The best thing about Witch Hat Atelier is the art style. The fantasy genre in anime is dominated by the same generic JRPG town designs and architecture, whereas WHA has an actual unique art style giving it its own identity.
Haven’t read the thing. It does look good, but I bet the author will have to spout some nonsense to cover some of the plot holes. Like how these people can’t pre-draw a spell to instant cast it then some villain just comes out and instant cast spells
Last time Gigguk said "keep an eye out for this fantasy manga" it was Freiren pre-anime announcement. Atelier's animation PV's just confirm it's got the budget and the care from the studio to deliver alongside its counterparts
Delicious in Dungeon has become SUPER popular in my house. My wife and my eldest have actually bonded over the show since they don't have a lot in common, but the anime is super approachable and is about cooking which is something they both love. We actually sit down as a family together to watch it. Can't wait for season 2.
glad to see some anime getting the mainstream attention. Most the anime in the last decade contain a lot of fanservices if not a little even for great shows. Anime folks usually disregard things like that but normal people are just repulsed by them. I just hope animes which ppl of all ages can collectively watch together just become more popular.
@@CairoShane No, normal people are not "repulsed" by them. Normal people are horny like every healthy person. Anime bullies gaslight you guys. Dungeon Meshi literally has nipples on screen.
Honesty I've kind of hated most fantasy anime/manga for this exact reason. I'm so glad we're entering a new era where world building is has gotten more important
On that note I do like greatest magic master retirement plant light novel for that. While at first glance plot might seem generic it isn't, anyways it's era is relative thou they use magic and world budling is really deep with that one. To the point that there are whole paragraphs dedicated for describing molecular level difference in how does two powerful freezing spells work, and that just about effect of spel. Magic system goes way deeper. Like there is talk that you know there was research and it turns out magic isn't stored anywhere within body and after some research it turns out that mages do unconsciously create separate dimensions in which they store mana and the tere is whole sub polot after like 14 volumes that all of trening with mana control was partially because with enough trening they can use this control to forceful take in more mana than is their natural limit expanding this dimension, but without enough control they would be able to adjust how much mana they can take potentially killing them.
@henry5122 Anime with great world building. Jobless Reincarnation / Mushoku Tensei. World just feels like a living breathing world. (Races, Different Languages, Cultures, traditions, World’s history, lore span thousands of year.) plus the small details like architecture and clothing. World not fully shown in anime because we are watching it in Protagonist POV. like when you play Elden Ring. Light novel was able to give full details.
One thing I love about Shirahama’s art style is that she has a history with tapestry and it clearly is shown throughout her paneling and artistry. It makes for a very unique style
Atelier: Ah-tell-E-eh - Source: Am Frenchie An atelier is basically a workshop. It's also translated as studio, but it's meant for the kind of studio where work gets done (like an art studio). Oh hey, look at that, a manga about drawing... And that's probably the distinction. Atelier are usually artisanal, a place where someone can go to seek skilled craftsmen who (presumably) are at the top of their game. They're basically non-existent in North America because we don't do bespoke stuff anymore, and everyone's focused on mass production (and then deciding that doing mass production locally is too expensive because people want to be paid fairly so we outsource to China or poor nations). It's mostly a European and Asian thing now, and even there the idea of a business doing bespoke stuff in one offs or small runs is hard to maintain. Atelier are also often places people would go for apprenticeships in that craft, with the master assigning work to apprentices so they could learn that craft (another reason they're all but non-existent in North America, for some reason an apprenticeship is perceived as inferior to a school degree, despite teaching practical skills). Anyway, I am looking forward to this anime. The manga was quite the thing to look at, but seeing it come to life will (hopefully) be a very interesting thing.
the art is so striking. it's not reminiscent of old manga. it's reminiscent of old art in books. like old fairy tales. Particularly the way the environments details are drawn and the sigils themselves. it's like seeing an old friend again that i didn't realise had moved away
Elves and mages are prevalent character archetypes in Western Fantasy, ideally speaking. It's simply that the world of Manga and Anime are starting to focus better on the Classic Western Fantasy and not just borrowing tropes from it randomly.
I learned about witch hat atelier about a year or two ago when the show called the owl house ended since the creator was inspired by this manga and ever since, every chapter of it I ever read has gotten me blown away wanting nothing else but to see more. Thanks for promoting such an incredible piece of art !
