An official website and X (formerly Twitter) account opened today announced that an anime adaptation of Weekly Shonen Jump manga WITCH WATCH is in the works for an April 2025 broadcast in Japan.
The magical comedy series’ main cast and staff were revealed, along with a teaser trailer and visual.
Teaser Visual
The anime’s announced cast is as follows:
Nico Wakatsuki voiced by Rina Kawaguchi (Quan in Kizuna no Allele)
Morihito Otogi voiced by Ryota Suzuki (Ryusei in Dr. STONE)
Kanshi Kazamatsuri voiced by Kohei Amasaki (Will in Wistoria: Wand and Sword)
Keigo Magami voiced by Kaito Ishikawa (Naofumi in The Rising of the Shield Hero)
Nemu Miyao voiced by Tomori Kusunoki (Shizuka in Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead)
WITCH WATCH anime character designs
Based on the manga by Kenta Shinohara (SKET Dance), Hiroshi Ikehata (TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You) directs the WITCH WATCH anime at Bilbury Animation Studios, with series composition by Deko Akao (The Case Study of Vanitas), character designs by Haruko Iizuka (Horimiya) and music by Yukari Hashimoto (A Sign of Affection).
Additional staff members were also announced:
Assistant Director: Masao Kawase
Sub Character Designers: Yuki Sawa, Yoshiaki Sugimura
Art Director: Ping Xue
Art Designers: Yuki Takeuchi, Masayuki Niizuma
Color Designer: Yuiha Ota
Director of Photography: Hisashi Yonezawa
Editor: Mutsumi Takemiya
Sound Director: Fumiyuki Go
VIZ Media publishes an official English version of the manga and describes the story:
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!
Source: Comic Natalie
