{"rewrite":{"id":"r_b6f8971c5346421aa368d8ea","clusterId":"c_9cbdb15d48864d25ad406e82","slug":"witch-on-the-holy-night-film-confirms-returning-cast-and-character-art","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","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.","whyItMatters":"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.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eUfotable has not yet announced the film's director or other key production staff. The studio previously adapted Type-Moon's \u003cem\u003eFate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works\u003c/em\u003e television series and the \u003cem\u003eFate/stay night: Heaven's Feel\u003c/em\u003e film trilogy.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe visual novel was one of the first collaborations between writer Kinoko Nasu and artist Takashi Takeuchi in the mid-1990s, before they founded Type-Moon. Initially a novel, Nasu and Takeuchi only showed the draft to friends. Type-Moon later developed it into a visual novel with graphics by Hirokazu Koyama, released in April 2012, with two sequels planned.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe story is set in the late 1980s. Aoko balances her magical apprenticeship with serving as her school's student council president. She contends with the plots of her older sister Tōko Aozaki, who feels her birthright was denied. An older Aoko appears as an early mentor to \u003cem\u003eTsukihime\u003c/em\u003e protagonist Shiki Tohno, while an older Tōko is an employer to \u003cem\u003eThe Garden of Sinners\u003c/em\u003e protagonist Shiki Ryōgi.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Haruka Tomatsu, Kana Hanazawa, and Yusuke Kobayashi reprise their roles from the 2012 visual novel in ufotable's Witch on the Holy Night film, set for 2026.","twitterPost":"The Witch on the Holy Night film brings back the original game cast and connects to Tsukihime and Fate lore. Ufotable animates. 2026 release.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"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. 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