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Witch Hat Atelier

とんがり帽子のアトリエ

Fantasy by BUG FILMS Based on a manga by Kamome Shirahama

Length: 13 episodes (covered from #53 to #64) Aired: 2026 (Spring) Rating: S

Plot: Coco is a simple girl, helping at her mothers' tailoring shop. Inspired by a picture book she bought she dreams of magic and of becoming a witch, even knowing she was not born with the gift, until one day their shop is visited by Qifrey, a witch, and she peeks around and discovers the secret to magic is in writing. Inspecting the wand she got with the book, she discovers it's a pen, and the small orb an ink container. She has fun copying some simple spells from the book, until she tries a more complex one that starts crystallizing everything around it, and is saved by Qifrey who had returned, concerned about the book she mentioned. Too late to save her mother, she joins Qifrey's academy as a way to learn magic and bring her back to life, and to help him discover who's distributing those books.

Thoughts: This went from something I didn't plan to watch right away because it was so hyped I may have confused it with a returning show to best of this extremely loaded 2026 Spring season and certainly a contender for the top stops at the end of the year. The reason why both things are true are easy to understand in the first minutes: it is exceedingly well animated and good looking, and I'm sure they took extra care of that area as fans of the manga surely wouldn't have it any other way than a contender for best art, episode 5 will certainly rank between the best episodes of 2026, and visually overall, it ticks a lot of boxes for me. The background art is gorgeous, the setting and character design is pretty good and very well animated, and it deploys the same good faces as effectively as in the manga. It's one of those shows nothing feels left to chance, if the source material has caught attention for the incredible line work on display, showing influences from of everything from children's books to european comics, this makes it full justice and then more, for instance, anytime Brushbuddy is on the scene, you know it's going to do something, very rarely it just stands still, and more often than not, it's not even doing anything related, it's just knowing people love Brushbuddy and if he's on the scene, better give them something to share.

Now, as I usually say, a show with greet looks but no story is just AMV fodder, and there's maybe a few negative notes here, as while the details of the story are rather good, on the big picture it's a bit mundane as an whole. The girls are fine as characters even if they just fit the usual character stereotypes who mostly plays those roles pretty straight: Coco is the outsider who's trying really hard, Agott the tsundere with something to prove, Richeh the free thinker who will always do things her way and Tetia, the more under-utilised of the three is just the extremely upbeat girl. If we're looking for interesting characters, it's Qifrey (and to an extent Olruggio that must know a lot of what goes on and looks the other way): he seems to want some distance between him and the other witches, and takes in students that struggled in other environments, and this being just the first 23 chapters of a long story there is a lot we don't know, including why him, who is portrayed as a kind, very understanding mentor, can flip a switch to downright menacing and is willing to cross the line when it comes to the Brimmed Caps, his past with them is a mystery (I'm sure it's connected with whatever happened with his right eye), and we're still very early in the story.

As for the bigger picture, we also have to see it through the characters: it is implied the system the witches live in is incredibly messed up, from how Agott and Richeh ended up under Qifrey's tutelage, the appearance of the spanish inquisition Knights Moralis, how Tartah struggles daily with his eyesight problems or how Euini is treated by his teacher. At a couple of points ot seems to be to be commentating on some aspects of modern Japan, particularly the passive hostility towards people with deficiencies, as witches are shown to be incredibly rigid and unwelcoming of any deviations to the norm, and the story of Romonon, a once powerful and thriving city who kept outsiders out and ended up withering and dying, and even how everyone seems to be treated as surplus the moment they don't match expectations academically as well. Other thing that it has going for it is how well all parts of the magic system were imagined and how the world adapts to it in tiny things like a small sail barge having an "engine" that is a wind spell at the back with a part that can be moved to stop it. It all has some inconsistencies like for instance, how can they control something like their hovering spell when it is very much a on/off situation. They conflict Coco was dragged into boils down to how should magic be used: the Pointy Hats keep it a secret from the population, who is aware it exists, but is kept in the dark believing it is a matter of being born with the gift of magic, not knowledge of the sigils and signs and access to ink, and put several restrictions to it's use and defend the secret with a with religious zeal , while the Brimmed Hats believe in a return to the days where magic abuse ran rampant.

At the end, this is a show that is one of those fantasy shows I don't mind. It has movie-level visual quality and a world the author packed in with detail. Where it may lack a bit is the overall premise that, once again, can't help but feel quite a lot mundane. I have to say I considered leaving the rating open for a reason: I don't like when a show ends with such a cliffhanger unless it's committing to a follow-up season happening soon enough, which was confirmed but with no further details. If I penalised something like Kaiju no. 8 for having terrible season pacing, just because I happen to like Witch Hat Atelier a lot more doesn't mean I'll give it a pass for ending what feels the middle of an arc. If it's going to take until 2028, imagine it's an A.

Plus:

Absolutely gorgeous to look at.

Some really good world building

Minus:

Hello little wisps! I see you are intrigued by Paramoyua’s local celebrities. I’ve allowed them to get settled in before revealing them to you all. They’re still figuring out their new limbs and magic, but they’ve been doing such a great job so far.

