The official website of the anime adaptation of Kōsuke Satake's manga 'Witch and the Beast' (Majo to Yajū) unveiled new additions to the cast and crew, along with an exclusive visual image of the anime this past Monday.
The latest cast additions include:
- Yoko Hikasa as Ione
- Noriko Shibasaki as María
- Junko Minagawa portraying Kiera Haines
- Hidenobu Kiuchi as Rubén Cole
- Atsushi Kousaka in the role of Shulk
- Takuma Terashima portraying Loran
- Saori Hayami as Phanora Kristoffel
- Ryota Ohsaka in the role of Johan
- Hozumi Goda portraying Jeff Enker
- Nozomu Sasaki as Necromancer
Regarding the production team, the recent additions are as follows:
- Series Script Supervisor: Yūichirō Momose
- Secondary Character Design: Kei Tsushima
- Prop Design: Miki Matsuda
- Art Director: Hirotsugu Kakoi
- Editing: Mai Hasegawa
- Composition and Photography Director: Natsumi Uchida
- Key Color Artist: Hee Sook Wang
- 3D Director: Takuji Goshima
- 2D Scenario: Hiroyuki Yazaki
- Art Scenario: Daigorō Yamaguchi, Satoshi Miura
- Sound Director: Takuya Hiramitsu
- Music: Hanae Nakamura, Natsumi Tabuchi
- Music Production: Nichion
- Sound Production: Dax Production
As previously announced, Takayuki Hamana, known for his work on 'Sorcerous Stabber Orphen,' directs the anime at Yokohama Animation Lab, while Hiroya Iijima, from 'Afro Samurai,' handles character design.
The series is scheduled to premiere on TBS and BS11 in January 2024, with Crunchyroll handling the simultaneous broadcast in Japan and conducting an exclusive screening at Anime NYC last Friday.
The anime's plot follows the tale of the 17 'Origins,' whose powers have endured throughout time. A man with a coffin and a girl with beast-like eyes arrive in a village, triggering a quest to undo the curse afflicting the girl since she was cursed by a witch. The narrative intensifies when the beast captures the witch in this captivating dark fantasy.
The manga, crafted by Satake, debuted in Kodansha's Young magazine in November 2016 and moved to Monthly Young in 2021. Kodansha published the tenth compiled volume in August 2022. The English version, published by Kodansha USA Publishing, released the tenth volume in February.
