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| ja_kanji = ゼロの使い魔
| ja_romaji = Zero no Tsukaima
| genre = [[Action fiction|Action]]<br/> [[Fantasy comedy]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sevenseasentertainment.com/series/zeros-familiar/ |title=Zero's Familiar |publisher=Seven Seas Entertainment |access-date
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type = light novel
| author = [[Noboru Yamaguchi (author)|Noboru Yamaguchi]]<br/>Yū Shimizu (final two volumes)
| illustrator = [[Eiji Usatsuka]]
| publisher = [[Media Factory]]
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| volumes = 22 + side story collection
| volume_list =
}}▼
{{Infobox animanga/Video▼
| type = tv series▼
| director = Yoshiaki Iwasaki▼
| writer = [[Takao Yoshioka]]▼
| music = [[Shinkichi Mitsumune]]▼
| studio = [[J.C.Staff]]▼
| licensee = {{English anime licensee|AUS=Hanabee|NA=[[Sentai Filmworks]]{{efn|From 2007 to 2011, the distribution rights were held in North America by [[NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan|Geneon USA]] for dubbing while [[Funimation]] held the distribution sales.}}|SEA=[[Muse Communication]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwLSw1_eDZl3E39Fs26FYaSxvwh5PI654|title=The Familiar of Zero [English Sub]|website=[[YouTube]] |access-date=March 1, 2022}}</ref>|UK=[[MVM Films]]}}▼
| network = [[Chiba TV|CTC]]▼
| first = July 3, 2006▼
| last = September 25, 2006▼
| episodes = 13▼
| episode_list = List of The Familiar of Zero episodes#The Familiar of Zero (2006)▼
}}
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| volume_list =
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▲{{Infobox animanga/Video
▲| type = tv series
▲| director = Yoshiaki Iwasaki
▲| writer = [[Takao Yoshioka]]
▲| music = [[Shinkichi Mitsumune]]
▲| studio = [[J.C.Staff]]
▲| licensee = {{English anime licensee|AUS=Hanabee|NA=[[Sentai Filmworks]]{{efn|From 2007 to 2011, the distribution rights were held in North America by [[NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan|Geneon USA]] for dubbing while [[Funimation]] held the distribution sales.}}|SEA=[[Muse Communication]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwLSw1_eDZl3E39Fs26FYaSxvwh5PI654|title=The Familiar of Zero [English Sub]|website=[[YouTube]]
▲| network = [[Chiba TV|CTC]]
▲| first = July 3, 2006
▲| last = September 25, 2006
▲| episodes = 13
▲| episode_list = List of The Familiar of Zero episodes#The Familiar of Zero (2006)
}}
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| author = Takamura Masaya
| publisher = Media Factory
| demographic = ''
| magazine =
| first = September 26, 2009
| last = March 27, 2012
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| publisher = Media Factory
| publisher_en = {{English manga publisher|NA=Seven Seas Entertainment}}
| demographic = ''
| magazine =
| first = January 27, 2010
| last = March 27, 2013
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{{Nihongo|'''''The Familiar of Zero'''''|ゼロの使い魔|Zero no Tsukaima|lead=yes}} is a Japanese fantasy [[light novel]] series written by [[Noboru Yamaguchi (author)|Noboru Yamaguchi]], with illustrations by [[Eiji Usatsuka]]. [[Media Factory]] published 20 volumes between June 2004 and February 2011. The series was left unfinished due to the author's death in 2013, but was later concluded in two volumes released in February 2016 and February 2017 with a different author, making use of notes left behind by Yamaguchi. The story features several characters from the second year class of a magic academy in a fictional magical world with the main characters being the inept mage Louise and her [[Familiar spirit|familiar]] from Earth, Saito Hiraga.
Between 2006 and 2012, the series was adapted by [[J.C.Staff]] into four [[anime]] television series and an additional [[original video animation]] episode. The first anime series was licensed by [[NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan|Geneon Entertainment]] in English, but the license expired in 2011. [[Sentai Filmworks]] has since re-licensed and re-released the first series and released the other three series in North America. A [[manga]] adaptation illustrated by Nana Mochizuki was serialized in [[Media Factory]]'s manga magazine ''[[Monthly Comic Alive]]'' between June 2006 and October 2009.
