Witch Watch
Witch Watch | |
![]() First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Nico Wakatsuki | |
ウィッチウォッチ (Witchi Wotchi) | |
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Genre | |
Manga | |
Written by | Kenta Shinohara |
Published by | Shueisha |
English publisher | |
Imprint | Jump Comics |
Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Jump |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | February 8, 2021 – present |
Volumes | 21 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Hiroshi Ikehata |
Produced by |
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Written by | Deko Akao |
Music by | Yukari Hashimoto |
Studio | Bibury Animation Studios |
Licensed by | |
Original network | JNN (MBS, TBS), BS NTV, AT-X |
Original run | April 6, 2025 – present |
Episodes | 5 |
Witch Watch (Japanese: ウィッチウォッチ, Hepburn: Witchi Wotchi) (stylized in all caps when written in Latin script) is a Japanese fantasy and romantic comedy manga series written and illustrated by Kenta Shinohara. It has been serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump since February 2021, with its chapters collected into twenty-one tankōbon volumes as of April 2025. By November 2022, the manga had over 1.1 million copies in circulation. An anime television series adaptation produced by Bibury Animation Studios premiered in April 2025.
Synopsis
[edit]The series focuses on Nico Wakatsuki, a teenage witch who, after completing her magical training, moves into a house with her childhood friend Morihito Otogi, a human-looking ogre. Due to their families' ancestral history, Morihito is to become Nico's familiar and protect her. Nico also hopes this will help them become a couple, as he is her longtime crush. As the story progresses, Nico and Morihito find themselves forced to deal with the various supernatural and legendary beings they encounter while also trying to solve all the unpredictable problems Nico's magic causes in their daily lives.[3]
Characters
[edit]Otogi household
[edit]- Nico Wakatsuki (若月 ニコ, Wakatsuki Niko)
- Voiced by: Rina Kawaguchi[4] (Japanese); Lily Ki[5] (English)
- A first year high school student who is a "Witch of Thousand" (千の魔女, Sen no Majo), which lets her cast various spells. She often tries to help people with her magic, but usually does so without fully knowing the details or side effect of the spells. She is in love with her childhood friend Morihito, whom she affectionately calls "Moi" since as a child she was unable to correctly pronounce his name. She also struggles to reveal her feelings for him. Her mother, Ibuki, is the "Witch of Premonition" that foreseen that a disaster will befall upon Nico. To prevent this, she lets Nico lives with Morihito in the Otogi household and gather other familiars to protect her.
- Morihito Otogi (乙木 守仁, Otogi Morihito)
- Voiced by: Ryōta Suzuki,[4] Natsumi FujiwaraEp. 1 credits (young) (Japanese); Stephen Fu,[5] Heather GonzalezEp. 1 credits (young) (English)
- An ogre with extreme physical strength due to practicing Ogre Qigong. His family is a familiar to Nico's family, who is also his childhood friend. He is very overprotective towards Nico but at the same time is oblivious of Nico's feelings. While Morihito is a serious and responsible person, he is very fond of denims and other heavily detailed trivia items. It is later revealed in a note that Nico gave him in the past that she "will always be Morihito's friend" which works as a unintentional curse that makes Morihito only see Nico as a friend, thus making him unable to realize that he is also in love with her.
- Kanshi Kazamatsuri (風祭 監志, Kazamatsuri Kanshi)
- Voiced by: Kōhei Amasaki[4] (Japanese); Caleb Yen[5] (English)
- A tengu who can control wind and befriended Nico during her training. He is Nico's "crow familiar", and moves in with her and Morihito as he is also tasked with protecting her. Kanshi has good social skills and speaks in the Kansai dialect, but he is bad with money and incredibly impulsive, which causes him to end up in humiliating situations when he tries to use magic to make easy money.
- Keigo Magami (真神 圭護, Magami Keigo)
- Voiced by: Kaito Ishikawa[4] (Japanese); Kevin K. Gomez[5] (English)
- A werewolf who transforms into another person, referred to as "Wolf" (ウルフ), when he sees a crescent shape or anything that he recognizes as crescent shaped. Keigo is usually a quiet person, but becomes arrogant when showing off his knowledge of obscure culture. Wolf, however, is always arrogant and rude. He is a classmate of Nico and Morihito, and eventually moves in with them. As a child, he was training as a professional figure skater, but quit after his mother suffered an injury that left her bound to a wheelchair.
