In an interview with A Certain Magical Index creator Kazuma Kamachi and editor Kazuma Miki , published on Saturday, Newtype magazine mentioned that the third season of the A Certain Scientific Railgun anime is slated for 2019 along with the A Certain Scientific Accelerator anime.

The staff announced the new season at the " Dengeki Bunko 25th Anniversary Fall Dengeki Festival" event last month. Tatsuyuki Nagai is returning to direct the anime at J.C. Staff .

Kamachi's A Certain Magical Index light novel series has inspired three television anime series, a 2013 anime film, and multiple manga adaptations. Motoi Fuyukawa 's A Certain Scientific Railgun spinoff manga has also inspired two television anime adaptations and an original video anime ( OVA ).