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Louise Françoise Le Blanc de La Vallière is a member of the nobility who is terrible at magic, as her attempts usually result in an explosion. She is nicknamed "Louise the Zero" by her classmates, due to her inability to use any of the four magic elements. Early in the school year at the Tristain Academy of Magic, the second year students perform a special ritual where they summon their [[Familiar spirit|familiar]], which serves as their eternal companion, protector and partner, and is usually some sort of magical creature. But Louise summons Saito Hiraga, an ordinary teenage boy from Japan, leaving her totally humiliated.
Due to the sacredness of the ritual (which makes it blasphemous to do it more than once), Louise reluctantly accepts Saito as her familiar, but proceeds to treat Saito as any other familiar, only worse: making him wash her clothes and sleep on a bed of hay, and whipping him with a riding crop whenever he upsets her. ''The Familiar of Zero'' follows the adventures of Louise and Saito as they help their classmates and friends, while occasionally blundering into situations where they risk their lives to save one another and Tristain. Saito tries to find a way to get back to Japan, but he also gains a mysterious power that allows him to wield swords and other weapons to perform heroic feats. They also eventually learn the truth behind Louise's magic (in)abilities. As Saito's and Louise's friendship grows and they start to work together, they ultimately fall in love with each other.
==Media==
===Light novels===
''The Familiar of Zero'' began as a series of [[light novel]]s written by [[Noboru Yamaguchi (author)|Noboru Yamaguchi]] and illustrated by [[Eiji Usatsuka]] under the original title ''Zero no Tsukaima''. [[Media Factory]] published 20 volumes in Japan between June 25, 2004 and February 25, 2011. Further publication was threatened by Yamaguchi's advanced cancer,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-07-15/zero-no-tsukaima-yamaguchi-confirms-he-has-cancer|title=''Zero no Tsukaima''{{'}}s Yamaguchi Confirms He Has Cancer|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=July 15, 2011|access-date=August 4, 2011|archive-date=August 18, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818040646/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-07-15/zero-no-tsukaima-yamaguchi-confirms-he-has-cancer|url-status=live}}</ref> which he died from on April 4, 2013, leaving the series [[Unfinished creative work|unfinished]].<ref name="ANN-death">{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-04-10/zero-no-tsukaima-author-noboru-yamaguchi-passes-away|title=Zero no Tsukaima Author Noboru Yamaguchi Passes Away|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=April 10, 2013|access-date=April 10, 2013|archive-date=May 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525085214/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-04-10/zero-no-tsukaima-author-noboru-yamaguchi-passes-away|url-status=live}}</ref> Yamaguchi had planned the series to end with 22 volumes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-07-08/zero-no-tsukaima-author-noboru-yamaguchi-plans-surgery|title=''Zero no Tsukaima'' Author Noboru Yamaguchi Plans Surgery|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=July 8, 2011|access-date=August 4, 2011|archive-date=August 10, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810153459/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-07-08/zero-no-tsukaima-author-noboru-yamaguchi-plans-surgery|url-status=live}}</ref> However, it was later decided by the publisher to continue the series in the author's absence, due in part to calls from fans to continue the series, as well as Yamaguchi's family wanting to see it completed. Yamaguchi had dictated the remaining plot of the series, including its ending, and entrusted it to the editors.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-06-25/the-familiar-of-zero-light-novels-to-continue-after-author-passing/.89697|title=The Familiar of Zero Light Novels to Continue After Author's Passing|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=June 25, 2015|access-date=June 25, 2015|archive-date=June 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626092951/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-06-25/the-familiar-of-zero-light-novels-to-continue-after-author-passing/.89697|url-status=live}}</ref> Media Factory released volume 21 on February 25, 2016<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-11-24/the-familiar-of-zero-light-novels-1st-volume-after-creator-passing-scheduled/.95778|title=The Familiar of Zero Light Novels' 1st Volume After Creator's Passing Scheduled|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=November 25, 2015|access-date=November 25, 2015|archive-date=September 9, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240909070545/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-11-24/the-familiar-of-zero-light-novels-1st-volume-after-creator-passing-scheduled/.95778|url-status=live}}</ref> and the final volume 22 on February 24, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-02-03/the-familiar-of-zero-final-novel-volume-cover-art-book-previewed/.111809|title=The Familiar of Zero's Final Novel Volume Cover, Art Book Previewed|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=February 3, 2017|access-date=February 3, 2017|archive-date=February 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203073730/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-02-03/the-familiar-of-zero-final-novel-volume-cover-art-book-previewed/.111809|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Seven Seas Entertainment]] licensed the series in 2007 under the title ''Zero's Familiar'',<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927011320/http://www.gomanga.com/manga/zerosfamiliar.php|url=http://www.gomanga.com/manga/zerosfamiliar.php|title=Zero's Familiar English light novel|publisher=[[Seven Seas Entertainment]]|archive-date=2007-09-27|access-date=2009-10-17}}</ref> but later cancelled the release of the novels before releasing any.{{cn|date=October 2024}}
A side-story, ''Zero no Tsukaima Gaiden: Tabatha no Bōken'', initially available as a mobile phone online serial, was released in three volumes between October 25, 2006 and March 25, 2009. It centers on the adventures of the character Tabitha, Louise's classmate. Another side story, ''Kaze no Kishihime'', was released in two volumes on October 23, 2009 and March 25, 2010. It is a prequel about Louise's mother's youth. A companion volume, ''Zero no Tsukaima Memorial Book'', was released on June 24, 2017. It collected various short stories and illustrations previously unpublished in book format, as well as character designs and other information, such as outlines for volumes 21 and 22 left behind by Yamaguchi. It also revealed that the last two volumes of the series were written by Yū Shimizu, author of ''[[Bladedance of Elementalers]]'', using Yamaguchi's notes.
===Manga===▼
A [[manga]] series illustrated by Nana Mochizuki was serialized in the Japanese [[seinen]] [[List of manga magazines|manga magazine]] ''[[Monthly Comic Alive]]'' between the August 2006 (''Monthly Comic Alive'' debut issue, released on June 27) and October 2009 issues, published by [[Media Factory]]. Seven ''[[tankōbon]]'' volumes were released by Media Factory under their MF Comics imprint. The manga was licensed in North America by [[Seven Seas Entertainment]] under the title ''Zero's Familiar'', and released in three omnibus volumes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-10-03/seven-seas-adds-zero-familiar-fantasy-manga|title=Seven Seas Adds ''Zero's Familiar'' Fantasy Manga|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=October 3, 2012|access-date=October 4, 2012|language=en|archive-date=October 4, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004112716/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-10-03/seven-seas-adds-zero-familiar-fantasy-manga|url-status=live}}</ref> The manga was also licensed by [[Elex Media Komputindo]] in Indonesia and released up to volume three in English under the title ''The Familiar of Zero'', and in the [[Czech Republic]] by Zoner Press.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zonerpress.cz/kniha/manga-komiksy/ve-sluzbach-nuly|title=Ve službách Nuly|publisher=Zoner Press|access-date=June 5, 2011|language=cs|archive-date=May 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501075217/http://www.zonerpress.cz/kniha/manga-komiksy/ve-sluzbach-nuly|url-status=live}}</ref>▼
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===Anime===
{{See also|List of The Familiar of Zero episodes}}
''The Familiar of Zero'' has been adapted into an [[anime]] series running for four seasons by the animation studio [[J.C.Staff]]. The first season aired in Japan between July 3 and September 25, 2006, and contained thirteen episodes. In April 2007 at [[Anime Boston]], [[Geneon Entertainment|Geneon]] announced that they had picked up the English dubbing rights of the first season of the anime series under the title ''The Familiar of Zero''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-04-21/anime-boston-geneon-announces-the-familiar-of-zero|title=Anime Boston: Geneon Announces ''The Familiar of Zero''|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=2007-04-21|access-date=2007-05-04|archive-date=2007-04-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070430071345/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-04-21/anime-boston-geneon-announces-the-familiar-of-zero|url-status=live}}</ref> In July 2008, Geneon Entertainment and Funimation Entertainment announced an agreement to distribute select titles in North America. While Geneon Entertainment still retained the license, Funimation Entertainment assumed exclusive rights to the manufacturing, marketing, sales and distribution of select titles. ''The Familiar of Zero'' was one of several titles involved in the deal.<ref name="Fun-Gen">{{cite press release|url=
