The official website for the Kuroneko to Majo no Kyoushitsu (The Classroom of a Black Cat and a Witch/ 黒猫と魔女の教室 ) TV anime has revealed a new promotional video and confirmed that the anime will premiere on April 12th, 2026. The anime will air for two continuous cours (quarter of a year), and it will premiere on the CBC, TBS and 26 affiliated channels at 11:30 p.m. JST.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJhshLlQs60]
Tatsuwa Naoyuki is directing the anime at LINDEN FILMS, and the anime will star:
- Hondo Kaede as Spica Virgo
- Shimazaki Nobunaga as Claude Sirirus
- Tachibana Azusa as Ewe Aries
- Ai Fairouz as Leo Regulus
- Izumi Fuuka as Aria Aquarius
- Shiraishi Haruka as Io Taurus
- Ura Kazuki as Chiron Sagittarius Aradia
- Wataya Miho as Hana Sasoriji
- Suzuki Minori as Merrow Pisces
- Sakurai Miyuki as Capella Capricorn
- Hasegawa Rena as Pollux Gemini
- Ouno Tomohiro as Astraea Libra
- Uemura Yuuta as Castor Gemini
The anime’s official website describes the anime story below:
“Witch apprentice, Spica Virgo can’t use magic at all. To earn a place in the magic school she dreams of entering, she needs a mentor-but she has neither money nor connections. One day, a mysterious black cat who speaks and wields magic appears before her! Spica wants to master sorcery, and the black cat longs to break a curse. The pair’s goals align. Thus begins their secret master-apprentice pact! And the key to breaking the curse is a kiss on the…?!
The anime is based on Kaneda Yousuke’s Kuroneko to Majo no Kyoushitsu manga. Kaneda (Kishuku Gakkou no Juliet) began publishing the manga in March 2022 on Kodansha’s Magazine Pocket manga app, and Kodansha released the manga’s first tankoubon volume in July 2022. The manga’s 14th volume will be released on March 9th, 2026.
The manga chapters are released in English under the name The Classroom of a Black Cat and a Witch on the KManga app.
