Knight's & Magic (Japanese: ナイツ&マジック, Hepburn: Naitsu ando Majikku) is a Japanese light novel series written by Hisago Amazake-no and illustrated by Kurogin. The series tells the story of a young Japanese man who dies in a car accident and reincarnates as a child in an alternate world where magic and giant robots are real, dedicating himself since then to fulfill his longtime dream of building and piloting his own mecha. It originated as a web novel before being picked up for print publication by Shufunotomo.
A manga adaptation by Takuji Katō is published by Square Enix, and an anime television series adaptation by Eight Bit aired from July to September 2017.
Contents
Premise
The story begins when Tsubasa Kurata, a software engineer and hardcore mecha otaku from Japan dies in a car accident. He is later reborn in the fantastical Fremmevilla Kingdom, a medieval world where giant, powerful mechs called Silhouette Knights are used to fight against horrifying creatures called Demon Beasts.
Here, Kurata is reborn as Ernesti "Eru" Echavalier, the son of a noble family. Blessed with exceptional magical abilities and the memories of his past life, he enrolls at the Royal Laihiala Academy, an elite magic school where the pilots of the Silhouette Knights called Knight Runners are being trained to battle threats both from within and outside the kingdom. He later teams up with Adeltrud "Addy" Olter and her twin brother, Archid "Kid" Olter with the goal of piloting a Silhouette Knight of his own creation, something that has been unheard of for centuries.
Characters
Ernesti Echavalier (エルネスティ・エチェバルリア, Erunesuti Echebaruria) / Tsubasa Kurata (倉田翼, Kurata Tsubasa)
Eru: Voiced by: Rie Takahashi (Japanese); Justin Briner (teen), Alexis Tipton (child) (English)
Kurata: Voiced by: Daisuke Sakaguchi (Japanese); Eric Vale (English)
The main protagonist, commonly called as Eru (エル; Ernie in the English dub). He is a boy obsessed with Silhouette Knights since childhood and wants to become a designer and build his own Silhouette Knight to protect his kingdom. Because of his short stature and androgynous looks, he often gets confused for a girl. Tsubasa was a Japanese programmer and a hardcore robot otaku, who was killed in a car accident and reincarnated as Eru in the new world, which explains Eru's own interest in Silhouette Knights. Thanks to his past life, Eru is a genius inventor who has created new inventions like a Gunblade-like magic rod that combines a sword and magic rod into one weapon.
Adeltrud Olter (アデルトルート・オルター, Aderutorūto Orutā)
Voiced by: Ayaka Ōhashi (Japanese); Jeannie Tirado (English)
Commonly called as Addy (アディ, Adi). She is one of Eru's childhood friends and an illegitimate noble. She and her brother initially intend to run away from home but are motivated by Eru's excellence and learn magic from him. Initially fond of Eru for his cute appearance, Addy developed strong feelings for him over time to the point where she finds it hard to be apart from him. She marries Eru at the end of Volume 9 of the light novel.
Archid Olter (アーキッド・オルター, Ākiddo Orutā)
Voiced by: Shinsuke Sugawara (Japanese); Stephen Fu (English)
Commonly called as Kid (キッド, Kiddo). He is Addy's twin brother and another of Eru's childhood friends who also learn magic from him. Because he and his sister are illegitimate children of Marquis Serrati and his mistress, he does not get along with his father and his legal family, especially his older-half brother Baltsar who despises them as the latter fears their father might legitimize them and make Kid his heir. The granddaughter of King Ambrosius develops affection for him as a result of a rescue romance; she is the queen of Kerspercha, the neighboring kingdom.
Media
Web novel
Hisago Amazake-no began publishing the series as a web novel on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website on 16 October 2010. As of 22 October 2024, eleven novels have been published, comprising a total of 218 chapters.
Light novel
Publisher Shufunotomo acquired the series for print publication, and published the first volume with illustrations by Kurogin under their Hero Bunko imprint in January 2013. Twelve volumes have been released as of 27 December 2025. During their Anime Expo 2023 panel, J-Novel Club announced that they licensed the light novel.
Manga
Artist Takuji Katō began serializing a manga adaptation of the novels in Square Enix's seinen manga magazine Young Gangan on 15 April 2016. Crunchyroll is publishing the manga digitally since 5 July 2017.
Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced via a wraparound band on the first volume of the manga on 24 September 2016. The anime aired from 2 July – 24 September 2017. It is directed by Yusuke Yamamoto at Eight Bit, with scripts written by Michiko Yokote, and music composed by Masato Kōda. Fhána performed the opening theme song "Hello!MyWorld!!" and Ayaka Ohashi performed the ending theme song "You & I". Crunchyroll streamed the anime, while Funimation had licensed the series in North America. Following Sony's acquisition of Crunchyroll, the dub was moved to Crunchyroll.
Reception
The manga and the light novels had a combined 1.5 million copies in print as of 16 March 2018.
