Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina

Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina (魔女の旅々, Majo no Tabitabi) is a Japanese light novel series, written by Jougi Shiraishi and illustrated by Azure. SB Creative have released ten volumes since April 14, 2016 under their GA Novel label. The light novel is licensed in North America by Yen Press. A manga adaptation with art by Itsuki Nanao has been serialized online since 2018 via Square Enix's online manga magazine Manga UP!. It has been collected in a single tankōbon volume. An anime television series adaptation by C2C will premiere in October 2020.

Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina
Volume 1 cover for the light novel.
魔女の旅々
(Majo no Tabitabi)
GenreFantasy[1]
Light novel
Written byJougi Shiraishi
Illustrated byAzure
Published bySB Creative
English publisher
ImprintGA Novel
DemographicMale
Original runApril 14, 2016 – present
Volumes12
Manga
Illustrated byItsuki Nanao
Published bySquare Enix
English publisher
Square Enix
MagazineManga UP!
DemographicShōnen
Original runNovember 2018 – present
Volumes1
Anime television series
Directed byToshiyuki Kubooka
Written byKazuyuki Fudeyasu
StudioC2C
Original run October 2020 – scheduled

Characters
Elaina (イレイナ, Ireina)
Voiced by: Kaede Hondo[1]
Flan (フラン, Furan)
Voiced by: Kana Hanazawa[1]
Saya (サヤ)
Voiced by: Tomoyo Kurosawa[1]
Sheila (シーラ, Shīra)
Voiced by: Yōko Hikasa[2]

Media

Light novels

The series written by Jougi Shiraishi originally debuted as an e-book on Amazon's Kindle service in 2014, but it had weak sales in the beginning. Shiraishi then began to advertise the series on 2channel's VIP bulletin board and successfully attracted a following base of fans. With this, publisher SB Creative began printing the novel in light novel format through its GA Novel imprint with illustrations by Azure in April 2016.

Manga

A manga adaptation by Itsuki Nanao began on November 2018 in the smartphone app and website Manga UP! from the publisher Square Enix, which published the first volume of the series in April 2019.

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced during a livestream for the "GA Fes 2019" event on October 19, 2019. The series is animated by C2C and directed by Toshiyuki Kubooka, with Kazuyuki Fudeyasu handling series composition, and Takeshi Oda adapting Azure's character designs.[1] The opening theme song "Literature", will be performed by Reina Ueda, while the ending theme song, "Haiiro no Saga" (Gray Saga), will be performed by ChouCho.[2][3] The series will premiere in October 2020.[2]

Reception

The light novel series ranked ninth in 2018 in Takarajimasha's annual light novel guide book Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi!, in the tankōbon category.[4] It ranked sixth in 2019[5] and sixth again in 2020.[6]

References
  1. "Wandering Witch - The Journey of Elaina Light Novels Get TV Anime". Anime News Network. October 19, 2019. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  2. "Wandering Witch - The Journey of Elaina TV Anime's 2nd Video Unveils More Cast, Ending Song Artist, October Debut". Anime News Network. July 3, 2020. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  3. "Reina Ueda Performs Wandering Witch - The Journey of Elaina Anime's Opening Song". Anime News Network. July 23, 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
  4. "Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! Reveals 2018 Series Ranking". Anime News Network. November 24, 2017. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
  5. "Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! Reveals 2019 Series Ranking". Anime News Network. November 23, 2018. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
  6. "Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! Reveals 2020 Series Ranking". Anime News Network. November 25, 2019. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
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