Journal with Witch (TV)

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Alternative title:
Ikoku Nikki (Japanese)
違国日記 (Japanese)
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: 35-year-old novelist Makio Kōdai and her 15-year-old niece Asa live together under one roof. Makio took Asa in on an impulse after Asa's parents, which included Makio's older sister, passed away. The next day, Makio returns to her senses and remembers that she does not do well in the company of other people. So begins their daily life, as Makio attempts to acclimate to a roommate, while Asa attempts to get used to an adult who never acts like one.
User Ratings: 55 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 24 votes (sub:21, raw:2, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 18 votes (sub:17, dub:1)
 Very good: 7 votes (sub:6, dub:1)
 Good: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Decent: 1 vote (sub:1)
 So-so: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Not really good: -
 Weak: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 240 users, rank: #3545 (of 10286)
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.891 (Excellent), std. dev.: 1.5687, rank: #81 (of 10466)
Weighted mean: 8.947 (Excellent), rank: #71 (of 10466) (seen all: 9.11 / seen some: 10.00 / won't finish: 3.00)
Bayesian estimate: 8.665 (Excellent−), rank: #25 (of 7882)
Running time: 23 minutes
Vintage: 2026-01-04
Opening Theme:
"Sonare" by TOMOO
Ending Theme:
"Kotozute" (Hearsay) by Bialystocks
Official website:
TVアニメ『違国日記』公式サイト (Japanese)
Reviews: Show:
Journal with Witch ‒ Episode 13 (Mar 31, 2026)
Journal with Witch ‒ Episode 12 (Mar 25, 2026)
Journal with Witch ‒ Episode 11 (Mar 19, 2026)
Journal with Witch ‒ Episode 10 (Mar 11, 2026)
Journal with Witch ‒ Episode 9 (Mar 4, 2026)
Journal with Witch ‒ Episode 8 (Feb 25, 2026)
Journal with Witch ‒ Episode 7 (Feb 17, 2026)
Journal with Witch ‒ Episode 6 (Feb 11, 2026)
Journal with Witch ‒ Episode 5 (Feb 3, 2026)
Journal with Witch ‒ Episode 4 (Jan 26, 2026)
Journal with Witch ‒ Episodes 1-3 (Jan 20, 2026)
Journal with Witch (Jan 15, 2026)
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Miyuki Oshiro
Series Composition: Kohei Kiyasu
Script: Kohei Kiyasu
Storyboard:
Katsumi Terahigashi (eps 3, 9)
Kotomi Deai (OP; ep 6)
Miyuki Oshiro (eps 1, 4)
Ryōko Nakano (eps 2, 5)
Shinya Kawatsura (ep 7)
Tomomi Kawatsuma (ep 8)
Episode Director:
Daiki Nishida (ep 9)
Hisanori Kobayashi (ep 3)
Mitsuki Kitamura (ep 5)
Miyuki Oshiro (eps 1, 4)
Ryōko Nakano (ep 2)
Satomi Nakamura (ep 4)
Shinya Kawatsura (ep 7)
Takahiro Ōmori (ep 9)
