The official YouTube channel of the upcoming Witch Watch anime has released a brand new trailer ahead of its April 6, 2025 premiere. The video features the anime's opening song, Watch me! by YOASOBI, the pop duo best known for performing the Oshi no Ko opening theme song. There's a good amount of romantic comedy moments we can expect as the trailer gives us a look at the teenage witch Nico Wakatsuki getting entangled in a whirlwind of supernatural threats and magical chaos.
A new visual has also been released for Witch Watch anime:
Witch Watch anime is being directed by Hiroshi Ikehata (TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You) at Bibury Animation Studios. Deko Akao (The Case Study of Vanitas) is in charge of the series composition; Haruko Iizuka (Horimiya) on character designs, and Yukari Hashimoto (A Sign of Affection) on the anime's music.
Witch Watch Cast
The Japanese voice cast of Witch Watch anime includes:
Rina Kawaguchi (Quan in Kizuna no Allele) as Nico Wakatsuki
Ryota Suzuki (Ryusei in Dr. STONE) as Morihito Otogi
Kohei Amasaki (Will in Wistoria: Wand and Sword) as Kanshi Kazamatsuri
Kaito Ishikawa (Naofumi in The Rising of the Shield Hero) as Keigo Magami
Tomori Kusunoki (Shizuka in Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead) as Nemu Miyao
Mikako Komatsu (Maki in JUJUTSU KAISEN) as Yuri Makuwa
Rie Takahashi (Yuzuriha in Hell's Paradise) as Kara Minami
Konomi Kohara (Chika in Kaguya-sama: Love is War) as Kukumi Ureshino
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (Futaro in The Quintessential Quinuplets) as Tenryu 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 Kyoki Saiko
Hikaru Midorikawa as Daiki Sakai Mk.II
What is Witch Watch about?
Witch Watch anime is based on the fantasy romantic comedy manga of the same title (Japanese: Witchi Wotchi) by Hiroshi Ikehata, best known for his Sket Dance manga series. The series has been published in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump since February 2021, and as of January 2025, its chapters collected into twenty tankōbon volumes.
Crunchyroll shared a description for Witch Watch:
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.
Here's today's update from the official X account of Witch Watch anime:
