"The poor performance of the student in the school of magic" is a series of light novels written by Tsutomu Sato and illustrated by Kana Ishida. The animated version is performed by the studio Madhouse and aired between April and September 2014 on Tokyo MX.
The series takes place in a world where magic exists and has been used as a technology for nearly a century. Rather than casting spells with songs and other traditional forms, mages use a device called a Casting Assistant Device, known as CAD. Mages to send their DAC psions or particles of thought while their CAD provides an activation sequence, which is then used to construct a ritual to invoke magic.
