The official website of the third anime season adapting Tsutomu Satou's Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei (The Irregular at Magic High School) light novel revealed additional cast, staff, opening theme, a key visual (pictured), and promotional video on Thursday. The anime is scheduled to premiere on Tokyo MX, BS11, Tochigi TV, Gunma TV, MBS, and TV Aichi in April 2024.

Kikunosuke Toya (Chainsaw Man) and Tatsumaru Tachibana (The God of High School) are joining the cast as Minoru Kudou and Takuma Shippou, respectively. Houchuu Ootsuka (Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken) is replacing Motomu Kiyokawa as Retsu Kudou.

Staff
Script: Muneo Nakamoto (Light Works) (Mushoku Tensei: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu)
Sub-character Design: Asumi Hashimoto (Blue Lock animation director)
Mechanical Design, Prop Design: Kou Inaba (Kidou Senshi Gundam: Suisei no Majo)
Art Design: Yuuho Taniuchi (Tokyo Revengers)
Art Director: Kouki Nagayoshi (Kaminaki Sekai no Kamisama Katsudou)
Art: Hed Works
Color Design: Sakura Komatsu (Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei: Raihousha-hen)
Monitor Graphics Design: Yousuke Nanjou
CG Director: Masaya Machida (Stimulus Image) (Overtake!)
Director of Photography: Gaku Hirooka (Nexus) (Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute!)
Editing: Kashiku Kimura (MAD BOX) (Vinland Saga)
Sound Director: Satoshi Motoyama (Mashle)
Casting Manager: Kumiko Suzuki
Sound Effects: Yuuji Furuya (Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu)

Anisong artist LiSA (Kimetsu no Yaiba) is returning to perform the opening theme "Shouted Serenade," which is previewed in the promotional video below.

Jimmy Stone (Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei: Tsuioku-hen assistant director) is directing the anime at 8bit. Kana Ishida (Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei) is designing the characters and is the chief animation director. Taku Iwasaki (Qualidea Code) is composing the music.

Satou originally published the novel on the Shousetsuka ni Narou website in 2008. Kadokawa began releasing the title under its Dengeki Bunko label with illustrations by Kana Ishida in July 2011 and published the 32nd and final volume in September 2020. Satou launched the Magian Company sequel light novel the following month. Kadokawa shipped the seventh volume on December 8.

Yen Press licensed the light novel in English in 2015 and published the 20th volume on October 18. The 21st volume is scheduled to go on sale on January 23.

Main PV


Source: Comic Natalie