Witch Hat Atelier

Witch Hat Atelier (Japanese: とんがり帽子のアトリエ, Hepburn: Tongari Bōshi no Atorie) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kamome Shirahama. It has been serialized in Kodansha's Monthly Morning Two magazine since July 2016.

Witch Hat Atelier
Volume 1 tankōbon cover
とんがり帽子のアトリエ
(Tongari Bōshi no Atorie)
GenreFantasy[1]
Manga
Written byKamome Shirahama
Published byKodansha
English publisher
MagazineMonthly Morning Two
DemographicSeinen
Original runJuly 22, 2016 – present
Volumes7
Manga
Witch Hat Kitchen
Written byHiromi Satō
Published byKodansha
MagazineMonthly Morning Two
DemographicSeinen
Original runNovember 22, 2019 – present
Volumes1

Plot

Coco is a kind and daydreaming daughter of a dressmaker who aspires to become a witch; however due the fact that only innate magical users can practice and use magic, she has to give up on her dream. One day she meets a Wizard named Qifrey and after she witnesses how he uses magic (by drawing magical runes and using magical ink), Coco accidentally casts a spell that turns her mother to stone.

As Coco does not know which magic spell she cast and Qifrey is tracking a mysterious coven that could be behind the incident, he takes Coco as his apprentice in order to undo the spell and allow her to fulfill her dream.

Publication

Written and illustrated by Kamome Shirahama, Witch Hat Atelier started in Kodansha's Monthly Morning Two on July 22, 2016.[2] Kodansha has compiled its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was published on January 23, 2017.[3] As of May 22, 2020, seven volumes have been published.[4]

In North America, Kodansha USA announced the acquisition of the series in July 2018.[5] The first volume was published on April 9, 2019.[6]

A spin-off series titled Witch Hat Kitchen (とんがり帽子のキッチン, Tongari Bōshi no Kitchin), written and illustrated by Hiromi Satō, began in Monthly Morning Two on November 22, 2019.[7] The first tankōbon volume was published on May 22, 2020.[8]

Volume list
No.Japanese release dateJapanese ISBNEnglish release dateEnglish ISBN
1 January 23, 2017[3]978-4-06-388690-0April 9, 2019[6]978-1-63236-770-9
2 August 23, 2017[9][10]978-4-06-510138-4 (normal edition)
ISBN 978-4-06-510203-9 (limited edition)		June 25, 2019[11]978-1-63236-804-1
3 February 23, 2018[12][13]978-4-06-510930-4 (normal edition)
ISBN 978-4-06-510894-9 (limited edition)		August 27, 2019[14]978-1-63236-805-8
4 September 21, 2018[15][16]978-4-06-512681-3 (normal edition)
ISBN 978-4-06-511766-8 (limited edition)		November 12, 2019[17]978-1-63236-860-7
5 May 23, 2019[18][19]978-4-06-515597-4 (normal edition)
ISBN 978-4-06-515598-1 (limited edition)		March 17, 2020[20]978-1-63236-929-1
6 November 21, 2019[21][22]978-4-06-517778-5 (normal edition)
ISBN 978-4-06-517909-3 (limited edition)		September 15, 2020[23]978-1-64651-010-8
7 May 22, 2020[4][24]978-4-06-519266-5 (normal edition)
ISBN 978-4-06-520266-1 (limited edition)		December 29, 2020[25]978-1-64651-078-8

Reception

As of July 2018, the first three volumes of the manga had over 700,000 copies in circulation.[26] As of September 2018, the first four volumes had over 1 million copies in circulation.[27]

The series ranked 6th on a list of the top manga of 2018 for male readers put together by Kono Manga ga Sugoi!.[28] The manga was nominated for the 11th Manga Taishō awards in 2018.[29] The manga was nominated for the 42nd and 44th Kodansha Manga Award in the General category in 2018 and 2020 respectively.[30][31]

It was picked as a nominee for "Best Youth Comic" in the Angoulême International Comics Festival held in 2019.[32] In 2020, it was one of manga titles that ranked on the "Top 10 Graphic Novels for Teens" by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) of the American Library Association.[33] Along with Taiyō Matsumoto's Cats of the Louvre, the series won the 2020 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material in the Asia category for Kodansha USA's English release.[34]

