Type-Moon’sMahōtsukai no Yoru: Witch on the Holy Nightvisual novel will be getting ananime film adaptation by ufotable. The announcement was made on Sunday.
Ufotable has worked on various other Type-Moon properties in the past, putting out a variety ofFateprojects and handling the opening animation for theTsukihimeremake,Tsukihime - A piece of blue glass moon.
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TheWitch on the Holy Nightvisual novel was released in 2012, with Kinoko Nasu handling the scenario and Hirokazu Koyama working on the character designs. Likemany of its predecessors, the game never received an official translation but has a strong following among theFatefan base. Though the project is implied to be a single film, the visual novel has an estimated playtime of 25 hours on VNDB, making a multi-entry series a possibility.
Ufotable first collaborated with the developer on a film series adapting Nasu’sGarden of Sinnerslight novels. A total of eight films were released between 2007 and 2013. Various directors spearheaded the film project, withGod Eaterdirector Takayuki Hirao andFate/Zerodirector Ei Aoki handling the 1st and 5th films, respectively.
The studio then produced an anime adaptation of Gen Urobuchi’sFate/Zerolight novels in 2011. The 25-episode series’first cour airedduring the Fall 2011 season, with its second cour airing during the Summer 2012 season.
Ufotable later adapted theFate/stay nightvisual novel’sUnlimited Blade Worksroutein 2014. The series aired during the Fall 2014 season, with a second cour that aired during the Spring 2015 season. Takahiro Miura, who had previously worked on theGarden of Sinnersfilms, directed the series, and would later go on to direct the 2018Today’s Menu for the Emiya FamilyONA series.
Ufotable most recently worked on a film trilogyadapting theFate/stay nightvisual novel’sHeaven’s Feelroute. The first film in the trilogy,presage flower, was released in 2017, with the second film,lost butterfly, released in 2019, and the final entry,spring song, released in 2020. Tomonori Sudō, who had worked on theGarden of SinnersandUnlimited Blade Worksprojects, directed the films while celebrated composer Yuki Kajiura handled the trilogy’s music.
Source:Comic NatalieviaAnime News Network
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