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About two weeks ago, at a Funimation panel, they were showing off some anime
that they had recently dubbed. One of the anime they showed caught my eye, but
I completely forgot what it was called.

As far as I can remember, the plot went something like this:

> By some random circumstance, this guy (I assume he's the main character), a
> human, becomes this girl's spirit familiar (or something). Then they go to a
> special school.

Yep, that's what my brain remembers. If anyone has any clue as to what I'm
talking about, please help.

I was at ACen 2015 (15-17 May, so two weeks ago) when I heard about this. I
honestly don't remember anything about how it looked like, but the series
couldn't have been more than 3 years old.


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Anime about a guy who becomes a girl's spirit familiar


That sounds like **Zero no Tsukaima** or **The Familiar of Zero**.

Visit [its Wikipedia
article](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Familiar_of_Zero) to verify whether
it matches your description.

It's one of my favorite, and it already has season 2.


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It could be [The Familiar of
Zero](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=6660)

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/CDq9K.jpg)

> Meet Louise, a budding magician. The students at the Tristein Academy call
> her "Zero Louise", due to her current record of zero successes with magic.
> In fact, her magic tends to go spectacularly wrong. Now, as an important
> test of her aptitude for magic, she must summon a familiar to be her
> servant. At this critical moment, she summons up all her magic and wishes
> for a familiar that is "devoted, beautiful and powerful", and gets... Hiraga
> Saito, an ordinary Japanese boy. It's difficult to say who is more surprised
> and dismayed, but the rules don't allow for second attempts. Louise is stuck
> with her strange familiar, and he with her.

# Proof's

> By some random circumstance, this guy (I assume he's the main character), a
> human, becomes this girl's spirit familiar (or something).

This would be **Hiraga Saito** , as the description of the series points out
he is an ordinary Japanese boy and becomes the Familiar for **Louise**

> Then they go to a special school

Saito starts going to the same school as Louise, _Tristein Academy_ , because
he is now no longer of Earth but instead another world

# Contradictions

> at a funimation panel, they were showing off some anime that they had
> recently dubbed

FUNimation Entertainment did at one time have the licenses to distribute The
Familiar of Zero, however these licenses have since expired and now owned by
Section23 Films (Since 2014)


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Given it was recent and from Funimation, I'd argue that it's [**Tokyo
Ravens**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Ravens), rather than _Familar of
Zero_. Both are good series though, so do check them out.

  * Licencer panel was Funimation, and _Tokyo Ravens_ is distributed by Funimation.

  * Tokyo Ravens original run was from October 9 2013, to March 26 2014, which is quite recent. _Familiar of Zero_ has been out for more than 3 years, given that it has 4 seasons.

  * The male protagonist, Harutora Tsuchimikado, fits the **normal guy** setting. He was born into an onmyouji family, but has no power to sense spiritual power whatsoever.

  * He takes up on a promise he made long ago to become Natsume's shikigami ( **familiar** ).

  * As Harutora becomes Natsume's shikigami, he has to follow her back to Tokyo and attend the Onmyo Prep School (which is a **specialized school** ) with Natsume.

Figured I'd give a small quip from work...


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