Witch on the Holy Night Final Trailer: Song, Staff and Worldwide Cinema Dates

Witch on the Holy Night now has its final pre-release trailer, featuring supercell’s new theme song, “Yoru to Ao” (「夜と青」). The ufotable film opens in Japan on November 20, 2026. Its international cinema rollout still begins January 21, 2027, with markets across North America, Europe and India among those set for January 29.

What Does the Final Trailer Show?

Aniplex calls the September 30 video the film’s last trailer before its Japanese theatrical opening and says it contains many new shots and the first verse of the theme song. It brings Aoko Aozaki, Alice Kuonji and Soujyuro Shizuki together with glimpses of their daily lives and magical action. Trailer editing does not establish the order of those scenes, the film’s climax or how much of Kinoko Nasu’s visual novel the adaptation covers.

supercell Performs “Yoru to Ao”

The official music credits name ryo as the song’s lyricist, composer and arranger, with Nagi Yanagi (やなぎなぎ) on vocals. The song’s Japanese title is 「夜と青」, romanized as Yoru to Ao. supercell also contributed “Hoshi ga Matataku Konna Yoru ni” to the original Witch on the Holy Night game, making this a return to the same work rather than a first collaboration.

Who Is Making the Film?

The film’s updated staff list names Masaru Takeuchi as director and Hikaru Kondo as chief director. Moe Tsuzuki handles character design, Masato Nagamori is chief animation director, Koji Eto is art director, and Hideyuki Fukasawa provides the music. ufotable is the animation studio. These are production credits, not evidence of the film’s exact adaptation scope.

Japan First, Then a Staged International Rollout

Japan’s November 20 premiere was set back in July, distributed there by Aniplex alongside TYPE-MOON. The international release is a separate rollout handled by Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Entertainment, beginning more than two months after Japan and unfolding across six separate waves rather than a single worldwide day.

The Full International Schedule

This is the complete confirmed list — Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures haven’t announced dates for every country worldwide, only the markets above.

January 29 is the largest international release wave

The January 29 wave is the widest single day in the rollout, grouping North America with the UK, Ireland, Finland, Poland, Sweden and India. For the United States and Canada specifically, Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures have confirmed the film screens exclusively in theaters, presented in Japanese with English subtitles as well as an English dub.

That dub confirmation is tied specifically to the US/Canada release. The announcement doesn’t establish which other January 29 markets will offer the English-dubbed version. Check local cinema listings for each market’s presentation; the North American dub news does not automatically apply across Europe.

Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Entertainment Are Handling Distribution

Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Entertainment are the distributors behind this international theatrical release, working alongside Aniplex, which handles the film in Japan. No streaming date has been announced for any territory — this is a theatrical-only release for now, and Red Reactions isn’t treating a Crunchyroll streaming date as implied just because Crunchyroll is the theatrical distributor. If a streaming window is confirmed later, that’s a separate announcement to watch for.

What the Film Is

Witch on the Holy Night adapts Kinoko Nasu’s 2012 TYPE-MOON visual novel of the same name and is animated by ufotable, the studio behind the Fate franchise’s more recent adaptations. It follows Aoko Aozaki, an apprentice magician navigating life as an ordinary high schooler, ahead of her later appearances elsewhere in TYPE-MOON’s wider Nasuverse.

Related Coverage

For more on TYPE-MOON’s other current projects, see our breakdown of Fate/EXTRA Record and what the remake changes from the original PSP game. For another recent example of an anime film’s staggered international theatrical rollout, see our coverage of Madoka Magica: Walpurgisnacht Rising’s Japanese box office run.