とんがり帽子のアトリエ

It's amazing seeing my favorite manga of all time finally being brought to life. And judging from just episode 1, it's been given the care it deserves. I hope it can retain this quality and atmosphere for the whole season. Being a sucker for anything magical and witch related, this still stands out as #1 for me above all others. I hope everyone enjoys it as much as I've enjoyed the manga so far. The art and story are truly top tier.

Coco might not had been born with magic, but she seemed to have impeccable tailoring. That’s pretty close to magic, if Qifrey’s reaction was any indication. Meanwhile, the man himself was indeed a witch, but also had talents as a mechanic. Okay, this was quite a unique way of casting magic. Instead of chants and swinging wands, they’re cast by drawing on a sheet of paper. It's terrible enough for a young kid to lose their only family member and home in a single incident, but it's made even worse that she's the one who caused it, even if unknowingly. This might haunt her until even adulthood. Sublime production. A seductive music and atmosphere. A (mostly) subdued animation, which fitted the series, but ramped up the flashiness at times in small bursts for maximum effect, mostly when spells were cast. We're treated to a visual feast when Qifrey rescued Coco. My god, that was absolutely gorgeous! To think we’re blessed with this right after Frieren had ended. We’re truly living in the best of times.

Damn, that was a good first episode. I knew nothing about this one except that it's about magic and the manga is very highly rated and has very distinctive art and panelling that people were afraid wouldn't be translated well into anime. I don't know how it compares to all that but this looked fabulous. I'm already very invested in what happens to Coco and the witch Qifrey seems very interesting too. Hope her mother isn't actually dead and Qifrey isn't lying about there being a possibility of saving her. He wants to keep her memories intact to trace the evil witches(?) who sold her that picture book knowing what it could unleash. So there is a chance he could be giving her false hope about her mother. But I'm not getting bad person vibes from him so maybe things will turn out well. Anyway, extremely strong premiere. Now unto the next episode which is already out!

I've heard about WHA and how amazing it is on social media for ages but I've avoided spoilers so I could go into the anime blind and it's already paying off, that was excellent. As soon as Coco's mother said something like, "I thought you were going to ask to go with that witch, but I don't want you to leave me," I knew something was going to happen, but it still took me by surprise. Coco's VA nailed that scene at the end, it had me crying like I was watching Ikoku Nikki... I'm really curious about how the secret of magic has been kept for so long. It seems unlikely to me that it wouldn't get out, but I'm sure that will get touched on at some point. It looks that the person that gave Coco the picture book had other books as well, so there's some more leaks there. Qifrey is a curious figure to me also. Given he's from such a secretive (and I'm thinking prestigious) institution, I'd have expected someone more harsh or strict, but he doesn't give that vibe at all, so I'm looking forward to seeing more from him. The part where Qifrey rescued Coco from the ice(?) taking over the house was sooooo beautiful. I couldn't believe what I was seeing, and it turned dark so quickly, they really played with my emotions. I'm absolutely blown away. What an amazing first episode. Holy shit.

This is a good start. Coco is really cute, the way she got excited after she used magic for the first time was hilarious, particularly when she was crouching up and down on her chair in excitement lol.  It's sad that her innocent adoration of magic made her unaware of the potential dangers it could bring, and she's now learned it in the worst way possible. I'm glad it seems like there's a way to uncast the magic which could save her mother, I honestly thought she was going to die from the spell. I wonder if time is going to freeze for her mother and they'll only reunite once they're closer in age.

Holy shit I've got the same feeling about this as some of the best fantasies in this medium, where you just know it's going to be *special* The source material readers were not kidding about how interesting this magic system is, I did not expect to see the twist at the end happening. The reason why the Witches gatekeep their methods of magic is to prevent accidents like that, it's just perfect Consider me hooked for this season

Some thoughts about the adaptation itself: I love the camera angles. Reminds me of the cinematography in *Atonement*. The focus on nature at the beginning made me think of Ghibli, where it's like nature goes from being a background setting to a kind of character itself. The magic in this is animated spectacularly lovely, like you can be there with Coco being awed by it all. And the wind! The wind! I'm so glad they adapted the flowing cloth look from the manga so well. I'm sure it took a lot of extra time to animate it all. Nice VAs. Coco's VA in particular is phenomenal. Might be the VA of the year seriously. She conveys emotion beautifully. I'll have to look up her name here because it might be my new favorite VA. Ah! The color! The lighting! Chiaroscuro! Even the candle! Qifrey's silhouette by the fire! The magic! Gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous! Anime of the year right here! It makes me wish I still had my bluray player and that they'd eventually have a steelbook case for it. Glad to see the delay last autumn paid off. This is a work of art.

