Additional staff and a second promotional video have also been revealed.
The anime adaptation of mangaka Higuchi Tachibana’s “Champignon Witch” (Champignon no Majo) has revealed additional cast, staff, and a promotional video ahead of its 9 January premiere.
The premiere will feature a one hour special consisting of the series’s first two episodes, although streaming details are yet to be confirmed.
The promotional video:
“Champignon Witch” details and other information
Shouya Chiba is joining the cast as Henri, while previously announced voice actors and their roles are:
- Haruka Shiraishi as Luna
- Yuki Sakakihara as Lize
- Jun Fukushima as Claude
- Emiri Katō as Minos
- Miho Okasaki as Merino
- Misato Fukuen as Sisi
Yōsuke Kubo directs the anime at TYPHOON GRAPHICS and Qzil.la. Yuko Kakihara handles series composition while Miki Matsumoto designs the characters. Additional staff members are:
- Art director: Yukiko Ijima
- Background art: Wonderland
- Color design: Ayako Shimanata
- Director of photography: Hideki Imaizumi
- Sound director: Yuuichi Imaizumi
- Sound production: Glovision
- Editing: Takashi Sakurai
- Music: Takeshi Hama
- Music production: Nichion
“Champignon Witch” is based on the magic fantasy manga of the same name by Tachibana Higuchi, who is known for her other series, “Gakuen Alice”. The manga began serialisation through Hakusensha’s Manga Park manga website in October 2019, and is still ongoing. The manga currently has six tankobon volumes as of December 2024, and has yet to receive an English release.
MyAnimeList describes the story for “Champignon Witch” as:
Deep within the Black Forest teeming with poisonous mushrooms, a witch named Luna lives alone. With skin that is poisonous to the touch and a breath that will kill if close enough, she is forced to stay secluded from nearby civilization. Even with these conditions, Luna still visits a nearby city to deliver medicine and buy new books to read.
Despite Luna having never done harm to any of the city’s residents, many are scared to associate with her, as she is a black witch in a kingdom ruled by white witches. Only able to watch from a distance while people receive her medicine and freely converse with one another, Luna is drawn toward their lives, even if it sometimes means putting herself in danger.