Witch Watch Ep. 4 “Kanshi Kazamatsuri, The Tengu”: Corvid Cacophony [Review]

The previous episode of Witch Watch had us witness some corvid chaos. Now in Witch Watch Ep. 4 “Kanshi Kazamatsuri, The Tengu”, we finally get a good look at the corvid in question. Complete with the cacophony he raises up in his surroundings.

Witch Watch Ep. 4 “Kanshi Kazamatsuri, The Tengu”: Details

Witch Watch Ep. 4 “Kanshi Kazamatsuri, The Tengu” is the fourth episode (you can read my reviews of Ep. 1, Ep. 2, and Ep. 3 here) of this fantasy romantic comedy anime series. Said anime is the anime adaptation of the manga of the same name by Kenta Shinohara (Sket Dance, Astra Lost in Space). 

Bibury Animation Studios (Azur Lane: The Animation, The Quintessential Quintuplets 2, Black Rock Shooter: Dawn Fall) is the animation studio behind this anime. GKIDS is licensing this anime in NA, with Crunchyroll and Netflix streaming it worldwide, and Hulu streaming it only in the US, Animation Digital Network streaming only in several European territories, and Aniplus streaming only in South Korea.

Production Crew

Natsu Tsuda is the director behind Witch Watch Ep. 4 “Kanshi Kazamatsuri, The Tengu”, with Kazuho Hyodo as the writer, Chihiro Kumano as the storyboarder, and Yoshiaki Sugimura, Masayuki Nonaka, and Yuki Sawa all as the chief animation directors.

As for Witch Watch as a whole: Hiroshi Ikehata is the director, with Masao Kawase as the assistant director, and Deko Akao (aka. Hitomi Mieno) as the scriptwriter. Haruko Iizuka is the character designer. Yukari Hashimoto is the composer behind the music.

Speaking of that music: the opening theme song is “Watch Me!” by Yoasobi. Meanwhile, “Mahō Spice” (魔法はスパイス, Magic Spice) by Aooo is the ending theme song.

Voice Cast

Witch Watch Ep. 4 “Kanshi Kazamatsuri, The Tengu” features the voices of Ryōta Suzuki (Stephen Fu in English dub) as Morihito “Moi” Otogi, Rina Kawaguchi (Lily Ki in English dub) as Nico Wakatsuki, and Kōhei Amasaki (Caleb Yen in English dub) as Kanshi Kazamatsuri.

Other notable voice roles in this episode include Shigeru Chiba (English voice unknown) as Brelly and Ryōtarō Okiayu (English voice unknown) as the Cursed Witch’s Clothes.

When and Where to Watch

Witch Watch Ep. 4 “Kanshi Kazamatsuri, The Tengu” made its airing and streaming (aka. simulcast) debut on April 27, 2025. You can watch this episode on Crunchyroll. However, you can watch this entire anime not only on Crunchyroll, but also on Netflix and Hulu.

Witch Watch Ep. 4 “Kanshi Kazamatsuri, The Tengu”: Synopsis

Alas, Witch Watch only recently began airing. In fact, Witch Watch Ep. 4 “Kanshi Kazamatsuri, The Tengu” only just made its debut three days ago as of this writing. Thus, we shall be giving you the official synopsis of this episode from Crunchyroll to tease the story without too many spoilers below:

“In order to protect Nico, the crow familiar Kanshi Kazamatsuri appears before Nico and Morihito. Kanshi is a tengu who lived in the mountain where Nico was undergoing training. Like Morihito, Ibuki asks Kanshi to protect Nico, but Kanshi sees the ogre Morihito as an enemy. Despite that, it looks like Kanshi will be moving in with Nico and Morihito?”

Witch Watch Ep. 4 “Kanshi Kazamatsuri, The Tengu”: The Good

The story of Witch Watch Ep. 4 “Kanshi Kazamatsuri, The Tengu” continues to be the best part of the episode. Mostly because of just how ridiculously hilarious the original story by Kenta Shinohara is. It constantly subverts your expectations about new guy Kanshi via just how ludicrously he acts. Whether he’s acting like a kid with no self-control or like a good-natured hero, he seems to constantly defy everyone’s views of him. Both in-universe and out.

All of course, with Morihito as the straight man to the insanity, and with Nico’s magic adding to the cacophony of comical noise. Honestly, much of why the story is so hilarious is how the main characters just play off of each other in a complex chain of comedy. This time with some hilariously accidental yaoi teasing to boot. You’ll all see what I mean when you watch this episode.

Oh, and the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba cameos gets a kudos from me as a fan of that anime. They’re not coy about it either. They even directly reference characters in that anime by name. It’s a nice treat for you too if you’re a fan of that anime as well.

All with Bibury Animation Studios and their animation team contributing with their animation efforts. It’s not great, but their animation is at least decently good-looking. Some of the close-ups even look pretty good for the anime. This is especially true during the action scenes, when the quality jumps up a notch.

Witch Watch Ep. 4 “Kanshi Kazamatsuri, The Tengu”: The Bad

Alas, that animation is also the weakest part of Witch Watch Ep. 4 “Kanshi Kazamatsuri, The Tengu”. All because of how wildly inconsistent that quality can be. One moment it looks amazing, and then the next you see nothing but blobs. Sometimes this even occurs in adjacent scenes. One notable example is when Nico brings out a trio of tea cups. Up close as she’s holding them on a tray, you can see that they have the ribbed look of a traditional Japanese tea cup, if a bit unevenly drawn. And yet when she sets them down on the table, the ribbing is gone, and you’re just left with perfectly straight sides. I can normally excuse some detail being lost with distance. However, when it’s the camera moving less than a meter away, this level of detail loss is just ridiculous in a bad way.

Now as for the action, there’s actually a significant amount of action in this episode. However, there’s zero blood in it for those of you who are only interested in that sort of thing. If you want that, then might I recommend watching Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Kaiju No. 8, DDDD, DAN DA DAN, Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online II, Zenshu, Solo Leveling, and/or Black Butler? Those anime should have more than enough bloody action to satisfy your inner action junkie.

So what did you all think of this week’s episode of Witch Watch? Tell us your thoughts in the comments section below.