Witch Hat Atelier Is Being Hailed because the Next Delicious in Dungeon After Its Anime Expo Debut

Crunchyroll just lately launched the primary trailer for an upcoming fantasy sequence known as Witch Hat Atelier at Anime Expo, which some anime followers are calling the subsequent huge fantasy anime after Delicious in Dungeon. The excessive reward it has been garnering isn’t simply based mostly on the very fact that it’s the newest non-isekai anime adaptation on the horizon; it additionally options music from veteran FromSoftware composer Yuka Kitamura, who labored on Elden Ring, Dark Souls, and different tasks.

Witch Hat Atelier, created by Kamome Shirahama, follows a younger woman named Coco who desires of changing into a witch. Her lofty dream proves to be just about unimaginable as a consequence of magic being saved from commoners like herself. That is till she discovers her she will be able to conjure spells by drawing symbols onto the pages of her childhood image. Unfortunately, Coco’s experimentations result in her by accident turning her mom and residential into stone utilizing forbidden magic. The remainder of the story sees her pursue magic underneath the tutelage of a strong witch named Qifrey to avoid wasting her mom.

Witch Hat Atelier is being tailored by Bug Films, the animation studio behind Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead, and it has the excellence of being composed by the aforementioned Kitamura. Kitamura’s involvement in Witch Hat Atelier is the primary main venture Kitamura has been part of since she left FromSoftware final 12 months to pursue freelance work.

“I’m happy to announce that I might be composing the music of anime Witch Hat Atelier,” Kitamura wrote on her official X/Twitter account. “I’m grateful and completely happy to have the ability to coloration the gorgeous world of this animation with my music. Please stay up for extra updates sooner or later!”

A significant a part of why followers are so hyped for Witch Hat Atelier is that it’s the newest venture within the style that isn’t simply one other run-of-the-mill isekai—a subgenre that’s shortly turn into the defacto storytelling framework for the style. Isekai sometimes follows a Mad Libs storyline the place a personality from the trendy age is whisked away right into a fantasy setting.

With the exception of exhibits like Konosuba, The Eminence in Shadow, Re: Zero, and Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation—which use the narrative gadget to both inform sidesplitting comedies or gritty dramas—the subgenre has turn into an oversaturated side of each passing anime season. A working example is every isekai’s title being a full sentence unto itself that basically spells out the present’s gimmick.

The added cherry on high of Witch Hat Atelier’s already top-heavy cake is the present’s spin on the new white-haired mentor character trope (à la Kakashi Hatake and Satoru Gojo in Naruto and Jujutsu Kaisen respectively) in Qifrey. All in all, It’s secure to say anime followers’ present fantasy renaissance exhibits no indicators of ceasing.

Witch Hat Atelier, then again, guarantees to be an thrilling departure from the anime fantasy development. In reality, anime followers are so positive of this that they’ve already categorized the anime as a member of the fantasy anime huge three alongside just lately launched exhibits like Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End and Delicious in Dungeon.

The buzz for Witch Hat Atelier is obvious whenever you evaluate its social media engagement with different established present reveals on Crunchyroll’s X/Twitter account. As of the time of writing, Witch Hat Atelier’s official trailer publish has amassed 17 thousand likes, eclipsing the social media engagement posts for the second season of Trigun Stampede, One Piece day, and the final film trilogy announcement for Demon Slayer. Elsewhere, Witch Hat Atelier official trailer publish on the r/Anime subreddit was one of the vital upvoted dialogue threads over Anime Expo weekend, edging out season 2 announcement fervor for each Solo Leveling Hero and The Apothhacary Diaries with over 2.6 thousand upvotes.

Witch Hat Atelier is slated to launch someday in 2025 on Crunchyroll.

Isaiah Colbert is a contract author for IGN. You can comply with them on Twitter @ShinEyeZehUhh.