Witch Hat Atelier
The broadcasting for TV Anime "Witch Hat Atelier" (Tongari Boushi no Atelier) by Studio BUG FILMS will be DELAYED TO 2026, due to production issues. Source: https://x.com/SugoiLITE/status/1940214910962819452 |
| HACKs! 🤢🤮 |
| nothing surprising |
| Sadly expected. You woulda thought the Zom 100 nightmare would’ve been enough of a wake up call. At least this time they’re delaying it before releasing it in a terrible state. Assuming they actually properly finish it after this delay. |
| It looks like Witch Hat Atelier will be this generations Berserk. The manga will be the definitive means of experiencing it, because all the attempts at adapting it will have failed. |
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| Noooo 😭 but I guess it’s for the best. If they need another year, I’m sure it’ll meet our expectations. Well, I hope it does. The manga’s amazing. |
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| I’m a bit disappointed, but I don’t mind waiting longer. |
| I want to fucking die, but I guess it's better than being ruined by subpar production |
| What exactly is this studio doing wrong to have production issues since Day 1? I haven't read anything about the production of Zom 100. Are the known issues from back then actually unfixable problems? How do we know there won't still be problems, even with the delay? |
| Rather wait a little longer than get a product the studio isn't happy with. Not a huge issue this summer and fall are already looking packed anyways |
| Better to have production issues now than while it’s still airing. I’ve always said that Zom 100’s issues were mostly the constant delays, but the animation quality was still mostly fine throughout. Hopefully this doesn’t end up being like uzumaki. |
| When the trailer dropped and I saw Bug Films as studio, I knew this would happen. People were glazing Bug Films in MAL forums that the trailer was not preanimated and what not and in Reddit (They downvoted me to oblivion for saying that Bug Films is shit) I hope with the delay they can at least put out decent anime. Now the question is when in 2026 will this come out. Guessing, we have to wait for official news. |
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perseii said: What exactly is this studio doing wrong to have production issues since Day 1? I haven't read anything about the production of Zom 100. Are the known issues from back then actually unfixable problems? How do we know there won't still be problems, even with the delay? animation industry is understaffed for the demand right now. When a project is expected to be of high quality, it requires talented people to be involved. But since there is a demand for a lot of high quality projects, the talented people are not readily available. This is not limited to Bug films, but anime industry in general. This would mean either go with half baked quality or overwork your existing employees with less pay. Bug films, iirc, mocked this system in the 1st episode of Zom100. So, now if they do the exact thing which they mocked others for doing, it will mean they hold double standards. |
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perseii said:
What exactly is this studio doing wrong to have production issues since Day 1?
I haven't read anything about the production of Zom 100. Are the known issues from back then actually unfixable problems?
How do we know there won't still be problems, even with the delay?
What exactly is this studio doing wrong to have production issues since Day 1?
I haven't read anything about the production of Zom 100. Are the known issues from back then actually unfixable problems?
How do we know there won't still be problems, even with the delay?
animation industry is understaffed for the demand right now. When a project is expected to be of high quality, it requires talented people to be involved. But since there is a demand for a lot of high quality projects, the talented people are not readily available. This is not limited to Bug films, but anime industry in general.
This would mean either go with half baked quality or overwork your existing employees with less pay. Bug films, iirc, mocked this system in the 1st episode of Zom100. So, now if they do the exact thing which they mocked others for doing, it will mean they hold double standards.
V1P3R0P said: the talented people are not readily available. This is not limited to Bug films, but anime industry in general. I understand that, but at the same time there are lots of studios that deliver shows on schedule at a good quality. I was curious why Bug Films specifically keeps having problems. Maybe they're pretty normal but just drew way too much attention? Your explanation that they're delaying to avoid overworking makes sense, but has this actually been reported or rumored? Or is that an educated guess? |
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perseii said:
What exactly is this studio doing wrong to have production issues since Day 1?
I haven't read anything about the production of Zom 100. Are the known issues from back then actually unfixable problems?
How do we know there won't still be problems, even with the delay?
What exactly is this studio doing wrong to have production issues since Day 1?
I haven't read anything about the production of Zom 100. Are the known issues from back then actually unfixable problems?
How do we know there won't still be problems, even with the delay?
animation industry is understaffed for the demand right now. When a project is expected to be of high quality, it requires talented people to be involved. But since there is a demand for a lot of high quality projects, the talented people are not readily available. This is not limited to Bug films, but anime industry in general.
This would mean either go with half baked quality or overwork your existing employees with less pay. Bug films, iirc, mocked this system in the 1st episode of Zom100. So, now if they do the exact thing which they mocked others for doing, it will mean they hold double standards.
| @V1P3R0P The fact they're delaying it means they're giving their staff enough time to get it done. I think the way you described the issues in the anime industry is pretty funny because it's basically all the producers tugging against each other on the rope trying to get talented staff and studio's that are already overbooked and have a packed schedule. |
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It looks like Witch Hat Atelier will be this generations Berserk. The manga will be the definitive means of experiencing it, because all the attempts at adapting it will have failed.