Rebecca Silverman of Anime News Network ranked the first two volumes as a "A-". Silverman praised the series for its world, story, characters and artwork, and concluded: "this is one tale you don't want to miss".[35] Writing for Barnes & Noble, Kelly Chiu listed the series on her list of "The Perfect Manga Matches for 10 Studio Ghibli Movies", and recommended the series to fans of Studio Ghibli's Spirited Away.[36]

References
  1. "Witch Hat Atelier - The Spring 2019 Manga Guide". Anime News Network. May 29, 2019. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  2. TAGROの新作は江戸に生きる女武芸者の婿取り、白浜鴎もモーツーで新連載. Natalie (in Japanese). July 22, 2016. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  3. とんがり帽子のアトリエ（１） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
  4. とんがり帽子のアトリエ（７） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  5. Sherman, Jennifer; Pineda, Rafael Antonio (July 7, 2018). "Kodansha USA Adds The Seven Deadly Sins: Seven Days, Love in Focus, Witch Hat Atelier Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  6. "Witch Hat Atelier 1". Penguin Random House. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  7. 魔法を使って夜食を楽しむ「とんがり帽子」スピンオフ始動、「ALL OUT!!」は完結. Natalie (in Japanese). November 22, 2019. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  8. とんがり帽子のキッチン（１） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
  9. とんがり帽子のアトリエ（２） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  10. とんがり帽子のアトリエ（２）特装版 (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  11. "Witch Hat Atelier 2". Penguin Random House. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  12. とんがり帽子のアトリエ（３） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  13. とんがり帽子のアトリエ（３）限定版 (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  14. "Witch Hat Atelier 3". Penguin Random House. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  15. とんがり帽子のアトリエ（４） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  16. とんがり帽子のアトリエ（４）限定版 (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  17. "Witch Hat Atelier 4". Penguin Random House. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  18. とんがり帽子のアトリエ（５） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  19. とんがり帽子のアトリエ（５）限定版 (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  20. "Witch Hat Atelier 5". Penguin Random House. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  21. とんがり帽子のアトリエ（６） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  22. とんがり帽子のアトリエ（６）限定版 (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  23. "Witch Hat Atelier 6". Penguin Random House. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  24. とんがり帽子のアトリエ（７）限定版 (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  25. "Witch Hat Atelier 7". Penguin Random House. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  26. Hodgkins, Crystalyn (September 1, 2018). "Roundup of Newly Revealed Print Counts for Manga, Light Novel Series (July-August)". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  27. Hodgkins, Crystalyn (September 29, 2018). "Roundup of Newly Revealed Print Counts for Manga, Light Novel Series (September) - Updated". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  28. Hodgkins, Crystalyn (December 8, 2017). "Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Reveals 2018's Series Ranking for Male Readers". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  29. Pineda, Rafael Antonio (January 22, 2018). "11th Manga Taisho Awards Nominates 12 Titles". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  30. Pineda, Rafael Antonio (April 5, 2018). "42nd Annual Kodansha Manga Awards' Nominees Announced". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  31. Pineda, Rafael Antonio (April 2, 2020). "44th Annual Kodansha Manga Awards' Nominees Announced". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  32. Hodgkins, Crystalyn (January 3, 2019). "7 Manga Nominated for Angoulême's Top Prize". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  33. Hodgkins, Crystalyn (January 4, 2020). "Witch Hat Atelier Manga Ranks in YALSA's Top 10 Graphic Novels for Teens". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  34. Hodgkins, Crystalyn (July 24, 2020). "Cats of the Louvre, Witch Hat Atelier, Way of the Househusband Win Eisner Awards". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
  35. Silverman, Rebecca (June 26, 2020). "Witch Hat Atelier GN 1 & 2 - Review". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  36. Chiu, Kelly (August 24, 2018). "The Perfect Manga Matches for 10 Studio Ghibli Movies". Barnes & Noble. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
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