The second season under the extended title {{Nihongo|''Zero no Tsukaima: Futatsuki no Kishi''|ゼロの使い魔 ～双月の騎士～}} aired in Japan between July 9 and September 24, 2007, containing twelve episodes. Sentai Filmworks licensed the second season (under the name ''The Familiar of Zero: Knight of the Twin Moons'') in North America and released it on March 10, 2015 on Blu-ray and DVD.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-11-17/sentai-filmworks-adds-familiar-of-zero-knight-of-the-twin-moons-anime/.81129|title=Sentai Filmworks Adds Familiar of Zero: Knight of the Twin Moons Anime|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=November 17, 2014|access-date=January 10, 2016|archive-date=October 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151026105246/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-11-17/sentai-filmworks-adds-familiar-of-zero-knight-of-the-twin-moons-anime/.81129|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-03-10/north-american-anime-manga-releases-march-8-14/.85825|title=North American Anime, Manga Releases, March 8–14|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=March 10, 2015|access-date=January 28, 2016|archive-date=March 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306040820/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-03-10/north-american-anime-manga-releases-march-8-14/.85825|url-status=live}}</ref>
The third season, also containing twelve episodes, entitled {{Nihongo|''Zero no Tsukaima: Princesse no Rondo''|ゼロの使い魔～三美姫の輪舞(プリンセッセのロンド)～}},<ref name="ANN-season-3">{{cite web|url=
The fourth and final season titled ''Zero no Tsukaima F'' aired twelve episodes between January 7 and March 24, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-08-20/zero-no-tsukaima-final-series-gets-tv-anime-in-october|title=''Zero no Tsukaima'' Gets Final Series as TV Anime|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=August 20, 2011|access-date=August 20, 2011|archive-date=October 11, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011214041/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-08-20/zero-no-tsukaima-final-series-gets-tv-anime-in-october|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-08-20/author/4th-zero-no-tsukaima-season-slated-for-2012|title=Author: 4th ''Zero no Tsukaima'' Season Slated for 2012|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=August 20, 2011|access-date=August 20, 2011|archive-date=September 9, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240909070528/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-08-20/author/4th-zero-no-tsukaima-season-slated-for-2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-11-27/zero-no-tsukaima-f-slated-for-january-7|title=''Zero no Tsukaima F'' Slated for January 7|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=November 27, 2011|access-date=December 5, 2011|archive-date=September 9, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240909070529/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-11-27/zero-no-tsukaima-f-slated-for-january-7|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2012, Sentai Filmworks licensed the fourth season (under the name ''The Familiar of Zero: F'') in North America and released it on July 14, 2015, on Blu-ray and DVD.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-01-10/sentai-filmworks-licenses-zero-no-tsukaima-f-tv-anime-series|title=Sentai Filmworks Licenses ''Zero no Tsukaima F'' TV Anime Series|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=January 10, 2012|access-date=January 10, 2012|archive-date=January 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111033221/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-01-10/sentai-filmworks-licenses-zero-no-tsukaima-f-tv-anime-series|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-07-14/north-american-anime-manga-releases-july-12-18/.90449|title=North American Anime, Manga Releases, July 12–18|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=July 14, 2015|access-date=January 28, 2016|archive-date=January 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160117233046/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-07-14/north-american-anime-manga-releases-july-12-18/.90449|url-status=live}}</ref>
====Music and audio CDs====
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The four anime seasons used two pieces of [[theme music]] each; one opening theme and one ending theme. The first season's opening theme is "First kiss" by [[ICHIKO|Ichiko]], released on July 26, 2006, and the ending theme is {{Nihongo|"My True Feelings"|ホントノキモチ|Honto no Kimochi}} by [[Rie Kugimiya]], released on August 9, 2006. The second season's opening theme is "I Say Yes" by Ichiko, released on July 25, 2007, and the ending theme is {{Nihongo|"Suki!? Kirai!? Suki!!!"|スキ!? キライ!? スキ!!!|{{lit}} ''Love?! Hate?! Love!!!''}} by Kugimiya, released on August 8, 2007. The first seasons original soundtrack was released on August 23, 2006, and the second seasons' soundtrack was released on August 22, 2007. The third season's opening theme is "You're The One" by Ichiko and the ending theme is "Gomen ne" by Kugimiya. The fourth season's opening theme is "I'll Be There For You" by Ichiko and the ending theme is "Kiss Shite Agenai" by Kugimiya, both released on February 1, 2012.
