Anime Limited, otherwise known as All The Anime, have today revealed on social media that they will be giving the upcoming anime series WITCH WATCH a cinematic debut in the UK on 19th March 2025.
WITCH WATCH is an upcoming animated series adapted from the Weekly Shonen Jump manga by Kenta Shinohara, and is expected to simulcast stream on both Crunchyroll and Netflix in April. The cinematic release of WITCH WATCH, which is being classed as a watch party, brings the first three episodes of the series to the big screen before its general release on streaming platforms next month.
Synopsis: Morihito Otogi, a high school student who comes from a lineage of ogres, enjoys a peaceful, ordinary life until his childhood friend, Nico, moves in with him. Nico is a witch-in-training, and chooses Morihito to be her familiar. While Nico is thrilled to reunite with her old friend and crush, Morihito is tasked with the perilous duty to protect her from a foretold calamity. Between the unpredictable chaos caused by Nico’s magic, and the awkwardness of sharing a home, their lives become a whirlwind of supernatural hijinks and threats.
This watch party event for WITCH WATCH is scheduled to be shown on 19th March 2025 at various cinema chains across the UK, with a full list of locations available on the official website, and is expected to be shown in Japanese with English subtitles. In the meantime WITCH WATCH is expected to begin simulcast streaming on Netflix (and Crunchyroll) in April.
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