Witch Hat Atelier Season 2 Teaser Trailer Debuts at Anime Expo 2026
The quick second-season announcement, arriving just weeks after the first season finale, signals strong confidence from the production committee in the adaptation's performance and the franchise's continued growth.
Key Facts
- The Witch Hat Atelier second season teaser trailer debuted at Anime Expo 2026 on July 3, 2026, and was released online on July 4.
- The first season of the anime ran for 13 episodes and ended in June 2026.
- The manga by Kamome Shirahama has 16 compiled volumes as of April 2026 and over 7 million copies in circulation worldwide.
- The manga won the Harvey Award for Best Manga in 2020 and 2025, and the Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material-Asia in 2020.
- Director Ayumu Watanabe called the adaptation a reckless undertaking, and Episode 5 required over 20,000 drawings.
Reporting from 2 sources: Anime News Network, Anime Corner.
The staff of the Witch Hat Atelier anime released a teaser video for the second season on Saturday, July 4, 2026. The video debuted the previous day at Anime Expo 2026. The first season of the adaptation of Kamome Shirahama's manga ended in June 2026 after a 13-episode run. Ayumu Watanabe directed the first season at studio BUG FILMS, with Hiroaki Kojima producing and Kairi Unabara handling character design and chief animation direction. Yuka Kitamura composed the music. The teaser trailer was first shown during the "Witch Hat Atelier: A Magical Chat with the Cast and Creator" panel at Anime Expo. The manga, which launched in Kodansha's Morning Two magazine in July 2016, has 16 compiled volumes as of April 2026 and over 7 million copies in circulation worldwide. Kodansha USA Publishing releases the series in English. The manga has won the Harvey Award for Best Manga twice, in 2020 and 2025, and also received the Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material-Asia in 2020.
The teaser trailer was first shown during the "Witch Hat Atelier: A Magical Chat with the Cast and Creator" panel at Anime Expo on Friday, July 3. The first season ended with a cliffhanger during Agott and Richeh's test. Director Ayumu Watanabe recently described the adaptation as "a reckless undertaking." Coco's Japanese voice actress Rena Motomura said that Episode 5 (Qifrey vs Dragon) took over 20,000 drawings to produce.
Additional staff members for the first season include assistant director Jun Shinohara, series script supervisor Hiroshi Seko, art director Ryōta Gotō, color key artist Naomi Nakano, and compositing director of photography Tadashi Kitaoka. Eve and suis performed the opening theme song "Kaze no Anthem feat. suis from yorushika." Nakamura Hak performed the ending theme songs "Tada Utsukushii no Noroi," "Yoru ni Ukabu," and "Hikari."
The manga has been nominated for the Best Comic award at the Angoulême International Comics Festival and for the 11th Manga Taisho awards in 2018. It ranked in the top 10 for male readers in the 2018 edition of Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! guidebook. The series also made the American Library Association's YALSA Top Ten Great Graphic Novels for Teens list in 2020. A spin-off titled Witch Hat Atelier Kitchen launched in Morning Two magazine in November 2019.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
Sources
- Anime News Network News Witch Hat Atelier Anime's 2nd Season Previewed in Teaser Video
- Anime Corner Witch Hat Atelier Season 2 Teaser Trailer Revealed