by The latest anime in the “Mashhin Hero Wataru” series, “Mashhin Creation Legend Wataru,” began airing on the TV Tokyo network on January 12, 2025. A preview of the third episode, which will air on Sunday, January 26, has arrived.
Episode 3 advance cut and synopsis released.
Episode 3: “Big Reveal: Uncover the Mystery of Maro!” Wataru is worried about Kakeru, who he was separated from when he came to Sorabe. Meanwhile, Mifurayin is curious about Maro’s true identity, and Wataru also wonders why Maro, a popular Vtuber, is in Sorabe. Could Maro be a spy for Enjoda? Then, “Masyuki Exposure” appears, claiming to be a reporter for Weekly Kutsurogi, and begins to expose Maro’s secrets!
“Majin Souzouden Wataru” work information
Broadcast on six TV Tokyo affiliated stations from January 2025, “Mashhin Hero Wataru” is an animated series broadcast on TV from April 1988 to 1989. It has 45 episodes, followed by the second TV series, “Mashhin Hero Wataru 2,” and the third series, “Super Mashhin Hero Wataru.”
Since then, it has been popular for many years, with a movie version and a web anime, “Mashhin Hero Wataru: Ryuujinmaru of the Seven Souls” in 2020. The new work will be a new story that follows the “Mashhin Hero Wataru lineage.” The protagonist, Hoshibe Wataru, appears as a “Ryutuber” who aims to be a superstar and goes on an adventure battle in another world with his partner Ryuuujinmaru.
The story takes place in a different world called “Sorabe World,” where Wataru challenges the final boss, “Enjoda,” with “Ryuujinmaru,” a genie (machine) created from blocks.
The protagonist, a fourth-grader named Hoshibe Wataru, is a YouTuber aiming to become a superstar. Set in the parallel world of Chubukai, the adventure begins with Ryujinmaru, a demon (machine) that Wataru created out of blocks to defeat the final boss, Enjoda! Director: Yumi Kamakura / Series Composition: Yoichi Kato / Character Design: Mayuko Nakano, Yoshinori Yumoto / Genie Design: Kyoryu Kuramochi, Studio GS / World Design: Yuri / Art Director: Norifumi Nakamura, Masami Hayashi / Color Design: Akiko Shibata / CG Director: Shinpei Nagashima / Director of Photography: Tsunetaka Ema / Editing: Naoki Watanabe / Music: Ryuichi Takada, Keiichi Hirokawa, Oliver Good, Kaoru Inoue / Sound Director: Sadayoshi Fujino / Production: Bandai Namco Pictures / Production: Bandai Namco Filmworks, TV Tokyo Wataru Hoshibe: Mutsumi Tamura / Kakeru Tenbe: Atsumi Tanezaki / Mifurayin: Katsuyuki Konishi / Maro: Megu Umezawa / Ryunryun: Rie Kugimiya / Ryujinmaru: Tomokazu Sugita ©Bandai Namco Filmworks Inc.
