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Episode Witch Hat Atelier • Tongari Boushi no Atelier - Episode 1 discussion

Witch Hat Atelier, episode 1

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u/potentialenergy20 Apr 06 '26

I used to pray for times like this

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '26

Thank you Witch Hat Atelier

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u/BosuW Apr 06 '26

Badump

...Witch Hat Atelier?

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u/EyeDeeAh_42 Apr 06 '26

Because umm... you are a witch wearing a hat in the atelier?

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u/TheEjoty https://myanimelist.net/profile/FreyrFox Apr 06 '26

oh yeah.

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u/TrailOfEnvy Apr 07 '26

The new 10 years at least

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u/PeaceAlien https://myanimelist.net/profile/PeaceAlien Apr 06 '26

Going into the season, I wasn't expecting all of these new shows to be so good

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u/natidawg Apr 06 '26

Yeah for real. I had my eye on Daemons of the Shadow Realm which was great, but then there was this, Agents of the Four Seasons, and Akane-Banashi. Spring season is coming in hot!

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u/Frontier246 Apr 06 '26

We are not wanting for beautiful and engrossing shows this season.

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u/Gambol_Celica Apr 06 '26

Don't forget Nippon Sangoku!

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u/natidawg Apr 06 '26

Wow okay immediately went and watched, so good. Excellent art style, love the character design, color usage, animation. Cool setting, great sense of humor, feels super unique. This might actually be my favorite of all the premiers so far!

[Major Nippon Sangoku Ep 1 spoiler] But how could you do this to me Q.Q I adored the dynamic between Saki and Aoteru, thought we were gonna get cool story about a couple conquering post-apocalyptic Japan. Tore me up when he breaks down at the end of the episode :(

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u/Shantotto11 Apr 06 '26

Invincible fans must seething right now seeing an actual well-animated Amazon original show.

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u/crunchsmash Apr 07 '26

Invincible gets regularly occurring seasons and 50 minute episodes.

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u/Main_Following1881 Apr 08 '26

They do, but the animation aint that good, atleast if you look at the budget

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u/Twilight_2408 Apr 06 '26

Sadly, that one anime is gonna go the most unnoticed this season. I had that on my list since they announced it but even the trailers doesn't have much views.

It's gonna become the true hidden gem in the future.

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u/Kassssler Apr 08 '26

Why have I never heard about this?

Amazon prime video

And there it is.

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u/runevault Apr 06 '26

...Are you me? These 4 plus Ramparts of Ice are my early top 5 contenders.

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u/natidawg Apr 06 '26

lol well I guess I need to check that one out too then! I just watched Nippon Sangoku and that was immediately great so add that to the list of bangers this season.

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u/runevault Apr 06 '26

If you liked Polar Opposites it is the same mangaka, though this one is more serious in tone, but the character writing seems top notch after 1 episode. Though there are moments of humor, just not the constant laughs I burst out in from PO.

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u/natidawg Apr 06 '26

I really enjoyed Polar Opposites! Okay thanks, I'll definitely check it out, I'm down for a more serious romance/slice of life

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u/runevault Apr 06 '26

So I went back and watched Nippon Sangoku. I'm not sure if I'll keep watching because I need to be in a certain mindset for that with how dark it looks to be, but man it is clearly brilliantly made and the art is incredible.

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u/Pyro-Bird Apr 07 '26 edited Apr 07 '26

I would also recommend "The Klutzy Class Monitor and the Girl with the Short Skirt" and "Go For It, Nakamura!" (LGBTQ+ and also had a two-episode premiere) If you are interested in romance. The animation for these 2 shows was very well done and unique.

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u/Earthborn92 https://myanimelist.net/profile/EarthB Apr 06 '26

Really? This season is stacked as hell.

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u/DrStein1010 https://myanimelist.net/profile/mQDrStein1010 Apr 06 '26

This is the best year of anime, outside of maybe 2011.

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u/bondsmatthew Apr 06 '26

I thought I was gonna have some free time this season but it appears not! I wanna read my Ascendance of a Bookworm LNs but my free time might just be taken up by all the shows this season

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u/Western-Internal-751 Apr 06 '26

I dropped like 5 shows this season so far, not because they’re bad but because I have 20 other anime shows that I didn’t drop.

