Kana Hanazawa is currently active in three anime projects: she voices Yukinko in the upcoming Let's Go Kaikigumi anime, Zaira in the currently airing Always a Catch! adaptation, and reprises her role as Alice Kuonji in the Witch on the Holy Night film scheduled for 2026.
Kana Hanazawa has been cast in three anime roles across the first half of 2026, each announced in separate stories. In May, ufotable confirmed that Hanazawa returns as Alice Kuonji for the anime film adaptation of Type-Moon's visual novel Witch on the Holy Night, scheduled to open in 2026. The role is a reprisal from the original 2012 visual novel, making her part of the full original voice cast for the film.
In June, Hanazawa was cast as Zaira, a mysterious woman holding a grudge against Maria, in the anime adaptation of Mayo Momoyo's light novel series Always a Catch!. The character debuted in the 10th episode, which aired on June 3 in Japan. Later that same month, Hanazawa joined the cast of the television anime Let's Go Kaikigumi, an adaptation of Byū's horror comedy manga, as the character Yukinko. The anime premieres July 5 on TBS and affiliates, with C-Station handling animation production.
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The staff for the television anime of Byū's Let's Go Kaikigumi manga released a full trailer, key visual, opening theme song, and a new cast member on Saturday. Kana Hanazawa joins as Yukinko. The horror comedy anime premieres July 5 on TBS and affiliates.
The anime adaptation of Mayo Momoyo's light novel series Always a Catch! has cast Kana Hanazawa as the mysterious woman Zaira, who appears to hold a grudge against Maria. The character debuted in the 10th episode, which aired on Thursday in Japan.
Ufotable revealed on Saturday the returning voice cast and character visuals for the anime film adaptation of Type-Moon's visual novel Witch on the Holy Night. Haruka Tomatsu reprises her role as Aoko Aozaki, Kana Hanazawa returns as Alice Kuonji, and Yusuke Kobayashi voices Soujyuro Sizuki. The film is scheduled to open in 2026. The original visual novel, first released in Japan in 2012, is set in the late 1980s and follows Aoko, a high school student reluctantly apprenticed to the witch Alice, alongside the transfer student Soujyuro. A fully voiced HD remaster of the game launched on PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch in December 2022 and on Steam in December 2023. The PS4 and Switch versions have sold over 150,000 copies worldwide. The film was first announced in December 2021. Ufotable is handling animation production. A key visual was released in March 2026.