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The Familiar of Zero
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The Familiar of Zero

2006-07-03 · 23 min / episode · ★ 8.4

Animation · Comedy · Action & Adventure · Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Louise Françoise Le Blanc de La Vallière’s name is so long and her spell-casting skills are so poor that everyone at the Tristain Academy of Magic just calls her “Louise the Zero.” Louise’s humiliation only increases during an important second-year test, she inexplicably summons Saito Hiraga, a totally normal teenager from Tokyo. Now she’s stuck with him and Saito’s stuck with the lousy life of being a familiar.

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Production companies
J.C.STAFF, Media Factory, Shochiku, GENCO, T.O. Entertainment, Bushiroad, COSPA, Nippon Columbia, AT-X
Countries
Japan
Status
Ended

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Rie KugimiyaRie KugimiyaLouise Françoise Le Blanc de La Vallière (voice)
Satoshi HinoSatoshi HinoSaito Hiraga (voice)
Nanako InoueKirche Augusta Frederica von Anhalt Zerbst (voice)
Yuka InokuchiYuka InokuchiTabitha (voice)
Mamiko NotoMamiko NotoTiffania Westwood (voice)
Yui HorieYui HorieSiesta (voice)
Tetsuo GotoTetsuo GotoDerflingher (voice)
Takahiro SakuraiTakahiro SakuraiGuiche de Grammont (voice)
Mikako TakahashiMikako TakahashiMontmorency Margarita la Fère de Montmorency (voice)
Ayako KawasumiAyako KawasumiHenrietta de Tristain (voice)
Takeshi AonoTakeshi AonoOsmond (voice)
Takuma SuzukiTakuma SuzukiColbert (voice)
Satomi AraiSatomi AraiVerdande / Sylphid (voice)
Kenji NojimaKenji NojimaBidashal Vitartial
Michiko NeyaMichiko NeyaAgnès Chevalier de Milan (voice)
Chiemi IshimatsuChiemi IshimatsuMichelle (voice)
Daisuke HirakawaDaisuke HirakawaJulio Chesaré (voice)
Masako KatsukiMasako KatsukiSheffield (voice)

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