That's so cool. I was about to say the magic system is extremely reminiscent of TOH glyph system. So I was wondering if both got a similar inspiration for this system or if one inspired the other
Found Witch Hat Atelier due to my obsession with Alphonse Mucha and Art Nouveau. Can not overstate how beautiful this Manga is and I can't wait for it to get the recognition it deserves.
I love Alphonse Mucha's style! legit just wrote a paper about him. So few people know of him! It's great to see him getting proper appreciation! I'd never made the connection between his style and Witch Hat Atelier before but it now makes a lot more sense to me as to why I love the style of this manga so much!
I am also a huge Mucha fan. May I recommend the manga/webtoon "wait where the shooting star falls " another story about witches with beautiful artwork.
Another great thing about the magic system is how it thinks about the consequentes. A great scene is when olruggio makes a fire that doesn't hurt. The main caracters think it's a great idea, but Olruggio doesn't want to get it on the market, because then people might forget that fire can hurt. The entire magic system is like this were spells aren't used when it can create bad consequentes
I'm so glad that, in anime, epic fantasy stories actually FEEL like epic fantasy stories. The World is colorful, rich and vibrant, the music are majestic, there's a plethora of intriguing characters, and don't get me started on the lore and worldbuilding. Nowadays, in Western Media, there's this overgrowing habit that, if you make something fantasy, it has to be dark and edgy. And, sure, it makes sense in worlds like Game of Thrones and Dark Souls, but, every once and a while, it's good to have fantasy stories that actually make you think "I would love to visit this place" EDIT: okay, I came back to this comment, and now I wonder why the hell did I use a JAPANESE game like Dark Souls as an example. I now wonder how confusing my comment is
Man, you just stole my comment. I like dark fantasy but nowadays it feels like they need to make everything over the top dark and edgy because otherwise “is for kids” or some reason. Also this manga is goated, glad that people is beginning to notice it, can’t wait for the anime
Especially within the medium of "YA books".... to be clear, I don't read many books, and when I do, it's definitely not fantasy or YA, but from what I hear about it, it just sounds like a sad sad corner of the medium to be involved with.
This is why, when Stormlight Archive eventually gets adapted, I desperately hope that it is an animated adaptation and not live action. Because if it is live action, I just know that they're going to remove a huge amount of strangeness and wonder from the setting, either for lack of budget or because anything high budget enough to actually portray what the world is like would inevitably be dumbed down to appeal to a wider audience.
I dunno, man. The Lord of the Rings would have been a lot better if Frodo was the reincarnation of a Japanese NEET who landed in the Shire after being hit by a truck.
I just cannot wait for Witch Hat Atelier! That manga singlehandedly revitalized my love for the fantasy genre as a whole. I've never seen such a beautifully laid out manga and a magic system this simple but with such depth.
Honestly I think I love the heart behind the magic system even more than I love the magic system itself - beyond all of the excellent storytelling and the drama of the grey morality of the forbidden magics, the magic system at its core is a metaphor for how drawing is a form of magic in and of itself, and so many of the panels feel like they’re full of reverence for art and illustration as a whole. It’s really quite touching and conveys the mangaka’s love for art quite clearly.
As someone whose know about and been reading Witch Hat Atelier for a couple years now I‘m so incredibly glad it‘s getting an anime adaptation! I love it wholeheartedly and am glad it‘s getting some more recognition! :) Great video as always 👍👍👍👍
Something like that, except FMA was more into the equivalent exchange thing. WHA is more like Harry Potter-ish where you only need to cast water magic to produce water, no exchange needed unless you count your time in making the seal and the ink you've used.
@@humourlessjester3584 I'd argue that this is what the HP magic system wished it had. The magic system in HP didn't really have any drawbacks which led to some writing conundrums.
what made me fall in love with this series was me being able to imagine a specific spell sigil and seeing it work in the manga. the problem solving routes the characters go through are so human and it’s actually amazing
One of the most pleasant surprises of the last year was me accidentally discovering Witch Hat Atelier localized in my local mall. It's really nice and frankly - something I can freely recommend a bunch of people who aren't "into anime". It's a really nice fairytale story with an absolute minumum of anime "insider tropes" And the art varies between "neat" and gorgeous.
Man what a great magic system. The analogy to coding is spot on. The different examples you gave of the different spells reminded me of the different ways I mix and match old code from different projects to make new ones.
