"The Irregular at Magic High School" Announces Sequel to New TV Anime Series

The team behind the anime "The Irregular at Magic High School" announced during a reveal that a new TV anime series will follow the franchise. The broadcast of this sequel is planned for next year, and the original character designer Kana Ishida is responsible for creating the teaser visual.



The upcoming series will feature the familiar voices of Saori Hayami as Miyuki Shiba, Yūichi Nakamura as Tatsuya Shiba, and Kiyono Yasuno as Minami Sakurai. A familiar face behind the scenes, Jimmy Stone, an animation director and episode director from previous projects within the franchise, will serve as the director of the new series. Studio 8-Bit, which has previously worked on the series, will once again lend its expertise to this project, and Taku Iwasaki will return to compose the music for the series.

"The Irregular at Magic High School," also known as "Mahōka Kōkō no Rettōsei," originally debuted as a light novel series in 2008 and concluded with its 32nd volume in September 2020. Two sequels followed in October 2020 and January 2021.

The TV anime adaptation of the franchise first aired in April 2014 as a 26-episode series. A second season, "The Irregular at Magic High School: Visitor Arc," premiered and ran for 13 episodes. A movie was added to the franchise titled "The Irregular at Magic High School The Movie: The Girl Who Summons the Stars," which opened in Japan in June 2017. The spin-off manga "The Honor Student at Magic High School" inspired a 13-episode TV anime that premiered in July 2021.