Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka

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Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka File:MGSOAsuka-PromoTitle.jpg Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka promotional art. Country Japan Language Japanese Channel MBS, TBS, BS-TBS, AT-X, CBC, Crunchyroll (Streaming, subtitled) Creator Makoto Fukami (Author) Hideyo Yamamoto (Director) Genre Military Fantasy Broadcast January 12th, 2019 - Ongoing No. of Seasons 1 Main Cast Character Actor Asuka Otori Aya Suzaki (Japanese)

Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka (Japanese: 魔法少女特殊戦あすか Hepburn: Mahō Shōjo Tokushusen Asuka) is a Japanese magical girl/military seinen manga series written by Makoto Fukami and illustrated by Seigo Tokiya. Naoya Tamura is the series' military advisor. It began publication in June 2015 in the manga magazine Monthly Big Gangan, published by Square Enix, and has five tankōbon volumes slated for North America Release as of January 2018. The series is published in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment. An anime television series adaptation by Liden Films began airing on January 12, 2019; the anime series is licensed in North America under Crunchyroll-Funimation partnership.

The following weapons were used in the anime series Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka:

Pistols

MP-443 Grach

GRU Operative Constantince Asimov points what appears to be an MP-443 "Grach" on Iizuka Yoshiaki in the battlefield outside Mt. Eto. This would make sense as the MP-443 is the standard service pistol of the Russian military and law enforcement.

MP-443 "Grach" - 9x19mm

GRU Operative Asimov and his pistol at Mt. Eto.

Assault Rifles

Howa Type 89

Iizuka Yoshiaki, while a member of the JGSDF's contingent at Mt. Eto, is armed with the Howa Type 89 Assault Rifle. He appears to be using 20 round magazines.

Howa Type 89 with integral bipod - 5.56x45mm.

Iizuka holding his Howa Type 89 with his remaining arm. Seems to be loaded with a 20 round magazine.

AKM

The terrorists in the first episode are all using AKMs with the rescued terrorist leader using one with an underslung GP-25 grenade launcher. They work well against disabled Riot Police and regular TMPD officers and bystanders. But not against a magical girl.

AKM - 7.62x39mm

Terrorists on the run in the streets of Tokyo, armed with AKMs.

Detail of the AKM's receiver.

HK416

Magical Girl Just Cause Mia (Mia Cyrus) seems to be using an HK416 with a 10.4in barrel that is either a magical artifact or fitted to be able to fire magic bullets.

Heckler & Koch HK416 with 10.4 inch barrel - 5.56x45mm NATO.

A shot from the ending (opening?) sequence of Magical Girl Just Cause Mia shooting at some enemies with her assault rifle.

Sniper Rifles

GRU Operative Constantince Asimov was initially armed with an OSV-96 during the final battle against the King Disas at Mt. Eto.

OSV-96 Vzlomshchik - 12.7x108mm

Hearing something approach him from behind, Constantince tosses his OSV-96 away to draw his sidearm.

Machine Guns

Minigun

The terrorists seem to have an uparmored Dodge Nitro with a minigun on a pop-out roof mount.

General Dynamics GAU-17/A, US Air Force version of the M134 Minigun - 7.62x51mm NATO

Seeing their plans foiled, a terrorist tries to shoot Asuka with his vehicle mounted minigun. Doesn't work that well against a superhuman magical girl with shield powers and a magical karambit that can slice through anything.

RPK

One of the magical girls is holding what is supposedly a magically modified RPK with 40 round magazine.

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An RPK with 40 round magazine.

One of the magical girls at the final battle at Mt. Eto.

Providing covering fire at Mt. Eto.

Grenade Launchers

The terrorist leader is given an AKM with a GP-25 Grenade Launcher attached.

AKM with underbarrel GP-25 Grenade Launcher

The terrorist leader about to fire his grenade at Magical Girl Rapture Asuka. She has shields.

Unidentifiable/Vague Guns

Unidentified M1911 Variant

In the ending (opening?) sequence, Asuka is seen holding what appears to be a compact or officer's model of the M1911 with skeletonized trigger, angled slide serrations, and enlarged beavertail.

Asuka's pistol in the ending (opening?) sequence.

Possible MP-5

The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Riot Police escorting the terrorist leader and their vaguely recognizable firearms. Possible they are MP-5's as the TMPD's SWAT teams are armed with such weapons.

Can vaguely see some details, hinting at the MP-5.

Revolver

The issue revolver of the regular TMPD officers aren't as well detailed.

A pair of Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department officers are gunned down before they could fire their standard issue revolvers.