The official website for the Burn the Witch , inspired by Tite Kubo , has revealed a new promotional video previewing the theme song. The video highlights the song "Blowing" by NiL.
Furthermore, the 41st issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump revealed that Kubo is already working on a sequel to the manga.
The film premieres on October 2nd in Japan and has a runtime of 60 minutes. Additionally, it will be streamed as 3 episodes on Crunchyroll in Brazil and on Amazon Prime in Japan.
Synopsis
Historically, 72% of all deaths in London are caused by dragons, fantastical creatures invisible to most people, and only the inhabitants of Reverse London, the "other" side of London, can see them. Of these inhabitants, only a select few are chosen to become witches and wizards and make direct contact with the dragons.
The protagonists of this story are Noel Niihashi and Ninny Spangcole. A pair of witches and protection agents for Wing Bind (WB), an organization dedicated to controlling the dragon population. Their mission is to watch over London and defend it from dragon attacks.
Cast
- Asami Tano as Ninny Spangcole
- Yuina Yamada as Noel Niihashi
- Shimba Tsuchiya as Balgo Parks
- Hiroaki Hirata as Chief
- Rie Hikisaka as Osushi-chan
- Mugihito as Wolfgang Slashhaut
- Chikahiro Kobayashi as Bruno Bangnyfe
- Haruka Shimizu as Sullivan Squire
- Miou Tanaka as Roy B. Dipper
- Saori Hayami as Maci Baljure
Staff
Tatsuro Kawano (Psycho-Pass 2) is directing the anime, and Yuuji Shimizu is the assistant director. Chika Suzumura is writing the script. Natsuki Yamada is the character designer. Keisuke Okura is designing the dragons, while Keiji Inai (DanMachi) is composing the soundtrack.
Finally, Burn the Witch had four chapters published that premiered on August 24th, but the manga will soon have a "second season." Furthermore, Tite Kubo is the author of the notorious manga Bleach.
Source: Official Website