Took anime only over half a decade to catch up. All the manga in the thumbnail are over 5 years old at this point and are all highly influential. There are other manga inspired by their style, like Soara, Dragon Hero Courier and many others.
us manga readers has been looking upon the despair of anime watchers for years complaining about "everything is isekai" and "why aren't there good pure fantasy anymore" now they know, they'll all know!
I mean...that's just factually untrue. Dungeon meshi and witch hat are true to be fair(although they're closer to a full decade than half a decade, but that would be pedantic of me). Frieren however is barely 4 years old and the anime released before it was even 3 and a half years old.
the panels in this manga are probably the best I've ever seen they are so creative. like there was one in one of the flashbacks that used pillars to divide the panels. and it was BEAUTIFUL
there was one spread where they were exploring a city and the panel on the right page transitioned into the panel on the left page by turning a corner in one connected drawing and it was so cool
The story of witch hat is so masterful, the number of themes it manages to touch on without it ever feeling like it's unfocused is amazing, they all intertwine beautifully (art, talent vs skill, education, the responsibility adults have towards children, fascism, isolationism, relationships, disabilities and ableism, classism, sexism, i'm probably forgetting a bunch) I only started reading it two years ago and i have not stopped thinking about it ever since, it's like if fma and mob psycho 100 had a child who had alphonse mucha level art-style I cannot recommend the manga enough, even after the anime comes out i will keep pushing people towards reading it because the hatching and the paneling are amazing
The panel layouts of Witch Hat Atelier is so fucking cool. I distinctly remember like a page where the panels are windows and there's the whole page of mosaic glass things
@@koenigsgambit9040 Yes... too efficient... it looks specifically like the rocket made by DR.Evil from Austin powers... I think timmy needs to have a talking to about copying other's work!
As someone who has read all of the witch hat, Manga I can confirm that it is definitely has potential to be in the top three fantasy anime with how good the story characters artwork are and don’t even get me started on how phenomenal the magic system is. I am Haley looking forward to that adaptation.
So basically this magic system is cousins to the magic system Brandon Sanderson used in his 2005 book - Elantris I’ve always loved that system. Granted, the Elbatrian’s symbols require far more precision.
@@benjamingoldstein9156 Elantris, because that's the center of the complexity for them. In Atelier it's about creativity, how do you combine things, not how precisely you draw them. Elantrians have an innate understanding of runes and don't need to think them through.
they are really similar but the authors focus on different aspects of the magic AonDor in Elantris and other cosmere books is like more like coding and figuring out how to make a complex spell that does exactly what you want in the most optimized way and also wont kill you when you use it, (though we see more of that with elantrians in other cosmere books than elantris) like making a teleport spell that wont bury you alive or drop you from the sky and for that you have to draw sigils to provide the exact distance and angle the spell will target relative to your location. Magic Seals in witch hat atelier does have complex spells and coding like AonDor but its more about creativity and art, not the most optimized and powerful spell to use. like the spell that make comfy cloud-cushion things out of sand. we still do see some detailed and powerful magic tho.
I love how this big 3 isnt just the three best, each represent something really important to fantasy story telling and have it as their biggest strength - Story telling - World bulding - Power sistem This is just so fucking cool if the creators of these three stories united forces we could have the best fantasy story ever made
Hell yeah Gigguk finally making a dedicated video talking about witch hat atelier and simultaneously providing the non-fantasy peeps with the information and a gateway to the big 3 of the fantasy genre, super stoked for Witch hat to come out next year hopefully there will be no production issues this time from Bug films.
This magic system reminds me of a Minecraft mod "Hex Casting". Magic there is done only by drawing shapes that represent actions, entities you interact with, numbers.
I’m so glad that we’re getting a Brandon Sanderson style of a hard magic system finally being adopted into an anime! These types of magic systems are always my absolute favorites.
Now I's like to see an anime adaptation of one of his books. Mistborn or Stormlight Archive. Of course Japanese only adapt other japanese media sadly... But we got the series Arcane, which was praised by everyone for its story, animation, world building, etc. and its art, although it's CGI, feels very close to anime / cartoon and is plain gorgeous. It was made by a French studio, okay with a lot of money to finance it, but still. To me, it's proof enough that Western animation could resurrect from the disgusting dead and rotten state it is in right now. I'd say, we fire all these CalArts animation studios that suck ass, and we put the money on less known art schools that still practice traditional art (as in, traditional styles, not archaic tools of course, they still need to be productive to make money lol). And we humbly take inspiration from Japanese animation, because there is no mystery why Western animation is dead, while Japanese anime are flourishing. They simply know their stuff while we don't. And it's not because the western audience don't like animation, given how the western audience market is growing each year for japanese animation. It's proof there is not enough investment going into Western animation studios (meaning, less cartoons, and they are less ambitious), and the little there is goes mostly into 3D kids shows that are too childish for adults to enjoy too, 3D Pixar movies that are becoming soulless by the day, and crappy CalArts studios that do adult shows for "the modern audience" (Steven Universe...)
