The Irregular at Magic High School is gearing up for its biggest anime moment in years, and ABEMA is turning the lead-up into a full weekend event. ✨ A live special on December 27, 2025 will reveal new details about The Irregular at Magic High School THE MOVIE: Yotsuba Succession Arc, while multiple free marathons on ABEMA’s Anime SPECIAL channel let you rewatch the TV series, the Reminiscence Arc special and the movie The Girl Who Summons the Stars. For overseas fans, this guide lays out the schedule, viewing links and a realistic look at who can actually watch legally from outside Japan.
ABEMA Special Brings Yotsuba Succession Arc News Live
The new film adapts the “Yotsuba Succession Arc,” one of the most anticipated storylines from Tsutomu Satou’s light novel series The Irregular at Magic High School, which has passed 25 million copies in print and already spawned three TV seasons and a previous movie. To share fresh details, Aniplex and ABEMA are hosting a live program titled “The Irregular at Magic High School THE MOVIE: Yotsuba Succession Arc Latest Info Reveal – Yotsuba Family Room” on December 27, 2025 from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. JST. Voice actors Yuichi Nakamura (Tatsuya Shiba), Saori Hayami (Miyuki Shiba) and Chiwa Saito (Maya Yotsuba) will look back on the story so far and tease the upcoming film with behind-the-scenes talk and first-time announcements.
The special streams on ABEMA’s Anime SPECIAL channel and, according to Aniplex, simultaneously on the Aniplex official YouTube channel, which may be easier to access for some fans outside Japan.
Full Mahouka Marathon: Seasons, Movie and Prequel for Free
To turn the lead-up into a proper Mahouka weekend, ABEMA is also rolling out free marathons of the entire anime series. The lineup covers:
• TV Season 1 – The Irregular at Magic High School (26 episodes)
• TV Season 2 – The Irregular at Magic High School: Visitor Arc (13 episodes)
• TV special – The Irregular at Magic High School: Reminiscence Arc (3 episodes)
• Movie – The Irregular at Magic High School The Movie: The Girl Who Summons the Stars
• TV Season 3 – The Irregular at Magic High School Season 3
All of these air on ABEMA’s Anime SPECIAL channel and then remain free to watch on demand for two weeks after broadcast, giving Japanese viewers time to catch up before the Yotsuba Succession Arc film arrives in 2026.
Broadcast Schedule for Irregular at Magic High School on ABEMA
Here is the official marathon schedule in Japan Standard Time (JST), based on Aniplex’s announcement:
• Season 1 – The Irregular at Magic High School
December 26, 2025 (Fri) from 11:00 p.m.
• Season 2 – The Irregular at Magic High School: Visitor Arc
December 26, 2025 (Fri) from 11:15 a.m.
• TV special – The Irregular at Magic High School: Reminiscence Arc
December 27, 2025 (Sat) from 5:30 p.m.
• Movie – The Irregular at Magic High School The Movie: The Girl Who Summons the Stars
December 27, 2025 (Sat) from 8:00 p.m.
• Season 3 – The Irregular at Magic High School Season 3
December 27, 2025 (Sat) from 9:45 p.m.
All programs stream on ABEMA’s Anime SPECIAL channel, with program pages linked from both the Mahouka movie site and Aniplex’s news section.
Watching the ABEMA Special and Free Marathons Safely
ABEMA works a bit like “internet TV”: multiple themed channels, including several anime channels, stream 24/7 with a mix of free and premium content. Registration is optional for live channels, and you can watch via web browsers or apps on phones, tablets and TVs. For this Mahouka campaign, the special and marathons are advertised as free broadcasts, and the episodes remain free on demand for a limited time afterward on ABEMA’s Anime SPECIAL channel.
The safest approach is straightforward: access ABEMA through its official site or apps, follow the official links, and watch only within the regions where the service legally operates. Official links will be available from the Mahouka Yotsuba Succession Arc news hub and each ABEMA program page.
Overseas Access to Mahouka on ABEMA: Reality Check for Fans
Here’s the part many overseas fans worry about. ABEMA is primarily a Japan-focused service, and a lot of its anime programming is geoblocked outside Japan because of licensing. ABEMA’s own help center states that if you see an error like “AbemaTV is only accessible within Japan,” it means the service has detected a proxy, VPN or an overseas IP address, and in those cases you cannot watch ABEMA. They explicitly ask users to disable proxies or VPNs and try again.
In practice, that means some or all of these Mahouka marathons may only be viewable from within Japan. The Aniplex YouTube simulcast of the “Yotsuba Family Room” special could be more accessible internationally, but availability may still vary by country. If ABEMA shows a region error for you, it’s worth checking which seasons and films are legally available in your country on platforms like Crunchyroll, Netflix, HIDIVE or local services, since Mahouka has been licensed widely outside Japan before.
Catch-Up Route Before the Yotsuba Succession Arc Movie
If you haven’t kept up with Mahouka—or you dropped off somewhere along the way—the sheer amount of content can feel intimidating. For the Yotsuba Succession Arc movie, a practical catch-up route is:
• Season 1: meet Tatsuya, Miyuki and the core magic-meets-politics setup.
• Visitor Arc (Season 2): expand into international magic politics and a broader cast.
• Reminiscence Arc: a short but crucial prequel that deepens the Shiba family’s past.
• Season 3: leads into the timeline where the Yotsuba family’s internal succession drama becomes central.
The earlier movie The Girl Who Summons the Stars is more of a side story, but ABEMA including it in the marathon makes this a rare chance to see every animated Mahouka project in one place—if you’re in a region where ABEMA works.
Planning Your Mahouka Weekend So You Don’t Miss the Reveal
To make the most of this campaign, think of it as a weekend-plus event. Use December 26–27 to drop into whichever free marathons fit your schedule, and bookmark the program pages linked from Aniplex’s Mahouka news hub so you can jump in quickly when the channel goes live. Set a reminder for December 27, 7:00 p.m. JST so you don’t miss the Yotsuba Succession Arc live special—especially if you want to catch the first trailer breakdowns and cast talk as they happen.
If ABEMA is available in your region, this is one of the easiest ways to rejoin Mahouka before the 2026 movie. If it isn’t, you can still use this schedule as a roadmap: line up the seasons and the earlier movie on whatever legal platforms you do have, then tune in to the Aniplex YouTube stream for that shared “we’re finally getting to Yotsuba Succession” moment with fans in Japan and around the world. 🌙
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