A new trailer and additional cast members for the Witch Watch anime were unveiled during the series' panel at Jump Festa '25. The new cast members include Mikako Komatsu as Mas Yuri and Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Tenryu Kiyomiya.
"Witch Watch" is set premiere in April 202, with Bibury Animation Studios overseeing production. The initial trailer for the series was unveiled in August.
Hiroshikehata is the director of the Witch Watch anime, with Masao Kawase serving as the assistant director. Deko Akao is responsible for the series composition, and Haruko Iizuka is in charge of character design. The main voice cast includes
Rina Kawaguchi as Nico Wakatsuki
Ryota Suzuki as Morihito Otogi
Tomori Kusunoki as Nemu Miyao
Kohei Amasaki as Kanshi Kazamatsuri
Kaito Ishikawa as Keigo Megami
Witch Watch
Witch Watch, authored by Kenta Shinohara, began in Weekly Shonen Jump in 2021 and has since released a total 183 chapters and 19 volumes. New simulpub chapters are every Sunday on both the official Shonen Jump and MANGAPlus apps. VIZ Media licensed the series in English in 2021 and has published the first 12 volumes digitally. As of December 2024, the Witch Watch manga has over 2 million copies in circulation.
VIZ Media describes the plot of Witch Watch as follows:
Morihito Otogi’s family descends from a long line of ogre familiars, and he possesses the inhuman strength to prove it. One day, his father informs him that he is to become the familiar of his childhood friend, the teenage witch Nico. He is to live under the same roof with her and protect her from any harm. Meanwhile, Nico is thrilled to live with the love of her life, even her crush is one-sided—Morihito is so serious about his duty to protect her that any romance will be an uphill battle. However, he has every reason to be serious, as Nico has a prophecy of doom hanging over head!