The official website for Tongari Boushi no Atelier (Witch Hat Atelier) announced on Tuesday that a second season is in production.
Produced by BUG FILMS, the first season adapting Shirahama Kamome‘s fantasy manga premiered with the first two episodes on Tokyo MX and BS11 on April 6. Crunchyroll and Netflix simulcasted the anime with multiple subtitles and dubs.
Shirahama Kamome began serializing the manga in Morning Two magazine in July 2016. Kodansha published the 16th volume on April 23. Tongari Boushi no Atelier has a cumulative 9 million copies in circulation.
Satou Hiromi began drawing the Tongari Boushi no Kitchen (Kitchen of Witch Hat) spin-off manga in the same magazine in November 2019. Kodansha shipped the fifth volume in October 2022.
Kodansha USA licensed the manga and its spin-off in English in July 2018 and October 2023, respectively. The 14th manga volume published on March 17, and the 15th volume will be released on December 8. The fifth spin-off manga volume was released in October 2024.
Tongari Boushi no Atelier ranked sixth in the male readers’ category in the 2018 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! rankings and was nominated for the 11th Manga Taisho and 42nd and 44th Kodansha Manga Awards in the General division.
Synopsis
Coco, a dressmaker’s daughter, has always been fascinated by magic and the witches who practice it, even though they keep their methods secret. When she gets a chance to spy on the witch Qifrey, she realizes her favorite picture book is actually a magic book. Excited, she starts testing spells, but causes a disaster. Qifrey rescues her and decides to train her, seeing her as a lead to find the Brimmed Caps, a group that uses forbidden body-altering magic. Coco must improve her magic and get along with Qifrey’s other apprentices.
Official site: https://tongari-anime.com/
Official X: @tongari_anime
Source: Oricon News
