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A brand-new promotional video for the upcomingBURN THE WITCHanime project was released on Monday, revealing the official broadcast date ofBURN THE WITCH #0.8.
In addition to the promo, a new key visual was revealed, along with the opening theme song and more cast and staff information was made available.BURN THE WITCH #0.8is set for worldwide release on December 29.
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The upcomingBURN THE WITCH #0.8is the prequel to the 2020 film produced by Studio Colorido in conjunction with Team Yamahitsuji, and will have Tatsurō Kawano taking on the director’s role once more. This anime project is said to be theprequel to the 2020 filmbased on the special serialization that was released in August 2020. Staff members involved inBURN THE WITCH#0.8 include returnees like Chief Animation Director and Character Designer Natsuki Yamada; Art Director Kunihiko Inaba; Color Designer Miho Tanaka and Sound Director Keiichiro Mihoshi.
Taku Kishimoto takes over the series scripts from Chika Suzumura, while 3DCG is the responsibility of Peakys, the animation studio which handled the 3DGIforUrusei Yatsura 2022,with Tomoya Nakaza directing the CGI and Photography by EOTA Photography; a unit of Twin Engine, led by Hikari Fukuda serving as the Compositing Director of Photography.
JUJUTSU KAISENcomposer Hiroaki Tsutsumi takes over the music from Keiji Inai, while the artist behind the 2020 film’s ending theme, NiL, returns to perform the theme song “PROVE”, which was previewed in the promo. The main cast from the 2020BURN THE WITCHmovie reprise their roles, with Asami Tano as Ninny Spangcole; Yuina Yamada as Noel Niihashi; Shimba Tsuchiya as Balgo Parks; Hiroaki Hirata as Chief; Rie Hikisaka as Osushi-chan and Subaru Kimura as Balgo’s friend Shelby.
BURN THE WITCHwas originally released as a one-shot in 2018, followed by its serialization in 2020 which coincided with Studio Colorido’s adaptation. The serialized version of the manga shipped in August 2020 and series author Tite Kubo has confirmed that he is working on a"Season 2" of theBURN THE WITCHmanga, release date not yet known.BURN THE WITCH #0.8will be released worldwide on December 29.
BURN THE WITCHis available to stream onAmazon Prime, while the manga by Tite Kubo can be obtained onVIZ Media’s website.