Clovis said: Incredibly overdramatic response. Maybe just wait until it comes out before posting this.It looks like Witch Hat Atelier will be this generations Berserk. The manga will be the definitive means of experiencing it, because all the attempts at adapting it will have failed. perseii said: Sunrise is on record saying that Hathaway's Flash was delayed due to staffing problems. Other show I have known, that have been delayed and done well are works like 86. So there is A1 and Sunrise. It's probably more of an issue in the industry then is probably publicly known. I won't be shocked if we start hearing more works getting delayed due to staffing issues. I understand that, but at the same time there are lots of studios that deliver shows on schedule at a good quality. I was curious why Bug Films specifically keeps having problems. Maybe they're pretty normal but just drew way too much attention? |
| Hiroaki Kojima is simultaneously the biggest strength and biggest problem with Bugfilms as a studio...or, to be more precise, his approach to how he manages his own shows. Simply put, he takes the "put all your eggs in one basket" saying and goes full force with it. Both Komi-san and Summertime Render, the last two shows he produced before leaving OLM for good, had a large chunk of episodes fully outsourced and sacrificied for the sake of producing individual ambitious ones, thus resulting in pretty inconsistent projects, specially the second season of Komi. For Zom100, Kojima attempted the same approach, while claiming he wants to keep most of the production in-house... Which is impossible when he and the director Kazuki Kawagoe make a spectacular first episode that they can't realistically follow up on, leading the show to require help from SHAFT starting from the 3rd episode, and the show to get delayed multiple times. |
MewsicMagic said: @V1P3R0P The fact they're delaying it means they're giving their staff enough time to get it done. I think the way you described the issues in the anime industry is pretty funny because it's basically all the producers tugging against each other on the rope trying to get talented staff and studio's that are already overbooked and have a packed schedule. Yeah, I too find it poetic!! Many people dont wanna join this industry as a career, even with the skills due to the pay being atrociously low. The few that do, get overworked af, they sometimes cant get a good night's sleep..... Forget freelancers fromJapan, the industry now freelances many cuts and scenes from overseas artists like from China, Russia, Korea, etc... and there's still shortage of hands. And also, like many people before and after my initial comment mentioned, the producer responsible for this show is notorious for bad management. So, it kinda looks like this delay is on the studio. But yeah, Industry is all choatic man!!! Hopefully we see some reformation soon that'll change the view on this industry and open up more opportunities for the enthusiastic talents out there. |
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MewsicMagic said:
@V1P3R0P The fact they're delaying it means they're giving their staff enough time to get it done. I think the way you described the issues in the anime industry is pretty funny because it's basically all the producers tugging against each other on the rope trying to get talented staff and studio's that are already overbooked and have a packed schedule.
@V1P3R0P The fact they're delaying it means they're giving their staff enough time to get it done. I think the way you described the issues in the anime industry is pretty funny because it's basically all the producers tugging against each other on the rope trying to get talented staff and studio's that are already overbooked and have a packed schedule.
Yeah, I too find it poetic!! Many people dont wanna join this industry as a career, even with the skills due to the pay being atrociously low. The few that do, get overworked af, they sometimes cant get a good night's sleep..... Forget freelancers fromJapan, the industry now freelances many cuts and scenes from overseas artists like from China, Russia, Korea, etc... and there's still shortage of hands.
And also, like many people before and after my initial comment mentioned, the producer responsible for this show is notorious for bad management. So, it kinda looks like this delay is on the studio. But yeah, Industry is all choatic man!!! Hopefully we see some reformation soon that'll change the view on this industry and open up more opportunities for the enthusiastic talents out there.
| @V1P3R0P The overwork and pay definitely varies a lot from job to job but yeah in general it’s pretty bad compared to most other places. The thing that really bugs me about the lack of hands to work on things is the issues it can cause in adaptions. Often times the studios will already be booked with other work and so a project takes 3-4 years to release or more just because all the staff are working on other things at the time. Other times staff and studio gets switched to get a release faster which may or may not be a good thing. I can only imagine the amount of adaptions or projects that want to get say UFO Table or Kyoto Animation to do them but can’t because of how limited their production capacity is and how desired their quality of work is. Same thing with directors, cause not having good direction can easily crumble any production regardless of studio yknow? Management and production is tough work for sure but it’s definitely not an impossible to solve problem. I don’t know how much work it took studio ghibli to make movies like Totoro, Spirited Away, etc, but it was likely a lot more compared to these days because they did all that the “old fashioned” way of animating. They made a movie once every 2-4 years or so which more than anything I think just goes to show how talented they all were to be able to make such well done productions so quickly and efficiently. I’m of the opinion that it would be better to start doing what Kyoto Animation has done for years, which is to hire talented staff and do the production pretty much entirely in house. When you’ve got a talented team of people who have already worked together for years and know each other they can tend to work much faster and more importantly much more efficiently than when half of it is getting outsourced all over. I mean UFO Table’s info page says pretty much exactly that because their quality isn’t due to a large budget but rather a unusually high portion of the production being done in house or “at the studio”. I think the problem is likely “self inflicted” to be honest, as most animators want to move jobs constantly as the pay isn’t so great most places and I’m sure they’d gladly switch jobs when they get an offer for better pay somewhere else. |
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I would have preferred that Studio Ghibli had taken this anime, the work looks a lot like the films they produced, I'm sure they would have done an impeccable job and the art of this anime would be as beautiful as that of its manga and the films they produced.
Tomguinho said: I would have preferred that Studio Ghibli had taken this anime They don’t adapt long running series and only animate movies. |
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| What a huge disappointment even though this was very much expected. I just hope they actually give us finished and polished work as a result but I feel I can't keep my hopes high at this point. I'm starting to belive that cancelling the whole show just so it doesn't tarnish the reputation of the original work is going to be what's best for this series. The manga already is very hard to adapt with its panel work and art style and this studio picking up the work instead of something like WIT (especially referencing them purely because of the animation work in Totsukuni no Shoujo - Although the story was not well executed at all) is such a disappointment. All my hopes from the trailer are coming crashing down. |
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