The Witch and the Beast

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The Witch and the Beast
First tankōbon volume cover
魔女と野獣
(Majo to Yajū)
Genre
Manga
Written byKousuke Satake
Published byKodansha
English publisher
Magazine
  • Young Magazine the 3rd (November 6, 2016–April 6, 2021)
  • Monthly Young Magazine (May 20, 2021–present)
DemographicSeinen
Original runNovember 6, 2016 – present
Volumes10
Anime television series
Directed byTakayuki Hamana
Written byYūichirō Momose
Music by
  • Hanae Nakamura
  • Natsumi Tabuchi
StudioYokohama Animation Laboratory
Licensed byCrunchyroll
Original networkTBS, BS11, RKK, TBS Channel 1
Original run January 12, 2024 – April 5, 2024
Episodes12

The Witch and the Beast (Japanese: 魔女と野獣, Hepburn: Majo to Yajū) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kousuke Satake. It started serialization in Young Magazine the 3rd in November 2016, before moving to Monthly Young Magazine following Young Magazine the 3rd publishing its final issue. As of August 2022, its individual chapters have been collected in 10 tankōbon volumes.

An anime television series adaptation produced by Yokohama Animation Laboratory aired from January to April 2024.

Synopsis[edit]

Setting[edit]

The story is set in a fictitious magical world of eight continents with where magic and modern society exist side-by-side. The world's most influential organization, the Global Holy Church, which oversees the development and regulation of magic. The church is located on the First Continent in the west and the further away the continents, the less advance the society and its magic. However, the eighth continent was able to develop its own unique brand of magic technology, allowing it and the seventh continent to develops own advance societies. On an isolated island between the seventh and eighth continents, there is a bottomless pit called "The Fall" with seventeen levels, each with its own different independent world. The Global Holy Church's magic-military force are Paladin Corps, who deals to large-scale magical cases and the only army in the world that can deal with Witches. Another branch are the Executioners, a clandestine group dedicated to killing Witches, regardless of their innocence, and resorting violent means to achieve their goals.

At the pinnacle of sorcery, Witches are the most powerful and dangerous beings in the world. The first witches in history are "The Origins", a group of 17 women, and all witches comes from one of these 17 bloodlines. Blessed with unfathomable innate magic and several unique abilities, they pass down all their power, knowledge, and skill onto their descendants, though not all of them inherit witch power. Despite looking completely human, Witches are considers a separate species and has a lifespan of 200 years, keeping their youthful beauty upon reaching adulthood. when using their power, type of marking, or "Ultoma", appears somewhere on the witch's body and serves as a identification to their bloodline.

Through study and training to utilize their innate magic force, humans who practice magic are called "Mages". The strongest mages holds the title of "Archmage", with only five currently existing in world. A powerful and independent organization, the Order of Magical Resonance, is made of mages, witches, and other supernatural beings deals with magic-related cases. The Order has a tentative relationship with church, as the two factions tends to clash against each other in their respective agendas.

Plot[edit]

The events are centered on Ashaf, a tall soft-spoken agent of the Order and his unruly partner, Guideau, who soul resides in a female body, but her true form is a powerful, masked "beast", contained within a coffin strapped to Ashaf's back. They are tasked by the Order of Magical Resonance to solve cases involving magic, especially those concerning witches. As they go about their missions, they travel the country seeking a particular witch, Angela Ann Huel, who cast a curse on Guideau and poses as grave threat to society.

Characters[edit]

Main characters[edit]

Guideau (ギド, Gido)
Voiced by: Yō Taichi[3] (Japanese); Rowan Gilvie[4] (English)
Guideau looks like a girl, but her real form is that a huge powerful masked man. Due to a witch's curse, she is trapped in her female form, but can temporarily released the curse by kissing a witch. She joined the Order of Magical Resonance to find the witch and lift the curse and reluctantly travels with Ashaf, helping him solve cases involving magic.
Ashaf (アシャフ, Ashafu)
Voiced by: Toshiyuki Morikawa[3] (Japanese); Xan Cramer[4] (English)
Ashaf, a tall, gentlemanly, chain-smoking man who works for the Order of Magical Resonance and is First-Class mage. He is partnered with Guideau, whom he first met three years earlier, and carries the coffin with her real body strapped to his back. They travel from place to place, solving mysteries involving magic for the Order.

