A livestream for the "GA FES 2019" event on Saturday announced that author
Jougi Shiraishi
and illustrator
Azuru
's
Wandering Witch - The Journey of Elaina
(
Majo no Tabitabi
) light novel series is getting a television anime adaptation.
The anime will star:
Toshiyuki Kubooka
(
Harukana Receive
,
Berserk
film trilogy) is directing the anime at
C2C
, and
Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
is supervising and writing the series scripts.
Takeshi Oda
is adapting
Azuru
's original character art for animation, and
Kazumasa Nishio
is credited with concept designs.
Yen Press
will
publish
the light novel series in English, and it describes the story:
Once upon a time, there was a witch named Elaina, who set off on a journey
across the world. Along the way, she would meet all kinds of people, from a country full
of witches to a giant in love with his own muscles?but with each meeting, Elaina would
become a small part of their story, and her own world would get a little bit bigger.
The novel series ranked at #9 on the 2018
Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi!
list, and at #6 on the 2019 list.
SB Creative
published the first novel in April 2016, and published the 10th volume on August 9. The 11th volume will ship on November 14.
Itsuki Nanao
launched a manga adaptation on
Square Enix
's
Manga UP!
app in November 2018.
Square Enix
published the first volume on April 12.
Square Enix
plans to
publish the manga in English starting next year.
Source: GA FES 2019
livestream