Ahead of a planned 2025 release, the official accounts for the Once Upon a Witch’s Death anime today released a brand-new character trailer for protagonist Meg Raspberry, a bright apprentice witch who learns she only has a year left to live.
Once Upon a Witch’s Death Meg Character Trailer
The Once Upon a Witch’s Death anime’s confirmed cast is as follows:
Meg voiced by Yoshino Aoyama
Faust voiced by Yoshiko Sakakibara
Sophie Hayter voiced by Hina Yomiya
Fine Cavendish voiced by Rumi Okubo
Carbuncle voiced by Miharu Hanai
Shirofukuro voiced by Aina Suzuki
Mysterious Girl voiced by Atsumi Tanezaki
Based on the light novels by Saka and Chorefuji, Atsushi Nigorikawa (Beast Tamer) directs Once Upon a Witch’s Death: The Tale of the One Thousand Tears of Joy at studio EMT Squared, with series composition by Keiichiro Ochi (The Quintessential Quintuplets) and character designs by Yukishizuku (Aterlier Ryza chief animation director).
Yen Press publishes an official English version of the light novel series and describes the story:
On Meg’s seventeenth birthday, she learns that she only has one year left to live. Her mentor—the Eternal Witch, Faust—explains that she is cursed and the only way to save herself is to grow a seed of life using one thousand tears of joy. Of course, such tears aren’t easy to come by. As Meg begins her quest, she finds herself drawn into the lives of her friends and neighbors in ways she never imagined. By sharing their burdens and using her magic to comfort them, she learns how precious those moments of connection can be even in the face of death.
Source: Official YouTube