Well I made it about five minutes before getting misty eyed and I don't know why. The beauty of the art and music and everything? Excitement? A homesickness for a place I've never been? I'm not sure. But I haven't been excited for a series like this for a long time. And the theme reminds me of childhood. Thinking about it, maybe there's some grieving for the simple times, and for adventure, and for when I used to get as excited as Coco about wonderful things. At any rate, it's an uncommon catharsis.

I'm a manga reader so I'm not going to discuss the story. But man I'm so fucking happy. What a beautiful adaptation! Beyond the gorgeous animation and music, I love how they captured how full of life the world is. So colorful and vibrant. The animation for their eyes are incredible. And the little flourishes and embellishes they added to small moments shows how much love and effort was put in this show. My god. This was so good. On to episode 2.

Not familiar with the source, but I’ve heard the name. This was a really good first episode. The premise and the magic system in this is interesting and it’s very well produced. Things really went from being quite cute to being quite tragic really quickly. Poor Coco was just messing around with magic. And now her mom is gone and her home is destroyed. I guess with great power comes great responsibility.

* **Smol Coco Stitch** Well, first of all, Coco is just too damn precious. I really love the scenes where she just gushes about magic, like when Qifrey asked her why she likes magic and when she finally casts her first spell. Second, the moment Coco's mother started thinking that Coco would leave her to join Qifrey, I immediately knew she wasn't going to survive this episode, especially after Coco promised her that she wouldn't leave her. So it turns out magic is that simple, huh? As long as you can draw the patterns, you can cast spells? No wonder Qifrey didn't want anyone to see what he was doing. It's so easy to do that even Coco can cast forbidden magic just by tracing over a pattern. Not gonna lie, I didn't expect her mom to get turned into a crystal. I was expecting that Coco would summon a dragon considering what was drawn under that magic circle in the book. I can't even imagine how Coco feels right now for being responsible for her mom's petrification. I at least hope it's just petrification. Knowing my fantasy tropes, petrification can be undone. It would absolutely suck if Coco actually ended up killing her mother. What a great setup for the first episode, tho! On to episode 2!

The book transitions are gorgeous. No idea if they are based on the famous borders/etc used in the manga, but wow this anime already has style a couple minutes in. I assume the witch that gave her the picture book is one of the evil witches. Curious if they were wanting to corrupt children in general or targeting Coco for some reason. Those two boys are clearly too stupid to breathe, I'm amazed they didn't die long ago. At least Coco is only dumb about magic so not many opportunities to get herself killed with her personal dumb. Interesting, the precision seems to be less necessary than I assumed, at least for a spell to trigger at all. The power of the magic probably does rely on precision however. And she's testing it to find out that bigger is stronger and cleaner is more duration! Girl is a magical scientist. So I knew the mother was going to get caught up in a spell, but holy shit that was _dark_. And them flying in the early morning with the music playing... if the whole season pulls off this quality this anime really is going to be special.

I'm so glad that just like Frieren and Dungeon Meshi, Witch Hat Atelier also seems to be getting an amazing adaptation. The magic looks great, the world looks beautiful, the characters all look vibrant! The sound design is also great so far and a lot of the scenes is this first episode are also directed so beautifully.. And from what I've read from the Manga so far, I know that the story will also be amazing. Let's just hope that BUG FILMS learned their lessons from Zom100 and that they can keep up this amazing production, and from all the behind the scenes material and information I have seen so far I'm really optimistic that they will. They seem to have poured so much love into this adaptation, I couldn't be happier! I really can't wait to see Coco's journey of learning magic once again, this time in animated form!

