New visuals have also been announced for the 2025 anime
The staff of the TV anime “Sakayo” chorusof Death of a Witch: The Story of a Thousand Tears of Joy (Aru Majo ga Shinu Made: Owari’s words to Haita’s beginning) light novel series reveals the anime’s second “situation vision” and new cast. New visuals feature Lapis Lazuli Town.
The newly announced cast is Keep beauty for a long time Plays Fine Cavendish, a strong and kind high school girl who has been friends with Meg for more than 10 years.
The animation will be released in 2025.
Animation stars:
Jun Shibukawa (The god of destruction sits next to me, between sky and sea, Tamer) is directing animation EMT squared. Yuuki Shizuku (Smile from the anime “Arsnotoria” character design assistant, Atelier Lysa: Eternal Darkness and the Secret Hideout Chief Animation Director) is adapting chorusanimated character design. Keiichiro Daichi (Adachi and Shimamura, Typical quintuplets) is overseeing the series script.
Yen Press is releasing the novel in English and describes the story:
On her seventeenth birthday, apprentice witch Meg learns that she only has one year left to live. Her teacher, the long-lived witch Faustus, explains that the only way to lift the death curse is to collect tears of joy and plant the seeds of life. To find them, Meg must leave her sheltered life and head into the outside world. There will be many encounters, partings, friendships, and of course many tears. Meg will learn that the most important lessons for witches are bright, sweet, and a little heartbreaking.
Saka published this story on the Kakuyomu website in October 2019 and concluded it in August 2022. Kadokawa An illustrated print novel is being published chorusand published the second volume on July 17.
Kenu Amarare The manga adaptation was launched on KadoComi in March 2023 (Comic Walker) website. Kadokawa The second volume will be released on July 26, and the third volume will be released on September 27.
Source: press release
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