The Flight of Dragons deals with this element in a way, although the inevitability of the arrival of technology disempowering magical energy is the true force behind the war, which is entirey magical. And the war is ended by the good wizard using a gun to kill his evil brother. Also, the fantasy creatures rarely use magic in battle and have no problem with using guns when they ambush a Scorch convoy. Slightly subverted in that the technological side is actually led by an Evil Sorcerer whose main weapon is a magically-enhanced Nazi propaganda machine and whose generals he has summoned from Hell. In Ralph Bakshi's Wizards, there is a war between the mutants and demons of Scorch, armed with machineguns, lasers, tanks, artillery, and fighters, and the elves, fairies, and dwarves of Montagar, armed with Medieval weaponry (swords, bows and arrows). The short-lived Manifest Eternity was to concern a technologically-advanced human-led empire which, after having conquered its own universe, finds itself a target for conquest by an empire of magical beings from another universe. So it's ore "A judicious use of Magic, applied with modern technology trumps magic" than a strait up "Technology beats magic". Although this might be a subversion, as they do so in an airship powered by Flying Carpets and make judicious use of the Magic they can muster. In Fables the Fables living on Earth eventually retake the homeland thanks to assault rifles and a healthy supply of 500 pound bombs. "The Magic Wars", in which the forces of Sorcerer's World (aka as Zerox) attack the rest of the technology-using galaxy was a major storyarc in the Legion of Super-Heroes series. Most of the story of To Aru Majutsu no Index is about a war between the Science side consisting of the psychics/ESPers in Academy City and the Magic side consisting mostly of religious groups such as churches. She and the wolves search for Paradise by apparently magical means. In Wolf's Rain the Nobles' science fails to open Paradise, although it is responsible for creating Cheza. In Princess Mononoke, firearms users are at war with the 'gods' of nature. Expect to see a Corrupt Corporate Executive, Evil Sorcerer, Mad Scientist or Wicked Witch. The war could be the result of The Unmasqued World the Masquerade can serve to protect an Endangered Species or avert a Genocide Dilemma. 
A good rule of thumb is at least one "age" of technological development over that of the Magic-using civilization. It may be as little as Industrial Revolution-era (compared to the standard Medieval European Fantasy), or even higher than modern times. Note that "Advanced Technology and Science" is a relative term. Typically one side is using magic spells, cavalry on dragons, etc., and another that prefers technological weapons like guns, tanks, Humongous Mecha, etc.
The magic circle tropes series#
To be this trope, a series needs to have as one of the primary conflicts, an actual shooting war between a faction upholding magic and a faction upholding advanced technology and science. Sometimes it actually comes to blows, and that's where this trope comes in. In some cases, they merely interfere with each other for unexplained reasons. In the rare fiction where magic and advanced technology exist in the same universe, they rarely get along. In Science Fiction, just about anything, from the paranormal to the supernatural to Sufficiently Advanced Aliens with technology that acts like magic is allowed, except magic. In traditional Fantasy, the available technology ( as opposed to magic that just works like technology) is generally depicted as being relatively primitive, roughly equivalent to Real Life sometime prior to the development of modern firearms.
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