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| Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka
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Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka promotional art.
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| Country
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 Japan
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| Language
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Japanese
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| Channel
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MBS, TBS, BS-TBS, AT-X, CBC, Crunchyroll (Streaming, subtitled)
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| Creator
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Makoto Fukami (Author)
Hideyo Yamamoto (Director)
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| Genre
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Military
Fantasy
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| Broadcast
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January 12th, 2019 - Ongoing
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| No. of Seasons
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1
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| Main Cast
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| Character
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Actor
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| Asuka Otori
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Aya Suzaki (Japanese)
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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 Constantine Asimov points what appears to be an MP-443 "Grach" on Iizuka Yoshiaki in the battlefield outside Mt. Aso in "The Magical Girl Comes Back". This would make sense as the MP-443 is the standard service pistol of the Russian military and law enforcement.
GRU Operative Asimov and his pistol at Mt. Aso in "The Magical Girl Comes Back".
Derringer
Magical Girl Just Cause Mia's magical artifact is a two shot derringer of indeterminate manufacture that can transform into various firearms, most notably an HK416.
Cobra C22m Standard Derringer - .22 WMR
Magical Girl Just Mia armed with her magical artifact about to transform into her HK416 in "A More Terrible War".
A shot of the derringer used by Mia.
Mia takes out her derringer while on a black op raid in Japan in "Wish Upon a Star". Of all the places where she drew it from...
FN Five-seveN
Magical Girl Just Cause Mia's magical artifact is a two shot derringer that can transform into various firearms. She is seen using what appears to be an FN Five-seveN before it changes to her derringer in order to transform. Her fellow CIA SAD agents Aaron and Julia also use it on occasions.
FN Five-seveN USG fitted with Gemtech SFN-57 suppressor - 5.7×28mm
Mia armed with her magical artifact seemingly taking the form of an FN Five-seveN fitted with a suppressor in "A More Terrible War".
Mia taking cover while stacking up.
Aaron confronts a Halloween-class monster while firing magic enhanced 5.7x28mm rounds in "Wish Upon a Star".
Note the live round being ejected as Aaron and Julia switched their full magazines for magic enhanced ammunition magazines, a nice detail by the animators.
Close up detail shot of the Five-seveN.
Kimber Custom TLE II
A Kimber Custom TLE II is seen in the eyecatch for "Daily Life and Comrades in Arms" with Kurumi Mugen.
Kimber Custom TLE II - .45 ACP
Kurumi with the Warrior in the "Daily Life and Comrades in Arms" eyecatch. Note that the photo appears to be taken from the manga.
Makarov PM
A Makarov PM is seen in "A Very Realistic Way of Dealing with a Problem" with a Russian wizard mercenary named Povar.
Commercial imported Makarov by Baikal, called the IJ-70 - 9x18mm Makarov.
The PM fired at Asuka, loaded with enhanced ammo in "A Very Realistic Way of Dealing with a Problem".
Ballistic Knife Pistol
A ballistic knife pistol is seen in "Magical Girl Operations Development Unit" with Tamara.
Tamara draws out the BK in Wakkanai near the end of "Magical Girl Operations Development Unit".
Revolvers
Nambu Model 60
The Nambu Model 60 is the issue revolver of the regular TMPD officers aren't as well detailed.
Nambu Model 60 snub nose - .38 Special.
A pair of Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department officers are gunned down before they could fire their standard issue revolvers.
Submachine Guns
IMI Uzi
A full sized IMI Uzi is used by a Colombian terrorist named Crescent Moon Sandino to attack Magical Girl "Just Cause" and her fellow CIA operatives in "Wish Upon a Star".
IMI Uzi with buttstock collapsed - 9x19mm
Sandino shows up in "Wish Upon a Star".
Assault Rifles
Howa Type 89
Yoshiaki Iizuka of the JGSDF's Special Forces Group contingent at Mt. Aso, is armed with the Howa Type 89 Assault Rifle in in "The Magical Girl Comes Back". He appears to be using 20 round magazines. The JGSDF's 15th Brigade are armed with the Type 89, but with 30 round magazines.
Howa Type 89 with integral bipod - 5.56x45mm.
Iizuka holding his Howa Type 89 with his remaining arm in "The Magical Girl Comes Back". Seems to be loaded with a 20 round magazine.
JGSDF Soldiers of the 15th Brigade defend Naha Airbase with their Type 89 rifles and a mounted machine gun on the Komatsu LAV during the episode "The Lid of Hell".
A JGSDF soldier from the 15th Brigade fires at the attacking Disas Beasts in the episode "The Lid of Hell".
