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'''Kaname:''' Magic, huh? No, I'm afraid it isn't that. This guy isn't using magic but rather... technology... The enemy has it, and it's an integral part of his mecha's defenses. }}

* ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' tends to blur the lines between the scientific, esoteric/metaphysical and divine/spiritual.

* In ''[[The Familiar of Zero]]'' there are a number of old artifacts in the [[Magical Land|magical world]] that [[Ordinary High School Student|the protagonist]] was [[Trapped in Another World|dumped in]], including a family's heirloom book that can seduce men, a weapon called the [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|“Staff of Destruction”]], and a tale about a dragon, whose blood was collected. {{spoiler|The objects are a porn magazine, a rocket launcher, and a plane respectively. The 'blood' was actually gasoline}}.

* In ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]'', the people of Lior view alchemy as being a type of miracle. Since more skilled alchemists can perform alchemy just by thinking about it, it's easy for the audience to write it off as magic, too.