Witch on the Holy Night Anime Film Confirms Main Voice Cast
ufotable has revealed the returning voice cast for the Witch on the Holy Night anime film adaptation of Type-Moon's visual novel. Haruka Tomatsu, Kana Hanazawa, and Yūsuke Kobayashi reprise their roles as the film prepares for release later this year.
ufotable announced the main voice cast for its upcoming anime film adaptation of Type-Moon's Witch on the Holy Night visual novel on Saturday. The studio confirmed that three key performers are returning to their roles:
- Haruka Tomatsu as Aoko Aozaki
- Kana Hanazawa as Alice Kuonji
- Yūsuke Kobayashi as Sōjūrō Shizuki
The film is scheduled to release sometime this year.
Witch on the Holy Night tells the story of Aoko Aozaki, a reluctant heir to a prestigious magical family in the late 1980s. Despite her disinterest in the arcane arts, she's forced into an apprenticeship under Alice Kuonji, a mysterious young witch living in an isolated manor. As Aoko juggles her magical training with her duties as her school's student council president, she encounters a transfer student named Sōjūrō who holds strange secrets. Meanwhile, her older sister Tōko plots to reclaim what she believes is rightfully hers.
The visual novel itself has a storied history. Created by writer Kinoko Nasu and artist Takashi Takeuchi in the mid-90s as a personal project, it was initially only shared among friends before Type-Moon developed it into a full visual novel in 2012. The game eventually found a wider audience when Aniplex released PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch versions in the West in December 2022, selling over 150,000 copies worldwide. Type-Moon more recently ported the game to Steam in December 2023.
Witch on the Holy Night holds special significance within the broader Type-Moon universe—often called the "Nasuverse" by English-speaking fans. The story serves as one of the few direct narrative bridges connecting otherwise loosely related works like Tsukihime, Fate/stay night, and The Garden of Sinners. Older versions of both Aoko and Tōko appear as important characters in those other franchises, grounding Witch on the Holy Night within Type-Moon's expansive shared cosmology.
With the main cast confirmed and a 2026 release window locked in, fans of Type-Moon's works now have another reason to anticipate what ufotable will bring to this long-dormant story.