Another summer seasons series review, The Water Magician on Crunchyroll has been streaming for several weeks. Now 6 episodes in, it follows along with the general iseki genre and begins where our main protagonist Ryo dies in his Earth human life. He meets a being who states he will be reincarnated in a new body and world and requests to live in realm where he can live a quiet life.
Granting his wish he finds himself in the world of Phi, where he has been given the ability to control water magic. Oddly one thing he did not notice after he was reborn in this new world is that he was granted the trait of “Eternal Youth” and now in his new life living in a small cottage in the middle of a remote region of the new world he lives in, settles to learn basic skills of hunting, gathering and practicing his water magic.
The anime is based on the series of light novels The Water Magician by Tadashi Kubou. Published by TO Books and currently on it’s 14th novel release, The Water Magician also had a manga release and has so far 7 volumes published.
The anime is being produced by Typhoon Graphics and Wonderland Studios, released in Japan by TBS and by Crunchyroll in the US. 8 Episodes have been released with 12 total planned for the first season.
If you want to jump ahead an read the manga, it is available online.
The opening song “Blue Motion” is performed by Meiyo Densetsu does a great job of introducing the story and the world of the Water Magician. And the ending song “Tayutau Mamani” does a great job of enforcing that this is not a standard fantasy flare, there is no harem focus. No naeive main character who’s clueless about his powers, but more so OP and just comfortable in his new life that he focuses on mundane work while others shocked at his abilities try to ensure he’s just living his life until he has to step in and assist them.
Watch The Water Magician on Crunchyroll.
https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GG5H5XQG5/the-water-magician?modal=share