AKM
The East Asia United Front terrorists in the first episode are all using AKMs with the rescued terrorist leader using one with an underslung GP-25 grenade launcher in "The Magical Girl Comes Back". They're later seen first in "Daily Life and Comrades in Arms", confirming that the EAUF uses them as their weapon of choice. They're also seen with other bad guys in other episodes.
Kim Kanth leads EAUF terrorists on the run in the streets of Tokyo, armed with AKMs in "The Magical Girl Comes Back".
Detail of the AKM's receiver. Note that it's loaded with a bakelite mag.
An Oboroten Boyevik is shot by M-Squad in "Magical Girl Operations Development Unit".
EAUF terrorists smuggle unassembled AKMs from oil drums in "Daily Life and Comrades in Arms".
An EAUF terrorist with the AKM outfitted with black synthetic furniture.
EAUF terrorists encounter Abigail aka Pick Scissors Abby.
Armed sicarios confront Mia in "A More Terrible War".
Asuka disarms an EAUF terrorist in "Babel Brigade - Combat Begins".
Oboroten Boyeviks load up crates in "Magical Girl Operations Development Unit".
HK416
Magical Girl Just Cause Mia's magical artifact is a two shot derringer that can transform into various firearms. The most common form it takes is a HK416 with magically enhanced ammunition.
Heckler & Koch HK416 with 10.4 inch barrel - 5.56x45mm NATO.
A shot from the OP sequence, KODO, Just Cause Mia shooting at some enemies with her assault rifle. Note the thumb over bore grip Mia uses in order to control her rifle.
A shot of the carbine's receiver withe fire selector in the ED sequence, Rebellion.
A shot of the carbine's receiver with the loaded 30-round mag.
Mia with her HK416 during the fight with the King Dias monster in "The Magical Girl Comes Back".
Mia uses her magical girl powers to enhance her ammo during a raid in "A More Terrible War".
The "A More Terrible War" eyecatch with Mia posing with her carbine.
Beretta ARX-160
Aaron and Julia are seen with Beretta ARX-160s in "A More Terrible War" while on an anti-cartel op in Mexico.
Beretta ARX-160 Coyote brown with 11.89" barrel - 5.56x45mm
Aaron and Julia with the Beretta ARX-160s in "A More Terrible War".
AK-47
The AK-47 is seen with various bad guys in the show.
Armed sicarios with the AK-47 in "A More Terrible War".
AK-type rifle
The dropped AK near Giess' body in "You'll Be a Wonderful Magical Girl".
Battle Rifles
LMT LM308MWS Sharpshooter
The LMT LM308MWS Sharpshooter is seen with operators under the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Forces' Magical Girl Operations Developmental Unit or M-Squad.
LMT Sharpshooter - 7.62x51mm NATO
Kaede and Ise take up combat positions while engaging Pick Scissors Abby in "A Very Realistic Way of Dealing with a Problem".
Shima retrieves a wounded War Nurse Kurumi.
Kaede fires incendiary ammo at Abby to cover her comrades's retrieval of Kurumi.
Ise opens fire on Oboroten Boyeviks in the middle of "Magical Girl Operations Development Unit".
Sniper Rifles
OSV-96
GRU Operative Constantine Asimov was initially armed with an OSV-96 during the final battle against the King Disas at Mt. Aso in "The Magical Girl Comes Back".
OSV-96
Vzlomshchik with black stock - 12.7x108mm
The OSV-96 being loaded up during the fight in Mt. Aso in "The Magical Girl Comes Back".
Hearing something approach him from behind, Constantine tosses his OSV-96 away to draw his sidearm.
Accuracy International AS50
The Accuracy International AS50 is used by M-Squad as the anti-material rifle of choice. It's usually loaded with Orihalcon-made ammo to weaken magical creatures and girls if a shot is made.
Accuracy International AS50 - .50 BMG
Yoshino aiming the at the enhanced Halloween-class creature in "A Very Realistic Way of Dealing with a Problem".
Another shot of the AS50 aimed at the Queen.
Yoshino goes prone with the AS50 during an anti-magic op somewhere in the Sarobetsu plain in Hokkaido in "Magical Girl Operations Development Unit".
Barrett M107
The United States' Magical Operations Response Group's sniper rifle of choice is the Barrett M107 as they defended Naha Air Base and the Dimensional Bridge from the attacking Disas Beasts
Barrett M107 Long Range Sniper Rifle - .50 BMG.
Loaded with rare Magical 12.7mm rounds, the American operators hold the defense perimeter at Naha Air Base during the episode "The Lid of Hell".
