the manga Kuroneko to Majo no Kyōshitsu (English title: The Classroom of a Black Cat and a Witch), work of Yōsuke Kanedawill have a anime adaptation which will be released sometime in 2026. The announcement was accompanied by the opening of the official website, where important details such as the first voice actors, production team members and a promotional teaser.
A magical cast for an enchanting story
The series will feature the participation of Kaede Hondo as Spica Virgoa witch's apprentice who dreams of becoming a first-class sorceress, although she suffers from not being able to use magic. At your side will be Nobunaga Shimazaki interpreting Claude Siriusa powerful wizard who has been transformed into a cat by a curse.
Both characters form a peculiar duo when Claude appears unexpectedly before Spica. She wishes to learn magic; him, break the curse that turned him into a cat. Their goals align, and thus begins a secret pact between master and apprentice…whose key point could depend on an unexpected kiss!
Creative team with experience in romances
The direction will be in charge of Naoyuki Tatsuwaknown for his work in series such as Nisekoi and Promise of Wizard. The script is written by Midori Goto (Mr. Villain's Day Off), while Takayuki Onoda (Hydrangea Saga) will be in charge of character design. The animation will be in the hands of the studio LIDEN FILMS.
A new bet by Yōsuke Kaneda
The manga was released in March 2022 through the app Magazine Pocket from Kodansha, and to date eleven volumes have been published, with the volume 12 scheduled to come out on Thursday, August 8. It is also available in English thanks to the service K MANGA from the same publisher.
Yōsuke Kaneda is also the author of the successful manga Juliet Boarding Schoolwhich was serialized between 2015 and 2019, and which featured an animated adaptation of 12 episodes in 2018. The series was distributed exclusively by Amazon Prime inside and outside Japan.
With this new project, Kaneda returns with a proposal full of magic, humor and tenderness which promises to delight both fans of the isekai genre and lovers of supernatural stories with heart.
