Anime fans with a huge fascination with witchcraft stories are pleased to hear that witch-themed anime like Witch Hat Atelier and Once Upon a Witch’s Death will release this year. The recently announced Silent Witch anime just released more information to celebrate the occasion.
A new report from Anime News Network revealed that the staff for the upcoming anime adaptation of author Matsuri Isora and illustrator Nanna Fujimi’s Silent Witch light novel series unveiled the anime’s teaser trailer. The first visual and additional cast were also revealed. Even more uplifting information, the fantasy anime will be released this year in 2025.
Aniplex revealed the teaser promotional video in their YouTube channel.
A tweet from the anime’s official X account shows the visual.
New voice actors announced for the anime include Hitomi Nabatame (KonoSuba) as Nero and Junichi Suwabe (Blue Lock) as Louis Miller. Previously, Saya Aizawa (The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic) was confirmed to voice the main character Monica Everett.
The character designs are seen on the anime’s X post. Nero, Monica, and Louis are positioned from left to right in the following image.
In February 2020, the original Silent Witch novels were released on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō (Let’s Become Novelists) website. A year later, Kadokawa started publishing the light novels on June 10, 2021 with the eighth volume released by the company on August 9, 2024. The next volume will be released on February 10, 2025.
The light novels were licensed by Yen Press and released the first volume on August 23, 2022. The publisher also titled the series as Secrets of the Silent Witch. Yen Press describes the light novel’s story as such:
“Monica Everett, the Silent Witch, is the only mage in the world who can use unchanted magecraft, a true hero who singlehandedly defeated a legendary black dragon. However, this young genius is actually…super-duper shy! That’s right: She learned to cast spells silently just to avoid speaking in public, and despite her power, she has zero self-confidence. Now Monica has been tasked with secretly guarding the second prince. Can she keep it together as she faces both the evil forces targeting the prince and the terrors of social interaction?”
The manga version written by Isora herself with Tobi Tana illustrating the manga launched in Kadokawa’s B’s-Log Comic in July 2021 with Yen Press also licensing it with the first volume released on July 18, 2023.
