WATCH TIME
How long does it take to watch A Certain Magical Index?
Watching the A Certain Magical Index main story takes about 28 h 48 min (74 episodes). At 2 hours a day that is 15 days. Adding every released special, OVA and side story brings it to at least 60 h 4 min.
- Main story
- about 28 h 48 min
- Episodes
- 74
- 1 h a day
- 29 days
- 2 h a day
- 15 days
- 4 h a day
- 8 days
- Non-stop
- 1.2 days
Binge calculator
You will finish A Certain Magical Index in 15 days (about 2 weeks).
BREAKDOWN
Watch order Time per season and film
- A Certain Magical Index · TV series · 2008 · 24 ep.9 h 12 min
- A Certain Magical Index II · TV series · 2010 · 24 ep.9 h 12 min
- A Certain Magical Index III · TV series · 2018 · 26 ep.≈ 10 h 24 min
- A Certain Magical Index: Specials · Special · 2009 · 2 ep. · extraruntime unknown
- A Certain Scientific Railgun · TV series · 2009 · 24 ep. · extra9 h 36 min
- A Certain Scientific Railgun Specials · Special · 2010 · 2 ep. · extraruntime unknown
- A Certain Scientific Railgun: Episode 13' - Being a Photo Shoot Model Under the Hot Sun Isn't Easy, Is It? · OVA · 2010 · 1 ep. · extraruntime unknown
- Toaru Kagaku no Railgun: Misaka-san wa Ima Chuumoku no Mato desukara · OVA · 2010 · 1 ep. · extra34 min
- A Certain Magical Index II: Specials · Special · 2011 · 2 ep. · extraruntime unknown
- A Certain Magical Index the Movie: The Miracle of Endymion · Movie · 2013 · extra1 h 30 min
- A Certain Scientific Railgun S · TV series · 2013 · 24 ep. · extra9 h 36 min
- Toaru Kagaku no Railgun S: Motto Marutto Railgun · Special · 2013 · 2 ep. · extraruntime unknown
- Toaru Majutsu no Index Movie: Endymion no Kiseki Special · Special · 2013 · 1 ep. · extraruntime unknown
- A Certain Scientific Railgun S: All the Important Things I Learned in a Bathhouse · OVA · 2014 · 1 ep. · extraruntime unknown
- A Certain Magical Index III: Specials · Special · 2018 · 2 ep. · extraruntime unknown
- A Certain Scientific Railgun T · TV series · 2020 · 25 ep. · extra10 h
- A Certain Scientific Railgun T Specials · Special · 2020 · 2 ep. · extraruntime unknown
≈ marks 1 TV entry with no recorded runtime, estimated at a standard 24-minute episode.
9 entries have no recorded runtime and are not counted, so the real total is a little longer.
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Totals multiply each entry's episode count by its average episode length from anime-offline-database (ODbL). Only released entries are counted; announced seasons are left out until they air. "Skip openings and endings" assumes about 3 minutes saved per 24-minute episode.