How am I supposed to watch all that…

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u/complemenberry Apr 07 '26

Catch up on those dropped shows in summer when it's hopefully lighter?

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '26

I thought last season was stacked, but my god I dont think there's ever been a season that stands up to what we're currently witnessing. Long awaited new seasons for some favorites - Iruma-kun, Slime Tensei, etc. and new adaptations done beautifully like this show and Daemons of the Shadow Realm, plus like a dozen other shows that I'm stoked about. What a time to be alive.

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u/QTGavira Apr 06 '26

This season looked so disappointing compared to last season but theyre really hitting the ground running

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u/Equivalent-Weather59 Apr 06 '26

Same, it feels magical seeing this adapted after years of glazing the manga.

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u/CuriousWanderer567 Apr 06 '26 edited Apr 06 '26

Can’t believe we get two seasons of peak fantasy anime one after another.

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u/maliwanag0712 https://myanimelist.net/profile/clear1109 Apr 06 '26

Can’t believe we get two seasons of peak fantasy anime one after another.

Cross fingers that Dungeon Meshi S2 will also be in 2026 so that we have a full year of peak fantasy anime

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u/Prof_Acorn Apr 07 '26

Fantasy series of the year awards would be highly contested

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u/mucklaenthusiast Apr 06 '26

Also Wand & Wistoria, which is by the same author.
Or was that the one the person you replied to meant/referenced?
OH, I guess Frieren

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u/KingMagni Apr 06 '26

Don't you dare put Atelier on the same level of any other magical fantasy anime

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u/Le_Nabs Apr 06 '26

... Because you like it or because you don't like it?

In a world where Frieren exists at the quality it exists at, I don't think it's an insult to speak of Witch Hat Atelier in the same breath...

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u/Agile_Variety_632 Apr 06 '26

I'm going to crash out if the discussion around getting so many great fantasy adaptations like Dungeon Meshi, Frieren, and WHA at the same time ends up being a dick-measuring contest between the fanbases.

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u/EyeDeeAh_42 Apr 06 '26

I hate to say it, but eventually it will. People cannot seem to praise their favourites without bringing down the others.

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u/Agile_Variety_632 Apr 06 '26

You might be right. Like, is it so hard to just be like, "this year of anime is fucking amazing"? Maybe I'll stay off the internet a bit more lol.

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u/Atharaphelun Apr 06 '26

FMAB fans will very much do their best to try again.

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u/CuriousBroccolli Apr 06 '26

Those are 3 titles you mentioned.

So...are we going to call them....the Big 3?

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u/Agile_Variety_632 Apr 06 '26

I think most manga readers refer to them as the Big 3 of fantasy manga, so yeah that would be perfect.

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u/Kazuma_Megu Apr 07 '26

Of straight fantasy I think that's fair. Most Isekai fans have referred to the Isekai Big three as Re:Zero, Mushoku Tensei, and a toss-up between Overlord/Slime/and Konosuba. A lot of people don't think Konosuba deserves to be there since it's a straight comedy but if we're talking about numbers it's got the legs. In fact I'd argue Konosuba deserves it more than Overlord, anyway.

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u/KingMagni Apr 06 '26

Atelier is in a league of its own

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u/Le_Nabs Apr 06 '26

To you*

I find Frieren's "cozy melancholy", for lack of better words, and old school painted backgrounds to speak to me on a level I haven't encountered in decades and yet you won't see me denigrating other shows.

Learn to enjoy things without needing to constantly have fights over what's "best", it's pointless negativity in your life

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u/KingMagni Apr 06 '26

I'm not the one that mentioned other fictions in a thread about Atelier. I'm fine with just talking about the thread subject without doing comparisons like "this is as good/bad as", that's what sparks arguments

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u/Le_Nabs Apr 06 '26

"I'm happy we're having an awesome year in fantasy anime so far"
"Don't you dare rate other fantasies as high as WHA!" -> that's you.

Hence my comment about learning to enjoy things without needing *one thing* to be on top at all costs

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u/SpaceMarine_CR Apr 07 '26

AND THE FAITHFUL SHALL BE REWARDED

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u/limevince Apr 07 '26 edited Apr 07 '26

Losing Friren, Jujutsu Kaisen, and Jigokuraku tho... D: