Crunchyroll has announced that it will stream the original TV anime series Kamitsubaki City Under Construction in July 2025. The anime will begin broadcasting in Japan on July 3, 2025.
The anime series will be available in the following territories: North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, CIS, and India.
Crunchyroll describes the main synopsis of Kamitsubaki City Under Construction as:
Seven years after humanity was devastated by a major disaster, a beacon of science and prosperity rises in Kamitsubaki City. But lurking in its shadows are Tesseractor, monsters born from human darkness. Only the Witchling, five girls with voices that wield magic, stand against them. With every note, they fight, not just to protect the peace of the city, but to heal a broken world.
The newly licensed series was announced during this weekend’s upcoming Anime Central convention from May 16-18, 2025. It also coincides with the “Kamitsubaki Panel” taking place on May 18, 2025 and KAF’s U.S. debut performance on May 17, 2025 at the convention.
Kodai Kakimoto (BanG Dream! It’s MyGO!!!!! director, Narenare -Cheer for You!-) is serving as director and series screenwriter for Kamitsubaki City Under Construction. Other staff include PALOW (Eve’s “Mob” music video co-concept artist) as character designer and Soki Tsukishima (Ingress the Animation co-series screenwriter and scriptwriter) as setting designer, supervision, and original scenario. SMDE is in charge of the animation production.
Meanwhile, the anime’s main cast consists of members of the group V.W.P (-Virtual Witch Phenomenon-), which include:
- • KAF as Kafu Morisaki
- • RIM as Rime Tanioki
- • HARUSARUHI as Haru Asanushi
- • ISEKAIJOUCHO as Sekai Yorukawa
- • KOKO as Koko Rinne
Other voice cast members include:
- • Ayane Sakura as Laplace
- • Miyu Tomita as Hastur
- • Yohei Azakami as Agni
- • Yuichiro Umehara as Anemos
- • Mai Todo as Kugel
- • Shizuka Ito as the reconstruction section chief
A theatrical preview subtitled Majo no Musume –Witchling- will screen in Japan for two weeks before the series’ premiere, starting on June 13, 2025.
Kamitsubaki City Under Construction is part of Kamitsubaki Studio‘s Kamitsubaki City Under Construction “IP project” that started in 2019.
Kamitsubaki Studio describes itself as “a creative label and new-age artist management which produces cutting-edge internet culture with the next generation of creators” with the intent to “research and develop the future of IP and entertainment through the development of artists, original stories, future XR experiences, and metaverse development.” It has a music label, a story research and development division, a product development division, and a metaverse research and development division.
Source: Crunchyroll News (Kyle Cardine)
