Witch and Hound Light Novels Get TV Anime Adaptation
Pony Canyon announced on Thursday that Kamitsuki Rainy's light novel series 'Witch and Hound' is being adapted into a television anime. The announcement came with a teaser promotional video, a teaser visual, and the reveal of the main staff. Takanori Tsujimoto is directing the anime at TriF Studio, with Okamoto serving as assistant director. Original creator Kamitsuki Rainy is handling series composition alongside Jun Tsukida, who is also writing scripts. Kengo Saito is designing the characters, and Yuki Hayashi is composing the music. The story follows Rollo, an assassin known as the 'Black Dog,' who is sent by his lord to recruit seven feared witches to defend the small nation of Campus Fellow from the invading Kingdom of Amelia. The light novel series, illustrated by LAM, launched in October 2020 under Shogakukan's Gagaga Bunko label and has six volumes as of December 2024. A manga adaptation by Minori Tsukahara ran from May 2023 to August 2025 and concluded with four volumes. Yen Press will release the manga's first English volume in November.