The official website for the Mahōtsukai no Yoru (Witch on the Holy Night) anime film began streaming the project’s final trailer on Wednesday. The trailer previews the film’s theme song, “Yoru to Ao” (Night and Blue), performed by supercell, and officially confirms the production staff. A new character visual drawn by Hirokazu Koyama was also unveiled alongside the trailer.
Staff
- Director: Masashi Takeuchi
- Character Design: Moe Tsuzuki
- Chief Animation Director: Masato Nagamori
- Script Production: ufotable
- Sub-Character Design: Nana Ishigo, Masato Nagamori
- Prop Design: Masato Saitō
- Compositing Director of Photography / Finishing Technical Director: Yuichi Terao
- 3D Director: Gōchū Satō
- Art Director: Koji Eto
- Color Key Artist: Mika Matsuoka
- Editing: Manabu Kamino
- Music: Hideyuki Fukasawa
- Chief Director: Hikaru Kondo
Cast
The film reunites the returning voice cast from the original visual novel:
- Haruka Tomatsu as Aoko Aozaki
- Kana Hanazawa as Alice Kuonji
- Yūsuke Kobayashi as Soujyuro Sizuki
North American Screenings
Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Entertainment will bring the film to theaters in the United States and Canada on January 29, 2027, with both Japanese-language screenings with English subtitles and an English dub.
Story
Set in the late 1980s, the story follows Aoko Aozaki, one of two sister heirs to a long lineage of modern mages. Despite having little interest in magic, she is suddenly named heir to her family’s arcane arts and reluctantly begins training under Alice Kuonji, a young witch living in a secluded hilltop manor. Aoko juggles her magical studies with her role as student council president, befriends Sōjūrō Shizuki, a transfer student with little familiarity with modern life, and clashes with her older sister Tōko Aozaki, who believes her birthright was unjustly taken from her.
Connections to the Nasuverse
Mahōtsukai no Yoru is one of the few works that provides concrete links within the loosely connected “Nasuverse” — the fan term for the shared universe spanning Type-Moon titles including Tsukihime, Fate/stay night, and The Garden of Sinners. An older Aoko Aozaki serves as an early mentor to Tsukihime protagonist Shiki Tohno, while an older Tōko Aozaki employs Garden of Sinners protagonist Shiki Ryōgi.
Background
Mahōtsukai no Yoru originated as one of the earliest collaborations between Kinoko Nasu and artist Takashi Takeuchi in the mid-1990s, predating the founding of Type-Moon. Originally a prose novel circulated only among friends, it was eventually developed into a full visual novel featuring graphics by Hirokazu Koyama, which shipped in April 2012, with two sequels planned. Aniplex released the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch versions in the West in December 2022, and the game has since sold over 150,000 copies worldwide. A Steam version followed in December 2023.
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