- Hah. - He’s pretty. - That *is* something we saw earlier… - Good luck with that, Coco. - She still figured out a way to watch him use magic, huh. - Ooh, so *that’s* why he was impressed with her work. - She was right… - That’s good for her first try, but it probably needs to be super precise to actually work? - Oh, she just hadn’t closed the circle. - Oh shit–oh fuck she crystalized her mom… - Well, she’s getting her wish in a way…

Thank you to the Anime Nights for the previews! Weird that getting to this on CR, it started on EP2 instead of EP1… Anyways, time to hear the dub for the accents, but I’m really interested how non-English dubbing differentiated between posh and peasant. * A friend told me “Look, [Qifrey is] Gojo’s cousin”. He’s just soooo pretty, so I’m excited for cosplayers to show up and show out!! * Coco has the same hair color as my girl Eve from <**Revolutionary Princess Eve**> which is a novel/manhwa I do like. * Soundtrack is already my shit. * I could only be slack-jawed in the theater, but this animation still has me slack-jawed. This has so much love and passion behind it. *** You will never see me turn down a Joshua Waters dub, buuuut I still stand by they should prioritize British or English VAs auditioning if they want that type of accent and then advise them on a specific posh accent. It seems like a no brainer, but I don’t know how that works for CR. I was just blown away. Glad I took the leap on this manga. It has me hoping <**Magus of the Library**> can be adapted!! Some scenes reminded me of the bombastic magic animation done with Ghibli. I’m just really excited!! BIG SHOUT to the guys in my theater sitting next to me who were fangirling with me. They made the preview so much more fun!

Beautiful first episode! It's good to see it finally airing after a delay and behind-the-scenes reports of production issues. Coco is such a sweet girl, though not very thoughtful, as she didn't think that drawing a super complicated and unknown spell would be a bad idea, but since she's a child, I don't blame her. I'm definitely looking forward to seeing how Coco and Qifrey's relationship will develop, especially since everything that happened was a result of Coco peeking on Qifrey's work. Now is the time for episode two! Here my screenshot albums from the episode: * Coco * Group scenes * Qifrey * Backgrounds & Others *EDIT. I added my screenshot albums.*

The animation is beautiful and the witch guy is already quite charming. I love the studio ghibli vibes. But I must be one of those boring adults Peter Pan hates bc I don't think I'm the target demographic. I feel too old and jaded for the wish fulfillment element of her luckily finding out she can be a witch by chance. I could totally see kids loving that. I would've loved it as a kid, but adult me kinda wish she had stayed non-magical, assisted him, and realized her own kind of magic, which might be cheesy in its own way I guess 😅 And also I once again thought damnnn kids are dumb because when she created this whole mess I was like ugh GIRL WHY?! Also after he TOLD HER no one should peek then did nothing to ensure no one would see and trusted in a girl who's clearly obsessed with magic to not peek... This whole thing could've been so avoidable (yes my boring adult side is coming out again in crisis prevention mode lol). Also also it might be just me but I wouldn't assume "oh he's not using a wand but writing with a pen so that must be how magic happens!" I'd be like, "oh he's writing a spell to charm the carriage piece." So do witches normally wave wands in public??? Or are they writing really fast in the air or something? Might try the second episode for the beautiful animation and see how it develops though!

Man, that escalated quickly. Not surprised (esp after triggering a death flag) Coco's mom somehow had to go (or be cryogenically put to sleep) if Coco's gonna be able to follow her dreams, but not in such a *kitten's curiosity killed mama cat* kinda tragic way. Well, at least there's still hope. Just a bit of something to raise the stakes--now Coco not only has to become a witch for herself, but she NEEDS to for her mother's sake.

Witch Hat 1: Quite strong, quite strong indeed. Very consistant animation and art and great sakuga.Can they keep up the production? Idk, but if they do then damn. It's not perfect where every single scene is polished to perfection but its pretty darn close in this episode 1. I doubt this quality level will continue considering the studio and the behind the scenes from what i've heard, but as long as it stays at a high level then we have a great show ahead of us. Storywise its pretty basic so far in terms of plot and characters. The set up and type of MC has been done before, but maybe there will be some twist to it or interesting developments.

As fantastic as this is, one thing stuck out to me as pretty heavy handed was how they separated Coco from her mother. The moment she said she won't leave her mom, it was just a question of how will the story get rid of the mother. Now mother is out of the picture, and the story can actually progress. It felt a bit rushed. I like the setup overall, it's a very cool premise, it just felt a bit obvious.

