Magical Girl Raising Project Restart Gets Teaser Trailer Ahead of 2026 Release

Magical Girl Raising Project Restart Gets Teaser Trailer Ahead of 2026 Release

The official X account for Magical Girl Raising Project Restart revealed its first promotional video for the anime series this morning, alongside a new teaser visual illustrated by Maruino shown below. It was also announced that Daisy×Daisy will be performing the ending theme, “ReMind.” The show is slated for a 2026 release.

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Yen Press offers the following summary of the first light novel in the series, which is what the previous season of the anime was based on: “Sugar and spice–but not playing nice! The hit smartphone game Magical Girl Raising Project is not only free, but one in tens of thousands of players will win real-life powers. In N City, 16 of these lucky girls help the city’s citizens–until upper management announces that each week, the least productive magical girl will lose her gifts. But this is no ordinary contest, and as the rules become increasingly sadistic, the competition to keep their powers becomes a vicious battle for the girls’ very lives…”

As you can probably guess, the series fits into the trend of “dark magical girl” series largely kick-started by Puella Magi Madoka Magica. The light novels, written by Asari Endō, began in 2012 and are ongoing with 18 volumes. The manga had two runs; the first went from 2014 to 2015 for two volumes, and the second, Magical Girl Raising Project: Restart, began in June 2016. The first season of the anime ran in 2016 for 12 episodes, adapting the first light novel in the series. The new anime will be adapting the Restart books, which are the second and third in the series, respectively.

The Restart anime will be produced by SynergySP, and Hiroyuki Hashimoto will be returning as director from the first season. Takao Yoshioka (Your Lie In April, Horimiya) will handle series composition and the script, Masako Ito will adapt Maruino’s character designs, and Satoki Iida is returning as sound director.

You can watch the series’ promotional video below:

 
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