Flying Witch

It is recorded as the work of Chihiro Ishizuka. Publication is recorded by Kodansha and Vertical. The recorded date of publication is 2012. It is associated with Japan. Recorded genres are comedy anime and manga, fantasy anime and manga and slice of life anime and manga.

• Ja Kanji — ふらいんぐうぃっち • Ja Romaji — Furaingu Witchi • Genre — * Comedy • Iyashikei • Supernatural

• Type — manga • Author — Chihiro Ishizuka • Publisher — Kodansha • Magazine — Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine • First — August 9, 2012 • Volumes — 15

• Type — tv series • Director — Katsushi Sakurabi • Producer — * Atsushi Kirimoto • Hiroyuki Inage • Kazunari Sengoku • Shunsuke Nara • Yohei Ito • Writer — Deko Akao • Music — Yoshiaki Dewa • Studio — J.C.Staff • Network — Nippon TV, Sun TV, RAB, BS NTV, MMT • First — April 10, 2016 • Last — June 26, 2016 • Episodes — 12

• Portal — yes Flying Witch is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Chihiro Ishizuka. It has been serialized in Kodansha's Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine since August 2012, with its chapters collected in 15 tankōbon volumes as of June 2026. An anime television series adaptation produced by J.C.Staff aired between April and June 2016.

The story is about Makoto, a young witch from Yokohama, who moves to Hirosaki, Aomori to live with relatives as part of her training. What follows is Makoto's daily life as she gets used to her new environment. Her relatives and the new friends she makes there are introduced to the customs and peculiarities of witchcraft.

• Makoto Kowata: • A witch in training who moves to live with her relatives in Aomori. She is a polite and kind girl who gets lost easily, and is more focused on preparing potions than casting spells. She has a black cat familiar named Chito. • Chito: • A 17-year-old black cat who is Makoto's familiar. • Chinatsu Kuramoto: • Kei's little sister and Makoto's cousin. Initially wary of Makoto, whom she found strange when they first met, she quickly comes to like her after Makoto takes her flying on a broom. She is fascinated with magic and eagerly watches Makoto when she does something that involves witchcraft or something supernatural. She also enjoys sweets. She becomes Akane's apprentice to learn more about magic and to later become a witch herself. After wishing to be able to use magic, Makoto and Inukai manage to inadvertently create a ring filled with mana from a tooth from Hamabe (a sea spirit who befriended Chinatsu). The ring then bonded with Chinatsu and enabled her to use water magic. • Kei Kuramoto: • Chinatsu's older brother and Makoto's cousin. • Keiji Kuramoto: • Kei and Chinatsu's father and Nana's husband. He speaks in a Tsugaru dialect. In the English dub, Keiji speaks with a country accent. • Nana Kuramoto: • Kei and Chinatsu's mother. She is familiar with the world of witchcraft and does not find some of the odd things that happen because of Makoto strange at all. She illustrates and writes children books professionally as her job. • Akane Kowata: • Makoto's older sister and a full-fledged witch. She contrasts with Makoto in both personality and appearance. While Makoto is polite and softly spoken, Akane is more brash and loud-mouthed, though still just as kind. She also has brown skin and white hair, which contrasts with Makoto's pale skin and black hair. Makoto mentions that many people say that they do not have much in common. Akane cares deeply for Makoto and takes time off from her travels all around the world to visit and check on her sister regularly. She also has a Siamese cat familiar named Kenny. • Kenny: • A Siamese cat who is Akane's familiar. • Nao Ishiwatari: • Kei's friend, whose family runs a liquor store. • Inukai: • A witch from Akita who specializes in fortune-telling, and is also Akane's friend. After a night of heavy drinking, she ate some chocolates which turn people into animals, made by Akane, and became an anthropomorphic dog. As the chocolates did not work correctly she simply has the face, ears, and tail of a dog, as well as furry skin, and returns to her human form at night. She has been looking for a way to contact Akane for a year to find a cure which will return her to human form permanently. Due to her half-animal appearance, she wears a cloak that covers her face and body so that she does not draw attention. Kei admits that she is his type of girl after seeing her as a human. She has a hamster familiar named Al. • Aru: • A white hamster who is Inukai's familiar. It wears a small bow tie. • Anzu Shiina: • A witch who lives nearby Kei and Chinatsu's house. While soft-spoken and somewhat reserved, she's an amateur archaeologist and has a love for history. She has a brown owl familiar named Aurore. • Aurore • A brown owl who is Anzu Shiina's familiar. • Anzu's Mother: • Anzu's mother and the owner of Café Concrucio, She is also a witch. • Hina: • A female ghost who was born in 1906 Japan (Meiji Era) and now works at the Café run by Anzu's mother. She is very shy towards others as shown when Makoto, Kei and Chinatsu visit the café.

Written and illustrated by Chihiro Ishizuka, Flying Witch began in Kodansha's manga magazine Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine on August 9, 2012. Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on December 9, 2013. In 2019, Partial sales from the eighth volume were donated to Kyoto Animation after the Kyoto Animation arson attack. As of June 9, 2026, 15 volumes have been released. North American publisher Vertical announced their license to the series during their panel at Anime Central on May 22, 2016. The first volume was released in March 2017.

An anime television series adaptation aired from April 10 to June 26, 2016. The opening theme of the anime is Shanranran by miwa featuring 96 Neko, while the ending theme is Nichijō no mahō by Minami Shinoda and Eri Suzuki. Sentai Filmworks has licensed the series in North America and produced an English dub. Animatsu Entertainment initially licensed the series in the United Kingdom. However, the release was cancelled after the company was dissolved at the end of 2019. Eventually, MVM Films acquired the series in the United Kingdom and Ireland and released it with a collector's edition on October 9, 2023.