Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei
English title: The Irregular at Magic High School
Japanese title: 魔法科高校の劣等生
Type: TV
Source: Light novel
Episodes: 26
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 6, 2014 to Sep 28, 2014
Broadcast: Sundays at 00:30 (JST)
Duration: 23 min per ep
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
Studios: Madhouse
Producers: Aniplex, Square Enix, Movic, ASCII Media Works
Licensors: Aniplex of America
Genres: Action, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Themes: School, Urban Fantasy

In the dawn of the 21st century, magic, long thought to be folklore and fairy tales, has become a systematized technology and is taught as a technical skill. In First High School, the institution for magicians, students are segregated into two groups based on their entrance exam scores: "Blooms," those who receive high scores, are assigned to the First Course, while "Weeds" are reserve students assigned to the Second Course.

Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei follows the siblings, Tatsuya and Miyuki Shiba, who are enrolled in First High School. Upon taking the exam, the prodigious Miyuki is placed in the First Course, while Tatsuya is relegated to the Second Course. Though his practical test scores and status as a "Weed" show him to be magically inept, he possesses extraordinary technical knowledge, physical combat capabilities, and unique magic techniques—making Tatsuya the irregular at a magical high school.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

The anime closely follows the events of the first seven light novels (excluding the fifth novel: Summer Holiday Arc + 1). There are three video game adaptations of the series.