Voice actress Kanna Nakamura has been cast as Lana Colette for the upcoming Secrets of the Silent Witch TV anime series. The anime will premiere in Japan sometime in July 2025.
Takaomi Kanasaki (KonoSuba director until The Legend of Crimson) is serving as the anime’s chief director, screenwriter, and scriptwriter, with Yasuo Iwamoto (Princess Connect Re:Dive Season 2) as director and Cona Nitanda (Pokémon Anime “Lucky na Safari de Onigokko!?”) as character designer. Studio Gokumi is in charge of the animation production.
Other staff include Yoshinori Iwanaga (Banished from the Hero’s Party seasons 1-2) as monster and prop designer, Eri Yamanashi (Tying the Knot With an Amagami Sister) and Yukiko Maruyama (My Hero Academia seasons 1-7) as art directors, Kana Imagaki (Spy x Family seasons 1-2) as 3D CG director, and Naoki Eto (My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! Season 2, film, and OVA) as director of photography. Cygames and Rina Tayama (Vampire Dormitory) are credited as music composers for the series.
Meanwhile, the anime’s main voice cast includes:
- • Saya Aizawa as Monica Everett
- • Hitomi Nabatame as Nero
- • Junichi Suwabe as Louis Miller
- • Shogo Sakata as Felix Arc Ridill
- • Atsumi Tanezaki as Isabelle Norton
The anime adaptation is based on the fantasy light novels written by Matsuri Isora and illustrated by Nanna Fujimi. It was first published by Kadokawa’s former Fujimi Shobo imprint on June 10, 2021 and has released nine main volumes as of February 2025. The story was first published as a Shosetsuka ni Naro web novel from February 20, 2020 to October 3, 2020.
A manga adaptation of the main light novel series was launched in July 2021. A prequel light novel series and manga were also released.
Yen Press releases the Secrets of the Silent Witch light novels and manga in English. It describes the main synopsis as:
Monica Everett, the Silent Witch, is the only mage in the world who can use unchanted magecraft, a true hero who singlehandedly defeated a legendary black dragon. However, this young genius is actually…super-duper shy! That’s right: She learned to cast spells silently just to avoid speaking in public, and despite her power, she has zero self-confidence. Now Monica has been tasked with secretly guarding the second prince. Can she keep it together as she faces both the evil forces targeting the prince and the terrors of social interaction?
Source: Secrets of the Silent Witch, Comic Natalie
