Witch on the Holy Night will be released worldwide starting in January 2027, Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Entertainment announced.
The ufotable-animated film will premiere in the United States and Canada on January 29, 2027, in Japanese with English subtitles and an English dub. The movie will first open in Japan on November 20, 2026.
Check out the list of global theatrical dates:
- January 21, 2027: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
- January 26, 2027: Austria, Germany, Switzerland (German-speaking)
- January 27, 2027: France, Belgium, Switzerland (French-speaking)
- January 28, 2027: Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Central America, Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia, Peru, Italy, Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Switzerland (Italian-speaking), Australia, New Zealand.
- January 29, 2027: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Finland, Poland, Sweden, India
- February 5, 2027: Spain, Kazakhstan
Official Trailer:
Key Visual:
CAST:
Haruka Tomatsu as Aoko Aozaki
Kana Hanazawa as Alice Kuonji
Yusuke Kobayashi as Soujyuro Sizuki
The anime adaptation was first announced in December 2021, with ufotable handling animation production. The studio is also known for its work on “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba,” “Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works,” the “Fate/stay night: Heaven’s Feel” film trilogy and “The Garden of Sinners.”
TYPE-MOON, known for the acclaimed game app “Fate/Grand Order” and the epic visual novel “Tsukihime“, is publishing the visual novel “Witch on the Holy Night“, first released in 2012 as a PC version, on Steam. Discover a young adult’s story, set in the dynamic, fast-paced 80s, following an innocent young man and two young “witches”.
The film is described as follows:
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.
Source: Press Release
©Kinoko Nasu, TYPE-MOON / Aniplex, Notes, ufotable
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