Voice actress Kotono Mitsuishi is joining the voice cast of the upcoming Witch Hat Atelier TV anime series. The anime will premiere in Japan on April 6, 2026.
Mitsuishi will voice the witch character Alaira. She joins an anime main voice cast that stars:
- • Rena Motomura as Coco
- • Natsuki Hanae as Qifrey
- • Hibiku Yamamura as Agott
- • Kurumi Haruki as Tetia
- • Hika Tsukishiro as Richieu
- • Yuichi Nakamura as Olruggio
- • Misaki Kuno as a Brushbuddy
- • Mitsuru Saiga as Iguin
Ayumu Watanabe (Summer Time Rendering, Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko, Children of the Sea) is directing the anime series, with Kairi Unabara (Magical Girl holoWitches! main trailer co-character designer, The Invisible Man and His Soon-to-Be Wife) as character designer, Jun Shinohara (Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead Episode 3 and 12 storyboard artist and director) as assistant director, Hiroshi Seko (Jujutsu Kaisen) as series composer, Ryota Goto as background art director, Naomi Nakano (Chainsaw Man) as color designer, Tadashi Kitaoka (Love Live! Superstar!!) as composting director, and Yuka Kitamura (Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice composer, Elden Ring and Dark Souls 3 co-composer) as music composer. BUG FILMS is in charge of the animation production.
The fantasy manga series by Kamome Shirahama was first serialized in Kodansha’s Monthly Morning Two magazine on July 22, 2016 and has released 15 tankobon volumes as of November 2025. A 16th volume will be published in Japan on April 23, 2026. Kodansha USA releases the manga in English and was named “Best Manga” at the 37th Harvey Awards.
A spin-off manga by Hiromi Sato titled Witch Hat Atelier Kitchen debuted in 2019 and is also released in English by Kodansha USA.
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Kodansha USA describes the main synopsis of the Witch Hat Atelier manga as:
In a world where everyone takes wonders like magic spells and dragons for granted, Coco is a girl with a simple dream: she wants to be a witch. But everybody knows magicians are born, not made, and Coco was not born with a gift for magic. Resigned to her un-magical life, Coco is about to give up on her dream to become a witch … until the day she meets Qifrey, a mysterious, traveling magician. After secretly seeing Qifrey perform magic in a way she’s never seen before, Coco soon learns what everybody “knows” might not be the truth, and discovers that her magical dream may not be as far away as it may seem…
Sources: Witch Hat Atelier Official Twitter, Official Anime Website, Anime News Network
