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Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic
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Average Rating: 7.5 / 10

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Violence: 4.5 / 10
Nudity: 4 / 10
Theo Theme: 4 / 10
Neg Theme: 2.5 / 10

Brief Description:
In a fantastic middle-age world where slavery is very common, there are tall towers named "Dungeon" which mysteriously appeared out of nowhere fourteen years before the story starts. Anyone who conquers a Dungeon becomes very powerful and wealthy. Our hero Ali Baba is a teenager who works for merchants to support himself. He dreams for conquering a lot of Dungeons and becoming very rich. One day, he comes across with a strange young boy named Aladdin who carries a mystical flute with supernatural powers in it. Ali Baba and Aladdin agree to travel their first Dungeon together.

Source: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=14395

Year Released: 7 Oct 2012 to 31 Mar 2013
Suggested Age: 13+
Complete at 25 episodes.
Related works: The original ongoing manga and a second season airing Fall 2013.
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07/04/2013: GeneD [ Already Rated ]

Violence / Gore: There's a decent amount of fighting, both normal and magic based, against both dungeon monsters and humans. There's a realistic amount of blood. A few of the more plot-related instances are showed in more detail e.g. a characters stabs himself or another character losing an arm. In both cases quite a lot of blood is shown. Cruelty to slaves features a lot.

Nudity / Sexual Content: Aladdin has an obsession with breasts, and will launch himself at anyone, female or male, with a significant pair. Given half a chance he'll grope them, but almost all the characters understandably object quickly. This happens about 4 or 5 times throughout the show. There are a couple of instances of nudity, but it's mostly non-sexual, for example, one character gets robbed of everything he owns so has to walk around with only a big leaf for cover. There are a few shots of bottoms. Aladdin's djinn, Ugo, wears only a loincloth and another female djinn is shown topless and in detail for several scenes in episode 5. Yamuraiha wears a seashell bikini/bra, which gets shattered at one point during a fight and she had to cover up with her arm. Sinbad is accused of sexually abusing a character while she was knocked out. Spoiler: He was set up and nothing happened between them.

Theological themes: The whole magic system of the world is connected to the Rukh, which is known as the home of souls and seems to be what makes up the world and also controls the world's natural processes. The Rukh appear as glowing bird-like entities. People who die transform into a number of Rukh and "return to the source"/fly off into the sky, occasionally their spirits can also be manifested in the Rukh. Magic is performed by giving orders to the Rukh who produce the physical action according to the order. All people have Magoi, Rukh energy, which can be exhausted when using magic. Going against the "guidance of the Rukh"/fate is known as "falling into depravity" and creates black Rukh. There is a power called the Wisdom of Solomon, which isn't seen in the anime much, but according to the manga it's Spoiler: the power of prophecy.

Negative Themes: Slavery plays a large role in the world and on a more personal lever for some characters. It’s realistically depicted as being awful.

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Added: June, 2013