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The Irregular at Magic High School: Yotsuba Succession Arc Anime Film Reveals 2026 Debut, Main Staff in Video

The Aniplex Online Fest event on Saturday revealed the staff and more cast members for the Mahōka Kōkō no Rettōsei: Yotsuba Keishō-hen (The irregular at magic high school THE MOVIE Yotsuba Succession Arc) anime film. The event also streamed a new video for the film, which reveals its 2026 debut.

Jimmy Stone is directing the anime at 8-Bit. Taku Iwasaki is composing the music. Tsutomu Satou is credited for the original story and Kana Ishida is credited for the original character design.

New cast members include Daisuke Ono has Katsushige Shibata and Ai Kayano as Yuuka Tsukuba.

Confirmed returning cast members include Yūichi Nakamura as Tatsuya Shiba, Saori Hayami as Miyuki Shiba, Chiwa Saitō as Maya Yotsuba, and Emiri Katō as Fumiya Kuroba.

Tsutomu Satou's The irregular at magic high school (Mahōka Kōkō no Rettōsei) light novel series launched in 2008, and ended with the 32nd volume in September 2020. Two sequels shipped in October 2020 and January 2021.

The irregular at magic high school TV anime premiered in April 2014 and aired for 26 episodes. A second season, titled The Irregular at Magic High School: Visitor Arc, premiered in October 2020 and ran for 13 episodes. The anime franchise also includes the The irregular at magic high school The Movie: The Girl Who Summons the Stars film, which opened in Japan in June 2017. The Honor Student at Magic High School manga inspired a 13-episode TV anime that premiered in July 2021.

The irregular at magic high school anime's third television season premiered in April 2024. Crunchyroll streamed the series as it aired with English subtitles and an English dub.

Yen Press publishes the original The irregular at magic high school light novel series and Yu Mori's The Honor Student at Magic High School spinoff manga.

Source: Aniplex Online Fest livestream