Voice actor Yuki Sakakihara has been added to the voice cast of Secrets of the Silent Witch as Neil Clay Maywood. The upcoming TV anime series is scheduled to begin broadcasting in Japan in July 2025.
Sakakihara’s character is described as someone who is in charge of general affairs for the Serendia Academy student council.
He joins a main voice cast that stars:
- • Saya Aizawa as Monica Everett
- • Hitomi Nabatame as Nero
- • Junichi Suwabe as Louis Miller
- • Shogo Sakata as Felix Arc Ridill
- • Atsumi Tanezaki as Isabelle Norton
- • Kanna Nakamura as Lana Colette
- • Yoshiki Nakajima as Cyril Ashley
Takaomi Kanasaki (KonoSuba director until The Legend of Crimson) is the anime’s chief director, screenwriter, and scriptwriter, with Yasuo Iwamoto (Princess Connect Re:Dive Season 2) as director and Cona Nitanda (Pokémon Anime “Lucky na Safari de Onigokko!?”) as character designer. Studio Gokumi is in charge of the animation production.
Other staff include Yoshinori Iwanaga (Banished from the Hero’s Party seasons 1-2) as monster and prop designer, Eri Yamanashi (Tying the Knot With an Amagami Sister) and Yukiko Maruyama (My Hero Academia seasons 1-7) as art directors, Kana Imagaki (Spy x Family seasons 1-2) as 3D CG director, and Naoki Eto (My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! Season 2, film, and OVA) as director of photography. Cygames and Rina Tayama (Vampire Dormitory) are credited as the music composers for the series.
The anime is based on the fantasy light novels written by Matsuri Isora and illustrated by Nanna Fujimi. It was first published by Kadokawa’s former Fujimi Shobo imprint on June 10, 2021 and has released nine main volumes (including a short story volume) as of February 2025. The story was first published as a Shosetsuka ni Naro web novel from February 20, 2020 to October 3, 2020.
A manga adaptation of the main light novel series by Tobi Tana was launched in July 2021. A prequel light novel series and manga were also released.
Yen Press releases the Secrets of the Silent Witch light novels and manga in English. It describes the main synopsis as:
Monica Everett, the Silent Witch, is the only mage in the world who can use unchanted magecraft, a true hero who singlehandedly defeated a legendary black dragon. However, this young genius is actually…super-duper shy! That’s right: She learned to cast spells silently just to avoid speaking in public, and despite her power, she has zero self-confidence. Now Monica has been tasked with secretly guarding the second prince. Can she keep it together as she faces both the evil forces targeting the prince and the terrors of social interaction?
Source: Secrets of the Silent Witch Official Twitter, Comic Natalie