Tomomi Kawatsuma (eps 6, 8)
Unit Director: Kotomi Deai (OP)
Music: kensuke ushio
Original creator: Tomoko Yamashita
Character Design: Kenji Hayama
Art Director: Eriko Takahashi
Animation Director:
Ena Nishikawa (eps 1, 3, 6)
Kaede Aizawa (eps 3-5, 8)
Kenji Hayama (OP)
Miyako Kanō (eps 3-5, 8)
Miyuki Nakamura (eps 2-3, 5-6)
Naho Ōtsuki (eps 3, 5, 8)
Nanako Toyoda (eps 3, 5, 9)
Orie Tanaka (eps 1, 4-5, 7-8)
Tomomi Kawatsuma (ep 8)
Toshie Kawamura (5 episodes
eps 2-3, 5, 7, 9
)
Sound Director: Takahiro Ōmori
Director of Photography: Tomo Namiki
Producer:
Ai Lian Cai
Fumi Miura
Hirotaka Kaneko
Tomoki Ueda
Yūko Matsui

2nd Key Animation:
Ai Ōsawa (Lu Laforte; ep 7)
Akiko Sugizono (eps 1, 6)
Akira Matsunaga (Nakamura Production; eps 3-5)
Akira Mine (Nakamura Production; ep 5)
Akiyoshi Fukunaga (Nakamura Production; eps 3-5)
Aoi Ozawa (eps 3-8)
Ayaka Abe (ep 6)
Ayaka Inaba (ZEXCS; ep 4)
Ayano Sahashi (eps 3-7)
Daiki Sawada (eps 3-5, 8)
Duo Lin Li (ep 1)
Eiki Takeuchi (eps 1-4)
Ena Nishikawa (ep 2)
Eri Yamazaki (eps 3, 6)
Erika Ono (ep 2)
Fumie Sasaki (eps 2, 4)
Ginga Tamura (Studio KAFKA; ep 2)
Haruka Itou (Yostar Pictures; ep 6)
Hinata Gibo (A-Real; ep 4)
Hiromi Fukumoto (eps 1, 3)
Hiroshi Echigoya (Fellows; ep 3)
Jeong Yun Seo (LINGS; eps 3, 5)
Kaede Aizawa (eps 1, 6-7)
Kaho Odano (ep 8)
Kaichi Baba (ep 6)
Kaori Komai (Team Harada; ep 2)
Kaori Yamamoto (Team Harada; ep 1)
Kazuhiro Takamura (Nakamura Production; eps 3-5)
Kazune Suzuki (ep 5)
Kazuya Kitano (CA Soa; ep 7)
Ken Kobayashi (LINGS; eps 3-4)
Kie Kinoshita (Fellows; ep 4)
Kiharu Asazuma (studio CANDY BOX; ep 7)
Kiria Takashiro (ep 3)
Koga Yamada (ZEXCS; ep 4)
Kururi Machida (studio CANDY BOX; ep 7)
Mai Hayashi (ep 8)
Maika Ōnuki (PRA Animation Department; eps 4-5)
Makoto Kodama (Nakamura Production; ep 5)
Mamie Ashikaga (ep 8)
Mari Ishimori (eps 3-5, 8)
Mayumi Kitamura (Yostar Pictures; ep 6)
Megumi Miyagawa (eps 1, 3, 5-7)
Mi Young Kim (NUT; ep 3)
Mika Iemura (Studio KAFKA; ep 1)
Miki Urashima (ep 1)
Misaki Kurita (A-Real; eps 3-4)
Misaki Sugawara (PRA Animation Department; eps 5, 8)
Mito Omote (eps 3-4, 6-8)
Mitsunobu Takeda (ep 3)
Miya Yahagi (A-Real; eps 1, 3-4)
Miyako Kanō (eps 3, 5)
Miyuki Kobayashi (ep 1)
Mizuki Kajiya (eps 6, 8)
Naho Ōtsuki (ep 7)
Nanako Naoki (eps 3-5, 8)
Nanako Ōno (eps 2, 6)
Nanako Toyoda (ep 1)
Nanami Fujii (Studio Colorido Kyoto; ep 8)
Naoko Tanaka (Nakamura Production; ep 5)
Nera Sekura (STUDIO LINGS; ep 4)
Noa Kajita (LINGS; ep 5)
Orie Tanaka (ep 5)
Pakpoom Wichitpan (DRAGONIC; eps 3, 5-7)
RazFRT (Fellows; ep 3)
Rika Sakuraba (Liber; ep 4)
Risa Inaba (eps 3-8)
Ryōmu Yamabe (LINGS; ep 5)
