The countdown for Mashle: Magic and Muscles season 2 has officially begun, and it won’t be long before we get to see Mash smashing away all prejudices of magical elites with his bare fists. But when to expect the second season? If you’re here to find that out, keep reading as we talk about the Mashle season 2 release date, plot, expectations, cast, crew, and everything else!!
Though Hajime Komoto’s fantasy manga “Mashle: Magic and Muscles” debuted amid the Covid crisis, the series instantly sold out and earned a spot among the most sought-after manga of the year.
By mid-2021, the manga had more than 3 million copies in circulation. But these hardcopies only represented a fraction of the series’ fanbase, as most of Mashle’s followers were overseas online readers. In other words, Mashle had become a global sensation way before it won the local Japanese markets.
While this sounds strange at first, a single glance at the Mashle’s manga panels is enough to unveil how the series grabbed the international community’s attention.
Mashle: Magic and Muscles is essentially a parody manga that can be surmised as “One Punch Man meets Harry Potter.” The main character lives in a world where magic is common; everyone possesses some form of magic. However, the MC, Mash Burnedead, was born without magic.
So, he has to stay in hiding as magicless humans are considered a blot on society and are purged upon discovery. But Mash has superhuman strength, so purging him isn’t exactly an easy task.
Despite its similarities to the Harry Potter and the One Punch Man series, Mashle: Magic and Muscles came to stand on its own and earned a dedicated fanbase.
That’s why it wasn’t surprising when A-1 Pictures announced an anime adaptation for Mashle. But as the anime aired, Mashle’s hype exploded so much that a second season was announced as soon as the first season concluded.
Mashle Season 2 Release Date:
According to the anime’s official website, Mashle season 2 is officially confirmed to release in January 2024. While the exact date of the premiere is yet to be announced, we’re sure that A-1 Pictures will soon release more details in the coming months as the new season is just around the corner.
Honestly, the second season of Mashle anime is coming out much earlier than we all anticipated.
It’s because A-1 Pictures has just finished airing the first season of Mashle: Magic and Muscles and has scheduled several series for the coming months. Among these, Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle: Rhyme Anima+ is the only television series confirmed for the latter half of 2023. Meanwhile, A-1 Pictures has scheduled Solo Leveling anime, Atarashii Jōshi wa Do Tennen, and Fate/strange Fake for 2024.
And so, A-1 Pictures confirming Mashle season 2 for January 2024 is not just excellent news for all of us but also an indication that Mashle season 1 performed exceptionally well to become a priority in A-1 Pictures’ premiere schedule.
Mashle: Magic and Muscles Season 2 Trailer:
The anime’s official website announced Mashle: Magic & Muscles season 2 production by releasing a trailer through Aniplex’s YouTube Channel.
While the trailer doesn’t give away any details regarding the next season, its visuals promise an action-packed adventure. Also, the voice-over of the trailer highlights how Mash has just grabbed the attention of Innocent Zero.
Since you came searching for the Mashle Season 2 trailer, I’m assuming you’d be interested to know what to expect from the incoming season.
Mashle Season 2 Plot & Expectations:
In the season 1 finale of Mashle anime, Mash fights one of Innocent Zero’s mages named Cell War, who is shocked to know that ‘Mash’ is the person they’ve been searching for all along. But as Mash breaks Cell War’s spell-deflecting mirror, Mash’s friends learn his secret of not having a single ounce of magical powers.
Though Mash’s companions decide to keep his secret, it’s revealed that it is already out of their hands. It’s because Abel’s 100 freed dolls become human again and hear everything that has happened.
The first season of Mashle covered up to manga chapter 39, so we can expect the second season to pick the story from manga chapter 40 which features ‘Execution Arc.’ If that happens, Mash will be put on trial for having no magic, and we’ll finally get to meet all the current Divine Visionaries.
This arc might also reveal more information on why Innocent Zero is interested in Mash Burnedead.
Since the ‘Execution Arc’ extends only to manga chapter 43, season 2 of Mashle: Magic and Muscles anime will also adapt the ‘Divine Visionary Selection Exam Arc’ covering chapters 44-73. This arc features Mash and his companions entering the Divine Visionary Selection exam, consisting of three stages.
Though A-1 Pictures hasn’t yet unveiled how much content will be animated in the upcoming sequel, we can anticipate that Mashle season 2 will likely contain 12-13 episodes covering chapters 40-73. In this case, we can also expect that there’ll also be a Mashle season 3 in the future.
We’ll learn more soon as the second season of Mashle: Magic & Muscles is just a few months away.
Mashle: Magic and Muscles Season 2 Cast & Crew Details:
According to the Mashle season 2 trailer, the series production has already begun. A-1 Pictures will likely re-contract the previous season’s original cast and crew members.
So, we’ll again see Tomoya Tanaka as director and Yosuke Kuroda as scriptwriter. Meanwhile, Hisashi Toshima and Masaru Yokoyama will return as the character designer and music composer.
As for the voice cast of the main character, we’ll be seeing:
- Chiaki Kobayashi as Mash Burnedead
- Reiji Kawashima as Finn Ames
- Kaito Ishikawa as Lance Crown
- Takuya Eguchi as Dot Barrett
- Reina Ueda as Lemon Irvine
- Yuuki Kaji as Rayne Ames
- Yuichiro Umehara as Abel Walker
- Mugihito as Wahlberg Baigan
That said, the new cast members for new characters set to appear in the second season of Mashle: Magic and Muscles anime are yet to be announced.
Is Mashle Manga Finished?
Yes, Mashle: Magic and Muscles manga series officially ended on July 3, 2023. The manga contains 154 chapters compiled in a total of 17 tankōbon volumes.
But if you’ve just completed anime, you can start reading manga from chapter 40, present in the 5th volume of the manga series.
Conclusion
Mashle season 2 is officially greenlit and will begin airing in January 2024. A-1 Pictures studio has re-contracted the cast and crew members from the previous season. So we can expect the second season to be similar to the first in terms of quality.
I hope this article helped you find all that you were looking for about Mashle: Magic & Muscles season 2, but let me know in the comments below if there’s something that I missed or you would like me to write about.
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