Morihito Otogi, a high school student who comes from a lineage of ogres, enjoys a peaceful, ordinary life until his childhood friend, Nico, moves in with him. Nico is a witch-in-training, and chooses Morihito to be her familiar. While Nico is thrilled to reunite with her old friend and crush, Morihito is tasked with the perilous duty to protect her from a foretold calamity. Between the unpredictable chaos caused by Nico’s magic, and the awkwardness of sharing a home, their lives become a whirlwind of supernatural hijinks and threats. (Source: Crunchyroll) Notes: - Worldwide premiere of Episodes 1-3 titled as WITCH WATCH: WATCH PARTY before the Japanese premiere was pre-screened in advance in theaters on March 16, 2025 in North America by GKIDS Films and March 22 and 23 in Europe by Animation Digital Network. - Episodes 1-2 + a selection of stories (Cat Scout, Kanshi's Part Time Job Diaries ~ The Side Job ~, and Kan & Nico's Channel) was pre-screened in advance in theaters on March 30, 2025 in Japan. The regular TV broadcast began April 6, 2025.
Japanese study overview
Witch Watch is a Japanese anime of 145,636 characters, with 7,826 unique words and 1,571 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.1 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 7,826 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
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Vocabulary highlights
Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.
- 守仁Shujin×825
- 俺I×322
- 魔法magic×265
- 言うto say×233
- 魔女witch×207
- 私I×205
- 音夢Tomu×196
- 思うto think×173
- お前you×165
- 見晴Miharashi×139
- 鬼ogre×118
- 人person×117
- 伽羅aloes wood (Taxus cuspidata var. nana)×91
- 真桑Makuwa×74
- 朧hazy×43
- 乙木Otsuki×42
- 若月Wakagetsu×28
- 狼男(male) werewolf×28
- 涼華Suzuka×25
- ビー玉marble×25