Faith Shimizu-Junko, the Tokyo-based director; Shigenori Kagoza, a director of photography; and Takuro Nishida, a sound designer for the series.)

The anime series begins a new story arc that is set after the conclusion of the previous season, called Gekijō-ban A Certain Magical Index: Ordinal Scale ( 東方海鳥・アーブラセルセラブ, Gekijōban A Certain Magical Index S: Ordinal Scale, lit. “Ordinal Scale is Over”). The story takes place in a future where magic is completely banned, though there is a minor resistance to its control.

The cast and crew for “S.A.S.” consists of:

The first anime season’s staff includes:

The staff members for the second anime season are also:

The previous two anime seasons were both directed by Kōtarō Fujita :

Additional staff members include:

The manga series follows a group of student investigators known as S.A.S., a special unit of magic students at a prep school. The manga is published in Akita Shoten’s Shogakukan Jitsujin (Shogakukan Weekly), and it’s also serialized in Toei Animation’s Comic Gene magazine.