Tokyo Anime Dispatch

What Was Announced On July 10, 2026, the official The Witch on the Holy Night site published an event report from the July 7 release-date reveal. The report covers the on-stage announcement that the theatrical release is set for November 20, 2026, and it preserves the full feel of the reveal rather than reducing it to a single line of news. The event itself was timed to a meaningful date: July 7 was both Tanabata and the birthday of Aoko Aozaki, the film's main character. Haruka Tomatsu, who voices Aoko, appeared on stage, thanked the audience for coming, and talked about how eagerly people had been waiting to learn what "this year" would actually mean. The report says the audience reaction was immediate and loud once the date was shown on the monitor and the announcement video played. The official report also framed the reveal as a broader production moment. The page includes comments from cast and Type-Moon staff, the display of written wishes on bamboo, ...

On July 8, 2026, Aniplex updated the official Witch on the Holy Night movie site and confirmed that the film will open in Japanese theaters on Friday, November 20, 2026. The homepage now centers on a large promotional visual and a teaser-video module, so the release date is presented as a concrete plan rather than a vague promise. The official materials also keep returning to the story's three leads: Aoko, Alice, and Soujyuro. That is a useful reminder of what makes this project interesting. Witch on the Holy Night is not being sold as a generic fantasy spectacle. The site still frames it as a character-driven TYPE-MOON story whose tension comes from how those three people share, clash, and gradually understand the same world. The news page title and the homepage are aligned on the same point: the theatrical release date is now fixed. That matters because many anime films spend a long time in a soft state of “coming soon.” Here, the project has crossed into the part of the ro...

On July 8, 2026, the official site for Witch on the Holy Night announced that the theatrical film will open in Japan on November 20, 2026. The announcement appears in the site's latest-news feed, and the homepage now frames the project as a TYPE-MOON × ufotable production. What Was Announced The new notice is simple and specific: the film has a Japanese theatrical release date of November 20, 2026. The official home page also highlights the core cast and characters, naming Haruka Tomatsu as Aoko Aozaki, Kana Hanazawa as Alice Kuonji, and Yusuke Kobayashi as Soujuurou Shizuki. The site's own material also makes clear that this is the current official update, not a teaser of overseas distribution. In the material I checked, the announcement focuses on the Japanese theatrical opening and the project's main creative identity. Why It Matters For a title with the profile of Witch on the Holy Night , a firm release date matters more than a vague window. It gives fans, thea...