Witch Watch
Witch Watch is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kenta Shinohara. It has been serialized in Shueisha's magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump since February 2021, with its chapters collected in 24 volumes as of December 2025. An anime television series adaptation produced by Bibury Animation Studios aired from April to October 2025. A second season has been announced.
By October 2025, the manga had over 4 million copies in circulation.
Synopsis
The series focuses on Nico Wakatsuki, a teenage witch who, after completing her magical training, moves into a house with her childhood friend Morihito Otogi, a human-looking ogre. Due to their families' ancestral history, Morihito is to become Nico's familiar and protect her. Nico also hopes this will help them become a couple, as he is her longtime crush, though he does not reciprocate in the slightest. As the story progresses, Nico and Morihito find themselves forced to deal with the various supernatural and legendary beings they encounter while also trying to solve all the unpredictable problems Nico's magic causes in their daily lives.Characters
Otogi Household
;Nico Wakatsuki;Morihito Otogi
;Kanshi Kazamatsuri
;Keigo Magami
;Miharu Kiryu
;Ban
Witches
In the series, "witch" refers to people who have magical power. Witches generally believe in making good deeds for people, whereas those who misuse magic for their selfish gain are referred to as warlocks; they act as the main antagonists in the story. The warlocks are after Nico's ability in order to resurrect the previous "Witch of Thousand" Jura; their main purpose is to create paradise for the witches. Modern day witches are capable of detecting a presence of warlocks from certain distance. While most witches are women, there are some male witches.;Nemu Miyao
;Momo Kuramochi
;Mii Tsuchiya
Asunaro Private High School
Nico and Morihito's class
;Yuri Makuwa;Kara Minami
;Kukumi Ureshino
;Suzuka Kiyomiya
;Kowashi Hara
;Komugi Kurowa
Student Council
;Tenryu Kiyomiya;Ibara Ibu
;Yuzuru Kenmochi
;Syrup Amai
;Kuromitsu Amai
;Riro Takumi
;Asuto Ishiba
;Kyoki Saiko
;Daiki Sakai Mk. II
Other students
;Jun Horai;Rui Fujiki
Warlocks
;Ayako Makinose;Ryohei Fuchi
;Shikimi
Characters appearing in ''Uron Mirage''
Uron Mirage is an in-universe fantasy battle manga series by "Moko Utakata" and published in Weekly Shōnen Jump. The manga and its anime adaptation tell the story of a group of young swordsmen who hunt monsters. The series is notably of rather poor quality, but it attracts fans who acknowledge this yet are nonetheless invested, in large part due to its fan fiction. It is the favorite manga of Yuri and Kukumi, the latter of whom is also one of its most popular fan artists.;Utsuro Akizuki
;Oboro Namisaki
;Sagiri Kusama
;Zack Balan
;Fuwa
;Honoka Shirabushi
Production
revealed that it takes five days to draw the characters in Witch Watch, while the storyboards take two and a half days. In January 2023, Shinohara stated on Twitter that Witch Watch would probably be his last weekly serial. He explained that he is "physically unable" to do one, even if he wanted to. The February 6, 2023 chapter of the manga began a crossover with Shinohara's previous Weekly Shōnen Jump series, Sket Dance.Media
Manga
Witch Watch is written and illustrated by Kenta Shinohara. The manga began its serialization in Shueisha's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump on February 8, 2021. Shueisha has collected its chapters into individual volumes. The first volume was released on June 4, 2021. As of December 4, 2025, 24 volumes have been released.Witch Watch has been licensed for simultaneous publication in North America as it is released in Japan, with its chapters being digitally launched by Viz Media on its Shonen Jump website. Shueisha also simulpublishes the series in English for free on the Manga Plus app and website. Viz Media also publishes its volumes in digital format.
Voice comic
In February 2022, a three-part video of "dubbed manga" were posted online. In May 2022, another series of voice comic adaptations that highlights the comedic parts were posted. The characters are voiced by three voice actors: Mikako Komatsu, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, and Jun Fukushima. Yumiri Hanamori joined the cast in August 2022.Another voice comic featuring the franchise's in-universe manga series, Uron Mirage, was also posted online in June 2022 as part of the celebration for the manga's volume 6 release. The voice comic features voice acting by Shōya Chiba, Ryōta Suzuki, Yūichirō Umehara, and Tomokazu Sugita.
Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced in August 2024. It was produced by Bibury Animation Studios and directed by, with assistant direction by Masao Kawase, series composition by Deko Akao, characters designed by, and music composed by Yukari Hashimoto. The series aired from April 6 to October 5, 2025, on the programming block on all JNN affiliates, including MBS and TBS. It ran for two consecutive cours. The first opening theme song is "Watch Me!", performed by Yoasobi, while the first ending theme song is "Mahō wa Spice", performed by Aooo. The second opening theme song is "Tokihanate!" by Hashimero, while the second ending theme song is "Tsuki to Watashi no Kakurenbo" by.The in-universe anime series Uron Mirage is featured in episodes 14 and 23. Who-ya extended performed the opening theme "Bitter end", while ALI performed the ending theme "Flashback Syndrome".
GKIDS acquired the license to the series in North America with Crunchyroll and Netflix streaming the series worldwide, alongside other platforms such as Hulu, Animation Digital Network and Aniplus. Tropics Entertainment licensed the series in Southeast Asia. The anime's first three episodes were also screened in theaters outside of Japan under the title Witch Watch: Watch Party with screenings beginning March 13 in Asia and in North America on March 16 via GKIDS.
Following the airing of the final episode, a second season was announced.