Ryōtarō Aoba (LINGS; ep 5)
Ryūshō Maruyama (HEIYA; eps 6-7)
Saika Nishiyama (STUDIO CL; ep 2)
Saki Nishijima (ep 6)
Saki Yabata (Yostar Pictures; eps 3-4)
Satoshi Iyoki (Electric Circus; eps 3-7)
Sayo Kato (ep 6)
Setsuya Tanabe (Nakamura Production; eps 4-5)
Sheng Feng (Nakamura Production; ep 5)
Shiho Nakazawa (PINE JAM; eps 1-3)
Supakorn Suputra (DRAGONIC; eps 3-4, 6-7)
Takeo Tominaga (Nakamura Production; ep 5)
Tamaki Maeda (ZEXCS; eps 5, 8)
Tan Kongkaew (DRAGONIC; ep 3)
Tanatat Kongkaew (DRAGONIC; credited as Tanatat Kongkae in ep 5; eps 6-7)
Tomoko Nakatsuji (A-Real; eps 3-4)
Tomomi Shimazaki (ep 6)
Wan Qian Huang (studio CANDY BOX; ep 7)
Wan Yu Xie (Yostar Pictures; eps 3-4)
Warakorn Chaikhomma (DRAGONIC; eps 5-7)
Xin Tian (Liber; ep 4)
Yue Fujishiro (ep 8)
Yui Miyagawa (eps 3, 5-6)
Yui Okano (Electric Circus; ep 5)
Yuka Fujino (STUDIO LINGS; ep 4)
Yukari Manabe (Studio KAFKA; ep 2)
Yuria Matsui (HEIYA; ep 7)
Yūta Suzuhana (eps 6-7)
Animation:
Eiki Takeuchi (OP)
Eri Yamazaki (OP)
Haruna Yoshikawa (OP)
Kazune Suzuki (OP)
Masakazu Kawazoe (OP)
Masanao Okubo (OP)
Megumi Miyagawa (OP)
Miyako Kanō (OP)
Miyuki Oshiro (OP)
Naho Ōtsuki (OP)
Nanako Toyoda (OP)
Orie Tanaka (OP)
Animation Director Cooperation: Akira Takata (ep 2)
Animation producer: Yumi Satō
Assistant Director of Photography: Meng Zhou (eps 1-8)
Color design: Miho Tanaka
Costume Setting: Kaede Aizawa
Editing: Kazuhiko Seki
Ending Animation: Kanako Sakurai (LIDEN FILMS)
In-Between Check:
Ami Honda (eps 5, 7)
Aoi Ozawa (eps 1, 3)
Keiko Oyama (ep 8)
Mari Ishimori (ep 6)
Risa Inaba (OP)
Yūka Takahashi (ep 2)
Key Animation:
Aimi Ishibashi (ep 1)
Ané (KOEDA ANIMATION; ep 3)
Atsuya Miura (ep 7)
Ayaka Inaba (ZEXCS; ep 8)
Ayako Sugi (ep 4)
Ayumi Tada (ep 5)
Ayumi Tsukamoto (ep 3)
Chie Kinoshita (ep 4)
Daisuke Rioseco (KOEDA ANIMATION; ep 3)
Eiki Takeuchi (eps 1, 3, 5-8)
Elfhir (KOEDA ANIMATION; ep 3)
Ena Nishikawa (eps 1, 4)
Eri Yamazaki (ep 1)
Erika Ono (ep 2)
Fumiko Kon (eps 3-4)
GAMJA (ep 5)
Haruna Yoshikawa (eps 1-2, 4, 6)
Hyun Kyung Oh (ep 8)
Inugami (ep 3)
Jhon Lozano (KOEDA ANIMATION; ep 3)
Kathan (ep 5)
Kazuki Hisatsune (ep 3)
Kazune Suzuki (eps 4, 7-8)
Kei Masaki (Studio Colorido Kyoto; ep 8)
Kie Kinoshita (ep 5)
Kiyoka Makino (ep 6)
Kurumi Kishida (PINE JAM; ep 4)
Loska (KOEDA ANIMATION; ep 3)
Mafuyu Ozaki (ep 6)
Mai Watanabe (ep 3)
Mamie Ashikaga (ep 3)
Masakazu Kawazoe (eps 1-2, 5-8)
Masanao Okubo (6 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-5, 7-8
)
Maxence Desein (ep 8)
Mayumi Nakamura (ep 6)
Megumi Miyagawa (eps 2, 4-8)
Mikken (KOEDA ANIMATION; ep 3)
Mina Masuda (eps 3, 5)