Machine Guns
Browning M2HB
The Browning M2HB is used the main machine gun on M1 Abrams MBTs.
The wrecked remains of an American M1 Abrams during the fight at Mt. Aso in "The Magical Girl Comes Back".
General Dynamics GAU-17/A
A General Dynamics GAU-17/A is seen used with a JGSDF Bell Boeing MV-22B Osprey VTOL deployed to Hokkaido in "Magical Girl Operations Development Unit".
GAU-17/A mounted in Osprey V-22 VTOL fuselage via Remote Guardian System - 7.62x51mm NATO.
The GAU-17/A deployed in "Magical Girl Operations Development Unit".
M240
The M240 is used as co-axial machine guns on M1 Abrams MBTs.
M240C machine gun - 7.62x51mm NATO.
M240D machine gun - 7.62x51mm NATO.
The wrecked remains of an American M1 Abrams during the fight at Mt. Aso in "The Magical Girl Comes Back".
M134 Minigun
The terrorists seem to have an uparmored Dodge Nitro with a M134 Minigun on a pop-out roof mount in "The Magical Girl Comes Back".
M134 Minigun with a mounted stand.
Seeing their plans foiled, a terrorist tries to shoot Asuka with his vehicle mounted minigun in "The Magical Girl Comes Back". Doesn't work that well against a superhuman magical girl with shield powers and a magical karambit that can slice through anything.
RPK
Russian magical girl Tamara Volkova is holding what is supposedly a magically modified RPK light machine gun with a 40 round magazine.
Tamara at the final battle at Mt. Aso is armed with an RPK in "The Magical Girl Comes Back".
Providing covering fire at Mt. Aso.
An eyecatch of Tamara with her LMG, first seen in "Magical Girl Operations Development Unit".
Sumitomo Minimi
The Komatsu LAV's of the JGSDF 15th Brigade are armed with the license built Minimi by Sumitomo Heavy Industries.
A Komatsu LAV of the JGSDF's 15th Brigade at Naha Air Base seems to be fitted with the Sumitomo Minimi in the episode "The Lid of Hell".
Sumitomo Type 74
The Sumitomo Type 74 in a coaxial machine gun role is utilized by the M-Squad's Type 16 Maneuver Combat Vehicle after it ran out of the specialized magically enhanced round.
Type 74 machine gun, vehicle mount version - 7.62x51mm NATO
A Type 16 Maneuver Combat Vehicle attached to the JGSDF's M Squad at Naha Air Base.
Out of the magically enhanced shells and surrounded by Disas beasts, the crew of the Type 16 MCV make a final stand using the MCV's coaxial machine gun in the episode "Each of Their Deadly Battles"
Grenade Launchers
GP-25
Kim Kanth, leader of the EAUF, is given an AKM with a GP-25 Grenade Launcher attached in "The Magical Girl Comes Back" with most of the other EAUF terrorists.
AKM with underbarrel GP-25 Grenade Launcher
An EAUF terrorist aims the GP25 at the TMPD Armored Bus in "The Magical Girl Comes Back".
Kim about to fire his GP-25 at Magical Girl Rapture Asuka. She has shields.
Grenades
Smoke Grenade
A smoke grenade is used by Asuka to cover her escape in "Babel Brigade - Combat Begins".
Asuka using her karambit to get the safety pin in "Babel Brigade - Combat Begins".
Asuka tossing the primed smoke grenade.
Others
Flamethrower
Tamara is seen using a giant flamethrower at times, which also houses a chaingun.
Tamara wielding the flamethrower in the OP sequenece, "KODO".
Tamara shows her flamethrower after she changes to her magical girl form in Wakkanai in "Magical Girl Operations Development Unit".
Grenade Tripwire
A grenade rigged to a tripwire is seen in "Babel Brigade - Combat Begins".
Asuka spots the wired grenade during a raid on a EAUF safehouse in "Babel Brigade - Combat Begins".
Unidentifiable/Vague Guns
Unidentified M1911 Variant
In the 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. She is also shown using this as her primary ranged weapon alongside her magical karambit, and it appears to also shoot magically enhanced ammunition.
Asuka's pistol in the opening sequence.
Asuka as Magical Girl Rapture using the unidentifiable M1911 variant against the mercenary wizards from Russia in the episode "Babel Brigade - Combat Begins"
Asuka with her dual pistols in "Magical Girl Operations Development Unit".
Possible MP5
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Riot Police escorting the terrorist leader and their vaguely recognizable firearms. Possible they are MP5's as the TMPD's SWAT teams are armed with such weapons.
Can vaguely see some details, hinting at the MP5.
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