Image source: Ayase/YOASOBI YouTube channelYOASOBI has unveiled an animated music video for “Watch Me!,” the opening theme song for the Witch Watch TV anime, featuring the characters Nico Wakatsuki and Morihito Otogi.
The video is crafted by Folium and helmed by Folium member Yu Nakagaito (“Sweet Surprise” music video motion graphics and graphic design, “Glorious Day” music video motion graphics, “Tentai Kansoku” music film co-compositor). Additional production credits consist of:
• Dance animation choreography: SACO MAKITA
• Animation director: Yoshiaki Sugimura (Witch Watch co-sub-character designer)
• Key animator: Naoya Tsutsumi
• Designer: MULTRA’s Taisei Yamashita
• Motion designer: MULTRA’s Yuki Matsuoka
• 3DCG: Hirotsugu
• Producer: Folium’s Daisuke Chiba (Stardust Telepath and “Oracle” compositing director)
Witch Watch began airing on April 6 JST and is set to run for two consecutive cours. It is adapted from the manga by Kenta Shinohara, which started in 2021 and boasts 21 volumes as of April 2025. It is serialized in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump. Viz Media outlines the plot as:
Morihito Otogi’s family hails from a long line of ogre familiars, and he possesses the extraordinary strength to validate it. One day, his father arrives with the life-altering revelation that he is to become the familiar of his childhood friend, the teenage witch Nico. He will reside under the same roof with her and guard her from any threats that may arise. Meanwhile, Nico is thrilled to cohabit with the object of her affections, even if her feelings are unreciprocated—Morihito’s stern dedication to his protective role complicates any romantic developments, especially given the prophecy of doom that looms over Nico’s life!
We previously featured Witch Watch‘s opening animation in a selection of remarkable Spring 2025 anime opening and ending sequences.
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Staff
• Director: Ikehata Hiroshi (i☆Ris the Movie – Full Energy!!, Dark Gathering, Akiba’s Trip The Animation)
• Assistant director: Masao Kawase (Kiratto Pri Chan and Magical Destroyers, i☆Ris the Movie – Full Energy!! co-unit director)
• Series composer: Deko Akao (VTuber Legend: How I Went Viral After Forgetting to Turn Off My Stream, Unnamed Memory)
• Character designer: Haruko Iizuka (The Magical Girl and the Evil Lieutenant Used to Be Archenemies, Josee, the Tiger and the Fish)
• Sub-character designer: Kaishu Sugimura (A Condition Called Love opening animation director)
• Sub-character designer: Yuki Sawa (Magical Destroyers character designer)
• Animation production studio: Bibury Animation Studio
Cast
• Rina Kawaguchi as Nico Wakatsuki
• Ryota Suzuki as Morihito Otogi
• Kohei Amasaki as Kanshi Kazamatsuri
• Kaito Ishikawa as Keigo Magami
• Tomori Kusunoki as Nemu Miyao
Source: Ayase/YOASOBI YouTube channel