@@mythicdawn9574 "Japanese only adapt other Japanese media sadly.." Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, Solo Leveling, Star Wars: Visions, Howl's Moving Castle, Arrietty, I could go on for a while, there's a whole reddit post dedicated to just this from about ten years ago. I'd say also that western animation is on a resurgence. Arcane is just one example, we also have Castlevania, Legends of Vox Machina, Survivors Reign, Dota: Dragon's Blood (A lot of people don't like it but I thought it was fun), let's also not forget the Spiderverse movies and Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, both of which are fantastic despite being made for a younger audience. While I agree that shows like Bigmouth and Birchum need to be burned in a fire, I think we're seeing more and more signs that western animation is becoming less Toy Story and Family Guy and more Avatar: The Last Airbender and OG Teen Titans.
"I got reincarnated into another world as toilet paper,and now I wander the world and let elf girls wipe me" Light Novel Authors: WRITE THAT DOWN! WRITE THAT DOWN!
I mean, segfaults come from accessing memory forbidden to the program, right? It'd be a bit like trying to freestyle a new spell and accidentally finding the one that shuts off magic generally
the magic system in WHA really feels like minecraft magic casting mods like: Ars Noveau, Mana and Artifice (official Ars Magica 2 sequel) and Hex Casting (this one is the most technically/mechanically closer to WHA), etc
Ever seen Owl House? Cause you just described the magic system of Owl House. Most people in the story aren't aware that's the magic system, but Luz is only able to cast spells because she notices the symbols most witches make without knowing.
Thanks for this video-I’m so excited to see Witch hat atelier to explode into mainstream! It’s been so precious to me, and I’m so happy to see people discovering it for the first time 😭❤️
My girl got a magic book from an alley, she was destined to fight an axe gang, duel a frog man, almost getting killed by doing so, and reborn with Buddha's hand
I don't know. Like the part with the shoes sounded way more interesting as a way to build on that concept than just describing how this one guy does magic really well. That was the closest this description came to being straight out of an Isekai with the gamer MC.
omg at 6:45 I had to pause because I was cackling too much. What an impeccable transition into a CCS reference lmao Edit: Also, forgot to mention, SO happy you're promoting this manga. I've been a massively passionate fan of WHA for years!!
waiting for "magus of the library" adaptation desperately 😭 such an amazing fantasy manga , if by any luck it gets an adaptation i hope they do this masterpiece absolute justice
Not to mention Witch Hat has a white-haired mentor figure with a charming disposition and a dark mysterious past. The fandom tumblr girlies are about to go absolutely feral
Anton Witch Ego: Not everyone can become a great witch but a great witch can come from anywhere (I haven't seen Food Witch Hat Atelier in english ever so this is a translation from spanish)
Now I'm just waiting for The Magus of the Library getting an anime and my life is complete. Frickin love the manga and it reminds me why i love reading in the first place. Favorite fantasy so far: Frieren Witch hat Atelier Ascendance of the bookworm Dungeon Meshi Magus of the Library
Dang! I love me a good hard magic. It's not something that comes up often in anime and manga (yet) and it's a type of fantasy that makes the magic feel very impactful. The more the reader can understand the magic, the more tgey can understand a fight and the tools being presented.
Glad to see a big channel talking about WHA! I think this manga is amazing, and I'm really excited to see the anime coming next year. With that being said, I want to take this moment to say: READ THE MANGA. Seriously, the mangaka Kamome Shirahama does an amazing job with this series, really pushing the medium of manga to its limits. To say nothing of her amazing art, her use of framing and panelling is fantastic and significantly adds to the story in a way that I don't know the anime will be able to recreate.
Atelier is just amazing, and it's great it's getting recognized like Meshi. Other unmentioned, probably well known, but still good: Children of the Whale Magus of the Library The Apothecary Diaries Last Exile anime The actual Nausicaa manga Wish Psyren got more of a shot at being a bigger series... Also, summertime rendering is unmissable.
