Mashle Season 3 unveils full trailer, new cast, and January 9 premiere

The third season of Mashle: Magic and Muscles now has a premiere date. Aniplex presented this Wednesday the first full promotional video for the Tri-Magicathalon Divine Visionary Final Exam Arc, along with a new main visual, a character visual, and an illustration for Mash Burnedead's birthday. The season will premiere on January 9, 2027 on Tokyo MX, BS11, Gunma TV, and Tochigi TV at 24:00, that is, in the early hours of January 10.

The video confirms the addition of Sōma Saitō and Ryōta Suzuki to the cast, although ANN does not detail which characters they will play. On the technical side, Akihito Suzuki is in charge of photography direction. The rest of the staff remains: Tomoya Tanaka directs at A-1 Pictures, Yōsuke Kuroda supervises and writes the scripts, and Masaru Yokoyama composes the music.

There is a notable change in character design. Chiaki Furuzumi, chief animation director and sub-character designer on the two seasons of Solo Leveling, replaces Hisashi Higashijima. It's the kind of change that tends to be noticeable in a series' visual continuity, especially in an arc with as many supporting characters as this one.

A complete adaptation

The Mashle project was announced at the time as a "complete" anime adaptation of Hajime Kōmoto's manga. The first season aired in April 2023 with 12 episodes, and the second arrived in January 2024 with another 12. Crunchyroll streamed both in simulcast and also the English dub. The third season will be available on the same platform.

The manga was published in Weekly Shonen Jump between January 2020 and July 2023. Shueisha compiled the work into 18 volumes, the last of which was published in October 2023 along with a fanbook.

«This is a world of magic where magic is used for everything. But deep in the forest exists a young man who spends his time training and bulking up.»

That is the premise Shueisha uses to describe the work: a world where magic dominates everything and a protagonist who replaces it with muscle. Mash cannot use magic, but his physical strength allows him to face magic users in an environment that considers him an anomaly.

January premiere and more projects

The third season will air on four main channels and on ten other Japanese channels, in addition to ABEMA, d Anime Store, and other streaming platforms. The Tri-Magicathalon Divine Visionary Final Exam Arc adapts the final stretch of the manga, which closed with 18 volumes.

The franchise remains active beyond the anime. Mackenyu Maeda stars in a live-action film that will open on March 19, 2027. There is also a mobile game, Mashle: Muscle Puzzle, launched in April 2025, plus several novels and two stage adaptations.

With the premiere two months away, the full character cast and whether Crunchyroll will offer a Spanish dub remain to be confirmed, something not mentioned in the statement. Will you be following the final arc in January? Tell us in the comments.