Kodoani.com – Production team of the television anime adaptation of the light novel series Once Upon a Witch’s Death: The Tale of the One Thousand Tears of Joy (Aru Majo ga Shinu Made: Owari no Kotoba to Hajimari no Namida) của Of and Chorefuji announced a third “situation picture” and a new cast member on Friday. The new image introduces the “Otherworld Festival,” an annual festival in the town of Lapis, where Meg is enjoying the festival with a new character Sophie.
New cast:
Hina Yomiya in the role Sophie Hayterthe “blessing witch” who performs at festivals across the country.
Main cast:
Yoshino Aoyama in the role Meg Raspberry
Yoshiko Sakakibara in the role Faust
Miharu Hanai in the role Carbuncle
Always Suzuki in the role Shirofukurō (Snowy Owl)
Rumi Okubo in the role Fine Cavendish
Production team:
Atsushi Nigorikawa (works such as A Destructive God Sits Next to Me, Between the Sky and Sea, Beast Tamer) is directing the anime at EMT Squared.
Yuki Shizuku (works such as Smile of the Arsnotoria) is adapting Chorefuji's character designs for animation.
Keiichirō Ōchi (works such as Adachi and Shimamura, The Quintessential Quintuplets) is overseeing the series' scripts.
Release information:
The anime will premiere on 2025.
Plot summary:
On her seventeenth birthday, Meg, an apprentice witch, learns that she has only one year to live. Her teacher, Faust, explains that the only way to break the death curse is to collect tears of joy and plant the seeds of life. Meg must leave the safe life she knows to explore the world, facing many encounters, separations and friendships, along with important lessons about life and love.
Novel and manga release information:
Of launched the story on the Kakuyomu website in October 2019 and concluded it in August 2022. Kadokawa is publishing the novel in print with illustrations by Chorefuji, with the second volume released on January 17. 7.
Kenu Amearare launched a manga adaptation in March 2023 on the KadoComi (Comic Walker) website, with the third volume released on September 27.
The anime promises to bring touching and profound stories about friendship and life lessons through the eyes of a young witch.