The anime is based on Hajime Kōmoto’s manga.
It was announced back in July that the popular shōnen anime “MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES” is coming back in January 2027 with its third season. Crunchyroll revealed in a new update that the platform will stream the new season as it airs.
MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES Season 3
Premiere window: January 2027
Studio: A-1 Pictures
Streaming service: Crunchyroll
MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES Season 3 is coming to Crunchyroll
The upcoming third season of the anime will premiere in January 2027, and Crunchyroll will stream it globally outside of Japan and China. MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES Season 3 will cover the The Tri-Magicathlon Divine Visionary Final Exam Arc.
Crunchyroll describes the story as:
Born without magic in a world of wizards and witches, Mash lives hidden in the forest. He spends every day pumping iron and getting buff to defend himself against magic users. But when his cover is blown, he’s forced to go to Magic School to prove his worth. His plan? To become an elite magician, a Divine Visionary, using nothing but his ripped muscles!
The returning cast members of the series include:
- Chiaki Kobayashi as Mash Burnedead
- Kaito Ishikawa as Lance Crown
- Reiji Kawashima as Finn Ames
- Reina Ueda as Lemon Irvine
- Takuya Eguchi as Dot Barrett
Tomoya Tanaka directs the anime’s third season at A-1 Pictures, with Yosuke Kuroda handling series composition. Chiaki Kozumi designs the characters while Masaru Yokoyama composes the music.
Additional staff members of season 3 include:
- Assistant Director: Kazuya Ishiguri (NEW)
- Sub-Character Design: Kento Toya
- Prop Design: Akane Hirose (NEW), Yutori Sugiura (NEW)
- Monster Design: Mayuko Yamamoto (NEW)
- Colour Design: Azusa Sasaki (NEW)
- Art Design: Hideyasu Narita
- Art Director: Ayano Okamoto (NEW)
- Director of Photography: Akihito Suzuki
- CG Director: Manabu Asakawa (NEW)
- Editing: Masato Yoshitake
- Sound Director: Satoshi Motoyama
- Sound Effects: Yui Andou
- Sound Production: INSPION Edge
The anime is based on a manga by Hajime Kōmoto which began serialising in January 2020 in Shueisha’s Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine, and ending in July 2023. The first season of the anime aired in 2023, followed by the second in 2024.