Bandai Namco Entertainment has announced that Kaeru Chōhōkiteki’s Witch and Mercenary (Majo to Yōhei) light novel series will get an anime adaptation in 2027. The company also revealed the promotional video, key visual, along with information on the main cast and staff members.
Additionally, the official website also released a voice drama and a series of short stories both written under the supervision of Kaeru Chōhōkiteki.
Taito Ban will star as Zig Crane while Saori Hayami will star as Siasha. Shinpei Ezaki is directing the anime at 8-Bit. Taishirou Tanimura is handling the series scripts, Keita Matsumoto is designing the characters. Akiko Fujita is the sound director, while Rei Ishizuka composes the music at Lantis.
Chōhōkiteki first released the story on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in June 2021, and ended it in December 2022. Micro Magazine published the first print volume with illustrations by Bench Kanase in May 2023. In 2024, Makoto Miyagi launched the manga adaptation of the story on Kodansha’s Magazine Pocket manga app.
Lastly here’s an overview of the story via Seven Seas Entertainment who releases the novels in English and describes the story:
Nothing in this world is more dangerous than a witch. The epitome of fear and terror, they can summon floods on a whim, conjure balls of fire out of the air, or even destroy entire countries overnight. Incur their wrath, and no one is safe. At least, that’s what everyone thinks, and it’s the very reason they all want Siasha dead. After yet another violent battle for her life, she teams up with Zig, a mercenary, and they depart for unknown lands to find somewhere she can live in peace. But is the pair any match for the lost magic and vicious monstrosities that lie ahead?