Miyako Kanō (ep 1)
Miyuki Kobayashi (eps 6-7)
Miyuki Nakamura (ep 2)
Naho Ōtsuki (eps 3-4)
Nanako Ōno (ep 4)
Nanako Toyoda (eps 1-2, 4, 7)
Naoko Hayashi (ep 2)
Naoya Takahashi (ep 5)
Nobuto Isobe (ep 8)
Orie Tanaka (ep 1)
Rexsesu (KOEDA ANIMATION; ep 3)
Ryoko Kawamura (ep 5)
Saki Yabata (ep 5)
Sayo Kato (ep 6)
Shingo Fujisaki (ep 5)
Shōichi Funaki (eps 2-7)
SimonBeed (PINE JAM; ep 4)
Takahiro Arai (eps 1-7 odd, 8)
Tatsuya Urano (ep 5)
Terumi Mutō (eps 2-4, 7-8)
Tomomi Ishii (eps 1, 5-6)
Tomomi Kawatsuma (ep 6)
Toshie Kawamura (ep 2)
Xin Ye (ep 6)
Yasuhito Yamada (ep 1)
Yuta Haruna (はるなゆうた; eps 3, 5)
Original Work Cooperation: Megumi Kajikawa (ShuCream)
Planning:
Hiroaki Nishimura
Ryū Takahashi
Sadakazu Kikuchi
Takahiro Matsushita
Prop Setting: Miyako Kanō
Special Effects: Toshio Hasegawa (eps 1-4, 6-7)
Sub-Character Design: Toshie Kawamura
Theme Song Arrangement: Ryō Konishi (Shominsha, CRCK/LCKS; OP)
Theme Song Composition:
Gō Kikuchi (ED)
TOMOO (OP)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Gō Kikuchi (ED)
Sora Hokimoto (ED)
TOMOO (OP)
Theme Song Performance:
Bialystocks (ED)
TOMOO (OP)
Fūko Mori as Asa Takumi
Miyuki Sawashiro as Makio Kōdai

Eriko Matsui as Nana Daigo
Junichi Suwabe as Shingo Kasamachi
Sayaka Ōhara as Minori Takumi
Sumire Morohoshi as Emiri Nara
Takashi Kondō as Kazunari Tōno

Akinori Egoshi as
Editor (eps 5, 11)
Tani (ep 6)
Akira Kuwabara as
Attendee (ep 1)
Clerk (ep 6)
Chihiro Kamijō as
Asuka Sone (ep 4)
Clerk (ep 1)
Hinako Takahashi as Clerk (ep 2)
Hisako Kanemoto as Kotoko (eps 3-4)
Hisako Tōjō as
Classmate (ep 7)
Suwon (eps 10-11)
Hitoshi Bifu as Attendee (ep 1)
Iori Saeki as Mochi (eps 5, 10-11)
Kana Hanazawa as Shoko (ep 10)
Kaori Nakamura as Announcer (eps 1, 7)
Kaoru Katakai as Attendee (ep 1)
Kaoru Sakura as Clerk (ep 7)
Kaya Ueda as
Announcement (eps 1, 12)
Mom Friends (ep 7)
Professor Ogaki (eps 8, 10)
Kohei Kiyasu as Emiri's Father (ep 10)
Kōichi Sōma as Attendee (ep 1)
Kujira as Itsuki Juno (eps 9-10)
Matsuri Mizuguchi as
Attendee (ep 1)
Mom Friends (ep 7)
Mayumi Asano as Kyoko Kōdai (eps 1, 6, 10)
Michitake Kikuchi as Attendee (ep 1)
Mie Sonozaki as Michiko Nara (eps 4, 7, 12)
Miki Natsutani as
Female Teacher (ep 3)
Misaki Oki (eps 10, 12)
Mitsuki Nakamura as Male Student (ep 7)
Miyuki Satō as Yasuko (eps 9-12)
Moena Ashida as
Ayaka (eps 5, 10)
Female Student (ep 8)
Naoya Miyase as
Atsuhiko (ep 4)
Mochizuki (eps 9-11)
Rikuya Yasuda as
Sakurai (ep 5)
Senior Member (ep 12)
Ruriko Aoki as
Chiyo Morimoto (eps 4, 10-13)
Counselor (ep 9)
Ryūnosuke Watanuki as Yuto Togo (eps 4, 10-11)
Sanae Kobayashi as Motsu (5 episodes