The Order of Magical Resonance[edit]

Phanora Kristoffel (ファノーラ・クリストフル, Fanōra Kurisutofuru)
Voiced by: Saori Hayami[5] (Japanese); Katelyn Barr (English)
A blue-eyed, pale-skinned witch and necromancer who works for the Order of Magical Resonance. Appears in Beauty and Death arc.
Johan (ヨハン, Yohan)
Voiced by: Ryōta Ōsaka[5] (Japanese); Kyle Phillips (English)
A tall dark-haired, pale-skinned man with a patch over his left eye who is Phanora's assistant and whom she treats as her servant. Appears in Beauty and Death arc.
Helga Velvette (へルガ・ベルベット, Heruga Berubetto)
Voiced by: Miyu Tomita[6] (Japanese); Brittney Karbowski (English)
A young witch and a descendant of "Dauntless Witch" Quena Velvette, one of seventeen Origins who kept a seal on the Demon Sword Ashgan. She is the sole survivor after the Executioners attacked her clan's refuge to seeking the sword First appears in The Witch and the Demon Sword arc.
Magic Sword Ashgan (魔剣アシュガン, Maken Ashugan)
Voiced by: Rintarō Nishi[6] (Japanese); Jarrod Greene (English)
A one-eye talking sword, which is one of the Demon Sword that can bring great calamity to the world. Currently in possession of Helga Velvette.
Falvell Farmington (ハルベル・ハーミントン, Haruberu Hāminton)
Voiced by: Mizuki Mano[7] (Japanese); Kelsey Poppen (English)
A descendant of the Origins witch known as the "Mystic Witch", Luna Farmington. She a mute due to an unknown witch's cursing her family line . Appears in the Eloquence and Silence arc.
Owent Farmington (オーエント・ハーミントン, Ōento Hāminton)
Voiced by: Aimi Tanaka[8]
Falvell's kind and mature younger brother, who speaks on her behalf.
Oscar Orlencia (オスカー・オルエンシア)
A descendant of the Origins witch known as the "Great Witch", Lionelle Orlencia. Despite having a feminine appearance, Oscar is a male, making him a oddity since most witches are female. He's the partner of Dunward and oversees Level 4 of "The Fall", which is the domain his ancestor created long ago.
Dunward Colvect (ダンウォード・コルヴェクト)
Former king of Orlencia Sett's Gnir faction, Dunward is a vampire and partner to Oscar. Immensely arrogant and prideful, Dunward seeks to reclaim his throne and save his only surviving daughter. Due to his potent Gnir blood, Dunward has the ability to transforms into a werewolf-like creature.

The Global Holy Church[edit]

Matt Cugat (マット・クーガ, Matto Kūga)
Voiced by: Akira Ishida[6] (Japanese); Landon McDonald (English)
A high-ranking commander of Paladin Corps, he is powerful mage that's contracted with a primoradial Ice Elemental, allowing he can manifest and control ice, and one of few people with power to rival Witches. Known as the "Man of Ice", he aloof and serious, but has integrity and a noble heart. First appears in The Witch and the Demon Sword arc.
The Executioner (処刑人, Shokei hito)
Voiced by: Kazuhiro Yamaji[6] (Japanese); Bruce Carey (English)
An emissary of The Global Holy Church who led the attack by the Executioners on Helga's family to seek the Demon Sword Ashgan. He has the power of mind control through his Demon Hand Ishlingen, a dark magical tool made from the skins of seventeen ancient kings sewn onto it and an enchanted royal ring to increase its power. Appears in The Witch and the Demon Sword arc.
Farmus (ファーマス, Fāmasu)
Voiced by: Kōsei Hirota[6] (Japanese); Mark Stoddard (English)
A middle-aged man who works as vice-commander of Matt's battalion in Paladin Corps.
Lowell (ローエル, Rōeru)
Voiced by: Yū Kobayashi[6] (Japanese); Amanda Gael (English)
A ginger-haired woman who works as Matt's assistant in Paladin Corps.
Karl Oakleave (カール・オクリーヴ)
Voiced by: Satoshi Shibasaki[5] (Japanese); Bryson Baugus (English)
A member of the Executioners, Karl uses the alias "Craig" to spy and hunt the Farmington siblings. Despite looking like a child, Oakleave implies to be much older. He uses a Forbidden Instrument made from demon remains to summon a monstrous familiar.

