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Wandering Witch - The Journey of Elaina Anime Reveals Video, October 2 Premiere
posted on by Jennifer Sherman
The official website for the television anime of Jougi Shiraishi's Wandering Witch - The Journey of Elaina (Majo no Tabitabi) light novel series revealed the third promotional video, a new key visual, and the October 2 premiere on Friday. The video previews Reina Ueda's opening theme song "Literature."
The anime will premiere on AT-X on October 2 at 9:00 p.m., before debuting on Tokyo MX, KBS Kyoto, Sun TV, and BS11 later that night. The anime will then debut on TV Aichi on October 3 at 25:50 (effectively October 4 at 1:50 a.m.).
The anime will star:
- Kaede Hondo as Elaina
- Kana Hanazawa as Flan
- Tomoyo Kurosawa as Saya
- Yōko Hikasa as Sheila
Toshiyuki Kubooka (Harukana Receive, Berserk film trilogy) is directing the anime at C2C, and Kazuyuki Fudeyasu is supervising and writing the series scripts. Takeshi Oda is adapting Azuru's original character art for animation, and Kazumasa Nishio is credited with concept designs.
ChouCho is performing the ending theme song "Haiiro no Saga" (Gray Saga).
Yen Press publishes the light novel series in English, and it describes the story:
Once upon a time, there was a witch named Elaina, who set off on a journey across the world. Along the way, she would meet all kinds of people, from a country full of witches to a giant in love with his own muscles—but with each meeting, Elaina would become a small part of their story, and her own world would get a little bit bigger.
The novel series ranked at #9 on the 2018 Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! list, and at #6 on the 2019 list. SB Creative published the first novel in April 2016 and the 13th volume on July 14.
Itsuki Nanao launched a manga adaptation on Square Enix's Manga UP! app in November 2018. Square Enix published the second volume in December. Square Enix will publish the manga's second volume in English in December.
Sources: Wandering Witch - The Journey of Elaina anime's website, MoCa News
