The theatrical anime WITCH ON THE HOLY NIGHT has revealed a new IMAX visual ahead of its release in IMAX theaters on November 20. Special stage greetings featuring voice actors Haruka Tomatsu and Yusuke Kobayashi will also be held on November 21 and 22.
The new IMAX visual features Aoko Aozaki and Alice Kuonji performing magic on a stage at an amusement park.
The special stage greetings will take place at TOHO Cinemas Hibiya in Tokyo on November 21 and TOHO Cinemas Umeda in Osaka on November 22. Ticket applications open on October 29 at 8:30 PM JST via Ticket Pia.
The film will be screened in 347 theaters across the country.
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IMAX Visual:
Meanwhile, Ikebukuro in Tokyo will be taken over by WITCH ON THE HOLY NIGHT as part of a promotional campaign titled “Wizard’s Night.” The first phase will feature the anime on the entrance stairs of TOHO Cinemas Ikebukuro from October 30, followed by outdoor advertisements at Animate Ikebukuro Main Store starting November 1.
An event is also planned for November 19, the day before the film’s release. More details will be announced at a later date.
The anime’s theme song, “Yoru to Ao” by supercell, will be released on CD in two editions: the anime edition on November 25 and another edition on December 9. The anime edition will feature a newly illustrated cover by ufotable. Reservations open at midnight on October 29.
Additionally, the original soundtrack featuring the anime’s background music will be released on December 23. The first pressing will include a three-sided box featuring a new illustration by ufotable.
Customers who purchase the CD or soundtrack at participating stores will also receive a ticket-style card featuring the cover illustration, available while supplies last. Reservations for the soundtrack also open at midnight on October 29.
Key Visual:
CAST:
Haruka Tomatsu as Aoko Aozaki
Kana Hanazawa as Alice Kuonji
Yusuke Kobayashi as Soujyuro Sizuki
STAFF:
Director: Masashi Takeuchi
Character Design: Moe Tsuzuki
Chief Animation Supervisor: Masato Nagamori
Art Director: Koji Eto
Music: Hideyuki Fukasawa
Executive Director: Hikaru Kondo
Studio: ufotable
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: Comic Natalie
©Kinoko Nasu, TYPE-MOON / Aniplex, Notes, ufotable
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