Oct 29
The theatrical anime Witch on the Holy Night opens November 20 with same-day IMAX screenings, and a new IMAX visual shows Aoko Aozaki and Alice Kuonji casting magecraft on an amusement park stage. ufotable animates the film, based on TYPE-MOON's 2012 visual novel. Stage greetings follow on November 21 at TOHO Cinemas Hibiya and November 22 at TOHO Cinemas Umeda, with Haruka Tomatsu and Yusuke Kobayashi scheduled to appear.
May 16
Ufotable revealed on Saturday the returning voice cast and character visuals for the anime film adaptation of Type-Moon's visual novel Witch on the Holy Night. Haruka Tomatsu reprises her role as Aoko Aozaki, Kana Hanazawa returns as Alice Kuonji, and Yusuke Kobayashi voices Soujyuro Sizuki. The film is scheduled to open in 2026. The original visual novel, first released in Japan in 2012, is set in the late 1980s and follows Aoko, a high school student reluctantly apprenticed to the witch Alice, alongside the transfer student Soujyuro. A fully voiced HD remaster of the game launched on PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch in December 2022 and on Steam in December 2023. The PS4 and Switch versions have sold over 150,000 copies worldwide. The film was first announced in December 2021. Ufotable is handling animation production. A key visual was released in March 2026.