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Witch Hat Atelier Anime Reveals 3rd Ending Theme Song

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Nakamura Hak performs "Hikari" as 3rd ending


The staff for the television anime of Kamome Shirahama's Witch Hat Atelier manga announced on Tuesday that Nakamura Hak performs the third ending theme song for the anime titled "Hikari" (Light). This is in addition to Hak's first ending theme song for the anime "Tada Utsukushii Noroi" (Just a Beautiful Curse), and the second ending theme song, "Yoru ni Ukabu" (Float in the Night), which appears in episodes 3 and 5 of the currently airing anime.

Shirahama also drew an illustration (seen below) for the single release of "Tada Utsukushii Noroi," which will ship on June 10.

Hak's YouTube channel posted a video of the TV edit version of "Tada Utsukushii Noroi" last week, using footage from the anime, and also posted a similar video of the TV edit version of "Yoru ni Ukabu" on Tuesday.


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Image via Witch Hat Atelier anime's website
The manga's story centers on Coco, a girl who lives in a little village, and who has always dreamed of becoming a wizard. But being born without magical aptitude meant that she could never become a wizard, and could never hope to witness magic's spark. She gave up on her dream. But one day, a traveling wizard named Qifrey came to her village, and she happened to see him performing magic.

Ayumu Watanabe (Ace Attorney, Doraemon films) is directing the anime at BUG FILMS. Hiroaki Kojima (animation producer for Komi Can't Communicate) is producing. Kairi Unabara (Pokémon Evolutions) is designing the characters and is also serving as chief animation director. Yuka Kitamura (Elden Ring) is composing the music.

Additional staff members include:

Eve and suis perform the opening theme song "Kaze no Anthem feat. suis from yorushika" (Anthem of Wind).

The anime premiered on April 6 on Tokyo MX and on other channels. Crunchyroll is streaming the anime as it airs, along with an English dub.

Shirahama launched the manga in Kodansha's Morning two magazine in July 2016. Kodansha published the manga's 16th compiled book volume on April 23. Kodansha USA Publishing began releasing the series in English in April 2019.

The series was nominated for the Best Comic award at Angoulême International Comics Festival in January 2019. The manga was also nominated for the 11th Manga Taisho awards in 2018. The series ranked in the top 10 on the list of the best manga for male readers in the 2018 edition of Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! (This Manga Is Amazing!) guidebook. The manga ranked on American Library Association's (ALA's) Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) Top Ten Great Graphic Novels for Teens list in 2020. The series won Best Manga at the Harvey Awards in October 2020, and also won the award in 2025.

The manga has 7 million copies in circulation worldwide.

Sources: Kamome Shirahama's X/Twitter account, Comic Natalie


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