The official website and accounts of Once Upon a Witch's Death anime have released a brand new character trailer for Sophie Hayter, the genius "witch of blessings" who performs wonderful magic at festivals across the country and is passionate for food. The slice-of-life fantasy anime is scheduled to broadcast in 2025. Watch the new character trailer for Once Upon a Witch's Death here:
Sophie will be voiced by Hina Yomiya, who played Shinju Inui in Anna Yamada in The Dangers In My Heart, My Dress-Up Darling, and Tomori Takamatsu in BanG Dream! It's MyGo!!!!!. Previously, a character trailer for protagonist Meg Raspberry was released.
Studio EMT Squared producing the animation of Once Upon a Witch's Death anime, with Atsushi Nigorikawa directing. Keiichiro Ochi is the series composer and Yukishizuku will adapt Chorefuji’s character designs.
The confirmed Japanese voice cast for Once Upon a Witch's Death anime are listed here:
Atsumi Tanezaki as Meg
Yoshiko Sakakibara as Faust
Rumi Okubo as Fine Cavendish
Miharu Hanai as Carbuncle
Aina Suzuki as Shirofukuro
Atsumi Tanezaki as Mysterious Girl
Hina Yomiya as Sophie Hayter
What is Once Upon a Witch's Death about?
Once Upon a Witch's Death anime is based on the slice-of-life fantasy light novel series of the same title (Japanese: Aru Majo ga Shinu Made) written by Saka and illustrated by Chorefuji. The series started serialization as a web novel on Kakuyomu website in October 2019 and concluded in August 2022. The print version is being published by Kadokawa, and it also received a manga adaptation by Kenu Amearare, which was serialized in ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Comic Regulus magazine in March 2023.
Yen Press, the publisher that licensed the official English version of the light novel series, shared a description for Once Upon a Witch's Death:
On Meg’s seventeenth birthday, she learns that she only has one year left to live. Her mentor—the Eternal Witch, Faust—explains that she is cursed and the only way to save herself is to grow a seed of life using one thousand tears of joy. Of course, such tears aren’t easy to come by. As Meg begins her quest, she finds herself drawn into the lives of her friends and neighbors in ways she never imagined. By sharing their burdens and using her magic to comfort them, she learns how precious those moments of connection can be even in the face of death.
Here's the latest update from Once Upon a Witch anime's official X account below:
