The official website and Twitter/X account of the upcoming Witch Watch TV anime series has announced the addition of eight new voice cast members. The new cast additions were also confirmed in the 10th issue of Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine.
A second teaser video featuring the new characters was also released this week, which includes:
- • Miyuki Sawashiro as Ibara Ibu
- • Jun Fukuyama as Yuzuru Kenmochi
- • Rie Kugimiya as Syrup
- • Misaki Kuno as Kuromitsu
- • Noriko Hidaka as Riro Takumi
- • Kenta Miyake as Burst
- • Jun Fukushima as Kyoki Saiko
- • Hikaru Midorikawa as Daiki Sakai MK. II
They join a main voice cast that 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
- • Mikako Komatsu as Yuri Makuwa
- • Yui Takahashi as Kara Minami
- • Konami Kohara as Kukumi Ureshino
- • Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Tenryu Kiyomiya
Crunchyroll and Netflix also revealed that they will stream the anime when it debuts in Japan in April 2025. The show will run for two consecutive cours.
Ikehata Hiroshi (i☆Ris the Movie – Full Energy!!, Dark Gathering, Akiba’s Trip The Animation) is directing the anime adaptation, with 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 screenwriter, Haruko Iizuka (The Magical Girl and the Evil Lieutenant Used to Be Archenemies, Josee, the Tiger and the Fish) as character designer, and Kaishu Sugimura (A Condition Called Love opening animation animation director) and Yuki Sawa (Magical Destroyers character designer) as sub-character designers. Bibury Animation Studio is handling the animation production.
Kenta Shinohara‘s Witch Watch manga was first launched in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine on February 8, 2021 and has released 20 volumes as of January 2025. Viz Media releases the manga in English digitally for North America.
GKIDS previously announced that it will screen the first three episodes of the Witch Watch early in North American theaters on March 16, 2025. The company will also screen the episodes early in Europe and Asia.
Crunchyroll will stream the anime outside of Japan in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, and CIS. It describes the main synopsis as:
Morihito Otogi, a high school student who comes from a lineage of ogres, enjoys a peaceful, ordinary life until his childhood friend, Nico, moves in with him. Nico is a witch-in-training, and chooses Morihito to be her familiar. While Nico is thrilled to reunite with her old friend and crush, Morihito is tasked with the perilous duty to protect her from a foretold calamity. Between the unpredictable chaos caused by Nico’s magic, and the awkwardness of sharing a home, their lives become a whirlwind of supernatural hijinks and threats.
Source: Witch Watch Official Anime Twitter, Official Anime Website
