Mashle: Magic and Muscles Gets Live

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Mashle: Magic and Muscles is getting a live-action film adaptation, with a Japanese theatrical release scheduled for March 19, 2027. Mackenyu, known for playing Roronoa Zoro in Netflix‘s One Piece, will star as Mash Burnedead. Yuichi Fukuda will direct the film.

Mackenyu has appeared in several live-action adaptations of anime and manga properties. His credits include Enishi Yukishiro in Rurouni Kenshin: The Final, Seiya in the Hollywood adaptation of Knights of the Zodiac, and Cadet Ryoichi Hatayama in Pacific Rim: Uprising. He also played Arata Wataya in the Chihayafuru trilogy and Scar in Fullmetal Alchemist: The Revenge of Scar and Final Transmutation.

Fukuda has directed films such as Once Upon a Crime and several live-action adaptations, including The Disastrous Life of Saiki K., Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku, Gintama and Sakamoto Days.

Warner Bros. Pictures and Fuji Television are overseeing Mashle: Magic and Muscles’ production, with CREDEUS handling production and Toho distributing it in Japan.

Created by Hajime Komoto, Mashle: Magic and Muscles began as a manga in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump in January 2020 and concluded in July 2023. Its chapters were collected in 18 volumes. The story takes place in a society where magic determines a person’s status. Mash Burnedead has no magical abilities, so he relies on his physical strength to survive in a world built around magic. A-1 Pictures produced the anime adaptation, which has aired two seasons.

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