Kenta Shinohara’s popular manga Witch Watch is getting an anime adaptation set to premiere in April 2025. The announcement was accompanied by a teaser visual, and a teaser PV.
The teaser visual features Nico prominently at the center, surrounded by smaller versions of Morihito, Kanshi, Keigo, and Nemu.
The cast voicing the main characters and the staff members of the anime were also revealed along with the announcement. Bibury Animation Studios is responsible for animating the series.
Cast members include:
- Rina Kawaguchi as Nico Wakatsuki
- Ryota Suzuki as Morihito Otogi
- Kohei Amasaki as Kanshi Kazamatsuri
- Kaito Ishikawa as Keigo Magami
- Tomori Kusunoki as Nemu Miyao
Check out the designs of the characters below:
Staff members working on the anime include:
- Director: Hiroshi Ikehata
- Assistant Director: Masao Kawase
- Series Composition: Deko Akao
- Character Design: Haruko Iizuka
- Sub-Character Design: Takao Sugimura, Tomotaka Sawa
- Art Director: He Xu (Kusanagi studio)
- Art Setting: Yuki Takeuchi (Kusanagi studio), Masayuki Niitsuma (Senju Kobo studio)
- Color Design: Yuiha Ota
- Director of Photography: Hisashi Yonezawa
- Editing: Mutsumi Takemiya
- Music: Yukari Hashimoto
- Sound Director: Fumiyuki Go
- Sound Production: Bit Groove Promotion
Serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump, Witch Watch follows the story of Nico Wakatsuki, a clumsy witch in training, and her childhood friend Morihito “Moi” Otogi, a high school student with the power of an ogre. The story begins when Morihito moves in with Nico and becomes her familiar, tasked with protecting her.
As of August 2024, the manga’s chapters have been compiled into 17 volumes, with the 18th volume set to be released on Sep 4, 2024.