Witch on the Holy Night Film's Final Trailer Reveals Staff and Theme Song

Final Trailer and Theme Song

The official Mahōtsukai no Yoru (Witch on the Holy Night) anime film's website began streaming the film's final trailer on Wednesday, confirming the theme song as "Yoru to Ao" ("Night and Blue") performed by supercell, whose prior work includes the Monogatari Series: Second Season soundtrack. The trailer previews the track and introduces a new character visual drawn by Hirokazu Koyama. Both lead outlets carry the same announcement from the project's official site and X/Twitter feed.

Production Staff

The final trailer confirms the ufotable production's staff, with Masashi Takeuchi directing and Hikaru Kondo as chief director, a pairing previously credited on Kimetsu no Yaiba films. The confirmed crew also includes character designer Moe Tsuzuki, chief animation director Masato Nagamori, prop designer Masato Saitō, 3D director Gōchū Satō, art director Koji Eto, color key artist Mika Matsuoka, editor Manabu Kamino, music composer Hideyuki Fukasawa, and compositing director of photography Yuichi Terao, several of whom share prior credits across ufotable's Fate/stay night and Kimetsu no Yaiba projects.

Release Schedule

The anime film is scheduled to open in Japanese theaters on November 20, the same day the original visual novel's smartphone version launches in Japan. Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Entertainment will distribute the film in the United States and Canada on January 29, 2027, releasing it in Japanese with English subtitles and in an English dub.

Cast and Source Material

Returning cast members include Haruka Tomatsu as Aoko Aozaki, Kana Hanazawa as Alice Kuonji, and Yūsuke Kobayashi as Soujyuro Sizuki. The film adapts Type-Moon's visual novel written by Kinoko Nasu, originally launched for Windows in April 2012 and later released on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Steam, with a worldwide release in December 2023; it serves as a prequel to Shingetsutan Tsukihime within the shared Nasuverse.