A new key visual and PV trailer have been released for The Irregular at Magic High School Season 3, which begins its “Steeplechase Arc” next week on May 3, 2024.
The 30-second trailer highlights Tatsuya Shiba and his friends preparing to face a new threat. It also previews the anime’s new ending theme “Snow Noir” by music unit Sangatsu no Phantasia.
According to the series’ Blu-ray and DVD listings, the Steeplechase Arc is expected to span four episodes and will be followed by the Ancient City Insurrection Arc, which will span five episodes.
Jimmy Stone (The Irregular at Magic High School: Visitor’s Arc and The Irregular at Magic High School: Reminiscence Arc assistant director) is directing the third season, with Lightworks’ Muneo Nakamoto (The Irregular at Magic High School: Visitor’s Arc and The Irregular at Magic High School: Reminiscence Arc) as scriptwriter, Kana Ishida (The Irregular at Magic High School series) as character designer and chief animation director, Asumi Hashimoto (The Irregular at Magic High School: Visitor’s Arc and The Irregular at Magic High School: Reminiscence Arc co-animation director) as sub-character designer, and Taku Iwasaki (The Irregular at Magic High School series) as music composer.
Eight Bit is handling the animation production once again after working on The Irregular at Magic High School The Movie: The Girl Who Calls the Stars anime film, The Irregular at Magic High School: Visitor’s Arc, and The Irregular at Magic High School: Reminiscence Arc. Madhouse handled the first season’s animation production.
The series originally began as a web novel by Tsutomu Sato on Shosetsuka ni Naro from October 12, 2008 to March 21, 2011. It was then published as a light novel series by ASCII Media Works’s Dengeki Bunko imprint with new illustrations from Kana Ishida on July 10, 2011 until September 10, 2020. A total of 32 volumes were released, along with six additional side story volumes.
A sequel series titled The Irregular at Magic High School Magian Company began in October 2020. Another spinoff series titled New – The Irregular at Magic High School: Maidens of Cygnus began in January 2021. The series has also inspired several manga adaptations and video games.
Yen Press releases the light novels in English, describing the first volume as:
The year is 2095. Magic has been tamed as another form of technology, and the practice of magic is now a rigorous discipline. Brother and sister Tatsuya and Miyuki Shiba are just about to start their first year at the renowned First Magic High School of Japan. But the school’s ironclad rules mean that the brilliant Miyuki enters the prestigious Course 1, while her older brother, Tatsuya, is relegated to Course 2–and that’s just the beginning of their troubles!
