becomes the prime suspect after a strange conversation with Toma. But when Toma follows up on his hunch he discovers that the real culprit is not Misha but his own father. As such he hurries to reach his father before Misha and the other mages can confront him.
Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori
Writer: N/A
- 5.8/1073 votes5.8/10(73)
#17 - The Power of God (Archangel)
Season 1 Episode 17
Aired 1/29/2009
After figuring out the truth of Misha’s real identity, Kanzaki sends Kamijo and Toya to destroy the ritual spot. When Tsuchimikado suggests that Toya must die for the spell to end, a violent – and seemingly fatal – encounter ensues.
Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1067 votes7.0/10(67)
#18 - Replica (Impostor)
Season 1 Episode 18
Aired 2/5/2009
In order to shake off the unwanted attention she’s getting from Unabara, Misaka asks Kamijo to pretend to be her boyfriend. Things get complicated when the faux-couple discovers that Unabara is hiding a magical secret.
Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1071 votes6.8/10(71)
#19 - Last Order (The End)
Season 1 Episode 19
Aired 2/12/2009
Accelerator meets the last of Misaka’s clones – Last Order – who explains the special role she played in the Sister experiment. Later, Accelerator learns what steps he’ll have to take to keep Last Order safe.
Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1072 votes6.9/10(72)
#20 - Virus Code (Final Signal)
Season 1 Episode 20
Aired 2/19/2009
After Accelerator frees Last Order of the virus infecting her brain, he’s attacked by gun-wielding Amai. Just as all appears lost for Accelerator, Yoshikawa arrives to help – but Amai isn’t going down without a fight.
Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1066 votes6.9/10(66)
#21 - Counter Stop (Identity Unknown)
Season 1 Episode 21
Aired 2/26/2009
School’s back in session and that means new transfer students – one of which is Index! In class, Komoe offers more insight into the realities of life as an esper – and a powerful new magical presence is detected in Academy City.
Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1068 votes7.0/10(68)
#22 - Golem (Stone Figure)
Season 1 Episode 22
Aired 3/5/2009
Panic ensues in Academy City upon the arrival of the sorcerer Sherry Cromwell, who makes no secret of her plans to destroy Kazakiri! Kamijo steps up to ruin Sherry’s plot – but the situation is more complex than he knows.
Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1067 votes7.0/10(67)
#23 - Friends (Hyoka Kazakiri)
Season 1 Episode 23
Aired 3/12/2009
Kamijo chases Sherry away only to discover the sorcerer now has designs on Index! Meanwhile, with her secret revealed, Kazakiri takes advantage of her new situation and sets out to fight Ellis.
Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1072 votes6.8/10(72)
#24 - Imaginary Number School District - Five-Element Agency
Season 1 Episode 24
Aired 3/19/2009
Kamijo, Index and Kazakiri join forces to take on Ellis. When the battle ends, and with the support of Index, Kazakiri returns to the place of her origin. Later, Tsuchimikado ponders Aleister’s role in recent events.
Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of A Certain Magical Index Season 1
Every episode of A Certain Magical Index Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of A Certain Magical Index Season 1!
Kamijo is a student in Academy City, where people use science to develop supernatural abilities. The guy’s got a lot of heart – luckily for...
Genres:AnimationSci-Fi & FantasyComedyMystery
Episodes
24
Avg. Rating
6.8
S1
S2
S3
S4
E1
E2
E3
6.9
6.9
6.8
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Academy City" is the best rated episode of "A Certain Magical Index" season 1. It scored 6.9/10 based on 106 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Masanao Akahoshi, it aired on 10/5/2008. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Innocentius (The Witch Hunter King)".