Two more voice cast members have been revealed for The World’s Strongest Witch TV anime series in a newly released character trailer, which also confirmed a premiere in Japan on October 7, 2026.
The newest cast members joining the series include Kana Hanazawa, who recently voiced Rinko Nakama in Pardon the Intrusion, I’m Home!, as Aries Tear Bluemoon (left) and Maria Naganawa, who voiced Sui Usami in A Misanthrope Teaches a Class for Demi-Humans, as Lulu (right).
Meanwhile, the previously announced voice cast includes Azusa Tachibana as Lorna Hermit, Fairouz Ai as Elmina, and Honoka Inoue as Erna.
Joji Furuta (The Seven Deadly Sins: Revival of The Commandments) is directing the anime series, with Shoji Yonemura (Hotel Inhumans, Bad Girl) as series composer and Yuki Morimoto as character designer. Bridge and its subsidiary Aisle are in charge of the animation production.
The fantasy light novel series is written by Mochimaru Sakaki and illustrated by riritto. It was first published by Square Enix’s SQEX Novel imprint on December 7, 2022 and has released five volumes as of May 2025. The light novels’ Japanese title is Seikai Saikyo no Majo, Hajimemashita ~Watashi dake “Koryaku Site” o Mireru Sekai de Jiyu ni Ikimasu~. The series began as a Shosetsuka ni Naro web novel in May 2022.
The light novels have also inspired a manga series by Tamaki Toga that was launched by Kodansha in May 2023.
Yen Press licensed the The World’s Strongest Witch: I’m Starting My Free Life in a World Where Only I Can See the Online Strategy Guide light novel series for English release. It describes the main synopsis of the first volume as:
When Lorna manifests a completely useless ability, she’s labeled an embarrassment to her family and kicked out of the house. With no money or food, she’s about to hit rock bottom. But then, she figures out how to use her supposedly worthless SSS-Rank skill, “Internet.” This cheat-level talent gives her the know-how to gather an unlimited amount of valuable items and easily acquire rare equipment. Armed with godlike knowledge, Lorna’s free to do anything she wants! If only she could figure out what “lmfao” means…
Sources: The World’s Strongest Witch Official X/Twitter (2) (3), Official Anime Website (2), Crunchyroll News
