Journal with Witch (TV)
Alternative title:
Ikoku Nikki (Japanese)
違国日記 (Japanese)
Themes:
childcare,
coming-of-age,
contemplation,
inspiration,
non-linear narrative,
school,
self-discovery,
social anxiety,
social psychology,
trauma,
writing
Objectionable content:
Significant
Plot Summary:
35-year-old novelist Makio Kōdai and her 15-year-old niece Asa live together under one roof. Makio took Asa in on an impulse after Asa's parents, which included Makio's older sister, passed away. The next day, Makio returns to her senses and remembers that she does not do well in the company of other people. So begins their daily life, as Makio attempts to acclimate to a roommate, while Asa attempts to get used to an adult who never acts like one.
User Ratings:
87 ratings have been given [details]
Running time:
23 minutes per episode
Number of episodes:
13
Vintage:
2026-01-04
Opening Theme:
"Sonare" by TOMOO
Ending Theme:
"Kotozute" (Hearsay) by Bialystocks
Official website:
TVアニメ『違国日記』公式サイト (Japanese)
Reviews: Show:
Journal with Witch ‒ Episode 13 (Mar 31, 2026)
Journal with Witch ‒ Episode 12 (Mar 25, 2026)
Journal with Witch ‒ Episode 11 (Mar 19, 2026)
Journal with Witch ‒ Episode 10 (Mar 11, 2026)
Journal with Witch ‒ Episode 9 (Mar 4, 2026)
Journal with Witch ‒ Episode 8 (Feb 25, 2026)
Journal with Witch ‒ Episode 7 (Feb 17, 2026)
Journal with Witch ‒ Episode 6 (Feb 11, 2026)
Journal with Witch ‒ Episode 5 (Feb 3, 2026)
Journal with Witch ‒ Episode 4 (Jan 26, 2026)
News: Show:
Journal with Witch Anime Wins March's Galaxy Award (Apr 20, 2026)
Aniplus Asia Airs Simulcast of Ikoku Nikki Anime (Dec 11, 2025)
Other articles:
Answerman - Is Makio from Journal with Witch Neurodivergent, or Are We Just Projecting? (Apr 6, 2026)
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Director: Miyuki Oshiro Series Composition: Kohei Kiyasu Script: Kohei Kiyasu Storyboard: Kaori (ep 10) Katsumi Terahigashi (eps 3, 9, 11) Kotomi Deai (OP; ep 6) Miyuki Oshiro (eps 1, 4, 13) Noriko Hashimoto (ep 12) Ryōko Nakano (eps 2, 5) Shinya Kawatsura (ep 7) Tomomi Kawatsuma (ep 8) Episode Director: Daiki Nishida (eps 9, 11) Hisanori Kobayashi (ep 3) Kaori (ep 10) Mitsuki Kitamura (eps 5, 11) Miyuki Oshiro (eps 1, 4, 13) Noriko Hashimoto (ep 12) Ryōko Nakano (ep 2) Satomi Nakamura (ep 4) Shinya Kawatsura (ep 7) Takahiro Ōmori (eps 9, 11) Tomomi Kawatsuma (eps 6, 8) Unit Director: Kotomi Deai (OP) Music: kensuke ushio Original creator: Tomoko Yamashita Character Design: Kenji Hayama Art Director: Eriko Takahashi Animation Director: Ayumi Yamane (ep 12) Ena Nishikawa (eps 1, 3, 6, 10) Kaede Aizawa (8 episodes eps 3-5, 8-9, 11-13 )Kenji Hayama (OP; ep 13) Masakazu Kawazoe (ep 12) Miyako Kanō (8 episodes eps 3-5, 8-9, 11-13 )Miyuki Nakamura (6 episodes eps 2-3, 5-6, 10, 12 )Naho Ōtsuki (7 episodes eps 3, 5, 8-9, 11-13 )Nanako Toyoda (6 episodes eps 3, 5, 9-10, 12-13 )Orie Tanaka (9 episodes eps 1, 4-5, 7-9, 11-13 )Pui Ki Pang (ep 12) Tomomi Kawatsuma (eps 8, 11, 13) Toshie Kawamura (8 episodes eps 