- Miharu Kiryu (霧生 見晴, Kiryū Miharu)
- A young vampire, who feeds by absorbing people's life force, from a family of futsumashi or exorcists. He is a third-year middle school student and usually carries a parasol to shield him from the sun. Although appearing polite and graceful, he has no filter and will say whatever is on his mind. He moves in with Nico and the others. He is skilled with a sword and can absorb stamina by touching others.
- Ban
- A dragon familiar Nico summoned after she was turned into a child. She's a advid drinker with a gambling problem, and a lazy slacker, but a protective and caring familiar. She has the power to change into a human form, and can change the temperature of her breath in order to produce flames or freezing vapor.
Witches
[edit]- Nemu Miyao (宮尾 音夢, Miyao Nemu)
- Voiced by: Tomori Kusunoki[4] (Japanese); Cristina Vee[5] (English)
- The "Shape-Shifting Witch" (変身の魔女, Henshin no Majo) who lives in the town next to Nico's. She is capable of transforming into a black cat, but automatically reverts back when she sleeps. Nemu originally came to Otogi household to recruit Morihito to be her familiar, but always failed to do so because Morihito's always petting her in cat form into slumber. She later starts developing feelings for both Keigo and Wolf.
- Momo Kuramochi (倉持 桃, Kuramochi Momo)
- A 19-year-old "Witch of Teleportation" (移動の魔女, Idou no Majo) who is capable to teleport anyone but at the cost of her body weight. She moves to Otogi's neighborhood to support Nico.
- Mii Tsuchiya (土屋 美依, Tsuchiya Mii)
- A fifth year elementary student who is the "Witch of Summon" (召喚の魔女, Shoukan no Mojo). She is also a child actress.
Asunaro Private High School
[edit]- Kara Minami (南 伽羅, Minami Kara)
- Voiced by: Rie Takahashi[6] (Japanese); Erica Mendez[7] (English)
- Nico's first friend in high school who is very welcoming about Nico's real identity. She is a preistess in training at her family's shrine. When playing around with one of Nico's spells, she accidentally creates a Shikigami familiar she nicknames "Shiki".
- Yūri Makuwa (真桑 悠里, Makuwa Yūri)
- Voiced by: Mikako Komatsu[6] (Japanese); Rosie Okumura[7] (English)
- The homeroom teacher in Nico's class who is a closet otaku.
- Kukumi Ureshino (嬉野 久々実, Ureshino Kukumi)
- Voiced by: Konomi Kohara[6] (Japanese); Xanthe Huynh[7] (English)
- Nico's classmate who is very open about her otaku hobby. She is also an illustrator with more than 10,000 followers on Chitter.
Student Council
[edit]- Tenryū Kiyomiya (清宮 天流, Kiyomiya Tenryū)
- Voiced by: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka[6] (Japanese); Howard Wang[7] (English)
- The student council president. He comes from a very traditional family, and hires students who act like stereotypical anime tropes, even though they are not qualified, forcing him to do all of the work. He always has his hand on the lid of his hat.
- Ibara Ibu (伊武 荊, Ibu Ibara)
- Voiced by: Miyuki Sawashiro[8]
- The vice president alongside Yuzuru. She dresses up in revealing clothes and always carries a rose with her.
- Yuzuru Kenmochi (剣持弓弦, Kenmochi Yuzuru)
- Voiced by: Jun Fukuyama[8]
- The other vice president who is always seen with eyes closed and looks suspicious and talks in Kansai dialect.
- Syrup (シロップ, Shiroppu)
- Voiced by: Rie Kugimiya[8]
- Kuromitsu's tsundere older twin sister who is also her translator.
- Kuromitsu (クロミツ)
- Voiced by: Misaki Kuno[8]
- Syrup's younger twin sister who always speaks in misleading evil poetry and has her older sister translate for her.
- Riro Takumi (工理路, Takumi Riro)
- Voiced by: Noriko Hidaka[8]
- Burst (バースト, Bāsuto)
- Voiced by: Kenta Miyake[8]
- Kyōki Saiko (西古 凶奇, Saiko Kyōki)
- Voiced by: Jun Fukushima[8]
- Daiki Sakai Mk. II (酒井 大樹マークII, Sakai Daiki Māku II)
- Voiced by: Hikaru Midorikawa[8]
- A boy who wears a cardboard mask and acts like a robot.
