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Mashle: Magic and Muscles Season 3 will premiere on January 9, 2027. The release date was revealed in a new trailer, giving the anime its first confirmed return date since thethird season was announced in May 2024.
The upcoming season will adapt the manga’s “Tri-Magicathalon Divine Visionary Final Exam” arc. The anime’s central storyline follows Mash Burnedead, a young man born without magic in a society where magical abilities determine a person’s position. To protect his peaceful life with his adoptive father, Mash attends Easton Magic Academy and attempts to earn the title of Divine Visionary, a distinction reserved for exceptional students.
The third season will continue that story through the final examination arc.
The anime adaptation was first announced in July 2022. A-1 Pictures produces the series, with Tomonari Tanaka directing, Yōsuke Kuroda handling the scripts, Hisashi Toshima working on character designs and Masaru Yokoyama composing the music. The first season aired in 2023, while the second season, titled The Divine Visionary Candidate Exam, ran from January to March 2024.
Hajime Kōmoto wrote and illustrated the original Mashle
Hajime Kōmoto wrote and illustrated the original Mashle manga, which ran in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump from January 2020 to July 2023. Its chapters were collected in 18 volumes. The series mixes fantasy action and comedy, with Mash relying on physical strength to get through a school where nearly everyone else uses magic.
The anime is also getting itslive-action movie starring Mackenyu as Mash Burnedead, with the actor being known for playing Roronoa Zoro in Netflix’s One Piece.
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