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Magic of Stella

Magic of Stella

20166.21 Season12 EpisodesEndedTV-14

Overview

First-year high school student Tamaki Honda and her SNS club as they work together to create a self-published game. With Tamaki as the project’s illustrator, she works alongside the club’s other (rather peculiar) members, including Shiina (the club president and game programmer), Ayame (the scenario writer), Kayo (their music composer), and Yumine (the club’s boys’ love expert).

Created by Fumihiko Shimo
Written by Fumihiko Shimo
Produced by Jiro Nakagawa
NetworksAT-X

Top Cast

Maria Naganawa

Maria Naganawa

Tamaki Honda (voice)

Ryoko Maekawa

Ryoko Maekawa

Yumine Fuda (voice)

Rie Murakawa

Rie Murakawa

Shiina Murakami (voice)

Ari Ozawa

Ari Ozawa

Ayame Seki (voice)

Aoi Yuuki

Aoi Yuuki

Kajo Fujikawa (voice)

Themes & Keywords

high schoolslice of lifebased on mangagame designanimebukatsu

About Magic of Stella

Magic of Stella is a animation, comedy series that first aired in 2016 exploring themes of high school, slice of life, based on manga, game design, anime, bukatsu. Created by Fumihiko Shimo, it stars Maria Naganawa, Ryoko Maekawa, Rie Murakawa. First-year high school student Tamaki Honda and her SNS club as they work together to create a self-published game. With Tamaki as the project’s illustrator, she works alongside the club’s other (rather peculiar) members, including Shiina (the club president and game programmer), Ayame (the scenario writer), Kayo (their music composer), and Yumine (the club’s boys’ love expert).

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