Mashle

Mashle (マッシュル-MASHLE-), better known as Mashle: Magic and Muscles, is a 2023 anime series based on the manga with the same name written and illustrated by Hajime Kōmoto. It was published and serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shounen Jump magazine from January 27, 2020 to July 3, 2023 with a total of 18 volumes.

The anime series was announced in July of 2022. It was animated by A-1 Pictures, directed by Tomoya Tanaka, and aired the first season in Japan from April 8, 2023 to July 1, 2023, consisting of 12 episodes. The second season aired on January 6, 2024. Aniplex of America announced the anime on July 3, 2022. Crunchyroll announced on February 21, 2023 that they would stream the series on their streaming site. Bang Zoom! Entertainment produced an English Dub of the anime which premiered on May 26, 2023.

Synopsis

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!

Cast[]

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
Main Characters
	Mash Burnedead	Chiaki Kobayashi	Aleks Le
	Finn Ames	Reiji Kawashima	Brian Anderson
	Lemon Irvine	Reina Ueda	Anjali Kunapaneni
	Dot Barrett	Takuya Eguchi	Ben Diskin
	Lance Crown	Kaito Ishikawa	Stephen Fu
	Love Cute	Aoi Koga	LilyPichu
Recurring Characters
	Regro Burnedead	Chō	Kirk Thornton
		Sora Handa (youth)	Dave Wallace (young adult)
		Rena Okiebisu (child)	Laila Berzins (child)
	Abyss Razor	Hiroki Nanami	Marin Miller
	Brad Coleman	Katsuyuki Konishi	Patrick Seitz
	Anser Shinri	Kengo Kawanishi	Lucien Dodge
	Olore Andrew	Kenji Nomura	Bill Butts
	Wirth Madl	Kento Itō	Daman Mills
	Wahlberg Baigan	Mugihito	David Lodge
	Cell War	Natsuki Hanae	Brandon McInnis
	Milo Genius	Shūichirō Umeda	Caleb Yen
	Tom Knowles	Wataru Komada	Kaiji Tang
	Abel Walker	Yūichirō Umehara	Howard Wang
	Rayne Almes	Yūki Kaji	Ray Chase
	Innocent Zero	Shinichirō Miki	Jalen K. Cassell
	Ryoh Grantz	Junichi Suwabe	Sean Chiplock
	Kaldo Gehenna	Nobunaga Shimazaki	Zeno Robinson
	Carpaccio Luo-Yang	Kōki Uchiyama	Griffin Puatu
	Sophina Biblia	Saori Hayami	Cristina Vee
	Margarette Macaron	Takehito Koyasu	Kayleigh McKee
	Tsurara Halestone	Tomori Kusunoki	Lisa Reimold
	Renatus Revol	Kishō Taniyama	Darius Johnson
	Orter Mádl	Yūki Ono	Alan Lee
Narration
	Narrator	Hiroaki Hirata	Greg Chun

Episodic Characters[]

Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Ep(s).
Terry Yabuketail	Taketora	Brock Powell	1
Regro's Mother	Chikako Sugimura	Amber Lee Connors	1
Female Teacher	Yuka Adachi	Laila Berzins	2-3, 6
Lloyd Cavill	Yūsuke Shirai	Erik Kimerer	3
Farman Cregos	Yutaka Aoyama	Frank Todaro	3
Lance's Mother	Hinako Takahashi	Laila Berzins	4
Lance's Father	Hiroshi Watanabe	Greg Chun	4
Anna Crown	Riona Imaizumi	Lisa Reimold	4, 7
Lauren Cabasse	Ikumi Hasegawa	Amanda Lee	5-6, 10
Sorting Unicorn	Yutaka Nakano	Bob Carter	6
Rhodes Ames	Taito Ban	Garnt Maneetapho	8

Additional Voices[]

Transmission via Streaming[]

Company	Date	Category	Format	Content	Country
	April 8, 2023	Anime	Digital	12 eps.	United States

Notes[]

Garnt Maneetapho's only anime role.
Jalen K. Cassell replaced Alex von David as a voice director and scriptwriter in Season 2 due to dropping out.

External Links[]

Official Website
Mashle: Magic and Muscles at the Internet Movie Database
Mashle: Magic and Muscles (anime) on the Anime News Network
Mashle: Magic and Muscles on Behind The Voice Actors