Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Entertainment will release the movie theatrically in the US and Canada on 29 January.
The upcoming anime movie “Witch on the Holy Night” received international theatrical release dates for January and February 2027. Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Entertainment will release the movie across multiple countries with English sub and dub. In the US and Canada, the film will premiere on 29 January, 2026. In Japan, the movie will open on 20 November, 2026.
Witch on the Holy Night
Japanese premiere date: 20 November, 2026
Animation studio: Ufotable
Streaming platform: TBA
What do we know about Witch on the Holy Night’s international release so far?
Crunchyroll has released a trailer for the movie with English subtitles. Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Entertainment will release the movie theatrically across multiple countries starting in January 2027. The release will have both Japanese (with English subs) and English dub versions.
The release schedule for the movie so far:
- 21 January, 2027: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
- 26 January, 2027: Austria, Germany, Switzerland (German-speaking)
- 27 January, 2027: France, Belgium, Switzerland (French-speaking)
- 28 January, 2027: Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Central America, Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia, Peru, Italy, Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Switzerland (Italian-speaking), Australia, New Zealand.
- 29 January, 2027: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Finland, Poland, Sweden, India
- 5 February, 2027: Spain, Kazakhstan
The voice cast of the movie consists of:
- Haruka Tomatsu as Aoko Aozaki
- Yusuke Kobayashi as Sōjūrō Shizuki
- Kana Hanazawa as Alice Kuonji
Popular animation studio Ufotable (Demon Slayer), is animating the film. However, the staff members working on the project are still unknown.
The movie will be released in Japan on 20 November, 2026.
What is Witch on the Holy Night about?
Witch on the Holy Night is based on a Japanese visual novel developed by TYPE-MOON (Fate/Grand Order, Tsukihime) and released for Windows in 2012. In 2022, a remastered version with better graphics and voice acting was released by Aniplex worldwide on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4. Steam currently has the remastered version as well. Witch on the Holy Night is a prequel to Tsukihime, and explores the life of Aoko Aozaki, Shiki Tohno’s master.
The plot of Witch on the Holy Knight follows a boy from the countryside who moves to the city to enroll in high school. He crosses paths with two modern-day witches who live in a mansion on a hill, but one of them is an apprentice. As their different worlds collide, a mysterious and emotional story begins to unfold.