The Witch and the Beast is an adaptation of the Kodansha-published manga by Kousuke Satake, which Kodansha USA describes as:

Ashaf: a soft-spoken man with delicate features, a coffin strapped to his back, and an entourage of black crows. Guideau: a feral, violent girl with long fangs and the eyes of a beast. This ominous pair appear one day in a town in thrall to a witch — a ruler with magic coursing through her tattooed body, who has convinced the townsfolk she’s their hero. But Ashaf and Guideau know better. They live by one creed: “Wherever a witch goes, only curses and disasters follow.” They have scores to settle, and they won’t hesitate to remove anyone in their way, be it angry mob or army garrison.

A dark fairytale set in a steampunk world of magic and monsters, The Witch and the Beast will entice and entrap manga readers looking for their next fantasy action fix!

The cast includes:

• You Taichi as Guideau 
• Toshiyuki Morikawa as Ashaf

Takayuki Hamana (Rakudai Majo: Fuuka to Yami no Majo, Sorcerous Stabber Orphen) is directing the anime, with Hiroya Iijima (Jujutsu Kaisen curse designer) handling character designs at anime production house Yokohama Animation Lab (Magatsu Wahrheit -Zuerst-). Kei Tsuchima (Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These Seiran co-character designer) as sub-character designer. Hanae Nakamura (The Kingdoms of Ruin co-composer) and Natsumi Tabuchi (The Gene of AI co-composer) handle music composer. Animation production carried out by Yokohama Animation Lab.

Crunchyroll will stream the show.