Muscles Become Magic This April with MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLE Anime Series
Are you looking for a new wizarding school adventure? How about one that’s an anime? This April, Crunchyroll will be releasing Mashle: Magic and Muscle which is an adaptation of the manga by Hajime Komoto. I’ve read a few chapters of Mashle, and it’s really fun. The idea is that the main character Mash lives in a magical world, but doesn’t have magic powers. He works out like mad though and is able to find ways to use his body in ways that appear as if he’s using magic to protect him from those that don’t accept non-magic users. It definitely has some vibes similar to One Punch Man.
This is a world of magic.
This is a world in which magic is casually used by everyone.
In a deep, dark forest in this world of magic, there is a boy who is single-mindedly working out.
His name is Mash Burnedead, and he has a secret. He can’t use magic.
All he wanted was to live a quiet life with his family, but people suddenly start trying to kill him one day and he somehow finds himself enrolled in Magic School. There, he sets his sights on becoming a “Divine Visionary,” the elite of the elite.
Will his ripped muscles work against the best and brightest of the wizarding world?
The curtain rises on this off-kilter magical fantasy in which the power of being jacked crushes any spell!
I’m excited to watch the anime for Mashle. A-1 Pictures is animating and producing the series with Tomonari Tanaka directing it. Additional credits include series composition and screenplay by Yosuke Kuroda (My Hero Academia), character design by Hisashi Higashijima, action direction by Takeshi Matsuda (Naruto Shippuden: The Will of Fire) and Hiroaki Goda (Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone), art direction by Yusa Ito (Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Aria of a Starless Night), and music composed by Masaru Yokoyama (Your Lie in April). The Japanese voice cast announced can be found below.
Chiaki Kobayashi (Yuichi Katagiri in Tomodachi Game) as Mash Burnedead, a rare young man who cannot use magic. Although he crushes all types of magic with his well-trained muscles, he lacks common sense and tends to do as he pleases. He loves cream puffs.
Reiji Kawashima (Fushi in To Your Eternity) as Finn Ames, Mash's dorm roommate. He is the straight man (tsukkomi) of their antics and Mash's first friend.
Kaito Ishikawa (Tenya Iida in My Hero Academia) as Lance Crown, a good-looking young man who ranked first among the transfer exam students. He has considerable magical power, and is top of the class in academic performance.
Takuya Eguchi (Loid Forger in SPY x FAMILY) as Dot Barrett, an impulsive and noisy young man. He's the unpopular type with a strong hatred for good-looking guys.
Reina Ueda (Kisa Soma in 2019’s Fruits Basket) as Lemon Irvine, has had a crush on Mash since he helped her during the transfer exams. She's imaginative to say the least.