{"rewrite":{"id":"r_7f5da331fc20bd36d441805f","clusterId":"c_a5151f09c0725e4c6e8de7e1","slug":"mashle-season-3-sets-january-9-premiere-with-first-main-trailer","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Mashle Season 3 Sets January 9 Premiere With First Main Trailer","summary":"Aniplex released the first full trailer, a new key visual, a character visual and a birthday visual for Mashle: Magic and Muscles Season 3 on Wednesday, which is also Mash's birthday. The season, subtitled Tri-Magicathalon Divine Visionary Final Exam Arc, premieres January 9 at 24:00 on Tokyo MX, BS11, Gunma TV and Tochigi TV, effectively January 10 at midnight, with runs on 10 other Japanese channels plus ABEMA and d Anime Store. Soma Saito joins as Domina Blowelive and Ryota Suzuki as Levis Rosequartz. Chiaki Kobayashi returns as Mash Burnedead, with Kaito Ishikawa, Reiji Kawashima, Reina Ueda and Takuya Eguchi also back. Tomoya Tanaka directs at A-1 Pictures, Yosuke Kuroda handles series scripts and Masaru Yokoyama composes. Chiaki Furuzumi replaces Hisashi Higashijima as character designer. Crunchyroll will stream the season.","whyItMatters":"The season adapts the arc that follows the Divine Visionary Selection Exam material covered by the 12-episode second season, and the character designer change is the one staff swap in an otherwise returning production team.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe first full promotional video also carried the rest of the season\u0026#39;s staff list. Kazuya Ishiguri is assistant director, Kento Toya handles sub-character design, Akane Hirose and Yutori Sugiura handle prop design, and Mayuko Yamamoto handles monster design. The production adds Azusa Sasaki as color key artist, Hideyasu Narita for art setting, Ayano Okamoto as art director, Akihito Suzuki as compositing director of photography, Manabu Asakawa as CG director and Masato Yoshitake as editor. Satoshi Motoyama is sound director and Yui Ando handles sound effects, with INSPION Edge on sound production.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChiaki Furuzumi, the new character designer, worked as chief animation director and sub-character designer on both seasons of Solo Leveling. A teaser visual of Domina Blowelive had been released before the trailer.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeason 2 covered the Divine Visionary Selection Exam Arc over 12 episodes in Winter 2024. Season 1 ran 12 episodes from April 2023. The manga ran in Weekly Shonen Jump from January 2020 to July 2023, and Shueisha published an 18th and final volume plus a fanbook in October 2023. The franchise also includes novels, two stage plays, a live-action film with Mackenyu Maeda set for March 19, 2027, and the smartphone puzzle game Mashle: Muscle Puzzle, which launched in April 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Chiaki Furuzumi takes over character design on Mashle Season 3 from Hisashi Higashijima, so the new trailer is the first look at how the visual identity changes under a different hand.","twitterPost":"Mashle Season 3 swaps character designers: Chiaki Furuzumi replaces Hisashi Higashijima, and the new trailer is the first read on that shift.","threadsPost":"Mashle Season 3 brings a quiet staffing change: Chiaki Furuzumi replaces Hisashi Higashijima as character designer. The trailer is the first look at how the series' visual identity reads under a different hand, while Tomoya Tanaka stays on as director at A-1 Pictures.","newsletterBlurb":"Aniplex has dated Mashle: Magic and Muscles Season 3 for January 9 and released the first full trailer. Two new cast members join the Tri-Magicathalon Divine Visionary Final Exam Arc, and Chiaki Furuzumi takes over character design.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-11-11/mashle-magic-and-muscles-season-3-new-video-unveils-more-cast-and-staff-january-9-debut/.243719\",\"title\":\"Mashle: Magic and Muscles Season 3's New Video Unveils More Cast \\u0026 Staff, January 9 Debut\"},{\"source\":\"Anime Corner\",\"url\":\"https://animecorner.me/mashle-season-3-reveals-first-main-trailer-and-new-key-visual-january-9-premiere/\",\"title\":\"Mashle Season 3 Reveals First Main Trailer and New Key Visual, January 9 Premiere\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":11647,"outputTokens":1416,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1794409395,"createdAt":"2026-11-11T14:58:35.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-11-11T15:02:10.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-11-11T15:02:10.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_a5151f09c0725e4c6e8de7e1","canonicalTitle":"Mashle Season 3 Reveals First Main Trailer and New Key Visual, January 9 Premiere","representativeArticleId":"a_e8d43c16cb6d25f2bb1accfb","sourceCount":2,"writtenSourceCount":2,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":false,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"Mashle: Magic and Muscles\"],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[\"Aniplex\"],\"people\":[\"Sōma Saitō\",\"Ryōta Suzuki\"],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-11-11T11:25:05.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-11-11T13:35:28.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-11-11T15:02:12.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-11-11/mashle-magic-and-muscles-season-3-new-video-unveils-more-cast-and-staff-january-9-debut/.243719","title":"News\nMashle: Magic and Muscles Season 3's New Video Unveils More Cast \u0026 Staff, January 9 Debut"},{"source":"Anime Corner","url":"https://animecorner.me/mashle-season-3-reveals-first-main-trailer-and-new-key-visual-january-9-premiere/","title":"Mashle Season 3 Reveals First Main Trailer and New Key Visual, January 9 Premiere"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["Mashle: Magic and Muscles"],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":["Aniplex"],"people":["Sōma Saitō","Ryōta Suzuki"],"type":"announcement","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["Mashle: Magic and Muscles Season 3 premieres January 9 at 24:00 on Tokyo MX, BS11, Gunma TV and Tochigi TV, effectively January 10 at midnight.","Soma Saito joins Mashle Season 3 as Domina Blowelive and Ryota Suzuki joins as Levis Rosequartz.","Tomoya Tanaka directs Mashle Season 3 at A-1 Pictures, with Yosuke Kuroda on series scripts and Masaru Yokoyama composing.","Chiaki Furuzumi replaces Hisashi Higashijima as character designer for Mashle Season 3.","Crunchyroll will stream Mashle: Magic and Muscles Season 3."],"pageLinks":{"healthSlugs":["mashle-magic-and-muscles","aniplex","soma-saito","ryota-suzuki"],"storySlugs":[],"entities":[{"slug":"mashle-magic-and-muscles","supported":7,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":15,"overall":"green","story_count":9,"has_dossier":false},{"slug":"aniplex","supported":7,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":18,"overall":"green","story_count":32,"has_dossier":true},{"slug":"soma-saito","supported":2,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":3,"overall":"green","story_count":5,"has_dossier":false},{"slug":"ryota-suzuki","supported":2,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":4,"overall":"green","story_count":7,"has_dossier":false}],"stories":[],"entitiesOk":true,"storiesOk":true}}