Witch Hat Atelier

Last updated: 1 November 2026

About Witch Hat Atelier

Coco is a young girl in a small village who has dreamed of becoming a witch since childhood, but in her world, witches are born, not made, and the secrets of magic are hidden from ordinary people. Everything changes when the travelling witch Qifrey visits her mother's tailor shop and Coco secretly watches him work: magic is not cast from memory, it is drawn, with special ink and precise signs that anyone could use. Trying the spells from a mysterious picture book she was given as a child, Coco casts a forbidden spell that turns her mother to stone. Taken in as Qifrey's apprentice, she joins his atelier to learn real magic and search for a way to undo her mistake, alongside fellow apprentices Agott, Tetia and Richeh, under the eyes of the secretive witch society, its Knights Moralis enforcers and the outlawed Brimmed Caps who gave her the book. Animated by BUG FILMS and directed by Ayumu Watanabe, the 13-episode first season (spring 2026) brings Kamome Shirahama's award-winning manga to life in rich, storybook detail. A second season has been announced.

Witch Hat Atelier is a TV anime from 2026, first released in Spring 2026. It belongs to the Fantasy and Adventure genres and is listed as a completed series. The summary above is written by the AnimeYug team in our own words.

Official Trailer

▶[ENG SUB] Witch Hat Atelier – Official Trailer · Witch Hat Atelier Official Channel

Story & Plot

Long ago, witches made a pact to hide the secret of magic from the world: spells would be drawn only by the chosen, and anyone else who learned the truth would have their memories erased. The pointed-hat witches of the Zozah Peninsula live by those laws, guarded by the Knights Moralis. Into this closed world stumbles Coco, an ordinary tailor's daughter, carrying a picture book of real spells given to her by a masked stranger, and a mistake that turns her own mother into stone.

Taken in by the witch Qifrey, Coco begins the long road of an apprentice: learning signs, inks and tools alongside Agott, Tetia and Richeh, sitting the witches' tests and glimpsing how deeply the laws can wound the people they claim to protect. But Qifrey has his own hidden reason for taking her in, a past bound to the Brimmed Caps, the outlawed witches who want the secret of magic set free, whatever it costs.

Why Watch Witch Hat Atelier

• Magic you can understand: every spell is drawn on screen, step by step, like a craft.
• Storybook visuals: BUG FILMS turns Kamome Shirahama's detailed manga art into rich animation.
• A kind, hopeful heroine: Coco's mistakes have real weight, and she grows by learning.
• Music by Yuka Kitamura, known for the Elden Ring and Dark Souls game scores.
• The source manga is an award winner, with Harvey Award and Eisner Award honours in the US.

Who Is It For?

Witch Hat Atelier is a family-friendly fantasy aimed at a wide audience. It has little violence and no gore, but its themes (guilt, disability, strict laws and loss) land hardest with teens and adults. A good pick for fans of gentle, craft-focused fantasy.

Coco

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Qifrey

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Agott Arklaum

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Tetia

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Richeh

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Olruggio

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Alaira

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Tartah

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Easthies

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Iguin

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Brushbuddy

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Sasaran

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Voice Actors

The Japanese voices behind the main characters of Witch Hat Atelier.

• CocoMain character: a tailor's daughter learning magic
  Japanese voiceRena Motomura
• QifreyMain character: Coco's teacher, a witch with a hidden past
  Japanese voiceNatsuki Hanae
• Agott ArklaumA strict, proud apprentice from a famous witch family
  Japanese voiceHibiku Yamamura
• TetiaA cheerful, energetic fellow apprentice
  Japanese voiceKurumi Haruki
• RichehA quiet apprentice who only draws spells she likes
  Japanese voiceHika Tsukishiro
• OlruggioQifrey's childhood friend and fellow witch
  Japanese voiceYuichi Nakamura
• AlairaA senior witch and friend of Qifrey
  Japanese voiceKotono Mitsuishi
• TartahA boy apprentice whose eyes see the world in shades of grey
  Japanese voiceMutsumi Tamura
• EasthiesCaptain of the Knights Moralis, enforcers of witch law
  Japanese voiceJunichi Suwabe
• IguinA masked Brimmed Cap witch who gave Coco the picture book
  Japanese voiceMitsuki Saiga
• BrushbuddyThe atelier's fluffy brush-cleaning creature
  Japanese voiceMisaki Kuno
• SasaranThe mysterious keeper of a magic shop
  Japanese voiceRyusei Nakao

Staff & Production

Original Creator

Kamome Shirahama

Animation Studio

BUG FILMS

Director

Ayumu Watanabe

Series Composition

Hiroshi Seko

Character Design

Kairi Unabara

Music

Yuka Kitamura

Manga & Source Material

Witch Hat Atelier is written and drawn by Kamome Shirahama. The anime adapts the manga's opening arcs, and the manga itself is still running.

• Written and illustrated by Kamome Shirahama
• Serialised in Kodansha's Morning Two magazine since 22 July 2016
• 16 collected volumes as of April 2026, and still ongoing
• Over 9 million copies in circulation by June 2026
• Won the Harvey Award for Best Manga in 2020 and 2025, and the 2020 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material, Asia
• A spin-off manga, Witch Hat Atelier Kitchen, has run in the same magazine since 2019

Music

The anime has one opening theme and a set of rotating ending themes by Nakamura Hak. The score is by Yuka Kitamura, best known for her FromSoftware game music.

Opening Themes

• “Kaze no Anthem”by Eve feat. suis (from Yorushika)Season 1 opening (2026)

Ending Themes

• “Tada Utsukushii Noroi”by Nakamura HakMain ending theme
• “Yoru ni Ukabu”by Nakamura HakEnding used in episodes 3 and 5
• “Hikari”by Nakamura HakSpecial ending theme

Series Timeline

1. 2016

   Kamome Shirahama's manga begins in Kodansha's Morning Two magazine.

2. 2019

   The English edition begins from Kodansha USA, and the spin-off Witch Hat Atelier Kitchen launches.

3. 2020

   The manga wins the Harvey Award for Best Manga and the Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material, Asia.

4. 2022

   An anime adaptation is announced in April.

5. 2026

   Season 1 airs from 6 April to 22 June on Japanese TV and Crunchyroll; a second season is announced on 29 June.

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