Imma be honest. So far its been mid. Anime only watcher. The pacing on the first episode is ok (a bit too fast imho, could do that in 2 or 3 episodes), but the exposition dump is a bit annoying; The mother feels like an NPC: if coco actually cares about her and goes thru some PTSD trauma arc it ll be fine i guess, if she starts laughing like a child in the next few episodes this series ll never be more than mid IMO; The witch guy is a tad suspicious: too much focus on him asking which spell she casted.

I decided to check it out because of the simuldub and what a premiere that was. The production values are crazy. Writing being so essential to the magic system is so creative. It allows Coco to be introduced without having some Chosen One. The trauma that she lost her only family member and only home she's ever known to her doing albeit unintentionally is probably going to haunt her for a long time. I'm not usually one that's into fantasy shows, but I'm definitely picking this up.

Bug Films made it worth the wait. Coco is irresistibly cute and endearing and they deliver on showcasing magic as something wonderful, fantastical, and horrifying. In any world there are those with exceptional talent, those who were born to stand above all others, and that's equally as true in a world of magic and wonder, a world where Witches exist. And it's in this world that young Coco (Rena Motomura!) lives and adores magic with every fiber of her being. Even if she can't use it herself, she loves every bit of magic she sees, even as she makes her daily life with her mother as a tailor/fabric seller. And it is there that she has a fateful encounter with legit witch Qifrey (Natsuki Hanae). Coco's love for magic began as in a storybook, with an encounter of a mysterious masked individual (Mitsuki Saiga!) who showed her a book and even threw in a free wand to boot! Even if that, at the time, didn't seem to make Coco a witch and the wonder didn't last against reality. Boys will be boys, even if it means breaking the wheel of a Pegasus Carriage, but thankfully Qifrey is there to help set it right. Of course his first mistake was making the lookout for his work be a girl who would absolute wants to see how the magic happens...literally. And then she sees the truth of how this magic system works: spells as scripture that can be drawn by ANYONE! So what Coco has is not a "wand" in the traditional sense, but a pen with ink that she can draw spells with. And the moment she finally does she's bouncing all around her room in glee and drawing every single spell she can! Qifrey's mom lost her father to illness and she doesn't want to lose Coco to magic either...so it's a good thing Coco has no intention of leaving her mother! I'm sure nothing will happen that will separate the two of them for the foreseeable future. Why should Coco have not had this book? Because it's a book with a forbidden spell that, ignorant of what she was dealing with, Coco drew and cast all around her house. She's narrowly saved by Qifrey jumping in and escaping with her...but her home, her mother, become encased in crystal, and she can only watch on in absolute horror. Qifrey's lost her mother, she's lost the thing most precious to her, and as she's learned the truth about magic it seems she must lose her memories too...but she still remembers what she saw in the spellbook, she's a connection to the masked figure, and as such she has a use to Qifrey. So with that in mind: she must become a witch. And thus begins Witch Hat Atelier and Coco's story.

Out with Frieren, in with the other grand top tier magical fantasy saga. And an adaptation with just as ripe anticipation to see at that. Go Team Magical Stuff!!! What are *you* looking at, deer? Well that back alley witch in a mask looked sus as heck. (Un)luckily Coco was too much of a starry eyed kid at the time to notice. There it is, the hat for all seasons. Imagine, if Coco's mom had invested in clothespins to keep their laundry in place on the line this whole grand and tragic saga might not've happened. There is no coincidence, only Hitsuzen. Well that was an adorably well animated sequence of Coco gushing about having used magic. Somehow I get the feeling that Dr. Strange's bit about "Really should've read the whole book first, for some reason the warnings come *after* the spells" doesn't apply here. The magic flying Stomper shoes bit was well animated. Oh jeez, it's Final Fantasy 13 all over again.