2-3, 5-11 odd, 12-13 )Sound Director: Takahiro Ōmori Director of Photography: Tomo Namiki 2nd Key Animation: Ai Ōsawa (Lu Laforte; ep 7) Akiko Sugizono (eps 1, 6) Akira Matsunaga (Nakamura Production; eps 3-5) Akira Mine (Nakamura Production; ep 5) Akiyoshi Fukunaga (Nakamura Production; eps 3-5) Aoi Ozawa (eps 3-13) Ayaka Abe (ep 6) Ayaka Inaba (ZEXCS; ep 4) Ayano Sahashi (eps 3-7, 9-11) Daifanglin Li (LINGS; ep 9) Daiki Sawada (eps 3-5, 8-13) Defuneko (eps 9, 11-13) Duo Lin Li (ep 1) Eiki Takeuchi (eps 1-4) Ena Nishikawa (ep 2) Eri Yamazaki (eps 3, 6) Erika Ono (ep 2) Fumie Sasaki (eps 2, 4) Ginga Tamura (Studio KAFKA; ep 2) Haruka Itou (Yostar Pictures; ep 6) Hinata Gibo (A-Real; eps 4, 9, 11) Hiroko Ikumi (WHITE FOX Izukogen Studio; ep 9) Hiromi Fukumoto (eps 1, 3) Hiroshi Echigoya (Fellows; ep 3) Hitomi Aso (ep 9) Jeong Yun Seo (LINGS; eps 3, 5) Juria Morinaga (eps 9, 12) Kaede Aizawa (eps 1, 6-7) Kaho Odano (ep 8) Kaichi Baba (ep 6) Kana Inami (xenron; ep 9) Kaori (ep 10) Kaori Komai (Team Harada; ep 2) Kaori Yamamoto (Team Harada; ep 1) Katsuyasu Sakai (xenron; ep 9) Kazuhiro Takamura (Nakamura Production; eps 3-5) Kazune Suzuki (ep 5) Kazuya Kitano (CA Soa; ep 7) Ken Kobayashi (LINGS; eps 3-4) Kie Kinoshita (Fellows; ep 4) Kiharu Asazuma (studio CANDY BOX; ep 7) Kiria Takashiro (ep 3) Kiyoka Makino (credited with studio elle from ep 6; eps 9, 11) Koga Yamada (ZEXCS; ep 4) Kururi Machida (studio CANDY BOX; ep 7) Mai Hayashi (eps 8-9) Maika Ōnuki (PRA Animation Department; eps 4-5, 10, 12) Makoto Kodama (Nakamura Production; ep 5) Mamie Ashikaga (ep 8) Mari Ishimori (eps 3-5, 8-13) Mayumi Kitamura (Yostar Pictures; ep 6) Megumi Miyagawa (eps 1, 3, 5-7) Mi Young Kim (NUT; ep 3) Mika Iemura (Studio KAFKA; ep 1) Miki Urashima (ep 1) Mina Masuda (ep 10) Misaki Hamada (LINGS; ep 9) Misaki Kurita (A-Real; eps 3-4, 9, 11) Misaki Sugawara (PRA Animation Department; eps 5, 8-9) Mito Omote (eps 3-4, 6-8) Mitsunobu Takeda (ep 3) Miya Yahagi (A-Real; eps 1, 3-4) Miyako Kanō (eps 3, 5) Miyuki Kobayashi (eps 1, 9, 11-12) Mizuki Kajiya (eps 6, 8) Naho Ōtsuki (ep 7) Nanako Naoki (eps 3-5, 8-12) Nanako Ōno (eps 2, 6) Nanako Toyoda (ep 1) Nanami Fujii (Studio Colorido Kyoto; ep 8) Naoko Tanaka (Nakamura Production; ep 5) Nera Sekura (STUDIO LINGS; ep 4) Noa Kajita (LINGS; ep 5) Orie Tanaka (ep 5) Pakpoom Wichitpan (DRAGONIC; eps 3, 5-7) RazFRT (Fellows; ep 3) Rika Sakuraba (Liber; ep 4) Risa Inaba (eps 3-11) Ryōmu Yamabe (LINGS; ep 5) Ryōtarō Aoba (LINGS; ep 5) Ryūshō Maruyama (HEIYA; eps 6-7) Saika Nishiyama (STUDIO CL; ep 2) Saki Nishijima (ep 6) Saki Yabata (Yostar Pictures; eps 3-4) Satoshi Iyoki (Electric Circus; eps 3-7) Sayo Kato (ep 6) Setsuya Tanabe (Nakamura Production; eps 4-5) Sheng Feng (Nakamura Production; ep 5) Shiho Nakazawa (PINE JAM; eps 1-3) Sōichirō Myōjin (ep 9) Stacy Eduarte (eps 9, 13) Sui Ching Yan (LINGS; eps 3, 5, 9) Supakorn Suputra (DRAGONIC; eps 3-4, 6-7) Takeo Tominaga (Nakamura Production; ep 5) Tamaki Maeda (ZEXCS; eps 5, 8) Tamao Ibe (eps 9, 11-13) Tan Kongkaew (DRAGONIC; ep 3) Tanatat Kongkaew (DRAGONIC; credited as Tanatat Kongkae in ep 5; eps 6-7) Tomoko Nakatsuji (A-Real; eps 3-4, 9) Tomomi Shimazaki (ep 6) Wan Qian Huang (studio CANDY BOX; ep 7) Wan Yu Xie (Yostar Pictures; eps 3-4) Warakorn Chaikhomma (DRAGONIC; eps 5-7) Xin Tian (Liber; ep 4) Yue Fujishiro (eps 8-9, 13) Yui Miyagawa (eps 3, 5-6) Yui Okano (Electric Circus; ep 5) Yuka Fujino (STUDIO LINGS; eps 4, 9, 13) Yukari Manabe (Studio KAFKA; ep 2) Yūnagi Kime (eps 9, 11-13) Yuria Matsui (HEIYA; ep 7) Yūta Suzuhana (eps 6-7) Yuzuka Iwata (xenron; ep 9) Animation: Eiki Takeuchi (OP) Eri Yamazaki (OP) Haruna Yoshikawa (OP) Kazune Suzuki (OP) Masakazu Kawazoe (OP) Masanao Okubo (OP) Megumi Miyagawa (OP) Miyako Kanō (OP) Miyuki Oshiro (OP) Naho Ōtsuki (OP) Nanako Toyoda (OP) Orie Tanaka (OP) Animation producer: Yumi Satō Assistant Director of Photography: Meng Zhou (eps 1-8) Color design: Miho Tanaka Costume Setting: Kaede Aizawa Editing: Kazuhiko Seki Ending Animation: Kanako Sakurai (LIDEN FILMS) In-Between Check: Ami Honda (eps 5, 7) Aoi Ozawa (eps 1, 3) Keiko Oyama (ep 8) Mari Ishimori (ep 6) Risa Inaba (OP) Yūka Takahashi (ep 2) Key Animation: Aimi Ishibashi (ep 1) Akira Takata (ep 13) Ané (KOEDA ANIMATION; ep 3) Atsuya Miura (ep 7) Ayaka Inaba (ZEXCS; ep 8) Ayako Sugi (ep 4) Ayumi Tada (eps 5, 9) Ayumi Tsukamoto (ep 3) Chie Kinoshita (ep 4) Daisuke Rioseco (KOEDA ANIMATION; ep 3) Eiki Takeuchi (10 episodes eps 1, 3, 5-11, 13 )Elfhir (KOEDA ANIMATION; ep 3) Ena Nishikawa (eps 1, 4) Eri Yamazaki (eps 1, 10, 13) Erika Okamoto (ep 10) Erika Ono (ep 2) Fumiko Kon (eps 3-4, 12) GAMJA (ep 5) Haruna Yoshikawa (9 episodes eps 1-2, 4, 6, 9-13 )Hyun Kyung Oh (ep 8) Inugami (ep 3) Iori Adachi (ep 10) Isamu Imakake (eps 11, 13) Jhon Lozano (KOEDA ANIMATION; ep 3) Kaede Aizawa (ep 10) Kahoko Koseki (Yostar Pictures; ep 13) Kani Morinaga (ep 10) Kathan (eps 5, 12) Kazuki Hisatsune (ep 3) Kazune Suzuki (6 episodes eps 4, 7-9, 11, 13 )Kei Masaki (Studio Colorido Kyoto; ep 8) Kie Kinoshita (ep 5) Kiyoka Makino (ep 6) Kurumi Kishida (PINE JAM; ep 4) Loska (KOEDA ANIMATION; ep 3) Mafuyu Ozaki (ep 6) Mai Watanabe (ep 3) Mamie Ashikaga (eps 3, 9, 12) Masakazu Kawazoe (10 episodes eps 1-2, 5-9, 11-13 )Masanao Okubo (8 episodes eps 1-2, 4-5, 7-9, 13 )Masumi Hattori (ep 13) Maxence Desein (eps 8, 12) Mayumi Nakamura (ep 6) Megumi Miyagawa (10 episodes eps 2, 4-8, 10-13 )Mikken (KOEDA ANIMATION; ep 3) Mina Masuda (eps 3, 5) Miyako Kanō (ep 1) Miyuki Kobayashi (eps 6-7) Miyuki Nakamura (ep 2) Miyuki Oshiro (eps 11, 13) Naho Ōtsuki (eps 3-4, 9) Nanako Ōno (ep 4) Nanako Toyoda (5 episodes eps 1-2, 4, 7, 9 )Naoko Hayashi (ep 2) Naoya Takahashi (ep 5) Nobuto Isobe (eps 8, 12) Orie Tanaka (ep 1) Po (ep 9) Rexsesu (KOEDA ANIMATION; ep 3) Ritsu Horii (ep 10) Ryō Suzuki (ep 11) Ryoko Kawamura (ep 5) Saki Yabata (Yostar Pictures; eps 5, 10, 12) Sayo Kato (ep 6) Shingo Fujisaki (ep 5) Shōichi Funaki (9 episodes eps 2-7, 10, 12-13 )SimonBeed (PINE JAM; ep 