{"site":"Yomimono","license":"CC BY 4.0 (citation required)","generated_at":"2026-05-23T21:21:15.530Z","story":{"id":"r_b6f8971c5346421aa368d8ea","slug":"witch-on-the-holy-night-film-confirms-returning-cast-and-character-art","url":"https://yomimono.id/witch-on-the-holy-night-film-confirms-returning-cast-and-character-art","headline":"Witch on the Holy Night Film Cast Returns for 2026 Premiere","summary":"Ufotable revealed on Saturday the returning voice cast and character visuals for the anime film adaptation of Type-Moon's visual novel Witch on the Holy Night. Haruka Tomatsu reprises her role as Aoko Aozaki, Kana Hanazawa returns as Alice Kuonji, and Yusuke Kobayashi voices Soujyuro Sizuki. The film is scheduled to open in 2026. The original visual novel, first released in Japan in 2012, is set in the late 1980s and follows Aoko, a high school student reluctantly apprenticed to the witch Alice, alongside the transfer student Soujyuro. A fully voiced HD remaster of the game launched on PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch in December 2022 and on Steam in December 2023. The PS4 and Switch versions have sold over 150,000 copies worldwide. The film was first announced in December 2021. Ufotable is handling animation production. A key visual was released in March 2026.","why_it_matters":"The film brings the full original voice cast from the 2012 visual novel, a rare continuity for a Type-Moon adaptation that connects the story to the broader Nasuverse shared with Tsukihime and Fate/stay night.","published_at":"2026-05-16T14:16:03.000Z","source_count":5,"sources":["Anime News Network","Anime Hack","Anime Trending","Anime Corner","The Fandom Post"],"citations":[{"source":"Anime News Network","title":"Witch on the Holy Night Anime Film Reveals Returning Main Cast","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-05-16/witch-on-the-holy-night-anime-film-reveals-returning-main-cast/.237420"},{"source":"Anime Hack","title":"TYPE-MOON×ufotable「Witch on the Holy Night」Main Cast: Haruka Tomatsu, Kana Hanazawa, Yusuke Kobayashi, Returning from Original Game","url":"https://anime.eiga.com/news/126533"},{"source":"Anime Trending","title":"Witch on the Holy Night Movie Reveals Character Visuals and Cast","url":"https://anitrendz.net/news/2026/05/15/witch-on-the-holy-night-movie-reveals-character-visuals-and-cast"},{"source":"Anime Corner","title":"Witch on the Holy Night Anime Movie Reveals Character Visuals","url":"https://animecorner.me/witch-on-the-holy-night-anime-movie-reveals-character-visuals/"},{"source":"The Fandom Post","title":"'Mahōtsukai no Yoru: Witch on the Holy Night' Anime Film Confirms Cast","url":"https://www.fandompost.com/2026/05/16/mahotsukai-no-yoru-witch-on-the-holy-night-anime-film-confirms-cast/"}],"license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","entities":{"anime_titles":["Witch on the Holy Night"],"manga_titles":[],"studios":["ufotable"],"people":["Haruka Tomatsu","Kana Hanazawa","Yūsuke Kobayashi"],"type":"announcement","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false}}}