Supporting characters[edit]

Angela-Anne Huell (アンジェラ＝アン・フュール, Anjera An Fuyūru)
Voiced by: Kana Hanazawa[9] (Japanese); Erin Lundquist (English)
One of the Origins witches and one responsible for Guideau's curse. Known as the "Eternal Witch", she's able to live past 200 years due to her body stealing ability on another person Because of this ability, neither Guideau nor Ashaf know Angela's current appearance, therefore make it difficult to track her. First appears in the Origin Witch arc.
Ione (イオーネ, Iōne)
Voiced by: Yoko Hikasa[5] (Japanese); Lydia Mackay[4] (English)
A scheming witch who is mistakenly considered a hero and city protector by the townspeople. Appears in The Witch and the City of Blazing Red arc.
Mary (マリー, Marī)
Voiced by: Noriko Shibasaki[5] (Japanese); Kelly Greenshield[4] (English)
Ione's apprentice.
Kiera Haines (キーラ・ヘインス, Kīra Heinsu)
Voiced by: Junko Minagawa[5] (Japanese); Morgan Lauré (English)
A mage who works as police officer in Hayden, the capital of Pheres where she is engaged to catch the witch responsible for a number of serial killings. Appears in The Witch's Pastime arc.
Reuben Cole (ルーベン・コール, Rūben Kōru)
Voiced by: Hidenobu Kiuchi[5] (Japanese); Christopher Wehkamp (English)
Hayden's police detective and Kiera's late boyfriend, who was also her magic teacher. One of the victim of the serial killings in The Witch's Pastime arc.
Shulk (シュルク, Shuruku) and Loran (ロラン, Roran)
Voiced by: Atsushi Kousaka[5] (Japanese); Aaron Michael (English) and Voiced by: Takuma Terashima[5] (Japanese); Drew Breedlove (English)
Kiera's adopted twin sons.
Jeff Enker (ジェフ・エンカー, Jefu Enkā)
Voiced by: Hozumi Gōda[5] (Japanese); Jeff Plunk (English)
A sergeant in the police force in a certain city. He contacted the Order of Magical Resonance for undead problems happened in the city. Appears in Beauty and Death arc.
Necromancer (死霊魔術師, Shiryō Majutsushi)
Voiced by: Nozomu Sasaki[5] (Japanese); Barry Yandell (English)
An unauthorized necromancer who resurrects people for his own ends. Appears in Beauty and Death arc.
Dornez Guywasse (ドルネイズ・ギィワース)
Vampire Queen of the Gnir, she was Dunward's former concubine, but overthrew him after Angela bestows her witch power 100 years ago.

Media[edit]

Manga[edit]

The series is written and illustrated by Kousuke Satake, and started serialization in Young Magazine the 3rd on November 6, 2016.[10] Following Young Magazine the 3rd publishing its final issue in April 2021, the series was moved to the new Monthly Young Magazine, starting on May 20.[11] The series went on an initial two-month hiatus after January 2023, that was later extended upon due to Satake's health.[12] The first tankōbon volume was released on September 20, 2017.[13] As of August 2022, the individual chapters have been collected in 10 tankōbon volumes.[14]

At New York Comic Con 2019, Kodansha USA announced they licensed the series for English publication.[15]

Volumes[edit]

No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 September 20, 2017[16]978-4-06-382968-6October 27, 2020[17]978-1-64651-021-4
2 December 20, 2017[18]978-4-06-510306-7November 24, 2020[19]978-1-64651-022-1
3 September 20, 2018[20]978-4-06-512701-8December 8, 2020[21]978-1-64651-023-8
4 February 20, 2019[22]978-4-06-514555-5February 9, 2021[23]978-1-64651-024-5
5 September 19, 2019[24]978-4-06-516935-3June 22, 2021[25]978-1-64651-171-6
6 March 18, 2020[26]978-4-06-519002-9July 20, 2021[27]978-1-64651-225-6
7 October 20, 2020[28]978-4-06-521003-1November 9, 2021[29]978-1-64651-237-9
8 April 20, 2021[30]978-4-06-522941-5February 8, 2022[31]978-1-64651-302-4
9 January 20, 2022[32]978-4-06-526484-3September 26, 2022[33]978-1-64651-391-8
10 August 19, 2022[14]978-4-06-529081-1February 28, 2023[34]978-1-64651-607-0

Anime[edit]

