ufotable has finally pinned down a concrete date for its long-gestating adaptation of Type-Moon’s 2012 visual novel, with the Witch on the Holy Night anime movie slated to hit Japanese theaters on November 20. The studio behind Demon Slayer’s fluid swordplay and atmospheric lighting now turns its eye to the quieter, more intimate tale of Aoko Aozaki’s reluctant apprenticeship under the witch Alice Kuonji in a late-1980s mansion setting, complete with the transfer student Soujyuro Shizuki stepping into their closed world.

A new trailer dropped alongside the announcement, showcasing the signature ufotable polish fans have waited nearly five years to see applied to Nasu Kinoko’s early work. The returning voice cast—Haruka Tomatsu as Aoko, Kana Hanazawa as Alice, and Yūsuke Kobayashi as Soujyuro—bridges the gap between the visual novel’s HD rerelease and the big screen, giving longtime readers a familiar anchor amid the studio’s meticulous animation treatment. Community chatter on X and Reddit has been equal parts relieved and impatient, with many noting the project’s glacial pace finally yielding to a firm theatrical slot.

This marks another entry in the Nasuverse’s expanding animated footprint, tying threads to Tsukihime and The Garden of Sinners through Aoko’s lineage while standing on its own as a self-contained story of magic, inheritance, and ordinary life brushing against the arcane. After years of teaser trailers and vague 2026 promises, the November 20 premiere transforms anticipation into something you can actually circle on a calendar.