On Thursday, the employees behind the upcoming anime adaptation of Witch Hat Atelier debuted the first trailer for the upcoming collection at Anime Expo. First introduced again in 2023, the anime primarily based on Kamome Shirahama’s fantasy manga might be produced by animation studio Bug Movies (Zom 100: Bucket Listing of the Lifeless) and directed by Ayumu Watanabe (Kids of the Sea, House Brothers). That’s not all — Yuka Kitamura, identified for her work on Elden Ring, Bloodborne, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, and the Darkish Souls collection, is hooked up to compose the rating for the collection.
Witch Hat Atelier follows the story of Coco, the daughter of a dressmaker who goals of someday turning into a witch, regardless of her obvious lack of ability to make use of magic. After being gifted a spellbook by a mysterious masked wizard, Coco by chance transforms her personal mom into stone and is rescued from a hearth by Qifrey — a robust magic consumer who takes Coco on as his new pupil. As Qifrey searches for the culprits behind the incident, Coco begins her apprenticeship as a witch at his atelier.
Picture: Bug Movies
The continuing collection, which has offered over 5.5 million copies as of July 2024, and gained a Harvey Award and an Eisner Award in 2020, at present consists of 13 volumes. Shirahama’s manga is beloved for its intricately detailed linework, fantastical imagery, and densely imagined universe, so the anticipation for the anime adaptation amongst followers of the collection has been very excessive.
Fortunately, the first trailer for Witch Hat Atelier lives as much as these expectations after which some, with a beautiful watercolor artwork fashion that appears straight out of a storybook and a rousing sequence of Qifrey cradling Coco in his arms whereas leaping from the burning wreckage of her dwelling. We will solely hope that the collection itself will stay as much as this teaser when it airs subsequent 12 months.
Witch Hat Atelier will premiere in 2025 and stream on Crunchyroll.
