Mashle: Magic and Muscles Gets Live-Action Film For March 19
A teaser visual announced on Wednesday that a live-action film of Hajime Komoto's Mashle: Magic and Muscles manga will open on March 19, 2027. Warner Brothers and Fuji TV are overseeing the project, CREDEUS is producing, and TOHO will distribute.
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Why it matters
The film pushes the franchise past the anime's completed adaptation and into a different production track, with a distributor, TOHO, that the anime side never needed.
Key Facts
- A live-action Mashle: Magic and Muscles film opens on March 19, 2027.
- Warner Brothers and Fuji TV are overseeing the project, with CREDEUS producing and TOHO distributing.
- Hajime Komoto's manga ran in Weekly Shonen Jump from January 2020 to July 2023.
- Crunchyroll will stream the third anime season in January.
- The smartphone puzzle game Mashle: Muscle Puzzle launched in April 2025.
The manga ran in Weekly Shonen Jump from January 2020 to July 2023, and its anime adaptation is listed as a complete adaptation, with a third season due in January.
The teaser carries a tagline that reads, "It's finally time for a movie adaptation, Mashle." The film lands between the manga's finished run and the anime's third season, which Crunchyroll will stream in January.
Hajime Komoto's manga launched in Weekly Shonen Jump in January 2020 and ended in July 2023. Shueisha published the 18th and final compiled volume, plus a fan book, in October 2023. Viz Media released the manga in print and digitally, and Shueisha ran it on MANGA Plus.
The anime's first season aired 12 episodes from April 2023, and the second aired 12 from January 2024, both streamed by Crunchyroll with English dubs. The franchise also includes novels, two stage play adaptations, and the smartphone puzzle game Mashle: Muscle Puzzle, which launched in April 2025.
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- Anime News Network Mashle: Magic and Muscles Manga Gets Live-Action Film on March 19