The Klutzy Witch Anime Film Gets Spring 2023 Release From Production I.G.

The official Twitter account for the anime adaptation of the Satoko Narita-written and Enaga Senno-illustrated Japanese children's book series The Klutzy Witch (known as Rakudai Majo in Japan) revealed today that the magical anime will be hitting Japanese theaters in Spring 2023. To celebrate the news, the first anime teaser visual was released alongside the lead staff of the film.

劇場アニメ「らくだい魔女」2023年春公開決定＆ティザービジュアル公開????

原作：「らくだい魔女」シリーズ 作・成田サトコ 絵・千野えなが（ポプラ社刊）
監督：浜名孝行
脚本：吉村清子
キャラクターデザイン：杉田まるみ
制作：Production I.Ghttps://t.co/e0euWRly6j#らく魔女 pic.twitter.com/GGGtZ5XFfy

— 「らくだい魔女」アニメ公式 (@anime_rakumajo) March 25, 2022

Directing The Klutzy Witch at Production I.G. is Takayuki Hamana (The Seven Deadly Sins: Cursed by Light) with Kiyoko Yoshimura (takt op.Destiny) writing the script and Marumi Sugita (Asteroid in Love chief animation director) designing the characters.

The Klutzy Witch series is published by POPLAR in Japan, where it has sold more than 1.4 million copies over its 15-year lifespan. The publisher describes the story of the first book, The Klutzy Witch is a Princess, as (in English):

Fuka, a little witch, is training to be a better witch like her mother, a queen of Silver Castle. She is a lively girl and cares about her friends, but she gets into trouble sometimes. Karin, a princess of Green Castle, is Fuka's best friend; and Chitose, a prince of Blue Castle, is her friend from childhood. Fuka goes to the Wood of Wolf to look for a tunnel with them, but they find a hole instead. This is an exciting story of adventure and friendship. It's the first in the series.

Source: The Kluzty Witch on Twitter

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Daryl Harding is a Japan Correspondent for Crunchyroll News. He also runs the YouTube channel about Japan stuff called TheDoctorDazza, tweets at @DoctorDazza, and posts photos of his travels on Instagram.