Witch on the Holy Night Gets Worldwide Cinema Dates — US, UK and Sweden Set for January 29

Witch on the Holy Night premieres in Japan on November 20, 2026, and Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Entertainment have now confirmed exactly when the ufotable film reaches theaters everywhere else. The international rollout starts January 21, 2027, and rolls out in stages across more than 25 countries through early February — but not every region gets the same date, and the announcement is specific about which regions get an English dub versus subtitles only.

Japan First, Then a Staged International Rollout

Japan’s November 20 premiere was set back in July, distributed there by Aniplex alongside TYPE-MOON. The international release is a separate rollout handled by Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Entertainment, beginning more than two months after Japan and unfolding across six separate waves rather than a single worldwide day.

The Full International Schedule

Date	Countries/Regions
January 21, 2027	Saudi Arabia, UAE
January 26, 2027	Austria, Germany, German-speaking Switzerland
January 27, 2027	France, Belgium, French-speaking Switzerland
January 28, 2027	Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Central America, Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia, Peru, Italy, Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Italian-speaking Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand
January 29, 2027	US, Canada, UK, Ireland, Finland, Poland, Sweden, India
February 5, 2027	Spain, Kazakhstan

This is the complete confirmed list — Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures haven’t announced dates for every country worldwide, only the markets above.

US, Canada, UK and Sweden Land Together on January 29

The January 29 wave is the widest single day in the rollout, grouping North America with the UK, Ireland, Finland, Poland, Sweden and India. For the United States and Canada specifically, Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures have confirmed the film screens exclusively in theaters, presented in Japanese with English subtitles as well as an English dub.

That dub confirmation is tied specifically to the US/Canada release. The announcement doesn’t state that other January 29 markets — including the UK, Ireland or Sweden — are also getting an English-dubbed version; those screenings should be assumed to run Japanese-with-local-subtitles unless a region-specific format is confirmed separately. Don’t read the North American dub news as applying automatically across Europe.

Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Entertainment Are Handling Distribution

Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Entertainment are the distributors behind this international theatrical release, working alongside Aniplex, which handles the film in Japan. No streaming date has been announced for any territory — this is a theatrical-only release for now, and Red Reactions isn’t treating a Crunchyroll streaming date as implied just because Crunchyroll is the theatrical distributor. If a streaming window is confirmed later, that’s a separate announcement to watch for.

What the Film Is

Witch on the Holy Night adapts Kinoko Nasu’s 2012 TYPE-MOON visual novel of the same name and is animated by ufotable, the studio behind the Fate franchise’s more recent adaptations. It follows Aoko Aozaki, an apprentice magician navigating life as an ordinary high schooler, ahead of her later appearances elsewhere in TYPE-MOON’s wider Nasuverse.

Related Coverage

For more on TYPE-MOON’s other current projects, see our breakdown of Fate/EXTRA Record and what the remake changes from the original PSP game. For another recent example of an anime film’s staggered international theatrical rollout, see our coverage of Madoka Magica: Walpurgisnacht Rising’s Japanese box office run.