I got them all a few years ago when they crashed upon my shore. They used to be human, but I need them to be more than that. So. Let me introduce you to my little band of misfits.

Oh before I forget, two things. First and foremost! No asks pertaining to odd reproduction rituals (NSFW)!

Secondly, maybe don’t ask them about their lives before. It seems to just make them sad. Also don’t remind them that they’re stuck here forever. That also makes them sad, I haven’t the faintest idea why; it’s amazing here!

Oh and thirdly, don’t be upset or entitled that more of them answered another question over yours. I can’t completely control them. I’ve only so many pictures in this ‘camera’ Baltimore made.

There I go again getting distracted. The crew!

We have Odenta Westlo. Early on, she was bitten by a vampire. Perfect! I needed someone to control the dead. I gave her bat wings and extended fangs. Actually I gave them all sharpened teeth. Anyways. She’s long mastered the art of hiding her identity from one time dates, smoothly getting them to agree to join her for an, unknown to them, last, evening. She took the sapphire ice egg, and named the hatching female Sesol.

Arries Kartfle is a wild child, perfect for keeping my wildlands in check. She not only has wings that function more as paws, but is ecstatic about her tail. Last week she used it to dump beer on a human. She’s also in a functioning, albeit strange, relationship with Odenta. I did not invoke the patterns on her skin, she came with those. She took the storm lightning egg, and enthusiastically named her Thunderclaw!.

The last female I have is Raynus Evola, who’s always on the move. I don’t know if it was a good idea to have given her 4 draconic wings; its seemed to only made the hoarding and loner situations worse. She’s always journaling, so I suppose I’ll have her keep track of everything else. Despite this nature, she’s always been willing to help the other 11, usually by a manner of pilfered goods. She named her silver ice dragon Valkyrie.

Dmitri Demistrat is rather protective over every book they find, even penning some of their own. I believe they’re trying to build a library. Who better than to maintain the history of everything I’ve built and supported? I gave them crow wings, since earlier they were always trying to steal a duck’s feathers, to little success. At least they have Brimstel, their copper lightning dragon, to keep them from ripping out too many feathers.

Vanessen Forthclike is a strange mix between Dmitri and Raynus. He collects things like Raynus, but only one of each, and catalogues them much like Dmitri. I’ve watched his fascination with the stars, and in kind gave him starry dragon wings. I suppose I’ll need to introduce them to the End, if only so Vanessen has the space to built his museum about everything I have offered, the best of which being his black lightning dragon Kavokslov.

Euron Telvron is never far behind of Vanessen and Raynus, much to the rest of the crew’s chagrin. A strange kid, that one, always throwing dragon toenails or hydra spit or cow hide into his cauldron. I think he used to be a butcher but got banished onto the ship. Oh well. I need someone willing to fiddle with new ways of harnessing magic, even if it’s liquid and non permanent. Perhaps that is why I gave him wings that also function as swimming fins. At least the white ice dragon of his, Faldjorden, doesn’t seem to care where his shed scales go.

Baltimore Grevel is also a magic respinner, and I’ve watched the others try desperately to not leave Euron, Serken, and Baltimore alone together. A wise decision after last time. I’ve done the most work with him, and the newfound ability to walk and fly has spurred him to finding more ways to advance the world. I’ll allow this, if only to take amusement in the failures and dream journals. I’ve given him leathery wings, and he’s named the grey fire dragon Brimstel.

Serken Whittlen is my third official magic spinner. He, she, they, I don’t know anymore, was the first to properly utilize the runes that guide the magic of my land. Raynus is far more secretive of her usage. They’re a flamboyant thing, I believe the term is ‘social butterfly’, hence the gorgeous pink wings I gave him. She’d be perfect for being a sort of center point of all my magic types, and she’s even already gone to teach the humans. They pay him with gold, all of which goes to filling the green fire dragon’s, Esmameere’s, hoard.

Agoti Farcheld is an upright pompous thing, I watched him try and dictate the building of the fort. Something about being a royal advisor. He’s gotten better, but he still insists that everything is in its correct place. He’s far more comfortable interacting with the humans than my creatures, plus is rather skilled at navigating conversations. Perhaps I’ll make him my center point for tribalism or something. His amethyst lightning dragon, Roman, doesn’t seem put off by the plans for an elegant lair. Neither does Baltimore mind spending quiet evenings with him.

I have a pair of siblings, Heltun and Bazon Erthan. They’re strong, look alike, prone to fighting (I think they were both soldiers), and bound by blood, but I think that is all their similarities. Perfect opposites. Bazon, for example, is more likely to throw the first punch, while Heltun would much rather throw the last. Bazon has a fire I admire, and is always chasing more power. I deem it only fit to soon introduce him to my underworld of brimstone to rule. It would match well with Magmol the lava fire dragon.

Heltun, on the other hand, is far more cold and level headed. He can still be joyous like the younger one, but tends to be the voice of reason. He’d make a fine king. I find it only fitting to send him off to the mountain mines to rule. I’ve equipped them both with stony wings, near impenetrable and resistant to the most extreme temperatures. For Heltun, the ice would match well for his sleet ice dragon Issenbreg.

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