Joseph Luster
November 22, 2024 
The anime adaptation of Saka and Chorefuji’s Once Upon a Witch’s Death light novels just got another new cast member. This time it’s Atsumi Tanezaki (Juno in BEASTARS), who will voice a “Mysterious Girl” that’s pictured alongside Meg in the fourth situation visual above.
Here’s another look at the Mysterious Girl’s design:
The Once Upon a Witch’s Death anime is currently penciled in for a 2025 premiere. 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: Anime News Network