The description of the magic system in this reminds me so much of the magic systems in Brandon Sandersons books while they are not Mangas so its a fair bit different of a read each of his worlds and stories has a hard coded magic system with heavy rules and regulations you can't just fly unless you do the right thing and even then he uses things like a magic that changes gravity instead to create his own form of flight that functions differently and has different problems and solutions, I'm incredibly excited to see this anime come out because I've always loved interesting thought provoking magic systems that aren't just I can do this! Why? Because magic! And if others want other magic systems like in With hat Atilier then I absolutely recomend Brandon Sandersons works
This magic rule reminds me of a Reddit comment about Electricity is actually real life magic, as you can move objects, cast all kinds of elemental power such as light, fire, frost, etc. by making a circle and add in some catalytic energy converting nodes made from crystal and precious metals
Shout out to one scene in a relatively recent chapter where a dude is using magic glasses to see through clothes, and when he's caught and pulls the "I'm improving peoples lives cause people love seeing hot women naked" card which anime STILL likes to do legitimately, the cops not just call him out on it with a BANGER line "The dream you facilitate, is a nightmare for your victims" I absolutely love that scene is there cause I absolutely hate when people, especially anime and/or fans, try to justify sexualizing women because 'people like it' or 'they have sexy bodies so they should flaunt it' *cough*fireforce*cough*, and this chapter not only shoots that guy down majorly, but also includes a flashback about how harmful this mindset was to one of the cops in her younger years. I'm a dude so I cant relate to this situation from the woman's perspective, but I absolutely LOATHE when this angle of 'im a guy so I should always just be horny and do whatever I can to see naked women" is pushed as normal and not harmful for both sides
What I liked (ironically as a girl reading that scene) was when the creep tries to justify himself to the male cop, basically saying "as a man you should feel the same way I do, right?" The male cop retorts with "not all of us are as disgusting as you, it's not that its natural for you as a man you're just a piece of shit" [paraphrased]
The magic system kinda reminds me of Owl House. Luz drew symbols in circles as well to create spells, even combined Symbols to create new spells. However the show never went beyond that. It’s cool to see this concept as the main focus of the story. I’m definitely going to read/watch this. It seems really interesting.
Okay. Despite WHA being my favourite manga, I don't think that's right. All of the big 3 focus on different aspects of fantasy worlds. I can't say that WHA's worldbuilding is anywhere close to Meshy.
I think that Witch Hat Atelier and Dungeon Meshi are (somewhat) stronger in their fantasy elements when compared to Frieren, but I personally think that Frieren is the better story overall (ie, the former two are Best-Fantasy material, but Frieren is AOTY material imo). Unfortunately though, we live in a world where Demon Slayer or something like it will probably win both of these categories and a bunch of other categories as well. So, I just hope that these animes can win something and not end up like Vinland Saga S2 (which didn't win anything iirc). As for why I think Frieren is the better story; Frieren is basically like some of the best irl fairy tales where it/they manage to convey deep and important lessons/topics without being condescending and/or in your face. It does so with subtlety and with great efficiency and care (ie, in just half-an-episode/one-manga-chapter, it covers very interesting points that you can ignore or think a little about or even delve deep into).
You should read "Magus of The Library" too. It's one of the best fantasy manga ever, with worldbuilding rivaling that of "Lord of The Rings" and "Dungeon Meshi". Its art is absolutely gorgeous, and its subject matter, books and libraries, is tackled fantastically.
Now that folks are catching on about WHA I have shifted into being "guy who keeps recommending Magus of the Library to people" Hopefully that one catches on soon too so I can evolve into my next form of "guy who keeps recommending Bard Loen to people"
Eh it's not your shitty overpowered mc Isekai he actually has to learn wait(he's actually a bit overpowered the goddesses sisters were actually a bit weird to huh who would have thought.)
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The best thing about Witch Hat Atelier is the art style. The fantasy genre in anime is dominated by the same generic JRPG town designs and architecture, whereas WHA has an actual unique art style giving it its own identity.
I'm guessing that's the other property in the thumbnail? Didn't recognize it, and when I searched, it's only a manga still.
Haven’t read the thing. It does look good, but I bet the author will have to spout some nonsense to cover some of the plot holes. Like how these people can’t pre-draw a spell to instant cast it then some villain just comes out and instant cast spells
@@CaptainKipo-n6g they do predraw spells tho?