Production
[edit]Kenta Shinohara revealed that it takes five days to draw the characters in Witch Watch, while the storyboards take two and a half days.[9] In January 2023, Shinohara stated on Twitter that Witch Watch would probably be his last weekly serial. He explained that he is "physically unable" to do one, even if he wanted to.[10] The February 6, 2023 chapter of the manga began a crossover with Shinohara's previous Weekly Shōnen Jump series, Sket Dance.[11]
Media
[edit]Manga
[edit]Witch Watch is written and illustrated by Kenta Shinohara.[12][13] The manga began its serialization in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump on February 8, 2021.[14][15][16] Shueisha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on June 4, 2021.[17][18] As of April 4, 2025, twenty-one volumes have been released.[19]
Witch Watch has been licensed for simultaneous publication in North America as it is released in Japan, with its chapters being digitally launched by Viz Media on its Shonen Jump website. Shueisha also simulpublishes the series in English for free on the Manga Plus app and website.[20] Viz Media also publishes its volumes in digital format.[21]
Anime
[edit]An anime television series adaptation was announced in August 2024. It is produced by Bibury Animation Studios and directed by Hiroshi Ikehata , with assistant direction by Masao Kawase, scripts written by Deko Akao, characters designed by Haruko Iizuka , and music composed by Yukari Hashimoto.[22][4] The series premiered on April 6, 2025, on the Nichi-5 programming block on all JNN affiliates, including MBS and TBS, and will run for two consecutive cours.[6] The opening theme song is "Watch Me!", performed by Yoasobi,[23] while the ending theme song is "Mahō wa Spice" (魔法はスパイス, "Magic Spice"), performed by Aooo.[24]
GKIDS acquired the license to the series in North America with Crunchyroll and Netflix streaming the series worldwide, alongside other platforms such as Hulu (United States), Animation Digital Network (several European territories) and Aniplus (South Korea).[25][26] The anime's first three episodes were also screened in theaters outside of Japan under the title Witch Watch: Watch Party with screenings beginning March 13 in Asia and in North America on March 16 via GKIDS.[26]
Episodes
[edit]No. | Title [27][28] | Directed by [a] | Written by [a] | Storyboarded by [a] | Chief animation directed by [a] | Original release date [29] | |||||||||||||
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1 | "Witch's Return" Transliteration: "Majo no Kikan" (Japanese: 魔女の帰還) | Tatsunori Sakamoto & Hiroshi Ikehata | Deko Akao | Hiroshi Ikehata | Yoshiaki Sugimura | April 6, 2025 | |||||||||||||
Morihito Otogi, a member of an ogre bloodline, learns that his childhood friend Nico Wakatsuki is returning home from witch training. It is ultimately decided that Morihito will live with Nico as her familiar and bodyguard. Nico arrives at Morihito's house and is eager to show off her newly learned magic spells to him. She cast a spell to turn herself into paper, but is accidentally blown away by the wind and trapped in a crevice between two walls. In order to save her, Morihito taps into his ogre powers and demolishes the wall, with Nico repairing it with her magic. Morihito then advises Nico not to use her magic in public, but she explains witches are oathbound to help others. They then come across a burning building and rescue a trapped woman, though Nico's spell to make her and Morihito lighter backfires when it wears off and temporarily makes them heavier. As Morihito and Nico prepare to start living together, Morihito recalls his father warning him that Nico's mother divined a prophecy that disaster would befall Nico within a year, and only Morihito will have the power to protect her. | |||||||||||||||||||
2 | "A Giant Rookie" Transliteration: "Ōgata Rūkī" (Japanese: 大型ルーキー) | Masao Kawase | Deko Akao | Hiroshi Ikehata | Yuki Sawa | April 13, 2025 | |||||||||||||
"Let's Go to a Diner!" Transliteration: "Famiresu Iko!" (Japanese: ファミレス行こ!) | |||||||||||||||||||
"The Flying Classroom" Transliteration: "Tobu Kyōshitsu" (Japanese: 飛ぶ教室) | |||||||||||||||||||
