Mashle Season 3 Teaser: Japanese Fans React — "Finally, After All This Time"
マッシュル 第3期ティザーPV、日本のファンの反応
“Took a while, but I'm just glad it's actually happening.”
大分時間かかったけど放送されることになって良かったわ
On the teaser trailer for Mashle: Magic and Muscles Season 3, Japanese fans flooded the comments with relief and hype after a long wait for any news of a continuation. The recurring themes were praise for a visibly upgraded animation quality (with fans speculating the studio poured extra resources in after strong sales), a guessing game over who'll sing the opening theme (past artists like CreepyNuts and Okazaki Taiiku got name-dropped), and bittersweet notes about characters who won't be coming back. It closes on one fan ranking the announcement as, quite literally, a reason to keep living.
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Japanese fan reactions (excerpted from 595)
- @オレはシスコンじゃないろりこんだ-1028👍 34
Right?! So hyped for this!!
ね！めっちゃ楽しみ!!
- @seuw2009👍 84
Honestly thought it was never coming.
もう来ないかと思ってた
- @Kinoko_siitake👍 775
0:40 — the animation is insane. Okay, that explains why it took this long to make.
0:40 作画えっぐ。こんなに制作期間かかるのは納得のクオリティ
- @まっちゃ-bf👍 14
Meanwhile, One Punch Man Season 3 be like...
なおワンパンマン3期
- @mash-burne-dead1111👍 861
The animation changed so much... can't wait... I'll be waiting, Mash Burnedead...
作画凄い変わった…楽しみ… 待っています…マッシュバーンデッド…
- @absoluteZero_018👍 480
The art style shifted a bit but it still feels like Mashle. Also the animation is just too good.
絵柄ちょっと変わったけどちゃんとマッシュルしてるな っていうか作画良すぎやろ
- @ささぎの👍 53
A-1 Pictures cuts corners ruthlessly on shows they don't expect to sell. This must've sold way better than expected, so they're kicking it into gear.
a-1picturesは売れなさそうなアニメは容赦無く手抜くからなあ 想像以上に売れてギア上げてるんだと思う
- @酒好き叔父さんウイスキー爺👍 370
I've been waiting~ Mash! Burnedead! 😂
待っていたぞ〜 マッシュ！バーンデッド！😂
- @中途半端な人-q2t👍 196
The animation!! It's completely different!! Like, glossy, shiny almost — and I can even spot little callbacks to the bonus-comic gag about turning a pot into a mouse! The detail!! (crying)
作画！！作画全然違う！！ なんか、なんか、ツヤツヤってか、テカテカってか しかもちょこちょこ見えるのおまけマンガの鍋をネズミに変える変身術のやつじゃん！！細か！！（泣）
- @nao-37564👍 203
IT'S HEEEERE!!! So hyped!! The whole art texture feels completely different!!
きたぁぁぁぁぁぁぁ！！！楽しみだぁぁぁぁぁぁ！なんかすごい絵の質感変わってる！！
- @yuka_424👍 87
The old art style was great, but this new crisp, sharp look is amazing too 😭😭😭
前の絵柄も良かったけど、今回のパキパキした感じの絵柄もめっちゃ良い😭😭😭
- @ihou-v3z👍 266
Mashle only gets better from here on out.
こっからマッシュル更に面白い
- @hazure0415👍 17
How is it even allowed to get funnier than this.
これ以上おもろくなってどうすんねん
- @マカロン-17👍 12
Guess I'll reread it, I've forgotten basically everything.
読み直そ、すっかり忘れちゃってる
- @るかたなー-y9y👍 4
It explodes (probably).
爆発する（適当）
- @Nononotai.mirarisu👍 63
Domina is seriously adorable — actually the whole art style got cuter and I'm losing it.
ドミナくんまじでかわいい というか作画が可愛くなってて大興奮
- @MaluStar-k6i👍 62
0:02 — the way he says "Grandpa-sama" is so cute.
0:02 「じいちゃん様」っていうのが可愛い
- @Kouhara_games👍 11
Mashle's timeline: "a few days." Reality's timeline: "several years."
マッシュル「数日」 現実「数年」
- @池田ひより-y3w👍 59
Oh my god... I'm way too hyped. I just want next year to hurry up already. Now it's just counting down the days until it starts. My favorite, Domina, is finally showing up — can't wait to hear his voice...
やばい…めちゃくちゃ楽しみすぎる 早く来年にならないかな あとは何日の何時から始まるのを待つだけだ アタイの推しのドミナくんがいよいよ出てくるのか 声が楽しみ…
- @ためごろう👍 20
If the late-night anime block runs Frieren into Mashle, that's a fire lineup. Works the other order too, honestly.
アニフラ枠でフリーレン→マッシュルだと激アツ 逆でも可
- @Iihito591👍 366
Genuinely wondering what the OP is gonna be this time.
マジでOPどうなるんだ
- @桃太郎すももたろす👍 47
I can't imagine anyone topping CreepyNuts...... 😥
CreepyNutsを超えるアーティストがいるとは思えん……😥
- @s.kみー👍 74
CreepyNuts was great too, obviously, but Okazaki Taiiku's felt more like a real "anime song" to me — I liked that one more.
CreepyNutsももちろん良かったけど、岡崎体育の方がTheアニソンって感じで好きだったな
- @yuya-n-yuyo-n👍 82
Got a feeling Kocchi no Kento might be the one for this.
こっちのけんととか来そうな予感
- @xld8I0616👍 7
The Valkis squad is finally moving!! I'm way too excited for this!!!
ついにヴァルキス組が動く！！ めっちゃ楽しみすぎる～！！！
- @youverymelon👍 1
So grateful we're getting more~!! Definitely watching! Can't wait!! ...The only sad part is Wahlz doesn't have any more scenes coming.
続きありがてぇ〜！！絶対見ます！楽しみです！！ ……もうワースの出番ないことだけが寂しいよ
- @mojicokyt8839👍 1
OHHHHHH!!!! So happy!! Can't wait!!! I couldn't wait for the anime so I already bought the final manga volume!!
おおおおおー!!!!嬉しい!!楽しみ!!!アニメ待ちきれなくて漫画最終巻まで買っちゃったからね!!
- @user-nw4ok2ku2x👍 1
The animation is genuinely exploding right now?!?! I love the Tri-Magicathlon arc so much because literally everyone — enemies included — turns out to be a good person deep down. I'm way too excited!!! This is legitimately a reason to keep living...
作画まじで爆発してますね！？！？三魔対争はまじで敵キャラももちろん味方もみんないい奴すぎて大好きだから楽しみすぎる！！！まじで生きる希望…
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