Popular Light Novel 'Witch and Mercenary' Gets 2027 TV Anime

Par Sam 17 April 2026 Traduit de l'anglais

O battle fantasy light novel series Witch and Mercenary zos e na TV anime adaptation di 2027. Di series, wey dem publish under Micro Magazine GCN Bunko imprint, don sell over 1.5 million copies.

Anime key visual for Witch and Mercenary featuring a white-haired mercenary and a large background face of a purple-haired witch.

Di story komot for di web novel platform Shousetsuka ni Narou, wia e gather over 110 million page views and 390,000 total evaluation points. Di light novel series na Chouhoukiteki Kaeru write am and Kanoyo Benchi illustrate am.

Dem plan to show di anime for Nippon TV network for 2027. Dem don open official accounts for di adaptation for X (formerly Twitter) and TikTok.

Cover of the Witch and Mercenary manga with promotional text for the anime adaptation, showing two characters.

Di story dey follow Jig, one mercenary wey dem send to kill witch, di last unknown pesin for one kontri wey magical beasts and sorcery don finish. After im kill am finish, e win but e no get reason again wey e take kill di witch. As e dey go without finishing am, di witch ask am for one thing: sey e wan live without people dey find am to kill am. Jig agree and e decide to carry di witch go for one kontri wey people just dey go.

Seven volumes of di light novel dey for market now. Dem dey do manga adaptation too.

Source: PR Times via 株式会社マイクロマガジン社