From the author of Grimoire of Zero comes The Dawn of the Witch, and the anime adaptation is about to cast its spell on the Crunchyroll Spring 2022 Lineup! Prepare yourself for its bewitching powers and read all about the series in our full spotlight below.
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Launch Time: April 7
Territories: North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, and CIS
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I can’t remember. Who am I? What am I? Saybil is a student at a magic academy who has no memories of anything from before he joined the school. Not understanding why he’s there, the time he spends at the academy feels hollow and empty. And since he doesn’t know how to work hard, his grades are always the lowest in his year. Then, one day, the school headmaster, Albus, orders Saybil to participate in a dangerous special training. “I want you to spread the use of magic in an area where they hold witch hunts.” It has only been a few years since the war between the church and the witches came to an end—the world has not yet fully accepted witches and their magic. This is the dawn of the age of the witch. This is the story of how a young man, a boy who is no one special, and his companions, who all hold wounds in their hearts, set out and end up finding themselves.
Saybil
VA: Shuichiro Umeda (Izumi in Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie)
Loux Krystas
VA: Miho Okasaki (Rimuru Tempest in That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime)
Holt
VA: Sayumi Suzuhiro (Lurie Abendroth in The Strongest Sage With the Weakest Crest)
Kudo
VA: Taku Yashiro (Azuma Tachibana in Salaryman’s Club)
Mercenary
VA: Masaaki Yano (Jyaka in I’m Standing on a Million Lives)
The Witch of Muddy Darkness
VA: Yumiri Hanamori (Nadeshiko Kagamihara in Laid-Back Camp)
Minister
VA: Masaaki Mizunaka (Keisuke Baji in Tokyo Revengers)
Staff
Original Creator
Kakeru Kobashiri
Original Illustrator
Takashi Iwasaki
Director/Series composition
Satoshi Kuwabara (Girlfriend, Girlfriend)
Script writer
Kakeru Kobashiri, Mayumi Morita
Character designer
Rena Iwasaki
Art setting
Minoru Nishida
Color design
Yumi Yutani
Editing
Wataru Uchida (Conquest)
Sound Director
Satoshi Motoyama
Sound Production
Bit Groove Promotion
Animation Production
Tezuka Productions
Additional Info
Kakeru Kobashiri’s novel series has been published through the Kodansha Lanove Bunko imprint since August 2018. It is considered as the second part of the author’s previous series Grimoire of Zero, which shares some of the same world setting and characters, but has also been written as a new stand-alone series that can be read without prior knowledge. There’s also a manga adaptation featuring art by Tatsuwo, which Kodansha Comics publishes in English, and Kodansha also plans to publish the novels.
The author even posted a special short story to celebrate the TV anime adaptation news on Twitter when it was revealed last April.
『魔法使い黎明期』
アニメ化決定!!
いたしました!!
これも皆様方の応援のたまもの……!!
かっとなった勢いでアニメ化記念掌編を書いてしまったので、黎明期読者もゼロの書読者もどっちも読者も、合わせてお祭り騒ぎに参加していただけますと幸いです!! pic.twitter.com/fBsL3V6fFp— 虎走かける@黎明期アニメ化決定! (@kobashirikakeru) April 27, 2021
Light novel volume 1 and 2 covers:
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