Witch Hat Atelier anime has revealed a new key visual, trailer and voice cast, along with confirming an April 6 premiere date. Studio BUG FILMS (Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead) is in charge of the animation, with Crunchyroll set to stream the anime. The anime was originally scheduled for 2025, but it was delayed in order to improve the quality.
The main voice cast for the anime was previously introduced, while it was now expanded as follows:
- Rena Motomura as Coco
- Natsuki Hanae as Qifrey
- Hibiku Yamamura as Agott
- Kurumi Haruki as Tetia
- Hika Tsukishiro as Richeh
- Yuichi Nakamura as Olruggio
- Misaki Kuno as Brushbuddy
- Mitsuki Saiga as Iguin
Eve performs the opening theme song “Kaze no Anthem” with suis from Yorushika, while Nakamura Hak performs the ending theme song “Tada Utsukushii Noroi.” You can hear both in the new trailer below:
We previously also had a chance to interview the author, producer, and director of the project, where we talked about their vision for the adaptation.
The staff for the anime includes:
- Director: Ayumu Watanabe
- Assistant Director: Jun Shinohara
- Series Composition: Hiroshi Seko
- Character Design / Chief Animation Director: Kairi Unabara
- Art Director: Ryota Goto
- Color Design: Naomi Nakano
- Director of Photography: Tadashi Kitaoka
- Music: Yuka Kitamura
- Animation Studio: BUG FILMS
Witch Hat Atelier (Tongari Boshi no Atelier) is a manga series created by Kamome Shirahama, who both writes and illustrates the work. The series has been published in Kodansha’s Morning Two magazine since July 2016, and as of November 2025, it has released 15 volumes. A spin-off titled Witch Hat Atelier Kitchen launched in the same magazine in November 2019.
The franchise has reached over 7 million copies in circulation. It received notable recognition in 2020, earning the Harvey Award for Best Manga and the Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia. Kodansha USA publishes it in English, describing the story:
In a world where everyone takes wonders like magic spells and dragons for granted, Coco is a girl with a simple dream: She wants to be a witch. But everybody knows magicians are born, not made, and Coco was not born with a gift for magic. Resigned to her un-magical life, Coco is about to give up on her dream to become a witch…until the day she meets Qifrey, a mysterious, traveling magician. After secretly seeing Qifrey perform magic in a way she’s never seen before, Coco soon learns what everybody “knows” might not be the truth, and discovers that her magical dream may not be as far away as it may seem…
Source: Witch Hat Atelier Official X
©Kamome Shirahama / Kodansha / “Witch Hat Atelier” Production Committee
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