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Solo Leveling: Beyond the System Movie Is Officially in Production

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Solo Leveling is heading to theatres. Solo Leveling: Beyond the System, a brand-new anime theatrical film, is officially in production — announced at the Crunchyroll Showcase at Anime Expo 2026 on 3 July by Aleks Le, Sung Jinwoo’s English voice actor, who introduced a teaser concept video and the film’s first key visual. A-1 Pictures, the studio behind Seasons 1 and 2, is back on animation.

What Beyond the System Is About

Sung Jinwoo awakening to new power in Solo Leveling
Image courtesy of A-1 Pictures / Aniplex

The title pulls from one of the series’ most beloved early moments: the Double Dungeon Arc, where a near-dead Jinwoo first received the System that would reshape his life. Beyond the System picks up after Season 2’s Ant King raid on Jeju Island and follows Jinwoo back to the Cartenon Temple — the original dungeon where everything started — to uncover the truth about the System that gave him his power.

The released key visual shows Jinwoo with his signature blue aura eyes glowing at an intensity that implies he has risen to a level of power that transcends the System itself. A theatrical Japan premiere is targeted for 2027; an international cinema schedule, including Singapore, has not yet been announced.

Season 3 Confirmed Too

Sung Jinwoo commanding his shadow army in the Solo Leveling anime
Image courtesy of A-1 Pictures / Aniplex

Alongside the movie announcement, D&C Media confirmed Solo Leveling Season 3 is in development, with an expected release window of 2027 to 2028. The franchise is expanding on two fronts simultaneously — the movie appears to be a standalone bridge story rather than a replacement for the main season arc, which will continue with its own release.

For Singapore fans, both seasons streamed on Crunchyroll, which is fully available here, and Season 2’s Arise from the Shadows cour was among the most-discussed anime in the local community this year. The same distribution pipeline makes Crunchyroll the likely home for Beyond the System‘s digital release as well, though a local theatrical run would depend on distribution partners in the region.

The Production Team

The core production lineup remains intact: A-1 Pictures on animation, co-produced by Aniplex, Netmarble, D&C MEDIA, Kakao Piccoma, and Crunchyroll. That same team delivered the shadow army sequences and dungeon boss fights that became some of the most shared anime clips of 2024 and 2025 — Singapore fan servers included. More details — director, full cast, release windows — are expected as production progresses.

Stay tuned to our anime and manga coverage for every update on Beyond the System and Season 3 as they land.

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MASHLE Season 3 Premieres January 2027 — AX Trailer Confirms Final Exam Arc

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Mash Burnedead has one more impossible obstacle to clear — MASHLE: Magic and Muscles Season 3 is premiering in January 2027, confirmed at Anime Expo 2026 on 2 July alongside the series’ first official teaser trailer, now live on the official Aniplex YouTube channel.

MASHLE: Magic and Muscles Season 3 First Teaser Trailer — via アニプレックス チャンネル on YouTube (Japanese)

MASHLE Season 3: What the Tri-Magic-Athalon Arc Is

The full title is MASHLE: Magic and Muscles — Tri-Magic-Athalon Divine Visionary Final Exam Arc. If you have been keeping up with the manga, you know exactly how high the stakes climb here. The Tri-Magic-Athalon is a three-versus-three magical duel tournament that serves as the final selection process for the next Divine Visionaries — the most powerful mages in the land. It is, in other words, exactly the kind of nonsensically dangerous high-stakes event that Mash approaches with the same blank calm he uses to eat cream puffs.

Season 3 also formally introduces Domina Blowelive, a new antagonist who gets her own character visual in the teaser — and who looks designed to make Mash’s deadpan expression look even more deadpan by contrast.

Domina Blowelive character visual — MASHLE Season 3 new antagonist
Image courtesy of A-1 Pictures / Aniplex

Production: Same Core Team, One New Name

Director Tomoya Tanaka returns to A-1 Pictures alongside series composer Yōsuke Kuroda and music composer Masaru Yokoyama — so the production continuity that kept Seasons 1 and 2 looking and sounding consistent carries over. The one personnel change is the character designer: Chiaki Furuzumi — who served as sub-character designer on both seasons of Solo Leveling — steps in to replace Hisashi Higashijima. Judging by the teaser, the visual identity stays close to what fans know, but the full promotional run will be the real test.

The full returning voice cast is confirmed: Chiaki Kobayashi as Mash Burnedead, Kaito Ishikawa as Lance Crown, Takuya Eguchi as Dot Barrett, Reiji Kawashima as Finn Ames, Reina Ueda as Lemon Irvine, and Yuki Kaji as Rayne Ames.

Mash Burnedead reaching forward — still from MASHLE Season 3 teaser
Image courtesy of A-1 Pictures / Aniplex

How to Watch MASHLE Season 3 in Singapore

Crunchyroll streamed both previous seasons in Singapore and across Southeast Asia, and Season 3 will follow the same route. Both Seasons 1 and 2 are available on Crunchyroll now if you need a re-run before January. An exact premiere date and simulcast schedule will be confirmed closer to broadcast.

MASHLE’s source manga — originally serialised in Weekly Shōnen Jump and concluded in 2023 — is also available digitally if you cannot wait to find out how the tournament resolves.

Follow our Manga & Anime coverage for more updates as the January premiere approaches.