In August 2022, it was announced that the series would be receiving an anime adaptation.[35] It was later confirmed to be a television series produced by Yokohama Animation Laboratory and directed by Takayuki Hamana.[36] Yūichirō Momose is writing the scripts, Hiroya Iijima handling the character designs, and Hanae Nakamura and Natsumi Tabuchi composing the music.[5] The series aired from January 12 to April 5, 2024, on TBS, BS11 and other networks.[3][6][a] The opening theme song is "Soumonka", performed by Sokoninaru,[38] while the ending theme song is "Hikari no Trill", performed by Yoshino Nanjo.[39] Crunchyroll licensed the series outside of Asia.[40] Plus Media Networks Asia licensed the series in Southeast Asia.[41]

Episodes[edit]

No.Title [42][b]Directed by [c]Storyboarded by [c]Original air date [a]
1"The Witch and the City of Blazing Red"
Transliteration: "Majo to Guren no Machi" (Japanese: 魔女と紅蓮の街)		Takayuki HamanaTakayuki HamanaJanuary 12, 2024 (2024-01-12)
Ashaf and his partner, Guideau arrive in a town seeking a particular witch, and find a powerful witch who is considered the community's hero and protector. However, the witch plans revenge on the anniversary of her grandmother's death and Ashaf and Guideau try to stop her. After Guideau in her femlae form is unable to defeat the witch, Ashaf unleashes her alternate form, a towering masked figure which beats the witch into submission.
2"The Witch's Pastime: Opening Act"
Transliteration: "Majo no Tawamure ―Jomaku―" (Japanese: 魔女の戯れ ―序幕―)		Masahiko SuzukiToshiyuki SoneJanuary 19, 2024 (2024-01-19)
Ashaf and Guideau spend time solving cases involving the misuse of magic, but Guideau is only interested in finding and defeating witches. A witch is committing serial gruesome murders in Hayden, capital of Pheres, possibly using a Grimoire, and they are assigned to investigate. The meet up with Ms Haines, a mage part of the Hayden police, to catch the perpetrator before the international Paladin Corps are called in. Haines agrees to work with them. Meanwhile, the murders continue.
3"The Witch's Pastime: Final Act"
Transliteration: "Majo no Tawamure ―Shūmaku―" (Japanese: 魔女の戯れ ―終幕―)		Jang Hee-kyu
Shinya Kawabe		Motohiro AbeJanuary 26, 2024 (2024-01-26)
Following up on phrases left by the witch serial killer, Ashaf, Guideau and Haines investigate a bookshop but find the owner murdered in a gruesome way. Guideau refers to the current murder spree as a "Witch's Pastime" because she believes it's just a game to them. After the witch attacks Ashaf and Guideau they deduce the witch is somehow linked to Haines. They confront Haines, who admits that the witch killed her children and then her lover, targeting those close to her. The Witch stages an attack on the police headquarters, but Ashaf uses his crows to follow her to her hideout. They discover that the perpetrator is in fact Haines's two adopted sons, Shulk and Loran who possess a two-volume grimoire, Sarnouasuth. Although they claim the grimoire forced them to kill, they are unconvincing and Haines shoots them both dead. Ashaf takes the grimoire for safekeeping.
4"Beauty and Death: Opening Act"
Transliteration: "Bi to Shi ―Jomaku―" (Japanese: 美と死 ―序幕―)		Kim Hye-jeong
Shinya Kawabe		Shinji ItadakiFebruary 2, 2024 (2024-02-02)
Ashaf and Guideau intercept and stop an undead on a rampage who appears to have not been "maintained" by his necromancer. Ashaf calls in the Order's necromancy specialists, Phanora Kristoffel, accompanied by her servant, Johan. When Sergeant Jeff Enker explains that six undeads have recently gone out of control, Phanora suspects an unauthorized necromancer is responsible. Meanwhile, Phanora has activated a special lantern to attract undeads, and about forty of them converge on their location. She transfers the light to Johan, attracting the undead to him so that he becomes their target and he is forced to kill them. Phanora, Johan and Enker retrace the undeads' footsteps to a mansion in the forest where they are confronted by undeads under the necromancer's control, including Enker's dead fiancé. One undead slits Johan's throat forcing Phanora to enter the building and confront the necromancer to save hm.
5"Beauty and Death: Final Act"
Transliteration: "Bi to Shi ―Shūmaku―" (Japanese: 美と死 ―終幕―)		Masato TamagawaHiroyuki YoshiiFebruary 9, 2024 (2024-02-09)
