Joseph Luster
January 31, 2025 
Following a bunch of shorter character previews, we finally have a premiere date and a new full trailer for the Once Upon a Witch’s Death anime. The adaptation of writer Saka and illustrator Chorefuji’s light novel series is set to kick off on TV in Japan on April 1, and you can see the trailer revealing that along with the opening song and some new cast members below.
Once Upon a Witch’s Death Main Trailer
Maaya Sakamoto performs the opening song, “Drops,” which is previewed in the above trailer. New cast members include:
Shizuka Ito (Sailor Venus in Sailor Moon Crystal) as Inori:
Yoko Hikasa (Mio in K-ON!) as Eldora:
Yoshino Aoyama leads the cast as Meg Raspberry alongside Yoshiko Sakakibara as Faust, Miharu Hanai as Carbuncle and Aina Suzuki as Shirofukuro.
Atsushi Nigorikawa is directing the anime, with Keiichirou Ohchi on series composition and Yukishizuku on character designs for the EMT Squared production.
Yen Press publishes the Once Upon a Witch’s Death light novels in English and describes the story:
Once Upon a Witch’s Death Plot
On Meg’s seventeenth birthday, she learns that she only has one year left to live. Her mentor—the Eternal Witch, Faust—explains that she is cursed and the only way to save herself is to grow a seed of life using one thousand tears of joy. Of course, such tears aren’t easy to come by. As Meg begins her quest, she finds herself drawn into the lives of her friends and neighbors in ways she never imagined. By sharing their burdens and using her magic to comfort them, she learns how precious those moments of connection can be even in the face of death.
Source: Crunchyroll News