4) Stacy Eduarte (eps 11-12) Takahiro Arai (8 episodes eps 1-7 odd, 8-10, 12 )Tatsuya Miki (ep 11) Tatsuya Urano (ep 5) Terumi Mutō (9 episodes eps 2-4, 7-8, 10-13 )Tomomi Ishii (7 episodes eps 1, 5-6, 9-11, 13 )Tomomi Kawatsuma (ep 6) Tomomi Shimazaki (ep 9) Tomomi Teruya (ep 11) Toshie Kawamura (ep 2) Xin Ye (ep 6) Yasuhito Yamada (ep 1) Yoriko Gotō (ep 12) Yoshio Usuda (ep 11) Yuka Kimura (ep 9) Yuta Haruna (はるなゆうた; eps 3, 5) Original Work Cooperation: Megumi Kajikawa (ShuCream) Prop Setting: Miyako Kanō Special Effects: Toshio Hasegawa (eps 1-4, 6-7) Sub-Character Design: Toshie Kawamura Theme Song Arrangement: Ryō Konishi (Shominsha, CRCK/LCKS; OP) | Fūko Mori as Miyuki Sawashiro as Eriko Matsui as Junichi Suwabe as Sayaka Ōhara as Sumire Morohoshi as Takashi Kondō as Aoba Narishima as Hinako Takahashi as Hisako Kanemoto as Hitoshi Bifu as Iori Saeki as Kana Hanazawa as Kaori Nakamura as Kaoru Katakai as Kaoru Sakura as Kohei Kiyasu as Kōichi Sōma as Koki Ino as Kotoko Iwaki as Kujira as Masayuki Satō as Matsuru Kaya as Mayu Ichiku as Mayumi Asano as Michitake Kikuchi as Mie Sonozaki as Mitsuki Nakamura as Miyuki Satō as Rin Satou as Saki Fukuhara as Satomi Kobashi as Shinya Takahashi as Shuya Watanabe as Takahiro Yoshino as Takao Mitsutomi as Takeru Kikuchi as Wakana Maruoka as Yasufumi Takahashi as | |||
2nd Key Animation: A-Real (5 episodes eps 1, 3-4, 9, 11 )Candy Box (ep 7) CJT (ep 11) DRACONIC (eps 3-7) Electric Circus (eps 3-5, 7, 9) FELLOWS (eps 3, 10) GAINAX Kyoto (eps 2, 9, 11) HEIYA (eps 6-7) J.C. Staff (eps 2, 6) Liber (eps 3-4, 10) Lotus Animation (ep 11) Lu Laforte (ep 7) Marvy Jack (ep 12) Nakamura Production (6 episodes eps 3-5, 9, 11-12 )NUT (eps 3, 10) PINE JAM (eps 1-3) Pioneer Production (ep 10) PRA (5 episodes eps 4-5, 9-10, 12 )Reboot (eps 3, 9) Studio CL (ep 2) Studio Colorido Kyoto (ep 8) Studio Eight Colors (ep 6) Studio Elle (ep 6) Studio Gash (ep 10) Studio Kafka (eps 1-2) Studio Lings (6 episodes eps 3-5, 9-10, 12 )SynergySP (ep 10) Team Harada (eps 1-2) WHITE FOX Izukōgen Studio (ep 9) xenron (eps 9, 11-12) Yostar Pictures (5 episodes eps 3-4, 6, 11-12 )ZEXCS (eps 4-5, 8-9) Animation Production: Shuka Ending Animation: LIDEN FILMS Finish Animation: A-Real (eps 4, 9) CJT (eps 3-5, 8-12) D-COLORS (eps 7-8, 10) Hanjin Animation (7 episodes eps 1-2, 4, 6, 9-11 )M.S.J Musashino Production (ep 9) Orange (6 episodes eps 1-2, 6-7, 10-11 )Reboot (eps 3-4) Shuka (eps 1-2, 4-12) Studio Elle (5 episodes eps 4-5, 8-9, 11 )HD Editing: qooop (eps 1-12) In-Between Animation: A-Real (eps 4, 9) CJT (eps 3-5, 8-12) Hanjin Animation (7 episodes eps 1-2, 4, 6, 9-11 )M.S.J Musashino Production (ep 9) Orange (6 episodes eps 1-2, 6-7, 10-11 )PINE JAM (ep 2) Reboot (eps 3-4) Shuka (7 episodes eps 1-2, 4-7, 10 )Key Animation: KOEDA ANIMATION (ep 3) PINE JAM (ep 6) Studio Colorido Kyoto (ep 8) Yostar Pictures (eps 10, 12) ZEXCS (ep 8) Offline Editing: Jay Film Photography: T2 Studio (eps 1-12) | ||||
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