Crunchyroll is officially announcing today that the upcoming anime adaptation of Kenta Shinohara’s manga WITCH WATCH will stream on the platform when it premieres in April 2025! The anime series previously announced in December 2024 that it will run for two continuous cours.
WITCH WATCH
Release Date: April 2025Territories: North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East and CISSynopsis: Morihito Otogi, a high school student who comes from a lineage of ogres, enjoys a peaceful, ordinary life until his childhood friend, Nico, moves in with him. Nico is a witch-in-training, and chooses Morihito to be her familiar. While Nico is thrilled to reunite with her old friend and crush, Morihito is tasked with the perilous duty to protect her from a foretold calamity. Between the unpredictable chaos caused by Nico’s magic, and the awkwardness of sharing a home, their lives become a whirlwind of supernatural hijinks and threats.
Additionally, advance theatrical premieres titled WITCH WATCH: WATCH PARTY will begin in mid-March in North America, Europe and Asia from GKIDS, ADN, Tropics and Aniplus, respectively.Hiroshi Ikehata (TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You) directs the WITCH WATCH anime at Bilbury Animation Studios with Masao Kawase acting as Assistant Director. Deko Akao (The Case Study of Vanitas) with series composition, with character designs by Haruko Iizuka (Horimiya) and music by Yukari Hashimoto (A Sign of Affection). The anime was first announced in August 2024.The previously announced cast for WITCH WATCH include:
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)
Yuri Makuwa voiced by Mikako Komatsu (Maki in JUJUTSU KAISEN)
Kara Minami voiced by Rie Takahashi (Yuzuriha in Hell’s Paradise)
Kukumi Ureshino voiced by Konomi Kohara (Chika in Kaguya-sama: Love is War)
Tenryu Kiyomiya voiced by Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (Futaro in The Quintessential Quinuplets)
Kenta Shinohara (SKET Dance, ASTRA LOST IN SPACE) began serialization of WITCH WATCH in Weekly Shonen Jump in 2021, with 20 volumes released in Japan to date. VIZ Media publishes an official English version of the manga.
