Image via Bibury Animation Studios
Jun Fukuyama, Misaki Kuno, and six more actors have joined the cast.
The long-awaited supernatural rom-com anime Witch Watch, based on Kenta Shinohara’s manga of the same name, is finally coming out in April 2025. On Sunday, February 2, 2025, the official X (formerly Twitter) account of the anime announced the voice actors for eight secondary characters that will appear in the series. Some new illustrations of the characters were revealed, as was a new teaser video with their voice actors.
As per the announcement, the new voice actors joining the cast are
- Miyuki Sawashiro (Kurapika in Hunter x Hunter and Daki in Demon Slayer) as Ibara Ibu
- Jun Fukuyama (Ango Sakaguchi in Bungo Stray Dogs and Draluc in The Vampire Dies in No Time) as Yuzuru Kenmochi
- Rie Kugimiya (Alphonse Elric in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood and Happy in Fairy Tail) as Syrup
- Misaki Kuno (Ai in Mission: Yozaakura Family and Xiaolan in The Apothecary Diaries) as Kuromitsu
- Noriko Hidaka (Yuki Tsukomo in Jujutsu Kaisen and Fengming in The Apothecary Diaries) as Riro Takumi
- Kenta Miyake (Scar in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood and All Might in My Hero Academia) as Burst
- Jun Fukushima (Gabiru in That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime and Chikara Ota in The Dangers of My Heart) as Kyōki Saiko
- Hikaru Midorikawa (Best Jeanist in My Hero Academia and Cherry Blossom in SK8 The Infinity) as Daiki Sakai MK. II
The main cast and characters were announced a few months ago, you can read about them in our article here. The latest short video also revealed the voices behind the characters, and fans of the manga seem to be pretty pleased with them. Unfortunately, the actual release date of the series hasn’t been revealed yet. But we do know that the anime will air for two consecutive cours and that both Netflix and Crunchyroll will be airing it globally.
The series is being produced by Bibury Animation Studio with Hiroshi Ikehata directing it. The story of Kenta Shinohara’s manga revolves around a young witch named Nico, who moves into a house with a humanoid ogre Morihito Otogi as her familiar. Nico has a motive behind this, however, since she has been in love with her childhood best friend Morihito for a long time and wishes to win him over. Fans are eager to join their magically mischievous adventures with a slew of colourful characters.
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