Kadokawa revealed a new promotional video and key visual for the upcoming anime adaptation of writer Eiko Mutsuhana and illustrator Vient’s Hello, I Am a Witch and My Crush Wants Me to Make a Love Potion! (Dōmo, Sukina Hito ni Horegusuri o Irai Sareta Majo Desu.) light novel series. The video revealed the additional cast and staff members, the October 5 release date, and the anime’s theme songs. It also reveals and previews the anime’s opening theme song “Kanawanai (I Can’t Compare)” by Centimillimental and the ending theme song “Mada Uso ni wa Naranai (It’s Still Not a Lie)” by Rainy.
The new cast members include:
- Hiro Shimono as Tien
- Akira Sekine as Villaura
Mikako Komatsu voices the protagonist Rose, and Yōhei Azakami voices Harij. Keizō Kusakawa directs the anime at studio diomedéa. Wataru Watari oversees the series scripts, and Masakazu Ishikawa is the character designer. Yayoi Tateishi is the sound director, Hayato Matsumura is the composer, and Heart Company are credited for music production.
The new staff members include:
- Art Setting: Maho Takahashi
- Art Director: Scott MacDonald
- Color Setting: Yuki Hayashi
- CG Director: Yudai Takahashi
- Director of Photography: Hiroaki Asano
- Editor: Toshihiko Kojima
- Music Producer: Shigeru Saitō
Mutsuhana first released the novel on the “Shōsetsuka ni Narō” website in April 2019, the series ended in March 2020. Futabasha then began publishing the story in print with art by Vient in October 2019. Futabasha published the second volume in March 2020.
Kamada’s manga adaptation runs on Kadokawa’s ComicWalker website. The manga is published by Yen Press under the English title Hi, I’m a Witch, and My Crush Wants Me to Make a Love Potion. The fifth volume of the manga was released on January 20 by Yen Press.
Cross Infinite World releases the novels digitally and describes the story as follows:
The Good Witch of the Lake’s four-year crush ended in heartbreak with a single request from the object of her affections! Wanting to increase what little time she has with Royal Knight Harij, Rose sends him on a wild-goose chase for the ingredients but gets more than she bargained for when the grumbling knight starts visiting her every day…to feed her?
This is the heartwarming story of a shut-in witch and an arrogant, straitlaced knight whose romance starts from a love potion.