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Two [[Audio theatre|audio dramas]] were released for the second season. The first is a compilation of [[radio drama]] episodes from ''The Familiar of Zero'' [[Internet radio]] show ''Zero no Tsukaima on the radio: Tristain Mahō Gakuin e Yōkoso'' and was released on July 25, 2007. The second album is a drama CD featuring the characters Louise, Kirche, and Tabitha—voiced by Kugimiya, Nanako Inoue, and [[Yuka Inokuchi]] respectively—which was released on September 5, 2007.
▲===Manga===
▲A [[manga]] series illustrated by Nana Mochizuki was serialized in the Japanese [[seinen]] [[List of manga magazines|manga magazine]] ''[[Monthly Comic Alive]]'' between the August 2006 (''Monthly Comic Alive'' debut issue) and October 2009 issues, published by [[Media Factory]]. Seven ''[[tankōbon]]'' volumes were released by Media Factory under their MF Comics imprint. The manga was licensed in North America by [[Seven Seas Entertainment]] under the title ''Zero's Familiar'', and released in three omnibus volumes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-10-03/seven-seas-adds-zero-familiar-fantasy-manga|title=Seven Seas Adds ''Zero's Familiar'' Fantasy Manga|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=October 3, 2012|access-date=October 4, 2012|language=en}}</ref> The manga was also licensed by [[Elex Media Komputindo]] in Indonesia and released up to volume three in English under the title ''The Familiar of Zero'', and in the [[Czech Republic]] by Zoner Press.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zonerpress.cz/kniha/manga-komiksy/ve-sluzbach-nuly|title=Ve službách Nuly|publisher=Zoner Press|access-date=June 5, 2011|language=cs}}</ref>
▲A spin-off series, illustrated by Higa Yukari and titled ''Zero no Tsukaima Chevalier'', was serialized between the March 2010 and May 2013 issues of ''Comic Alive''<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100206195851/http://www.mediafactory.co.jp/comic-alive/index.php|url=http://www.mediafactory.co.jp/comic-alive/index.php|archive-date=February 6, 2010|script-title=ja:月刊コミックアライブ ２０１０年３月号|publisher=[[Media Factory]]|access-date=January 23, 2015|language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130404154436/http://www.mediafactory.co.jp/comic-alive/index.php?MD=new|url=http://www.mediafactory.co.jp/comic-alive/index.php?MD=new|archive-date=April 4, 2013|script-title=ja:アライブ５月号は3月27日（水）発売！|publisher=[[Media Factory]]|access-date=January 23, 2015|language=ja}}</ref> and later compiled in four volumes. It was also released in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment under the name ''Zero's Familiar: Chevalier''. Two other spin-offs were serialized in ''Comic Alive'': ''Zero no Tsukaima Gaiden: Tabatha no Bōken'' (a series primarily about Tabitha and her adventures) by Takuto Kon, which was serialized between December 2007 and August 2010 issues and compiled in five volumes,<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0016KGXU4/|title=ゼロの使い魔外伝タバサの冒険 全5巻 完結コミックセット (MFコミックス アライブシリーズ)|date=29 October 2010|publisher=[[Amazon.com|Amazon.co.jp]]|access-date=September 22, 2013|language=ja}}</ref> and ''Zero no Chukaima: Yōchien nano!'' (in which all of ''The Familiar of Zero'' characters are depicted as [[kindergarten]] children) by Takamura Masaya,<ref>{{cite book|title=ゼロのちゅかいま よーちえんnano!1|trans-title=''Zero no Chukaima: Yōchien nano! 1|id={{ASIN|4840133603|country=jp}}|language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=ゼロのちゅかいま よーちえんnano!3|trans-title=''Zero no Chukaima: Yōchien nano! 3|id={{ASIN|4840144532|country=jp}}|language=ja}}</ref> serialized between September 2009 and March 2012 and compiled in three volumes. Nine volumes of the official anthology manga were published between August 23, 2007, and September 23, 2008.
