{"id":31617,"date":"2026-06-29T18:32:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T22:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/witch-hat-atelier-announces-2nd-season\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T18:32:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T22:32:47","slug":"witch-hat-atelier-announces-2nd-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/witch-hat-atelier-announces-2nd-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Witch Hat Atelier\u00a0Announces 2nd Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">A second season of\u00a0<em>Witch Hat Atelier<\/em> has been announced, following the broadcast of the fantasy TV anime\u2019s 13th and final episode. Crunchyroll has confirmed its acquisition of the new season for exclusive worldwide (except Asia) streaming, though it\u2019s currently unknown when it will debut.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><em>Witch Hat Atelier\u00a0<\/em>started airing on April 6, with Netflix streaming it in \u201cselect regions of Asia.\u201d The adaptation of <strong>Kamome Shirahama<\/strong>\u2018s manga sees the young Coco entering the captivating and dangerous world of witches after a magic accident petrifies her mother. <strong>Ayumu Watanabe<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Summer Time Rendering<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Fortune Favors\u00a0Lady<\/em>\u00a0<em>Nikuko<\/em>,<em>\u00a0Children of the Sea<\/em>) directed the <strong>BUG FILMS\u00a0<\/strong>production with <strong>Jun Shinohara<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead<\/em>\u00a0Episode 3 and 12 storyboard artist and director) as assistant director,\u00a0<strong>Kairi Unabara<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Magical Girl holoWitches!\u00a0<\/em>main trailer\u00a0co-character designer,\u00a0<em>The Invisible Man and His Soon-to-Be Wife<\/em>) as character designer, and\u00a0<strong>Hiroshi Seko<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Jujutsu Kaisen<\/em>) as series composer. <strong>Rena Motomura<\/strong> voiced Coco.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9Kamome Shirahama\/KODANSHA\/ Witch Hat Atelier Committee<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">The anime was originally meant to begin in 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">The\u00a0Witch Hat Atelier\u00a0manga began in 2016 in Monthly Morning Two and has 16 volumes as of April 2026. It was named Best Manga at the 37th Harvey Awards, and has a spin-off manga by\u00a0<strong>Hiromi Sato\u00a0<\/strong>titled\u00a0Tongari Boshi no Kitchen, which debuted in 2019. A self-published guidebook will be released this August.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Kodansha USA describes the synopsis of the manga as such:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><em>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 \u2026 until the day she meets Qifrey, a mysterious, traveling magician. After secretly seeing Qifrey perform magic in a way she\u2019s never seen before, Coco soon learns what everybody \u201cknows\u201d might not be the truth, and discovers that her magical dream may not be as far away as it may seem \u2026<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Production credits<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022\u00a0Director: Ayumu Watanabe<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022 Character designer: Kairi Unabara<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022 Assistant director: Jun Shinohara<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022 Series composer: Hiroshi Seko\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022 Background art director:\u00a0<strong>Ryota Goto<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022 Color designer:\u00a0<strong>Naomi Nakano<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Chainsaw Man<\/em>)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022 Compositing director:\u00a0<strong>Tadashi Kitaoka\u00a0<\/strong>(<em>Love Live! Superstar!!<\/em>)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022 Music composer: \u00a0<strong>Yuka Kitamura\u00a0<\/strong>(<em>Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice<\/em>\u00a0composer,\u00a0<em>Elden Ring\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>Dark Souls 3<\/em>\u00a0co-composer)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022 Animation production:\u00a0BUG FILMS<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Cast<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022\u00a0Rena Motomura\u00a0as Coco<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022\u00a0<strong>Natsuki Hanae<\/strong>\u00a0as Qifrey<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022\u00a0<strong>Hibiku Yamamura<\/strong>\u00a0as Agott<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022<strong>\u00a0Kurumi Haruki<\/strong>\u00a0as Tetia<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022\u00a0<strong>Hika Tsukishiro<\/strong>\u00a0as Richieu<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022\u00a0<strong>Yuichi Nakamura<\/strong>\u00a0as Olruggio<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022\u00a0<strong>Misaki Kuno<\/strong>\u00a0as Brushbuddy<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022\u00a0<strong>Mitsuru Saiga<\/strong>\u00a0as Iguin<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><strong>Sources: <\/strong><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-1tl8opc\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/tongari_anime\/status\/2071602086261723505\">@tongari_anime<\/a>, press release<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A second season of\u00a0Witch Hat Atelier has been announced, following the broadcast of the fantasy TV anime\u2019s 13th and final episode. 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