Phanora and Enker enter the mansion to be greeted by the necromancer and a number of undead servants. She explains to Enker that the necromancer fundamentally resurrected them to achieve some personal objective, taking them out of the spiral of death and rebirth. By poorly maintaining them, if they die a second time, their souls will fall into the Void with no hope of ever rejoining the spiral. The necromancer explains that he desires Phanora's beautiful body to resurrect the decaying and badly burned corpse of his lover Mireille to her former beauty. When Phanora reveals that she is a witch, he brings forth a hoard of "combat model" undeads, however Phanora manifests her Death Knights who tear them to pieces. The necromancer flees, but is caught and tortured by Johan, who reveals to be an undead. As retribution for his misdeeds, Phanora kills the necromancer, brings him back to life and then tasks him with eternally maintaining all the undead he had previously resurrected as complete human beings.
6"The Witch and the Demon Sword: Opening Act"
Transliteration: "Majo to Maken ―Jomaku―" (Japanese: 魔女と魔剣 ―序幕―)		Takayuki HamanaTakayuki HamanaFebruary 16, 2024 (2024-02-16)
Ashaf receives an assignment to investigate a series of killings in a city attributed to a witch. Meanwhile, Commander Matt Cugat of the Paladin Corps is also assigned to capture but not kill the witch and is assisted by an emissary from the Holy Church. He sends out the avatars of a team of Seekers from the Corps' castle fortress floating above the city but the witch destroys them. Ashaf also finds the witch and sends Guideau in to fight her, giving him enough time to cast a compression spell to confine her within a small ball. Ashaf recognizes her as a descendent of an Origin, the Dauntless Witch, Quena Velvette. Ashaf realizes that she is not the murderer, but suspects the real danger is Demon Sword Ashgan she possesses, which has the power to destroy the world. Ashaf offers to protect her from the Paladin Corps and the sword itself agrees, but the witch refuses and she is soon confronted by Cugat.
7"The Witch and the Demon Sword: Act II"
Transliteration: "Majo to Maken ―Dainimaku―" (Japanese: 魔女と魔剣 ―第二幕―)		Kim Hye-jeong
Masahiko Suzuki		Toshiya NiidomeMarch 1, 2024 (2024-03-01)[d]
Ashaf instructs Guideau to delay Cugat so Helga can escape, but he is more than a match for Guideau. After overwhelming her, he traps Helga and takes the Demon Sword Ashgan, imprisoning both women in magical armor. However, Ashaf intercedes, and suggests to Cugat that Helga was framed for the murders. Meanwhile, the Paladin Corps guards touch the sword which causes them to fight over it, until they are stopped by a Paladin commander. Guideau breaks free and grabs the sword and Helga, but Helga is pulled back and Guideau escapes with the sword and vows to return for her .
8"The Witch and the Demon Sword: Act III"
Transliteration: "Majo to Maken ―Daisanmaku―" (Japanese: 魔女と魔剣 ―第三幕―)		Kang Seo-ki
Shinya Kawabe		Shinji ItadakiMarch 8, 2024 (2024-03-08)
Ashgan tells Guideau that only Helga can break its seal. Guideau finds Ashaf and the wounded Cugat who is now convinced that Executioners exist and that one has control of the floating castle. The Executioner soon arrives with the Paladin Corps and Helga under his mind control, aiming to posses the sword. He forces the Paladin Corps to kill themselves as a sacrifice and commands Helga to attack Guideau and seize the sword. The Executioner then draws the sword from its scabbard and stabs Helga, lifting the seal and releasing the demon within it. Believing that he now controls the demon, the Executioner unleashes its destructive power causing devastation all around while Cugat uses his elemental power to protect Ashaf and girls. Ashaf encourages Guideau to kiss Helga to revive her and he prepares to unleash the beast which is Guideau's alternate form.
9"The Witch and the Demon Sword: Final Act"
Transliteration: "Majo to Maken ―Shūmaku―" (Japanese: 魔女と魔剣 ―終幕―)		JOL-chanToshiyuki SoneMarch 15, 2024 (2024-03-15)
Guideau kisses a reluctant Helga, unleashing Guideau's beast form. Guideau attacks the demon Ashgan assisted by Cugat's elemental power. Ashgan proves more powerful than they expected, but Guideau prevails and Ashgan is again imprisoned within the sword. The Executioner and his assistant attempt to rejoin the townspeople but Guideau incapacitates him and then Cugat imprisons them both in ice and takes them away to receive their punishment. Ashaf asks Helga to join the Order of Magical Resonance and she agrees, with the promise to repairing Ashgan and help with keeping him seal.
10"Origin Witch"
Transliteration: "Kigen no Majo" (Japanese: 起源の魔女)		Oh Eun-soo