"A Giant Rookie": Morihito and Nico attend their first day of high school, with Morihito warning Nico not to reveal she is a witch or use any magic. However, during homeroom, Nico blows her cover when she accidentally casts an Embiggen spell on herself. As a result, she becomes the most popular girl in class. "Let's Go to a Diner!": After class, classmates Kara Minami and Kukumi Ureshino ask Nico to eat with them at a nearby diner, which Nico accepts. They ignore the advances of a trio of delinquents as the enter the diner and quickly become friends, while Morihito secretly beats up the delinquents to prevent them from further harassing the girls. "The Flying Classroom": The next day, Nico's classmates asks her to show off her magic. She sets up a field that allows them to fly, but a truck accidentally drives into it, forcing Morihito to use his ogre powers to rescue the driver. Despite Morihito's fears, his classmates accept him as well. | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | "Fresh Transparent Fashions for Spring" Transliteration: "Haru no Shīsurū Kōde" (Japanese: 春のシースルーコーデ) | Takuma Suzuki | Deko Akao | Hiroshi Ikehata | Masayuki Nonaka & Yoshiaki Sugimura | April 20, 2025 | |||||||||||||
"Witch's Delivery Service" Transliteration: "Majo ni Takkyūbin" (Japanese: 魔女に宅急便) | |||||||||||||||||||
"Lost Dogs and the Patter of Rain" Transliteration: "Maigo Inu to Ame no Bīto" (Japanese: 迷子犬と雨のビート) | |||||||||||||||||||
"Fresh Transparent Fashions for Spring": In an attempt to impress Morihito, Nico uses magic to conjure a fashionable outfit from a picture, but the back remains completely transparent, and gets embarrassed when she accidentally shows it to him. Despite that, he insists that Nico should just wear whatever makes her comfortable. "Witch's Delivery Service": Nico's mother Ibuki sends over Nico's manga collection as well as a letter for Morihito. Nico uses a duplication spell to make the moving easier, but ends up splitting into four child versions of herself. Morihito reads the letter, which warns him that "Dogs and raindrops will bring disaster." The weather soon turns to rain as an unknown figure spies on the house. "Lost Dogs and the Patter of Rain": Morihito becomes cautious when Nico insists on shopping during a rainy day, and spots a stranger wearing a dog mask stalking them. After a brief battle, the stranger reveals himself to be Kanshi Kazamatsuri, a tengu Nico befriended during her witch training. Kanshi insists on protecting Nico as well, claiming he is her crow familiar. | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | "Kanshi Kazamatsuri, The Tengu" Transliteration: "Tengu -Kazamatsuri Kanshi-" (Japanese: 天狗 -風祭監志-) | Natsu Tsuda | Kazuho Hyodo | Chihiro Kumano | Yoshiaki Sugimura, Masayuki Nonaka & Yuki Sawa | April 27, 2025 | |||||||||||||
Morihito interrogates Kanshi about his suspicious behavior, and the latter admits that due to the rivalry between the tengu and ogre clans, he wants to prove that tengu are superior to ogres. He also racked up significant debt, which Ibuki was willing to cover in return for becoming Nico's bodyguard. Kanshi then passes a new prophecy to Morihito, warning there is "An enemy within the school." However, neither Morihito nor Kanshi seem to get along so Nico tries to smooth things over with a "Friendeal" spell. However, the spell backfires and makes Morihito overenthusiastic about becoming Kanshi's friend, which scares him off. Nico dispels the Friendeal spell and apologizes to her friends, but she is suddenly attacked and abducted by a possessed dress. Morihito and Kanshi are forced to work together, with Kanshi using his control over wind to help Morihito catch up with the dress and destroy it. Realizing their enemy is more dangerous than they thought, Morihito and Kanshi decide to overcome their personal grudges and join forces, with Kanshi moving in to live with Morihito and Nico. | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | "My Student Is My Favorite Fan Artist" Transliteration: "Oshiego ga Oshi Eshi Datta Ken" (Japanese: 教え子が推し絵師だった件) | Yūma Imura | Deko Akao | Daisuke Eguchi | Bibury Animation Studios, Masayuki Nonaka, Seigo Saito & Yoshiaki Sugimura | May 4, 2025 | |||||||||||||
"My Tummy Is Tender Today" Transliteration: "Kyō wa Hebī na Sutomakku" (Japanese: 今日はヘビーなストマック) | |||||||||||||||||||
"Cat Scout" Transliteration: "Kyatto Sukauto" (Japanese: キャットスカウト) | |||||||||||||||||||
