The ufotable adaptation of TYPE-MOON’s visual novel Witch on the Holy Night now has a North American release date. Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Entertainment will bring the anime film to theatres in the United States and Canada from 29 January 2027. The fantasy and supernatural film will screen in Japanese with English subtitles, with an English dub also available.
Animation of this production is being handled by ufotable, the studio behind Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle, with Masaru Takeuchi directing. The film is based on the original work by Kinoko Nasu and TYPE-MOON.
The story follows Aoko Aozaki, a high school girl who seems ordinary but is secretly a Magician living in the modern world, although she is still only an apprentice. She shares a home with her housemate, Alice Kuonji, while working towards becoming a full-fledged Magician. Things change when she meets a boy, which marks the start of her story as a Witch.