Honami Inamura		Shinji ItadakiMarch 22, 2024 (2024-03-22)
Helga goes with Ashaf to a magically hidden dorway leading into the headquarters of the Order of Magical Resonance, leaving the still injured Guideau outside with instructions to wait. When Guideau overhears some children talking about a witch, she goes with them to a cottage to investigate, but only finds an old woman. An Executioner arrives at the cottage and uses his cloak to take Guideau, the woman and children to another dimension. Suddenly, Angela-Anne Huell, the powerful Origin witch who cursed Guideau arrives. She takes the Executioner's cloak, kills him and leaves Guideau just clinging to life, but offers to leave clues so Guideau follow her. Later, Guideau is furious that Ashaf intentionally left her in a weakened state and she attacks him, cracking his ribs. He apologizes and promises to protect her, reminiscing how it's been three years since they first met .
11"Eloquence and Silence: Opening Act"
Transliteration: "Yūben to Chinmoku ―Jomaku―" (Japanese: 雄弁と沈黙 ―序幕―)		Masahiko SuzukiShinji ItadakiMarch 29, 2024 (2024-03-29)
Three years earlier, Ashaf travels to the Fifth Continent, far from the Global Holy Church's headquarters on the First Continent and relatively untouched by magic. He was investigating the evidence of a witch by dismembered cattle falling from the sky. He encountered the young mute witch, Falvell Farmington, a descendent of the "Mystic Witch", Luna Farmington. While talking to Falvell, her brother Ownet, and their friend Craig, Guideau attacked them until a dark monstrous figure appears and easily casts her aside. While talking to the children, Ashaf learns of Guideau's curse and so has Falvell, taking away Falvell's voice to keep her from performing magic with speech. Ashaf is at a loss to explain what has been happening until the mayor is attacked and killed by the monster. He then realizes that an Executioners are in town and deduces Craig is one of them. Meanwhile, the other Executioner leads a group of villagers towards Falvell's cottage.
12"Eloquence and Silence: Final Act"
Transliteration: "Yūben to Chinmoku ―Shūmaku―" (Japanese: 雄弁と沈黙 ―終幕―)		JOL-chanTakayuki HamanaApril 5, 2024 (2024-04-05)[e]
As the Executioner and villagers arrive at Falvell's cottage and set it ablaze, Guideau presses Ashaf for information to lift the curse on her and agrees to tell her if she saves Falvell. Falvell arrives home and finds her young brother Owent dead and is confronted by an Executioner, a man she trusted as a neighbor. Guideau arrives and saves Falvell, but is badly injured by Craig. Ashaf's crows deliver him to the scene and delays the Executioners long enough for Guideau to kiss Falvell. The kiss lifts the curses on Falvell and they were able to defeat the Executioners. Falvell restarts Owent's heart and brings him back to life. With the siblings in tow, Ashaf offers Guideau to join the order in exchange for aid for her mission. Back in the present, Ashaf tells Guideau how she has slowly change and that he wants to teach her about love. Sometime later, Ash and Guideau travels to the "The Fall", following the clue Angela left. They descend to Level 4, Orlencia Sett, where vampires dwell.

Reception[edit]

As part of Anime News Network's Fall 2021 manga guide, Rebecca Silverman and Caitlin Moore reviewed the first volume for the website. They both praised the art and concept, whilst also being critical of how the concept of the series is executed.[46] Sarah from Anime UK News also praised the artwork, while criticizing the characters.[2] Contrary to other critics, Che Gilson from Otaku USA praised the plot and setting in addition to the artwork.[47]

The series has over 500,000 copies in circulation.[48]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b TBS listed the series premiere at 25:28 on January 11, which is January 12 at 1:28 a.m.[37]
  2. ^ All English titles are taken from Crunchyroll.[43]
  3. ^ a b Information is taken from the ending credits of each episode.
  4. ^ Episode 7 was postponed from its original air date on February 23, 2024.[44]
  5. ^ This episode aired at 1:58 a.m. JST, 30 minutes after the original air time on TBS.[45]

References[edit]

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  3. ^ a b c Luster, Joseph (July 13, 2023). "The Witch and the Beast Anime Reveals January 2024 Premiere, Trailer and More". Crunchyroll. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
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