The Good Witch of the West

The Good Witch of the West
Cover of the first shinsoban of The Good Witch of the West, published by Chuokoron-Shinsha in September 1997
西の善き魔女
(Nishi no Yoki Majo)
GenreDrama, Fantasy, Romance
Novel series
Written byNoriko Ogiwara
Published byChuokoron-Shinsha
English publisher
ImprintC Novels Fantasia
Original run19972003
Volumes8
Manga
Written byNoriko Ogiwara
Illustrated byHaruhiko Momokawa
Published byMag Garden
English publisher
MagazineComic Blade
DemographicShōnen
Original runJuly 9, 2004December 10, 2007
Volumes8
Anime television series
Directed byKatsuichi Nakayama
Produced byShigeru Tateishi
Taimei Yamaguchi
Hiroyuki Ōmori
Katsumi Koike
Takayuki Hamatsu
Shinji Nakajima
Written byAtsuhiro Tomioka
Music byHikaru Nanase
StudioHal Film Maker
Licensed by
Original networkKBS Kyoto, TV Kanagawa, BS Asahi, Tokyo MX TV
Original run April 8, 2006 July 1, 2006
Episodes13

The Good Witch of the West (Japanese: 西の善き魔女, Hepburn: Nishi no Yoki Majo) is a series of fantasy novels by Noriko Ogiwara, published by Chuokoron-Shinsha.

The series has been adapted into both a manga series and a thirteen episode anime television series subtitled Astraea Testament broadcast in Japan in 2006. The story revolves around a fifteen-year-old commoner who discovers that she is really a princess. The manga and novels were licensed for English language releases in North America by Tokyopop. After Tokyopop went out of business JManga began translating the manga and has progressed farther than TokyoPop did.