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The staff of the anime based on Kamome Shirahama's Witch Hat Atelier manga showed a promotional video during a panel at Anime Expo on Thursday, revealing the main cast and a 2025 premiere. The staff also released visuals.
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Image via Witch Hat Atelier anime website
©Kamome Shirahama/KODANSHA/Witch Hat Atelier Committee
Ayumu Watanabe (Ace Attorney, Doraemon) is directing the anime at BUG FILMS. Hiroaki Kojima (animation producer for Komi Can't Communication) is producing. Kairi Unabara (Pokémon Evolutions) is designing the characters. Yuka Kitamura (Elden Ring) is composing the music. Kazuki Kawagoe (Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead) is directing the promotional video.
In addition to Kitamura and Unabara, three staff members and Shirahama attended the seminar.
© Kamome Shirahama, Kodansha
Kodansha's Morning two magazine announced in April 2022 that the manga would be adapted into an anime.
Crunchyroll will stream the anime as it airs.
Shirahama launched the Witch Hat Atelier manga in Kodansha's Morning two magazine in July 2016. Kodansha published the manga's 13th compiled book volume on February 22. Kodansha USA began releasing the series in English in April 2019 and published the 12th volume on May 21.
The manga's story focuses on Koko, a girl who lives in a small village and has always dreamed of becoming a witch. But being born without any magical talent means she can never become a witch and can never hope to witness the spark of magic. She has given up on her dream. But one day, a traveling witch named Kiefley comes to her village and she happens to see him performing magic.
The series was nominated for Best Manga at the Angoulême International Comics Festival in January 2019. It was also nominated for the 11th Manga Taisho Award in 2018. The series ranked in the top 10 of the best manga for male readers in the 2018 edition of the Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Guidebook (This Manga is Awesome!) The manga was ranked in the American Library Association's (ALA) Ten Best Graphic Novels for Young Adults (YALSA) list of 2020. The series won Best Manga at the Harvey Awards in October 2020.
Source: Witch Hat Atelier panel at Anime Expo (Alex Mateo)