MF Ghost 3rd Season Premieres in January 2026, Releases New Teaser Visual

MF Ghost 3rd Season Premieres in January 2026, Releases New Teaser Visual featured image

ⒸShuichi Shigeno, Kodansha/MF GHOST Committee.

Melvyn Tan

MF Ghost 3rd Season is set to begin airing in January 2026. A fresh teaser visual was released with the announcement.

MF Ghost is based on the Kodansha-published manga by Initial D‘s Shuuichi Shigeno, which takes place in the 2020s of Initial D‘s world. The story follows Kanata Rivington, a graduate of a British racing school, who returns to Japan to participate in the popular MFG race and find his father. 

ⒸShuichi Shigeno, Kodansha/MF GHOST Committee.

The manga began serialization in the seinen publication Weekly Young Magazine in 2017 and released its 23rd and final volume in June 2025. The anime’s first season aired in 2023, while the second season aired in 2024.

Kodansha USA’s description of the manga reads as such:

The author of Initial D has roared back onto the track with another hit! In a near future where cars have mostly switched over to sustainable power, combustion engine racing is a rarity. The MFG is the last major race for this dying breed, and half-Japanese Kanata Rivington has come back to try his luck. But that’s not all he’s come to Japan to do…he’s searching for his father, too. Can even the ambitious Kanata accomplish all he’s set out to do?

Staff (Season 1 and 2)

• Director: Tomohito Naka (New Initial D the Movie Legend 3: Dream, New Initial D the Movie Legend 2: Racer) 
• Series composer: Kenichi Yamashita (Hensuki: Are You Willing to Fall in Love with a Pervert, as Long as She’s a Cutie?)
• Character designer and co-chief animation director: Naoyuki Onda (Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway, Inuyashiki)
• Music composer: Akio Tobashi (New Initial D the Movie Legend trilogy)
• Animation production: Felix Film 
• CG animation production: FelixFilm and directrain

Cast

• Yuma Uchida as Kanata Katagiri/Kanata Rivington
• Ayane Sakura as Ren Saionji

Source: @mfg_anime

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