Over the weekend, Aniplex of America and CrunchyRoll announced at Anime Central 2023 that the English dub of the comedy anime Mashle: Magic and Muscles will commence streaming weekly on the CrunchyRoll platform starting Friday 26 May 2023. Those in attendance at the panel were treated to an early premiere of the first episode, while everyone else has only a few more days to go.
This announcement and premiere also came with many English voice cast announcements for Mashle: Magic and Muscles, with the principal dub cast including:
Aleks Le (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba; VINLAND SAGA) as Mash Burnedead, a rare young man who cannot use magic. Although he crushes all types of magic with his well-trained muscles, he lacks common sense and tends to do as he pleases. He loves cream puffs.
Brian Anderson (Ascendance of a Bookworm; Pretty Boy Detective Club) as Finn Ames, Mash’s dorm roommate. He is the straight man (tsukkomi) of their antics and Mash’s first friend.
Stephen Fu (The Case Study of Vanitas; Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba) as Lance Crown, a good-looking young man who ranked first among the transfer exam students. He has considerable magical power, and is top of the class in academic performance.
Ben Diskin (The Seven Deadly Sins; Aggretsuko) as Dot Barrett, an impulsive and noisy young man. He’s the unpopular type with a strong hatred for good-looking guys.
Anjali Kunapaneni (Fena: Pirate Princess; Tengoku Daimakyo) as Lemon Irvine, has had a crush on Mash since he helped
About Mashle: Muscles and Magic
This is a world of magic.
This is a world in which magic is casually used by everyone.
In a deep, dark forest in this world of magic, there is a boy who is single-mindedly working out.
His name is Mash Burnedead, and he has a secret. He can’t use magic.
All he wanted was to live a quiet life with his family, but people suddenly start trying to kill him one day and he somehow finds himself enrolled in Magic School. There, he sets his sights on becoming a “Divine Visionary,” the elite of the elite.
Will his ripped muscles work against the best and brightest of the wizarding world?
The curtain rises on this off-kilter magical fantasy in which the power of being jacked crushes any spell!
