Summary
Fans of the hit action comedy animeMashle: Magic and Muscleswill be pleased to hear that a sequel for the series has been confirmed; however, not much else about the upcomingMashleanime project has been revealed just yet.
The anime is an adaptation of Hajime Kōmoto’s fantasy action manga, with the second season airing during the Winter 2024 anime season. The officialMashleX (formerly known as Twitter) account posted the news along with a teaser trailer, which can be seen below.
AboutMashle: Magic and Muscles
“One Punch ManMeetsHarry Potter”
Mashleis set in a world where magic is commonplace and can be used by everyone. As such, one’s position in society is contingent on their proficiency with magic. Mash Burnedead, a young man who lives a peaceful life in the forest with his adoptive father, Regro, has a secret: he cannot use magic. Instead, Mash has honed his body through years of working out by himself. When he suddenly becomes a target of magicians from the nearby town, he defeats them and soonfinds himself enrolled in magic school, where he sets his sights on becoming a “Divine Visionary”, an individual of elite status within the Easton Magic Academy. As Crunchyroll puts it, Mashle is an “off-kilter fantasy in which the power of being jacked crushes any spell”. The manga was serialized in Shueisha’s Weekly Shōnen Jump, where it ran from January 2020 to July 2023, spawning 18 volumes.
The anime was directed by Tomoya Tanaka at A-1 Pictures, with scripts by Yōsuke Kuroda, character designs by Hisashi Higashijima and music by Masaru Yokoyama. The first season of theMashle: Magic and Musclesanime ran for 12 episodes from April to July 2023, with the second season running for 12 episodes from July to March 2024. The cast included Chiaki Kobayashi (Stark,Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End) as Mash Burnedead, Kaito Ishikawa (Tenya Iida,My Hero Academia) as Lance Crown, Reiji Kawashima (Fushi,To Your Eternity) as Finn Ames, Reina Ueda (Reze,Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc) as Lemon Irvine and Takuya Eguchi (Loid Forger,Spy x Family) as Dot Barrett. The English cast featuresAleks Le (Sung Jinwoo,Solo Leveling)as Mash; Anjali Kunapaneni (Kiruko,Heavenly Delusion) as Lemon Irvine; Ben Diskin (Ban,Seven Deadly Sins) as Dot Barrett; Brian Timothy Anderson (Envy,Fullmetal Alchemistlive-action) as Finn Ames and Stephen Fu (Noé Archiviste,The Case Study of Vanitas) as Lance Crown.
So, Is This Season 3?
No Information Yet
Season 2 left off at a very significant point for both Mash and the series as his identity is made public, and having passed his exams, the stakes are far greater than before because his quest to achieve Divine Visionary status is a matter of life and death. If he is executed, his friends could be branded criminals and be put to death. With it becoming more popular to have a movie as a sequel to a TV anime, it is possible that the reason that the format ofthe upcomingMashleanime sequelhas not been confirmed may point to the possibility that it is a movie. That being said, many are convinced that the news means that there will be a third season ofMashle. Whatever the format, fans of the series will definitely be there to catch it when more information about the project is released.
Mashle: Magic and Muscles is available onCrunchyroll.
Mashle: Magic And Muscles
Based on Hajime Kōmoto’s manga, Mashle: Magic and Muscles takes place in a world dominated by magic. To protect his caregiver, Mash Burnedead joins the top magical academy to become a Divine Visionary, a role intended for the most capable mages in the universe. The catch? Mash cannot use any magic. Fortunately, he has muscles.
