A second new main PV trailer, visual, and ending theme song have been revealed for the upcoming Once Upon a Witch’s Death TV anime series. The anime is scheduled to premiere in Japan on April 1, 2025. The new trailer also previews the anime’s main ending theme “Hana-saku Michi de,” performed by Aoi Teshima and composed by Yuki Kajiura. Meanwhile, the anime’s main opening theme is “Drops” by voice actress Maaya Sakamoto.
Atsushi Nigorikawa (Beast Tamer, Between the Sky and Sea) is directing the anime series, with Keiichiro Ochi (Go, Go, Loser Ranger!, The Many Sides of Voice Actor Radio) as series screenwriter, and Yukishizuku (Smile of the Arsnotoria the Animation) as character designer. EMT Squared is in charge of the animation production for the series.
The anime is based on the light novel series by Saka and illustrated by Chorefuji. It was first published under ASCII Media Works’s Dengeki no Shinbungei imprint on December 17, 2021. Two volumes have been released as of July 2024, with a third volume set for release on March 17, 2025. Yen Press licensed the light novels for release in English for North America.
A manga adaptation by Kenu Amearare was released in March 2023 and is published digitally in English on Kadokawa’s BookWalker website. Three tankobon volumes have been released as of September 2024, with a fourth volume set to be released on April 10, 2025.
Synopsis:
On Meg’s seventeenth birthday, she learns that she only has one year left to live. Her mentor the Eternal Witch, Faust explains that she is cursed and the only way to save herself is to grow a seed of life using one thousand tears of joy. Of course, such tears aren’t easy to come by. As Meg begins her quest, she finds herself drawn into the lives of her friends and neighbors in ways she never imagined. By sharing their burdens and using her magic to comfort them, she learns how precious those moments of connection can be even in the face of death.