===Visual novels===
Three [[visual novel]]s for the [[PlayStation 2]] were developed by [[Marvelous Entertainment#Marvelous Interactive Inc.|Marvelous Interactive]] in which the player assumes the role of Saito Hiraga. The first, {{Nihongo|''Zero no Tsukaima: Koakuma to Harukaze Concerto''|ゼロの使い魔 小悪魔と春風の協奏曲||{{lit}} ''The Familiar of Zero: Goblins and the Spring Breeze Concerto''}}, was released in limited and regular editions on February 15, 2007, in Japan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B000GWNB5S/|script-title=ja:ゼロの使い魔 小悪魔と春風の協奏曲|trans-title=The Familiar of Zero: Goblins and the Spring Breeze Concerto|publisher=[[Amazon.com|Amazon.co.jp]]|access-date=September 11, 2013|language=ja|archive-date=April 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200403123217/https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B000GWNB5S/|url-status=live}}</ref> This was followed by {{Nihongo|''Zero no Tsukaima: Muma ga Tsumugu Yokaze no Fantasy''|ゼロの使い魔 夢魔が紡ぐ夜風の幻想曲}} on November 29, 2007<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B000V6KSVE/|script-title=ja:ゼロの使い魔 夢魔が紡ぐ夜風の幻想曲|trans-title=Zero no Tsukaima: Muma ga Tsumugu Yokaze no Fantasy|publisher=[[Amazon.com|Amazon.co.jp]]|access-date=September 11, 2013|language=ja|archive-date=December 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229051114/https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B000V6KSVE|url-status=live}}</ref> and {{Nihongo|''Zero no Tsukaima: Maigo no Period to Ikusen no Symphony''|ゼロの使い魔 迷子の終止符と幾千の交響曲}} on November 6, 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B001D0STB8/|script-title=ja:ゼロの使い魔 迷子の終止符と幾千の交響曲|trans-title=Zero no Tsukaima: Maigo no Period to Ikusen no Symphony|publisher=[[Amazon.com|Amazon.co.jp]]|access-date=September 11, 2013|language=ja}}</ref>
==Reception and legacy==
The light novels are one of the top selling series in Japan, with 6.8 million copies in print by February 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ln-news.com/page-48826/|title=ライトノベルのシリーズ累計発行部数一覧|language=ja|publisher=LN News|date=February 13, 2017|access-date=February 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190914194338/http://ln-news.com/page-48826/|archive-date=September 14, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''The Familiar of Zero'', and [[fan fiction]] based on it, helped pioneer the modern ''[[isekai]]'' ("other world") genre. It popularized the isekai genre in [[web novel]] and [[light novel]] media, along with the website [[Shōsetsuka ni Narō]] ("Let's Become Novelists"), known as Narō for short. ''The Familiar of Zero'' fan fiction became popular on Narō during the late 2000s, eventually spawning a genre of isekai novels on the site, which became known as Narō novels. ''The Familiar of Zero'' fan fiction writers eventually began writing original isekai novels, such as [[Tappei Nagatsuki]] who went on to create ''[[Re:Zero]]'' in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2021-03-19/mushoku-tensei-is-not-the-pioneer-of-isekai-web-novels-but/.170429|title=Mushoku Tensei Is Not the Pioneer of Isekai Web Novels, But...|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=March 19, 2021|access-date=March 19, 2021|language=en|archive-date=April 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410085119/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2021-03-19/mushoku-tensei-is-not-the-pioneer-of-isekai-web-novels-but/.170429|url-status=live}}</ref>
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