Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei thrills with a new trailer

Following the airing of today's episode, a new promotional video for the third season of the anime adaptation of "Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei (The Irregular at Magic High School)" was revealed. The video announces that the next episode will kick off the "Nine Schools Competition Arc," which only encompasses the thirteenth volume of the original light novels.

This next episode is scheduled for May 3 in Japan, while the video showcases a new closing theme titled "Snow Noir" and performed by Sangatsu no Phantasia.

This third season has been on the air since April 5 and is confirmed with a total of thirteen episodes. Tsutomu Satou and Kana Ishida began publishing the light novels through Kadokawa's Dengeki Bunko imprint in July 2011 and completed it in September 2021. A sequel titled "Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei: Magian Company" released its first volume in October 2021 in Japan.

The play inspired a twenty-six-episode anime adaptation produced by Madhouse Studios under the direction of Manabu Ono, and released in April 2014. Subsequently, a film was released in June 2017. A second season now produced by 8-Bit Studios premiered in October 2020 and featured thirteen episodes, followed by the special "Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei: Tsuioku-hen" in December 2021.

Production Equipment

Jimmy Stone (Death Note, Sword Art Online, Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei) directs the anime at 8-Bit Studios.
Munemasa Nakamoto is in charge of writing and supervising the scripts.
Kana Ishida (Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch, SPY×FAMILY CODE: White, Aquarion EVOL) is in charge of character design and animation direction.
Taku Iwasaki (Noragami, Akame ga Kill!, Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei) is in charge of composing the soundtrack.

Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei thrills with a new trailer

Synopsis of Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei

At the dawn of the 21st century, magic, long considered folklore and fairy tales, has become a systematized technology and is taught as a technical skill. At the First Preparatory School, the institution for magicians, students are segregated into two groups based on their score on the entrance exam: Those who score high are assigned to the First Course, while the "weeds" are reserve students assigned to the Second Course.

Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei follows brothers Tatsuya and Miyuki Shiba, who enroll in the First Course. Upon taking the exam, the prodigious Miyuki is placed in the First Course, while Tatsuya is relegated to the Second Course. Although his practical test scores and "Weed" status show him to be inept at magic, he possesses extraordinary technical knowledge, physical combat capabilities, and unique magical techniques, making Tatsuya the irregular of a magical institute.

Source: Comic Natalie