Witch on the Holy Night, the Beginning of Apprentice Magician Aoko

Witch on the Holy Night is ufotable's theatrical anime adaptation of TYPE-MOON's visual novel. It follows apprentice magician Aoko as her life with housemate Alice changes after she meets a boy.

Witch on the Holy Night is a theatrical anime film based on TYPE-MOON’s visual novel. It will be released in Japanese theaters on November 20, 2026. The animation is being produced by ufotable, with Masashi Takeuchi serving as director. Toho and Aniplex are jointly handling Japanese distribution.

There is a rumor that two witches live in a mansion on a hill. High school student Aoko Aozaki is a magician living in the modern era, but she is still an apprentice. Alongside her housemate Alice Kuonji, she spends her days working toward becoming a magician in her own right. Then Aoko meets a boy, and the story begins to move.

The Starting Point Where Three People Meet

The focus emphasized in the official introduction is the moment when Aoko, Alice, and the boy—three people who have led different daily lives—cross paths. Hirokazu Koyama handled the original character designs, while Takashi Takeuchi created the original character concepts, and Moe Tsuzuki is responsible for the film’s character designs. How the atmosphere of the original work carries over into the film’s animation design is a central point of this theatrical adaptation.

The Original Voice Cast Returns

Haruka Tomatsu voices Aoko, Kana Hanazawa voices Alice, and Yusuke Kobayashi voices the boy, Soujuurou Shizuki. The theme song is supercell’s “夜と青,” and the film is also scheduled for simultaneous IMAX screenings. Beginning as a coming-of-age story about a girl just learning magic, the film brings the relationships among the three people gathered at the mansion to the big screen.