@khoamama88 if you haven't even read it, why are you coming after it with baseless presumptions out your ass that make no sense?
Art in this manga is from other universe, it's just masterpiece
Last time Gigguk said "keep an eye out for this fantasy manga" it was Freiren pre-anime announcement. Atelier's animation PV's just confirm it's got the budget and the care from the studio to deliver alongside its counterparts
Delicious in Dungeon has become SUPER popular in my house. My wife and my eldest have actually bonded over the show since they don't have a lot in common, but the anime is super approachable and is about cooking which is something they both love. We actually sit down as a family together to watch it. Can't wait for season 2.
Have they tried to replicate the dishes at least in appearance?
glad to see some anime getting the mainstream attention. Most the anime in the last decade contain a lot of fanservices if not a little even for great shows. Anime folks usually disregard things like that but normal people are just repulsed by them. I just hope animes which ppl of all ages can collectively watch together just become more popular.
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@@CairoShane No, normal people are not "repulsed" by them. Normal people are horny like every healthy person. Anime bullies gaslight you guys. Dungeon Meshi literally has nipples on screen.
I love that we have now entered an era where the world building has become one of the main thrusts of a series and not just set dressing.
I freaking love it, FINALLY!
Honesty I've kind of hated most fantasy anime/manga for this exact reason. I'm so glad we're entering a new era where world building is has gotten more important
On that note I do like greatest magic master retirement plant light novel for that. While at first glance plot might seem generic it isn't, anyways it's era is relative thou they use magic and world budling is really deep with that one. To the point that there are whole paragraphs dedicated for describing molecular level difference in how does two powerful freezing spells work, and that just about effect of spel. Magic system goes way deeper. Like there is talk that you know there was research and it turns out magic isn't stored anywhere within body and after some research it turns out that mages do unconsciously create separate dimensions in which they store mana and the tere is whole sub polot after like 14 volumes that all of trening with mana control was partially because with enough trening they can use this control to forceful take in more mana than is their natural limit expanding this dimension, but without enough control they would be able to adjust how much mana they can take potentially killing them.
@henry5122 Anime with great world building. Jobless Reincarnation / Mushoku Tensei.
World just feels like a living breathing world. (Races, Different Languages, Cultures, traditions, World’s history, lore span thousands of year.) plus the small details like architecture and clothing.
World not fully shown in anime because we are watching it in Protagonist POV. like when you play Elden Ring. Light novel was able to give full details.
You should read Brandon Sanderson then, he's been doing that his entire career.
One thing I love about Shirahama’s art style is that she has a history with tapestry and it clearly is shown throughout her paneling and artistry. It makes for a very unique style
Magic system can't escape politics. It's a testament that there'll censor magic is inevitable.
It's such a nice style, and it really helps set the mood for the story. It brings to mind those old-fashioned fairytale books :)
@@merobiba413 oh absolutely i adore her style so much!
@@davidarvingumazon5024 this has the same vibes as that one uncle in a family gathering that randomly spews out the most random controversial shit.
It reminds me so strongly of children's story books, filled with myths and fairy tales.
Atelier: Ah-tell-E-eh
- Source: Am Frenchie
An atelier is basically a workshop. It's also translated as studio, but it's meant for the kind of studio where work gets done (like an art studio). Oh hey, look at that, a manga about drawing...
And that's probably the distinction. Atelier are usually artisanal, a place where someone can go to seek skilled craftsmen who (presumably) are at the top of their game. They're basically non-existent in North America because we don't do bespoke stuff anymore, and everyone's focused on mass production (and then deciding that doing mass production locally is too expensive because people want to be paid fairly so we outsource to China or poor nations). It's mostly a European and Asian thing now, and even there the idea of a business doing bespoke stuff in one offs or small runs is hard to maintain. Atelier are also often places people would go for apprenticeships in that craft, with the master assigning work to apprentices so they could learn that craft (another reason they're all but non-existent in North America, for some reason an apprenticeship is perceived as inferior to a school degree, despite teaching practical skills).
Anyway, I am looking forward to this anime. The manga was quite the thing to look at, but seeing it come to life will (hopefully) be a very interesting thing.
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Preciate the insight
What part of france are you from? I always heard it said as "atelier", not "atèlier"
the art is so striking. it's not reminiscent of old manga. it's reminiscent of old art in books. like old fairy tales. Particularly the way the environments details are drawn and the sigils themselves. it's like seeing an old friend again that i didn't realise had moved away
It looks mid imo
@@wigpiipgiw1582that nice, there is more stuff for me.
