Morihito Otogi is living a peaceful, normal life attending high school until one day, his father reveals that his childhood friend, Nico Wakatsuki, is set to finally return from her training as a witch. Not only is she set to return, but Morihito is tasked with being her bodyguard, as a catastrophic event involving Nico has been foretold. Together, the two set out to help those in need with Nico’s magic, but that won’t happen without plenty of hijinks. Welcome to the comedic world of Witch Watch, where magic meets comedy.
Witch Watch Release Dates, Schedule, and Exact Time
New episodes of Witch Watch will release on Sundays at 1:30 a.m. PT / 4:30 p.m. ET on Crunchyroll, starting with episode 1 on April 6. Episodes will be released with Japanese subs, with English dubs airing three weeks later. Witch Watch is expected to have 26 episodes this season.
Here are the release dates and schedule for Witch Watch (subject to change):
- Episode 1 – April 6 – OUT NOW
- Episode 2 – April 13
- Episode 3 – April 20
- Episode 4 – April 27
- Episode 5 – May 4
- Episode 6 – May 11
- Episode 7 – May 18
- Episode 8 – May 25
- Episode 9 – June 1
- Episode 10 – June 8
- Episode 12 – June 15
- Episode 13 – June 22
- Episode 14 – June 29
- Episode 15 – July 6
- Episode 16 – July 13
- Episode 17 – July 20
- Episode 18 – July 27
- Episode 19 – August 3
- Episode 20 – August 10
- Episode 21 – August 17
- Episode 22 – August 24
- Episode 23 – August 31
- Episode 24 – September 7
- Episode 25 – September 14
- Episode 26 – September 21
New Witch Watch episodes will be released at the following times (subject to change):
- Pacific Daylight Time: 1:30 p.m. PDT
- Mountain Daylight Time: 2:30 p.m. MDT
- Central Daylight Time: 3:30 p.m. CDT
- Eastern Daylight Time: 4:30 p.m. EDT
- Greenwich Mean Time: 8:30 a.m. GMT
OP/ED, Staff, and Cast
YOASOBI will perform the opening theme song “Watch me!” Aooo will perform the anime’s ending theme song “Mahō Spice (Magic Spice).”
Hiroshi Ikehata directs the series alongside assistant director Masao Kawase at Bibury Animation Studio. Deko Akao writes the series scripts. Moreover, Haruki Iizuka designed 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
The voice cast for To Be Hero X is as follows:
- 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
Where Can I Watch Witch Watch?
Crunchyroll, Netlfix, and Hulu will stream the anime in the West, and MBS, TBS, and affiliate channels will air Witch Watch in Japan.
What is Witch Watch About?
Lastly, here’s an overview of the anime via Crunchyroll:
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.
