The WITCH WATCH manga confirms its anime adaptation
This Sunday it was announced that the manga series written and illustrated by Kenta Shinohara, "WITCH WATCH", will have an anime adaptation. Its premiere has been scheduled for April 2025. The studio that will be in charge of the production of this project is Bibury Animation Studios, who has already worked on anime series such as Gotoubun no Hanayome and The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You. Here is the first trailer for the anime.
The first promotional image of the project was also revealed.
Voice cast
- Rina Kawaguchi as Nico Wakatsuki
- Ryota Suzuki as Morihito Otogi
- Kohei Amasaki as Kanshi Kazamatsuri
- Kaito Ishikawa Keigo Magami.
- Tomori Kusunoki as Nemu Miyao
Production Equipment
- Hiroshi Ikebata (Magical Destroyers and Tonikaku Kawaii) is in charge of directing the anime at Bibury Animation Studios.
- Deko Akao (Tantei wa Mou, Shindeiru, VTuber Legend: How I Went Viral after Forgetting to Turn Off My Stream) is in charge of writing and supervising the scripts.
- Haruko Iizuka (Hentai Ouji to Warawanai Neko, Horimiya, Little Busters! and Gakkou Gurashi!) is in charge of character design and animation direction.
Kenta Shinohara began publishing the manga through Shueisha's Shueisha Shonen Jump Plus service in February 2021, where it is still in serialization. The author has written previous works such as "Kanata no Astra" and "SKET Dance", which also got anime adaptations.
Synopsis of WITCH WATCH
Nico Wakatsuki has finished her six years of training as a witch and is moving to the city alone. As a new witch, she must choose a relative to accompany her. However, unlike the other witches, she wishes to choose a familiar that is not an animal. There's no better companion than Morihito "Moi" Otogi, his childhood friend who happens to be an ogre. Morihito is vehemently opposed to being her servant, but reluctantly accepts his fate after learning that a curse would turn him into a strange cow-tiger hybrid if he disobeyed a witch's order.
Because Morihito's father is leaving on a business trip and Nico's mother is staying in the Holy Land of Witches, the two teenagers find themselves living together under the same roof. Although Nico is thrilled to live with her love, Morihito discovers that her magical antics and clumsiness create more problems than solutions. With a prophesied disaster that will befall Nico in a year, Morihito must do everything he can to protect her as his bodyguard, while fulfilling his duties as his relative.
Source: Natalie
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