WITCH WATCH: WATCH PARTY In Theaters March 16-18 From GKIDS

GKIDS will premiere the first the episodes of the new anime WITCH WATCH in theaters March 16-18. Photo courtesy of GKIDS. ©Kenta Shinohara/SHUEISHA, WITCH WATCH Production Committee, MBS

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Official Site: https://witchwatch-anime.com/ (Japan)

Photo courtesy of GKIDS. ©Kenta Shinohara/SHUEISHA, WITCH WATCH Production Committee, MBS

Puppy love meets magical mischief and danger in WITCH WATCH (ウィッチウォッチ, Witchi Wotchi, 2025), the endlessly charming and riotously funny new anime series. GKIDS presents WITCH WATCH: WATCH PARTY, the North American premiere of the first three episodes of the show, only in theaters on March 16-18.

Purchase tickets now from https://gkids.com/series/witch-watch/tickets/.

Based on the popular manga by Kenta Shinohara (SKET Dance), WITCH WATCH is a hilariously magical rom-com following teenage witch Nico and her Ogre familiar Morihito, who is tasked with her protection after a dire prophecy is cast over her. With a witch-in-training and an Ogre now living under one roof, what could possibly go wrong? WITCH WATCH brings together a hilariously offbeat cast of mystical characters, and as they deal with various magical mishaps, this hilarious and spellbinding new rom-com will leave you in stitches week after week. The original manga is currently serialized in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump, with a cumulative circulation exceeding 3 million copies.

The series is brought to life by Bibury Animation Studios (THE QUINTESSENTIAL QUINTUPLETS), is directed by Hiroshi Ikehata (FLCL PROGRESSIVE), and features character designs from Haruko Iizuka (HORIMIYA) with music from Yukari Hashimoto (A SIGN OF AFFECTION). The opening theme song “Watch me!” was written specifically for the upcoming series by the global hit J-POP unit YOASOBI.

WITCH WATCH will stream globally this April. For platform specific details, please check ADN, Aniplus, Crunchyroll, Hulu, Netflix, and Tropics’ websites.

The WITCH WATCH: WATCH PARTY will additionally come to theaters in Asia beginning March 18^th from Tropics, in selected European countries in March from ADN, and in Korea in March 21^st from Aniplus.

About GKIDS, Inc. 

GKIDS is the Academy Award-winning producer and distributor of artist-driven and award-winning animation from around the world. After an astounding 13 Best Animated Feature nominations, the company took home the Oscar in 2024 for Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli’s acclaimed feature, THE BOY AND THE HERON. The company’s previous nominations include THE SECRET OF KELLS in 2010, A CAT IN PARIS and CHICO & RITA in 2012, ERNEST & CELESTINE in 2014, THE TALE OF THE PRINCESS KAGUYA and SONG OF THE SEA in 2015, BOY AND THE WORLD and W HEN MARNIE WAS THERE in 2016, MY LIFE AS A ZUCCHINI in 2017, THE BREADWINNER in 2018, MIRAI in 2019, WOLFWALKERS in 2021, and THE BOY AND THE HERON in 2024.

For more than a decade, GKIDS’ influence on cinema has redefined the perception of animation as an artistic medium on par with live-action film through its stewardship of the Studio Ghibli catalog and by introducing American audiences to the critically-acclaimed films of other master filmmakers from around the world such as Makoto Shinkai (WEATHERING WITH YOU), Mamoru Hosoda (BELLE), Masaaki Yuasa (INU-OH), Tomm Moore (WOLFWALKERS), Hideaki Anno (NEON GENESIS EVANGELION), Nora Twomey (THE BREADWINNER), Satoshi Kon (PERFECT BLUE) and Hiroyuki Imaishi (Promare), among countless others. GKIDS is also the founder and host of ANIMATION IS FILM, the annual LA-based film festival which embraces the highest aspirations of animation as a cinematic art form, and is a vocal advocate for filmmakers who push the boundaries of the medium to its fullest range of artistic expressions.