The official website for the television anime adaptation of Kaeru Chouhoukiteki's Majo to Youhei (Witch and Mercenary) light novel revealed additional cast, start, a second teaser visual (pictured), and the first promotional video on Wednesday. The anime series will premiere on 30 NTV stations and BS NTV in April 2027.

Cast
Isana Gayhone: Yuri Noguchi (Ryza no Atelier)
Alan Clows: Hiromu Mineta (Katainaka no Ossan, Kensei ni Naru)
Elsia Armet: Haruka Shiraishi (Clevatess)

Staff
Assistant Series Composition: Shingo Irie (Chi. Chikyuu no Undou ni Tsuite series composition)
Sub-Character Design: Hideki Sakai (Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken 2nd Season chief animation director)
Monster Design: Wataru Inata (Sentai Red Isekai de Boukensha ni Naru), Ryou Hirata (Zenshuu. sub-character design)
Chief Animation Directors: Keita Matsumoto (Persona 5 the Animation: The Day Breakers), Hideki Sakai, Sorato Shimizu (Blue Lock)
Art: Marunaga Shoten
Art Director: Kazuhiro Inoue (Ookami to Koushinryou: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf)
Prop Design: Mikio (Kusuriya no Hitorigoto)
Image Board: pomodorosa (Deca-Dence original character design)
Color Design: Kunio Tsujita (Tokyo Revengers)
Director of Photography: Shuuhei Inabe (Do It Yourself!! photography)
CG Director: Fuuma Aizawa (Shy)
Editing: Gou Sadamatsu (Shangri-La Frontier)

Shinpei Ezaki (Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song) directs the anime at 8Bit. Daishirou Tanimura (Hell Mode) is handling the series composition and Keita Matsumoto (Persona 5 the Animation: The Day Breakers) is designing the characters. Rei Ishizuka (Ayakashi Triangle) is composing the music.

Chouhoukiteki began penning the action fantasy novel on Shousetsuka ni Narou in June 2021. Micro Magazine began publishing the light novel under its GCN Bunko imprint with illustrations by Bench Kanase in May 2023. The seventh volume went on sale on January 20, with the eighth volume scheduled for a September 24 release. Majo to Youhei has a cumulative 1.7 million copies in circulation.

Makoto Miyagi began drawing a manga adaptation on the Magazine Pocket service in January 2024. Kodansha released the ninth volume on August 7.

Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the light novel in English in February 2024 and published the first part of the sixth volume on April 28. The seventh volume is planned to be released on November 24. Kodansha publishes the manga digitally in English on its K Manga app and website.

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Source: PR Times