This is the hype one for me this season. I had considered reading the manga before, but never got around to it. The animation is absolutely gorgeous, and I love the pop-up book effects. When Coco free-handed that straight line, my immediate thought was she'd be perfect in FMA; very funny that that's how this magic actually works too It really strains credulity though that people aren't constantly discovering this "secret" if all it takes it copying the sigil that's on every enchanted item. It better also require the special ink to make it active or something

You could say part of it is entirely Coco's fault for peeking at Qifrey. But let's suppose she was a good girl and didn't peek. There is always a chance she might decide to copy drawings from the book that she bought with her own money and use the ink that came with the book. After all, they just look like pictures and some kids like to draw. She had no way of knowing she bought a metaphorical bomb. The only thing that makes it unlikely is that the ball that comes with the fountain pen is a *terrible design* and Coco's fairly likely to spill the ink before she can use it if she experimented with the book on her own as opposed to knowing from the start magic involved seals. Great pretty animation. As an anime-only, this is the strongest part of the anime to me. Coco seems like a fun girl, but the plot itself is... not bad but nothing that quickly draws me in. That said I think only 1 out of 30 anime I ultimately enjoy I feel a huge draw early on, so "It doesn't seem awe inspiring but I'm enjoying it" for an early impression is a good sign. The name of the anime is puzzling to me, like what's so special about the hat? Is Coco going to get a sentient hat? I hope I'm wrong, but I bet Coco won't be able to shut up about magic. First of all, she's a little kid and we all know how excitable those are about things they love. Also in anime, how often do secrets that are the premise of the entire setting stay secret? OK, in Harry Potter they kind of do, but think about anime. I realllly hope I'm wrong about this one.

My God, Coco is just so sweet and precious. I thought we were in for more episodes of her just learning about magic while living peacefully with her mom. So imagine my surprise when THAT happened... Unfortunate situation but it works to show that magic can be helpful or horrifying depending on the user. Looking forward to where Coco goes from here. Hopefully she gets a chance to save her mom later on.

After hearing so much about the manga I was automatically hyped for the show. And the episode lived up to it. The animation is stunning,it just is. The way Coco's mom's eyes shine and move and the whole final act of episode, it was just color after color and beautiful. As for the magic system, I'm so interested. I love Hard magic systems with defined rules and whatever we've learned so far indicates that this system has lots of room to maneuver while still being well defined within rules, Quifrey, drawing 2 halves of a seal on 2 soles and joining them for flight is such a fun idea and visual. Coco is gonna go crazy in this magic system 😂😂. Coming to story early questions about the vendor casually selling A dark art book alongside magical ink to anyone raises so many questions. Im seated and excited

As a manga reader I am beyond pleased. Absolutely gorgeous! Especially Qifrey going in for the rescue. I appreciate the big magical system reveal, spells are drawn, and then more hints on the mechanics how the magical system works as Coco also has no idea what is happening. Coco's reaction to the spell and her Mom was very heart breaking and I like that Qifrey did lose his grip/she broke loose as it helps keep Qifrey feeling human, he is not super strong, he just draws spells. It threw me off when the opening narration talked about astronauts and I had to pause and check I was on the right anime lol. I will also try to remember how to pronounce Qifrey and the other names to come Memory erasing also makes me think of Doctor Who, a useful trick to keep a secret but also causes its own problems

That's just what *they* **want** you to think! Suspicious. It'd be funny if it turns out he was just doing regular repair work in there, like with hammers and nails What a masterpiece That's how it starts, kid. Soon you'll be up all night trying to ~~make a magic circle for flying like a bird~~ **write a self-playing solitaire game in Pascal** Well. That could've gone better Holy wall-to-wall sakuga, Batman!

It is just as beautiful as I hope it would be. They did a fantastic job with the first episode. I really hope this anime blows up to the level I have hopes it would because the manga is fantastic and to me it has a lot potential for mainstream appeal. Also surprised we got 2 episodes at once on release. Always felt the contents of chapter 1 were great enough to convince anyone to check out the series and made a great point for people to be excited and wait a week to continue seeing what happens.

So magic items have runes drawn on them. When the runes are damaged, the item stops functioning. A witch repairs the runes, and the item works again. Given this, how can "magic is drawn” be a secret? I mean, people might not realise that it is the ink itself that is magical, instead believing the runes require activation through a spell, or that they only function when drawn by a born witch. But surely the fact that drawn runes, in some way, make somehting magical should be impossible to conceal. (And even the ink part would be pretty much impossible to conceal; there would be leaks and it's too easy to think of).