The Magician (French: Le Magicien) is a French animated superhero television series created by Florian Ferrier, Savin Yeatman and Gilles Adrien, the second of whom also served as the series' story editor.

[1] It aired on France 3 starting on September 2, 1998 and later on Fox as part of its Fox Kids programming block in 1999 as one of the few European shows to air in the US at the time.

[2] A series of scientific discoveries and radical advances in technology have re-organized society during the third millennium.

Taking advantage of widespread hope and optimism in Electro City, the crime syndicates (chiefly under the mobster "Black Jack" Malone) have discreetly taken control of all important positions.

They are repeatedly defeated by protagonist Ace Cooper and his magic assistant Cosmo.