The new Witch on the Holy Night trailer dropped October 27, 2026, the second official trailer for ufotable’s anime film, and this one leads with the theme song instead of the plot: supercell’s “Yoru to Ao,” sung by Nagi Yanagi, plays under 40 seconds of new footage from ufotable’s adaptation of the TYPE-MOON visual novel. The film hits Japanese theaters November 20, 2026, with Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures bringing it to US and Canadian theaters January 29, 2027, subtitled and dubbed.
Trailer via Crunchyroll on YouTube.
| Detail | Info |
|---|---|
| Title | Witch on the Holy Night (Mahoutsukai no Yoru) |
| Original work | Kinoko Nasu / TYPE-MOON, 2012 visual novel |
| Animation studio | ufotable (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Fate/Zero) |
| Director | Masaru Takeuchi |
| Japan release | November 20, 2026 (theaters) |
| US/Canada release | January 29, 2027 (theaters, Crunchyroll & Sony Pictures Entertainment) |
| Theme song | “Yoru to Ao” by supercell, vocals by Nagi Yanagi |
| Lead cast (Japanese) | Haruka Tomatsu (Aoko Aozaki), Kana Hanazawa (Alice Kuonji), Yūsuke Kobayashi (Soujuurou Shizuki) |
What the New Trailer Shows
The trailer opens cold: no characters, just a jolt of blue magical energy crackling across the frame before the title card hits. It’s a tone-setter, not a scene — the real breakdown starts a few seconds later.
Right after that, the trailer flashes its own pedigree: a card crediting Kinoko Nasu and TYPE-MOON for the original work and ufotable for animation, then cuts straight to a line reminding you what ufotable’s last movie was — Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle, the record-shattering anime film from earlier this year. That’s not subtle marketing, and it isn’t trying to be: it’s Crunchyroll telling a wider audience exactly why this smaller, quieter supernatural drama is worth their time.
Aoko Walks Alone in the Rain
The trailer’s clearest character beat is its simplest: Aoko Aozaki, walking a rain-soaked overpass under a bright red umbrella while on-screen text reads “This is the beginning of one young Magician’s story.” It’s an unmistakable production choice — everything else in these 40 seconds is motion and magic, and this is the one shot built entirely around stillness.
The City Burns, and Aoko’s Face Changes
The trailer’s middle stretch jumps fast: a figure in red sprinting and falling across rooftops, a hand reaching toward a burning skyline, then Aoko kneeling in a town square lit entirely by fire. The close-up that follows is the most striking single frame in the trailer — her expression goes from the blank calm of the umbrella shot to something hard and focused, with the fire still burning behind her.
A young man flashes across the screen a beat later, caught mid-shout as the chaos spreads around him — the trailer doesn’t give him a clean enough shot to identify by sight, though Crunchyroll’s own materials confirm this trailer previews scenes with all three leads, Aoko, Alice Kuonji and Soujuurou Shizuki. He’s reacting to something off-camera the trailer never shows.
The Trailer’s Last Ten Seconds Are Almost Pure Magic
From there the cuts get fast — close to a shot a second — as glowing magic circles, lightning and a full-on spell clash fill the frame before the title card returns with the January 29 release date. It’s the one part of the trailer built for pure spectacle rather than character, and it’s clearly timed to land on the song’s chorus.
What’s New Here
This is the second trailer Crunchyroll has posted to its official channel: the first, a 69-second cut, went up September 10, 2026, and focused on introducing the premise and cast. This one is shorter, music-led, and built almost entirely around three things the first trailer didn’t show: Aoko’s rain-umbrella scene, the burning-city sequence, and the Demon Slayer pedigree card. The theme song itself is also new information — “Yoru to Ao” marks Nagi Yanagi’s first new supercell vocal feature in roughly 15 years, a detail Anime News Network flagged as notable for longtime fans of the band.
| Trailer 1 (Sept. 10, 2026) | Trailer 2 (Oct. 27, 2026) | |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 69 seconds | 40 seconds |
| Focus | Premise and character introductions | Theme song reveal, mood and action |
| Aoko’s umbrella scene | Not shown | Shown |
| Burning city sequence | Not shown | Shown |
| Theme song audible | No | Yes (“Yoru to Ao,” supercell) |
What the Trailer Doesn’t Show
No dialogue is audible anywhere in the 40 seconds — every scene plays under the theme song, which means nothing here confirms how any of these moments actually play out on screen. The trailer also never explains why the city is burning, what Soujuurou is reacting to, or who Aoko is fighting in the final magic-circle sequence; all three read as open hooks rather than teased answers.
Where the Story Comes From
Witch on the Holy Night started as an unpublished 1996 manuscript by Kinoko Nasu before TYPE-MOON released it as a visual novel on April 12, 2012, with character designs by Takashi Takeuchi and Hirokazu Koyama. Its 2022 HD remaster for PS4 and Switch, later ported to PC, sold well enough to become one of TYPE-MOON’s bigger modern hits: Aniplex and TYPE-MOON announced combined shipments and digital sales had passed 200,000 units worldwide as of April 2024. The story is a prequel to the studio’s Garden of Sinners/Tsukihime continuity, centered on Aoko Aozaki before she becomes the adult mage longtime TYPE-MOON fans already know from later work.
It’s one of several anime films and seasons ufotable and its peers have in motion right now — our Fall 2026 anime ranking covers what else is airing this season, and we broke down another new theatrical anime trailer, The Apothecary Diaries movie’s reveal, earlier this month.
Frequently Asked Questions
When does Witch on the Holy Night come out?
Witch on the Holy Night opens in Japanese theaters on November 20, 2026. Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Entertainment will release it in US and Canadian theaters on January 29, 2027.
Who sings the Witch on the Holy Night theme song?
supercell performs the theme song “Yoru to Ao,” with vocals by Nagi Yanagi and composition by ryo, previewed in the trailer released October 27, 2026.
Is Witch on the Holy Night connected to Demon Slayer?
Not in story. Both are animated by ufotable, and the new trailer explicitly credits the studio as “the studio behind Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle” to introduce it to a wider audience.
Is Witch on the Holy Night a prequel?
Yes. It adapts TYPE-MOON’s 2012 visual novel and follows a young Aoko Aozaki, serving as a prequel to the studio’s Garden of Sinners and Tsukihime continuity.
Where can I watch Witch on the Holy Night in the US?
Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Entertainment are releasing the film theatrically in the US and Canada on January 29, 2027; no streaming date has been announced yet.
