Black Magic (manga)

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Black Magic
DVD cover for the Black Magic M-66 OVA
ブラックマジック M-66 (Burakku Majikku Mario Shikkusuti Shikkusu)
Genre	Sci-fi, cyberpunk
Manga
Written by	Masamune Shirow
Published by	Seishinsha
English publisher	NA: Eclipse Comics (former) Dark Horse Comics
Published	February 25, 1983
Volumes	1
Original video animation
Black Magic M-66
Directed by	Hiroyuki Kitakubo
Written by	Masamune Shirow
Music by	Jōyō Katayanagi
Studio	AIC
Licensed by	NA: U.S. Renditions (former) Maiden Japan UK: Manga Entertainment
Released	June 28, 1987
Runtime	48 minutes

Black Magic (ブラックマジック, Burakku Majikku) is a cyberpunk manga written and illustrated by Masamune Shirow. It was first published as a dōjinshi in 1983, and was later reprinted in tankōbon format by Seishinsha in 1985. The series was later adapted into an OVA Black Magic M-66 (ブラックマジック M–66, Burakku Majikku Mario Shikkusuti Shikkusu) in 1987 which was directed by Hiroyuki Kitakubo. AIC and Animate provided the animation/production while Bandai Visual was chosen as the distributor. The OVA is very loosely based on one of the chapters of the manga and centers around the efforts of a female journalist named Sybel, trying to save a young girl from an out-of-control military android created by the girl's grandfather.