A TV anime adaptation of the Witch Watch manga has been announced with a teaser trailer, teaser visual, and April 2025 premiere window.
Ikehata Hiroshi (i☆Ris the Movie – Full Energy!!, Dark Gathering, Akiba’s Trip The Animation) is directing the anime at Bibury Animation Studio. The other main staff include Masao Kawase (Kiratto Pri Chan and Magical Destroyers, i☆Ris the Movie – Full Energy!! co-unit director) as assistant director, Deko Akao (VTuber Legend: How I Went Viral after Forgetting to Turn Off My Stream, Unnamed Memory) as series composer, Haruko Iizuka (The Magical Girl and the Evil Lieutenant Used to Be Archenemies, Josee, the Tiger and the Fish) as character designer, Yuki Sawa (Magical Destroyers character designer) as one of the sub character designers.
The Witch Watch cast includes:
• 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
The source material by Kenta Shinohara began in 2021 and has 17 volumes as of July 2024. It is serialized in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump. Viz Media describes the plot as:
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!
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Source: @WITCHWATCHanime