A “final trailer” has been released for the ufotable-produced Witch on the Holy Night anime movie, featuring the newly announced supercell theme song “Yoru to Ao.” A character visual of Aoko Aozaki and Alice Kuonji was also revealed, as were the production staff.
The latter includes director Masaru Takenaka, whose past credits include storyboarding and directing the opening sequence for the Arcuied Route of the Tsukihime visual novel’s first remake,Tsukihime: A Piece of Blue Glass Moon. ufotable is credited with the “script production.”
The anime is an adaptation of the visual novel by TYPE-MOON. Crunchyroll, which picked up the movie for a 2027 theatrical release in multiple countries/territories, describes the synopsis as such:
Aoko Aozaki, an ordinary high school girl, is actually a Magician who lives in the modern world…though she is still only an apprentice. As she spends her days living alongside her housemate, Alice Kuonji, striving to become a full-fledged Magician…
The girl meets a boy.
This is the beginning of one young girl’s story — the tale of a Witch.
The Witch on the Holy Night visual novel was first released for PC in Japan in 2012. A fully voiced, full HD version was released for Nintendo Switch and PS4 in December 2022 and for Steam in December 2023. Like that remaster, the movie stars Haruka Tomatsu as Aoko, Yusuke Kobayashi as Sojuro Shizuki, and Kana Hanazawa as Alice.
Witch on the Holy Night began as an unfinished novel by Kinoko Nasu, who is also the game’s scenario writer. A three-part novelelization penned by Nasu began to be released starting August 2026. The third part is scheduled to go on sale on November 10.
The Witch on the Holy Night movie opens in Japanese theaters on November 20.
Source: @mahoyo_movie
