Crunchyroll has released the main visual for MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES The Tri-Magicathlon Divine Visionary Final Exam Arc, the third season of the anime based on Hajime Komoto's manga. Crunchyroll posted the art earlier today and confirmed the season premieres in January 2027 on its service. Check out the official post down below:
The visual puts Mash Burnedead in the front right corner with Finn, Lance, Dot and Lemon of Adler Dorm stacked behind him. The left side is filled with wand-wielding rivals in dark uniforms, including a long-haired student in the top corner twirling a wand and a grinning student with an eyepatch below him. A school building sits in the middle under a swirl of blue magic, with gold stars and floating keys scattered across the art.
The Japanese Broadcast Starts January 9
The official Japanese site for the anime set the premiere for Saturday, January 9, 2027, at 24:00 JST on TOKYO MX, BS11, Gunma TV and Tochigi TV. That slot is 8 AM MST on January 9. MBS, SBS, Chukyo TV, FBS, Nagano Asahi Broadcasting, Okayama Broadcasting, Miyagi Television, Sapporo Television, TeNY and RCC follow on later nights through January 15. ABEMA, d Anime Store and other Japanese platforms will add the episodes as they air.
Crunchyroll first announced the season on October 28, listing its streaming territories as worldwide, excluding Japan and China. The first 2 seasons are already streaming there.
The Japanese site also posted the season's key visual and new character visuals for the 5 members of Adler Dorm.
2 New Cast Members From Valkis Magic School
The final exam arc brings in students from a rival academy, Valkis Magic School. The official site added 2 of them to the cast list today:
- Domina: Soma Saito
- Levi Rosequartz: Ryota Suzuki
The returning Japanese cast is Chiaki Kobayashi as Mash, Reiji Kawashima as Finn Ames, Kaito Ishikawa as Lance Crown, Takuya Eguchi as Dot Barrett and Reina Ueda as Lemon Irvine, with Hiroaki Hirata narrating.
The season's official story text picks up after the second season. Mash and his friends cleared the Divine Visionary candidate selection exam while under attack from Innocent Zero, and now take on the final exam, the Tri-Magicathlon. New assassins are on the move as elite students from the top magic schools gather for it.
A Japan Premiere On December 13
A Japan premiere screening is set for TOHO Cinemas Roppongi Hills on Sunday, December 13, ahead of the broadcast. Kobayashi, Kawashima, Ishikawa, Eguchi, Ueda, Saito and Suzuki are scheduled for a talk show after the 17:10 JST screening and before the 19:10 JST screening. The ticket lottery on eplus opened earlier this morning and runs until November 29, with seats priced from 4,000 yen to 7,200 yen.
Who Is Making Season 3
A-1 Pictures is animating the season again. Tomonari Tanaka returns as director, Yosuke Kuroda handles series composition and scripts, and Masaru Yokoyama is back on music. Chiaki Furuzumi, a sub-character designer on Solo Leveling, takes over character design from Hisashi Higashijima, according to Crunchyroll's announcement.
Komoto's manga ran in Weekly Shonen Jump from January 2020 to July 2023 and was collected in 18 volumes, which VIZ Media publishes in English. The official site lists more than 12 million copies in circulation worldwide. The first season aired from April to July 2023, and the second, The Divine Visionary Candidate Exam Arc, aired from January to March 2024 with Creepy Nuts' "Bling-Bang-Bang-Born" as its opening theme.
Earlier coverage of the first season's English release is in MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES English Dub Premieres May 26 On Crunchyroll, and the manga's ending is covered in Its Over: MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES Manga Comes To An End.
A Live-Action Film Arrives 2 Months Later
Warner Bros. Japan has a live-action film opening in Japan on March 19, 2027, with Mackenyu as Mash and Yuichi Fukuda, director of the live-action Gintama films, behind the camera. Toho is distributing it.
Mash's official character profile lists his birthday as November 11, which is today. The same profile lists his height as 171 cm and notes that he loves cream puffs.
Aniplex released the first PV for the season on its YouTube channel:
Which Adler Dorm member gets the best fight against Valkis Magic School in the Tri-Magicathlon, Mash, Lance or Dot?
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