We learned back in April 2021 about a new TV anime adaptation on the horizon to keep watch on with The Dawn of the Witch. Known as Mahotsukai Reimeki in Japan, the light novel series comes from writer Kakeru Kobashiri and saw an April 7th, 2022 broadcast debut with Crunchyroll simulcasting it. They’re also finally able to get around to the theme song side with that now streaming below as fripSide is on board for the opening theme song “dawn of infinity” while the ending theme song “Imprinting” will be performed by ▽▲TRiNITY▲▽.
The show has Jeremy Inman directing it with Sara Ragsdale assisting. Marcy Anne Johnson is handling the scripts for it. The English cast includes Travis Mullenix as Saybil, Chelsea McCurdy as Albus, Amanda Lee as Zero, David Wald as Holdem, Monica Rial as Los, Joe Cucinotti as Kudo, Kimmie Britt as Hort, and Josh Putnam as The Tyrant.
The series is written and directed by Satoshi Kuwabara. Reina Iwasaki is handling the character designs with Tezuka Productions handling the animation production.
The Japanese cast includes Shūichirō Umeda as Saybil, Miho Okasaki as Loux Krystas, Sayumi Suzushiro as Holt, Taku Yashiro as Kudо̄, Yumiri Hanamori as The Witch of Muddy Darkness, Masaaki Yano as Mercenary, Masaaki Mizunaka as Minister, Yō Taichi as Albus, Masayuki Katou as Holdem, and Manaka Iwami as Riiri.
fripSide is on board for the opening theme song “dawn of infinity” while the ending theme song “Imprinting” will be performed by ▽▲TRiNITY▲▽.
The first volume landed in 2018 and it has three volumes out so far in Japan. The property also has a manga running as well with three volumes out by Tatsuwo that began in 2019 which Kodansha Manga has been releasing digitally in English.
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Plot Concept: I can’t remember. Who am I? What am I? Seville is a student at a magic academy who has no memories of anything from before he joined the school. Not understanding why he’s there, the time he spends at the academy feels hollow and empty. And since he doesn’t know how to work hard, his grades are always the lowest in his year. Then, one day, the school headmaster, Albus, orders Seville to participate in a dangerous special training. “I want you to spread the use of magic in an area where they hold witch hunts.” It has only been a few years since the war between the church and the witches came to an end—the world has not yet fully accepted witches and their magic. This is the dawn of the age of the witch. This is the story of how a young man, a boy who is no one special, and his companions, who all hold wounds in their hearts, set out and end up finding themselves.
