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Silent Witch Anime Posts 1st 3 Minutes, New Cast Member, Opening Song Info

Aniplex presented the first three minutes of footage, the second special visual, another cast member, and information on the opening theme song for the anime of author Matsuri Isora and artist Nanna Fujimi's Silent Witch (Silent Witch: Chinmoku no Majo no Kakushigoto) light novel series during a livestream on Saturday.

The new visual presents Monica and her friends at Serendia Academy:

Ai Kayano plays Claudia, a second-year Serendia Academy student known as a "walking library." Her family of esteemed intellectuals has been called a national treasure.

The opening theme song performed by the alternative rock band hitsujibungaku is titled "Feel," and it will start streaming in Japan on July 4.

Yen Press licensed the novels, and releases the series under the title Secrets of the Silent Witch. The publisher describes the story:

Monica Everett, the Silent Witch, is the world's only practitioner of Voiceless Magic, a veritable heroine who single-handedly fended off the Black Dragon of legend. However, the young prodigy is actually…super-duper shy! Yup, turns out she only learned Voiceless Magic to avoid speaking in public. Ignorant of this, the Seven Sages have placed her on a top-secret mission to guard the Second Prince. Can Monica keep it together as she contends with both social interaction and the evils targeting the young royal?

The anime stars:

• Saya Aizawa as protagonist Monica Everett
• Hitomi Nabatame as Nero
• Junichi Suwabe as Louis Miller
• Atsumi Tanezaki as Isabelle Norton
• Shōgo Sakata as Felix Arc Ridill
• Kanna Nakamura as Lana Colette
• Yoshiki Nakajima as Cyril Ashley
• Ryōhei Kimura as Elliott Howard
• Yuki Sakakihara as Neil Clay Maywood
• Yōko Hikasa as Bridget Greyham
• M.A.O as Rynzbelfeid
• Hina Suguta as Casey Groves, a second-year student at the academy
• Shunichi Toki as "???" (the name of the mysterious male will be revealed later)

Takaomi Kanasaki (KonoSuba – God’s blessing on this wonderful world!!, Princess Connect! Re:Dive) is the chief director, and is also writing and supervising the scripts, as well as serving as the sound director. Yasuo Iwamoto (Princess Connect! Re:Dive season 2) is directing the anime. Studio Gokumi is producing the anime. Cona Nitanda (Lucky na Safari de Oni Gokko!?) is the animation character designer. Cygames and Rina Tayama are credited for the music. Yoshinori Iwanaga is credited for monster and prop design. Eri Yamanashi and Yukiko Maruyama are the art directors. Saori Yoshida is the color key artist. Kana Imagaki is the 3D CG director. Naoki Etō is the compositing director of photography. Kashiko Kimura is the editor.

The hitsujibungaku band is also performing the ending theme song "mild days."

The anime will premiere on television on the Tokyo MX, Tochigi TV, Gunma TV, and BS11 channels on July 4 at 24:00 (effectively, July 5 at midnight, or July 4 at 11:00 a.m. EDT), and it will also run on YTV and TV Aichi.

The original novels debuted on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō (Let's Become Novelists) website in February 2020. Kadokawa began publishing the light novels in June 2021, and it released the ninth volume on February 10. The 10th volume is slated for this summer. Isora and Fujimi also debuted a two-volume prequel novel series titled Silent Witch -another- Kekkai no Majutsushi no Nariagari (Rise of the Barrier Mage, also known as Secrets of the Silent Witch -another-). The first volume shipped in December 2023, and the second and final volume shipped in April 2024.

Tobi Tana launched a manga adaptation of the original novels in Kadokawa's B's-LOG COMIC in July 2021. The manga's fifth compiled book volume shipped in Japan on January 31. Azu Azuko also launched a manga adaptation of the Silent Witch -another- Kekkai no Majutsushi no Nariagari prequel novels in Kadokawa's ComicWalker service on January 9.

Yen Press also licensed Tana, Isora, and Fujimi's Secrets of the Silent Witch manga.

Sources: Press release