Magi (manga)

Magi, Magi - Labyrinth of Magic, or Magi – The Labyrinth of Magic, is an Arabian Nights-themed Japanese manga written and illustrated by Shinobu Ohtaka. It started serialization in Weekly Shōnen Sunday in June 2009. The individual chapters are published in tankōbon volumes by Shogakukan, with 20 volumes currently published as of January 2014. An anime adaptation by A-1 Pictures began airing in Japan in October 2012 and ended in March 2013. A season 2 of the anime was announced for fall 2013. Magi also has a spinoff/prologue manga series, Adventure of Sinbad, which started on May 8, 2013.

Aladdin, the primary protagonist, is traveling a desert land, with a magic flute that summons a Djinn named Ugo. The Djinn has a huge and muscular body, but cannot remove his head from the flute, giving him a headless appearance and frequently causing even people he is trying to rescue to mistake him for a monster. The two meet Alibaba Saluja, a seemingly greedy and aloof young man who is trying to get rich, and realizes that Ugo would be a powerful ally to explore a nearby treasure-filled dungeon. As they adventure together, they become true friends, along with Morgiana, a slave girl from a distant land that they free from her master. The three encounter other Djinn and find hints that they may be destined to decide who will rule the world.

Reception
To date, Magi has sold over 10 million copies.