lead=yes is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hajime Kōmoto. It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from January 2020 to July 2023, with its chapters collected in 18 volumes.
An anime television series adaptation produced by A-1 Pictures aired from April to July 2023. A second season aired from January to March 2024. A third season is set to premiere in 2027.
The manga was digitally serialized by Viz Media and Manga Plus in English. In October 2020, Viz Media announced the print and digital publication of the manga; the volumes were released from July 6, 2021, to December 3, 2024.
A second season was announced after the airing of the first-season finale. Titled Masshuru: Shinkakusha Kōho Senbatsu Shiken-hen, it broadcast from January 6 to March 30, 2024. The opening theme song for the second season is "Bling-Bang-Bang-Born", performed by Creepy Nuts, while the ending theme song is トーキョーズ・ウェイ!, performed by Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku.
In May 2024, a sequel to the television series was announced. It was later confirmed to be a third season, adapting the "Tri-Magic-Athalon Divine Visionary Final Exam" arc. The season is set to premiere in 2027.
Aniplex of America revealed an English version of the announcement video at its Anime Expo panel on July 3, 2022. On February 21, 2023, Crunchyroll announced that they would stream the series; an English dub premiered on May 26 of the same year. Medialink licensed the series in Asia-Pacific. In October 2024 at its New York Comic Con panel, Aniplex of America announced that the English dub would broadcast on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block beginning on November 10 of the same year. The second season premiered on the same programming block on November 9, 2025.
A second stage play adaptation was announced in December 2023. It ran at the Tennozu Galaxy Theater in Tokyo from August 2–12, 2024, and at the AiiA 2.5 Theater Kobe in Hyogo from August 17–19.
In 2020, the manga was nominated for the sixth Next Manga Awards and placed eleventh out of the 50 nominees with 12,894 votes. The series ranked third on the "Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2021" by the Honya Club website. Mashle was nominated for the 67th Shogakukan Manga Award in the category in 2021.
The Nippon Foundation included the manga on their list of "5 Recommended Manga Available in English" and wrote: "comic scenes of characters tormenting each other are fun to read, with no sense of distaste. In an amusing way, the story shows how cultivating special skills can overcome adversity." Writing for Le Figaro, Clémence Ballandras made a positive review about the series and wrote that it "combines the very specific universe of manga, with that of Harry Potter, while infusing a good dose of humor." Rebecca Silverman of Anime News Network gave the first volume a B+. Silverman praised the series for its humor, calling it a " Harry Potter parody with overtones of One-Punch Man." Silverman, however, wrote that apart from Mash, the rest of the characters are "forgettable" and said that the art is "fairly unattractive", comparing it to Mob Psycho 100. Nevertheless, she concluded: "It doesn't look pretty, but it also doesn't need to, making this a good addition to the library of humor manga."
Sheena McNeil of Sequential Tart gave the first volume a 7 out of 10. McNeil also noted the similarities with One-Punch Man and Harry Potter, praising as well its story and art, concluding: "I enjoyed this read a fair amount. It's low key hilarious. It has flaws, but it also has potential, and I look forward to where it goes from here." In a review of the second volume, McNeil gave it a 8, and wrote: "if you want action, humor, and magic, this story hits you over the head with all three."
| 2023 | Arrangement Award | "Shū Cream Funk" | |||
| 2024 | 8th Crunchyroll Anime Awards | Best Comedy | Mashle: Magic and Muscles | ||
| Best Fantasy | |||||
| Best Voice Artist Performance (Spanish) | Gerardo Ortega | ||||
| Best Voice Artist Performance (Castilian) | David Flores | ||||
| 10th Anime Trending Awards | Best in Soundtrack | Mashle: Magic and Muscles | |||
| Ending Theme Song of the Year | "Shū Cream Funk" | ||||
| Comedy Anime of the Year | Mashle: Magic and Muscles | ||||
| Fantasy Anime of the Year | |||||
| TikTok | Special Award | "Bling-Bang-Bang-Born" | |||
| Mashle: Magic and Muscles | |||||
| 46th Anime Grand Prix | Best Theme Song | "Bling-Bang-Bang-Born" | |||
| New Words and Buzzwords Awards | |||||
| Yahoo! Japan Search Awards | Anime Category | Mashle: Magic and Muscles | |||
| Music Category | "Bling-Bang-Bang-Born" | ||||
| TikTok Awards Japan | Anime of the Year | Mashle: Magic and Muscles | |||
| Billboard Japan Music Awards | Hot 100 | "Bling-Bang-Bang-Born" | |||
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| Top Global Japan (Excl. Japan) Songs | |||||
| Top Japan Songs (South Korea) | |||||
| Top Japan Songs (Thailand) | |||||
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| Abema | Anime Song Award | ||||
| 66th Japan Record Awards | Grand Prix | ||||
| Excellent Awards | |||||
| 2025 | Reiwa Anisong Awards | Best Work Award | |||
| Best Anime Song Award | |||||
| 11th Anime Trending Awards | Best in Soundtrack | Mashle: Magic and Muscles - The Divine Visionary Candidate Exam | |||
| Opening Theme Song of the Year | "Bling-Bang-Bang-Born" | ||||
| Ending Theme Song of the Year | "Tokyo's Way!" | ||||
| Action or Adventure Anime of the Year | Mashle: Magic and Muscles - The Divine Visionary Candidate Exam | ||||
| Comedy Anime of the Year | |||||
| 39th Japan Gold Disc Awards | Song of the Year by Download (Japan) | "Bling-Bang-Bang-Born" | |||
| Top 3 Songs by Download | |||||
| Song of the Year by Streaming (Japan) | |||||
| Top 5 Songs by Streaming | |||||
| MTV Video Music Awards Japan | Song of the Year | ||||
| 30th AMD Awards | Excellence Award | ||||
| 43rd JASRAC Awards | Silver Award | ||||
| Music Awards Japan | Song of the Year | ||||
| Best Japanese Song | |||||
| Top Japanese Song in Asia | |||||
| Top Japanese Song in Europe | |||||
| Top Japanese Song in North America | |||||
| Top Japanese Song in Latin America | |||||
| Best Japanese Hip Hop/Rap Song | |||||
| Best Japanese Dance Pop Song | |||||
| Best Anime Song | |||||
| Best Music Video | |||||
| Best Viral Song | |||||
| Best of Listeners' Choice: Japanese Song | |||||
| Karaoke of the Year: J-Pop | |||||
| 9th Crunchyroll Anime Awards | Best Comedy | Mashle: Magic and Muscles - The Divine Visionary Candidate Exam | |||
| Best Opening Sequence | "Bling-Bang-Bang-Born" | ||||
| Best Anime Song | |||||
| Best Voice Artist Performance (Portuguese) | Pedro Azevedo | ||||
| Japan Expo Awards | Daruma for Best Opening | "Bling-Bang-Bang-Born" | |||
| 20th AnimaniA Awards | Best TV Series: Disc | Mashle: Magic and Muscles | |||
| Best Anime Song | "Bling-Bang-Bang-Born" |
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