YOASOBI has released an animated music video for “Watch Me!,” the opening theme song for the Witch Watch TV anime, which features the characters Nico Wakatsuki and Morihito Otogi.
The video is produced by Folium and directed by Folium member Yu Nakagaito (“Sweet Surprise” music video motion graphics and graphic design, “Glorious Day” music video motion graphics, “Tentai Kansoku” music film co-compositor). Other production credits include:
• Dance animation choreography: SACO MAKITA
• Animation director: Yoshiaki Sugimura (Witch Watch co-sub-character designer)
• Key animator: Naoya Tsutsumi
• Designer: MULTRA’s Taisei Yamashita
• Motion designer: MULTRA’s Yuki Matsuoka
• 3DCG: Hirotsugu
• Producer: Folium’s Daisuke Chiba (Stardust Telepath and “Oracle” compositing director)
Witch Watch started airing on April 6 JST and will run for two consecutive cours. It is based on the manga by Kenta Shinohara, which began in 2021 and has 21 volumes as of April 2025. 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!
We previously highlighted Witch Watch‘s opening animation in a list of standout Spring 2025 anime opening and ending sequences.
Staff
• Director: Ikehata Hiroshi (i☆Ris the Movie – Full Energy!!, Dark Gathering, Akiba’s Trip The Animation)
• Assistant director: Masao Kawase (Kiratto Pri Chan and Magical Destroyers, i☆Ris the Movie – Full Energy!! co-unit director)
• Series composer: Deko Akao (VTuber Legend: How I Went Viral after Forgetting to Turn Off My Stream, Unnamed Memory)
• Character designer: Haruko Iizuka (The Magical Girl and the Evil Lieutenant Used to Be Archenemies, Josee, the Tiger and the Fish)
• Sub-character designer: Kaishu Sugimura (A Condition Called Love opening animation animation director)
• Sub-character designer: Yuki Sawa (Magical Destroyers character designer)
• Animation production studio: Bibury Animation Studio
Cast
• 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
Source: Ayase/YOASOBI YouTube channel
