The staff of the upcoming Witch Watch anime series announced pop-rock band Aooo will perform the anime’s ending theme song “Mahō Spice (Magic Spice).” The Witch Watch anime’s latest promotional video previews the ending theme song as well.
The Witch Watch anime will premiere in Japan on April 6 at 5:00 p.m. JST and air for two cours on MBS, TBS, and several affiliate channels. Outside of Japan, Crunchyroll, Netflix, Hulu, and other services around the world will stream the anime.
GKIDS will stream the first three episodes of the Witch Watch anime in theaters in North America from March 16 to March 18. The screenings have exclusive interviews.
YOASOBI will perform the opening theme song “Watch Me!”
The cast includes the following:
- Ryōta Suzuki as Morihito Otogi
- Rina Kawaguchi as Nico Wakatsuki
- Tomori Kusunoki as Nemu Miyao
- Kōhei Amasaki as Kanshi Kazamatsuri
- Kaito Ishikawa as Magami Keigo
- Mikako Komatsu as Yūri Makuwa
- Konomi Kohara as Kukumi Ureshino
- Rie Takahashi as Kara Minami
- Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Tenryū Kiyomiya
- Miyuki Sawashiro as Ibara Ibu
- Jun Fukuyama as Yuzuru Kenmochi
- Rie Kugimiya as Syrup
- Misaki Kuno as Kuromitsu
- Noriko Hidaka as Riro Takumi
- Kenta Miyake as Burst
- Jun Fukushima as Kyōki Saiko
- Hikaru Midorikawa as Daiki Sakai MK. II
Hiroshi Ikehata directs the series alongside assistant director Masao Kawase at Bibury Animation Studio. Deko Akao writes the series scripts. Moreover, Haruki Iizuka designs the characters, with sub-character designs by Kaishū Sugimura and Yuki Sawa.
Additional staff members include:
- Art Director: Ping Xue
- Art Setting: Masayuki Niizuma and Yuki Takeuchi
- Color Key Artist: Yuiha Ōta
- Compositing Director of Photography: Hisashi Yonezawa
- Editor: Mutsumi Takemiya
- Composer: Yukari Hashimoto
- Sound Director: Fumiyuki Go
- Sound Production: Bit Grooove Promotion