"My Student Is My Favorite Fan Artist": Yuri by chance discovers that Kukumi is actually one of her favorite manga fan artists she follows online. Kukumi also discovers both she and Yuri are fans of the same manga, and encourages her to be more open about her hobbies. "My Tummy Is Tender Today": Classmate Kowashi Hara asks Nico to cast a spell that will make him unnoticeable, so he will not draw attention whenever he has to go to the bathroom. She casts a special Mobliviate spell that suppresses his presence, but he realizes he does not actually need it since his self-consciousness is unfounded. He thanks Nico for her help anyways, which empowers the special witch gem she carries, signifying she is one step closer to becoming a true witch. "Cat Scout": Another witch, Nemu Miyao, secretly stalks Morihito, intending to have him be her familiar, but she is too shy to actually approach him. She follows him home disguised as a cat, but suddenly develops a crush on him when he demonstrates to Nico and Kanshi how to properly pet a cat. Flustered, Nemu make her escape and swears to make Morihito her familiar. | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | "Under the Lovers' Tree" Transliteration: "Enmusubi no Ki no Shita de" (Japanese: 縁結びの樹の下で) | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | May 11, 2025 |
Reception
[edit]Popularity and sales
[edit]In June 2021, Witch Watch was nominated for the seventh Next Manga Award in the Best Printed Manga category and placed tenth out of 50 nominees.[30][31][32] It was also nominated for the same award and placed second out of 50 nominees in 2022.[33][34] By November 2022, the first eight volumes of the manga had over 1.1 million copies in circulation.[35]
Critical response
[edit]Timothy Donohoo of Comic Book Resources compared Witch Watch to Kouji Miura's Blue Box and Shigure Tokita's Don't Blush, Sekime-san! due to both series having concepts and romantic aspects similar to Witch Watch's.[36]
Notes
[edit]References
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- ^ Egenolf, Kodie (June 13, 2021). "Manga Musing 06/13/2021". Viz Media. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
- ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (January 16, 2023). "Kenta Shinohara Does Not Plan on Weekly Serialization After Finishing Witch Watch Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
- ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (January 29, 2023). "Witch Watch Manga Gets Collaboration Chapter With Sket Dance". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
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- ^ <ウィッチウォッチ>コミックス第1巻発売 「SKET DANCE」「彼方のアストラ」作者の“魔女×使い魔”コメディー (in Japanese). Yahoo! Japan. June 4, 2021. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
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- ^ Hazra, Adriana (February 8, 2021). "Viz Media, Manga Plus Release Kenta Shinohara's Witch Watch Manga in English". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
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- ^ 「次にくるマンガ大賞2021」ノミネート作品発表 ウマ娘、【推しの子】、葬送のフリーレンなど話題作続々 (in Japanese). Yahoo! Japan. June 18, 2021. Archived from the original on July 25, 2021. Retrieved July 11, 2021.
- ^ Loveridge, Lynzee (August 24, 2021). "Kaiju No. 8, Oshi no Ko Win Next Manga Awards Web, Print Categories". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 24, 2021.
- ^ Morrissy, Kim (June 23, 2022). "Voting Opens for Next Manga Awards 2022". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 24, 2022.
- ^ Loveridge, Lynzee (August 31, 2022). "Medalist, Witch Watch, Akane-banashi Win Next Manga Awards 2022 Results". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
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- ^ Donohoo, Timothy (September 15, 2021). "Shonen Jump's Newest Goldmine Is Awkward Romances". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
Further reading
[edit]- ジャンプ4号連続新連載のTVCM、篠原健太作品の“あの3人組”や実写にラップも. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. February 1, 2021.
- 篠原健太『ウィッチウォッチ』CMに“あの3人”が出演! 新連載に登場フラグ?. Excite News (in Japanese). February 15, 2021.
External links
[edit]- Witch Watch official manga website at Weekly Shōnen Jump (in Japanese)
- Witch Watch on Manga Plus
- Witch Watch official anime website (in Japanese)
- Witch Watch (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia