Ahead of the Witch on the Holy Nightanime film adaptation’s November 20 release, a manga version of the TYPE-MOON visual novel will debut on November 11 in the 50th 2026 issue of Kodansha’s Weekly Shonen Magazine.
The Witch on the Holy Night manga will feature art by Keigo Maki, the creator of romantic comedy manga Shikimori’s Not Just A Cutie.A trailer, featuring Haruka Tomatsu and Yusuke Kobayashi‘s voices as Aoko Aozaki and Soujyuro Shizuki, respectively, offers a look at Maki’s depiction of the story’s main characters:
The Witch on the Holy Night (Mahoutsukai no Yoru) visual novel, which was written byKinoku Nasu and had character designs by Hirokazu Koyama, was first released for PC in Japan in 2012. The story involves high schooler Aoko, secretly a Magician under the tutelage of housemate Alice Kuonji, and the arrival of country boy Sojuro to her school.
A fully voiced, full HD version was released for Nintendo Switch and PS4 in December 2022 and for Steam in December 2023. Tomatsu and Kobayashi starred in the remaster alongside Kana Hanazawa as Alice, and the three are reprising their roles for the anime movie.
Witch on the Holy Night was originally an unfinished novel by Nasu. A three-part novelization written by him was released beginning in August 2026, with the third part to be released on November 10.
The anime film has been picked up by Crunchyroll for a 2027 theatrical release in multiple countries/territories.
