Witch Hat Atelier Season 2 anime was announced immediately after the first season’s finale aired in Japan today. The anime ran for a total of 13 episodes, ending with a cliffhanger during Agott and Richeh’s test.
Crunchyroll also confirmed it will stream the sequel. A special illustration by the creator Kamome Shirahama was also released to commemorate the announcement:
You can see the announcement text, which reads: “2期制作決定 / Season 2 production confirmed.”
The anime’s director Ayumu Watanabe recently opened up about the immense challenges behind the adaptation, describing it as “a reckless undertaking.” Coco’s Japanese voice actress Rena Motomura also commented on the anime production, saying Episode 5 (Qifrey vs Dragon) took over 20,000 drawings to produce. Studio BUG FILMS is in charge of the animation production.
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 April 2026, it has released 16 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: Press Release, Witch Hat Atelier Official X
©Kamome Shirahama / Kodansha / “Witch Hat Atelier” Production Committee
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