eps 3-4, 9, 11-12
)
Satomi Kobashi as Yumi Kanda (eps 4-5, 11)
Shōko Arai as
Mom Friends (ep 7)
Ogi (ep 11)
Yohara (ep 5)
Takahiro Yoshino as Hajime Takumi (eps 7, 11-12)
Takao Mitsutomi as Yoshimura (eps 4, 10-11)
Takeru Kikuchi as Hattori (eps 4, 10, 12)
Tomohiro Ōmachi as
Male Student (ep 5)
Senior Boy (ep 9)
Senior Member (ep 12)
Wakana Maruoka as Classmate (ep 7)
Wataru Takehisa as
Male Student (eps 5, 7)
Senior Member (ep 9)
Yūji Kameyama as
Conductor (ep 1)
Director (ep 12)
Male Teacher (ep 3)
Narration (ep 8)
Yukako Kiuchi as Mori (eps 5, 11)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
A-Real (5 episodes
eps 1, 3-4, 9, 11
)
Candy Box (ep 7)
CJT (ep 11)
DRACONIC (eps 3-7)
Electric Circus (eps 3-5, 7, 9)
FELLOWS (eps 3, 10)
GAINAX Kyoto (eps 2, 9, 11)
HEIYA (eps 6-7)
J.C. Staff (eps 2, 6)
Liber (eps 3-4, 10)
Lotus Animation (ep 11)
Lu Laforte (ep 7)
Marvy Jack (ep 12)
Nakamura Production (6 episodes
eps 3-5, 9, 11-12
)
NUT (eps 3, 10)
PINE JAM (eps 1-3)
Pioneer Production (ep 10)
PRA (5 episodes
eps 4-5, 9-10, 12
)
Reboot (eps 3, 9)
Studio CL (ep 2)
Studio Colorido Kyoto (ep 8)
Studio Eight Colors (ep 6)
Studio Elle (ep 6)
Studio Gash (ep 10)
Studio Kafka (eps 1-2)
Studio Lings (6 episodes
eps 3-5, 9-10, 12
)
SynergySP (ep 10)
Team Harada (eps 1-2)
WHITE FOX Izukōgen Studio (ep 9)
xenron (eps 9, 11-12)
Yostar Pictures (5 episodes
eps 3-4, 6, 11-12
)
ZEXCS (eps 4-5, 8-9)
Animation Production: Shuka
Background Art:
GAKIproAstudio (eps 1-12)
Hoshi-Vn (eps 1-12)
Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production (eps 6-7)
Ending Animation: LIDEN FILMS
Finish Animation:
A-Real (eps 4, 9)
CJT (eps 3-5, 8-12)
D-COLORS (eps 7-8, 10)
Hanjin Animation (7 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 6, 9-11
)
M.S.J Musashino Production (ep 9)
Orange (6 episodes
eps 1-2, 6-7, 10-11
)
Reboot (eps 3-4)
Shuka (eps 1-2, 4-12)
Studio Elle (5 episodes
eps 4-5, 8-9, 11
)
HD Editing: qooop (eps 1-12)
In-Between Animation:
A-Real (eps 4, 9)
CJT (eps 3-5, 8-12)
Hanjin Animation (7 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 6, 9-11
)
M.S.J Musashino Production (ep 9)
Orange (6 episodes
eps 1-2, 6-7, 10-11
)
PINE JAM (ep 2)
Reboot (eps 3-4)
Shuka (7 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-7, 10
)
Key Animation:
KOEDA ANIMATION (ep 3)
PINE JAM (ep 6)
Studio Colorido Kyoto (ep 8)
Yostar Pictures (eps 10, 12)
ZEXCS (ep 8)
Offline Editing: Jay Film
Photography: T2 Studio (eps 1-12)
English staff
English companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll
English cast
(none)
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