An anime adaptation of Kenta Shinohara’s popular fantasy and romantic comedy manga series, Witch Watch, has been officially announced. The premiere is scheduled for April 2025 in Japan. This exciting news was shared on August 18 through a newly launched official website and X (formerly Twitter) account, along with the main voice cast and production staff.
Additionally, a teaser trailer and visual for the show were dropped.
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The Witch Watch anime is being produced by Bibury Animation Studios, known for titles like Magical Destroyers, and 100 Girlfriends Who, Really, Really, Really Love You.
Hiroshi Ikehata is the director (TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You), with the series composition by Deko Akao (Suppose a Kid From the Last Dungeon Boonies Moved to a Starter Town) and Haruko Iizuka handling the character designs (Ensemble Stars!). Yukari Hashimoto (Shachibato! President, It’s Time for Battle!) is composing the music.
Additional staff members:
- Assistant Director: Masao Kawase
- Sub-character designers: Yuki Sawa, Yoshiaki Sugimura
- Art Director: Ping Xue
- Art Designers: Yuki Takeuchi, Masayuki Niizuma
- Color Designer: Yuiha Ota
- Director of Photography: Hisashi Yonezawa
- Editor: Mutsumi Takemiya
- Sound Director: Fumiyuki Go
Main Cast:
- Rina Kawaguchi as Nico Wakatsuki
- Ryota Suzuki as Morihito Otogi
- Tomori Kusunoki as Nemu Miyao
- Kohei Amasaki as Kanshi Kazamatsuri
- Kaito Ishikawa as Keigo Magami
The Witch Watch manga began serialization in Weekly Shonen Jump in February 2021, with 17 volumes published to date. The series is ongoing, with the 18th volume set to release on September 4, 2024.
VIZ Media is publishing The Witch Watch manga in English and describes the first volume as follows:
Morihito Otogi’s family is descended from a long line of ogre familiars, and he has the inhuman strength to prove it. One day, his father comes to him with the life-changing news that he is to become the familiar of his childhood friend, the teenage witch Nico. He is to live under the same roof with her and protect her from anything and anyone that may attempt to harm her. Meanwhile, Nico is excited to get to live with the love of her life, even if her crush is one-sided—Morihito is so serious about his duties to protect her that any romance is going to be an uphill battle. But he has every reason to be serious, as Nico has a prophecy of doom hanging over her head!
Source: official website