"It's not like this thing I don't know, it's like this thing I know"
@@wigpiipgiw1582 If you are saying this then you def have not read it.
Read the manga because thats a crazy take@@wigpiipgiw1582
Remember, 2 of these have elf girls as main cast. Not coincidence.
And all of them are mages
Filthy knife-ears.
@@abura2980 well, it could be that magic is a very prevelant theme in fantasy, but maybe thats just me
Elves and mages are prevalent character archetypes in Western Fantasy, ideally speaking.
It's simply that the world of Manga and Anime are starting to focus better on the Classic Western Fantasy and not just borrowing tropes from it randomly.
Elf ran media
I learned about witch hat atelier about a year or two ago when the show called the owl house ended since the creator was inspired by this manga and ever since, every chapter of it I ever read has gotten me blown away wanting nothing else but to see more. Thanks for promoting such an incredible piece of art !
That's so cool. I was about to say the magic system is extremely reminiscent of TOH glyph system. So I was wondering if both got a similar inspiration for this system or if one inspired the other
@@s3nsation646 yep, TOH is basically little witch academia and this thrown into a blender
OMG THANK YOU FOR TELLING US. I just learned about this, more reason for me to read this series
Fantasy anime is becoming a top 5 genre with the new heat that's coming out. Frieren and Dungeon Meshi had PEAK 1st seasons.
Yes, the only sad thing for me is that I have read the manga already.
I would say ancient magus bride is also a very solid fantasy anime and can be considered one of the top in the genre
I'm really loving No longer allowed in this world this season.
@@saarsayag8235 thanks for reminding me to watch s2, s1 was so good. I need to catch up.
@kabir3510 The latest episode was so good and way deeper than what you would expect from your normal isekai. It made me respect that show even more
Found Witch Hat Atelier due to my obsession with Alphonse Mucha and Art Nouveau. Can not overstate how beautiful this Manga is and I can't wait for it to get the recognition it deserves.
I love Alphonse Mucha's style! legit just wrote a paper about him. So few people know of him! It's great to see him getting proper appreciation! I'd never made the connection between his style and Witch Hat Atelier before but it now makes a lot more sense to me as to why I love the style of this manga so much!
I am also a huge Mucha fan. May I recommend the manga/webtoon "wait where the shooting star falls " another story about witches with beautiful artwork.
Another great thing about the magic system is how it thinks about the consequentes. A great scene is when olruggio makes a fire that doesn't hurt. The main caracters think it's a great idea, but Olruggio doesn't want to get it on the market, because then people might forget that fire can hurt. The entire magic system is like this were spells aren't used when it can create bad consequentes
you forgot an importent fact which is how much style like half the witches have
frfr Ininia design goes so hard for example
“Style”? you mean drip? cleanest fit?
@@AlexSummary all of the above
I'm so glad that, in anime, epic fantasy stories actually FEEL like epic fantasy stories. The World is colorful, rich and vibrant, the music are majestic, there's a plethora of intriguing characters, and don't get me started on the lore and worldbuilding.
Nowadays, in Western Media, there's this overgrowing habit that, if you make something fantasy, it has to be dark and edgy. And, sure, it makes sense in worlds like Game of Thrones and Dark Souls, but, every once and a while, it's good to have fantasy stories that actually make you think "I would love to visit this place"
EDIT: okay, I came back to this comment, and now I wonder why the hell did I use a JAPANESE game like Dark Souls as an example. I now wonder how confusing my comment is
okay but dark souls isn't western media tbf
Man, you just stole my comment. I like dark fantasy but nowadays it feels like they need to make everything over the top dark and edgy because otherwise “is for kids” or some reason. Also this manga is goated, glad that people is beginning to notice it, can’t wait for the anime
Especially within the medium of "YA books".... to be clear, I don't read many books, and when I do, it's definitely not fantasy or YA, but from what I hear about it, it just sounds like a sad sad corner of the medium to be involved with.
Yeah it's called dark fantasy and it's also extremely prevalent in anime and manga. Berserk is literally one of the most popular manga out there.
This is why, when Stormlight Archive eventually gets adapted, I desperately hope that it is an animated adaptation and not live action. Because if it is live action, I just know that they're going to remove a huge amount of strangeness and wonder from the setting, either for lack of budget or because anything high budget enough to actually portray what the world is like would inevitably be dumbed down to appeal to a wider audience.
"Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from science."
Looks like an interesting series!
It's like saying "The most advanced technologies will be indistinguishable from magic and witchcraft" but it would be said by a sorcerer or a witch.
I dunno, man. The Lord of the Rings would have been a lot better if Frodo was the reincarnation of a Japanese NEET who landed in the Shire after being hit by a truck.
You want a LOTR version of the movie Thermae Romae?
He'll go on an adventure with lolibaba Gandalf, elf girl Legolas, and dwarf frendo Gimli
@@obesechicken13 Sam is a shy anime girl and Boromir is an edgy rival who sacrifices himself 😭
Dare I ask what gollum will become in this forsaken tales?
I don't even want to imagine it
I just cannot wait for Witch Hat Atelier! That manga singlehandedly revitalized my love for the fantasy genre as a whole. I've never seen such a beautifully laid out manga and a magic system this simple but with such depth.
I haven't read it yet but I hope it's not as bad as another anime with "Atelier" in its name, I still don't get what it means
@@fitmotheyap it just mean, something like a studio
Honestly I think I love the heart behind the magic system even more than I love the magic system itself - beyond all of the excellent storytelling and the drama of the grey morality of the forbidden magics, the magic system at its core is a metaphor for how drawing is a form of magic in and of itself, and so many of the panels feel like they’re full of reverence for art and illustration as a whole. It’s really quite touching and conveys the mangaka’s love for art quite clearly.
I thought it was mid , the world building is good but the characters are so boring and generic
@@fitmotheyap I heard my dad use it once so I asked him and it's basically French for workshop.
It sounds like a more fleshed out version of Full Metal Alchemist magic system
As someone whose know about and been reading Witch Hat Atelier for a couple years now I‘m so incredibly glad it‘s getting an anime adaptation! I love it wholeheartedly and am glad it‘s getting some more recognition! :) Great video as always 👍👍👍👍
this is like if FMA went far deeper into how the seals worked
Something like that, except FMA was more into the equivalent exchange thing. WHA is more like Harry Potter-ish where you only need to cast water magic to produce water, no exchange needed unless you count your time in making the seal and the ink you've used.
@@humourlessjester3584 I'd argue that this is what the HP magic system wished it had. The magic system in HP didn't really have any drawbacks which led to some writing conundrums.
WHA is essentially magic censoreship
@@billlee3851 How long until we get a honey-loving bear as the antagonist?
@@humourlessjester3584 water? at some chapter they encounter an infinite gold glitch
what made me fall in love with this series was me being able to imagine a specific spell sigil and seeing it work in the manga. the problem solving routes the characters go through are so human and it’s actually amazing
One of the most pleasant surprises of the last year was me accidentally discovering Witch Hat Atelier localized in my local mall. It's really nice and frankly - something I can freely recommend a bunch of people who aren't "into anime". It's a really nice fairytale story with an absolute minumum of anime "insider tropes"
And the art varies between "neat" and gorgeous.
14:46 "My British pride won’t stand to have English words cohabitate with French ones in a title!"
Middle English has entered the chat
Très fière d'être représentée par cette magnifique œuvre.
Yeah, knowing that 50% of english words come from french does only intensify the suffering of all those Brits xP
It's gotta be from German. Right?
Isn't English like 40% French and 40% German to begin with?
THE BEST PART ABT THIS IS IVE READ THIS MANGA FOREVER AGO AND IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ANIME
“As the elf ears grow longer, the quality increases.”
- Newton’s Second Law of Fantasy Anime
Doesn't seem to be working out so well for World of Warcraft lately and I'm pretty sure those elves got the biggest ears out of them all.
@@LecherousLizard Emphasis on the fantasy ANIME.
@@drakesacrum8445 Well, I guess Deedlit is the best elf girl, yes.
Man what a great magic system. The analogy to coding is spot on. The different examples you gave of the different spells reminded me of the different ways I mix and match old code from different projects to make new ones.
Go check out some Brandon Sanderson, same vibe explored in more depth
It also sounds like what Mushoku Tensei's Nanahoshi was doing.
Tyranny. The game, I mean.
The Violet Evergreens OSTs at 6:25 and 14:25 didn't go unoticed. Thanks for adding such masterpieces
Took anime only over half a decade to catch up. All the manga in the thumbnail are over 5 years old at this point and are all highly influential. There are other manga inspired by their style, like Soara, Dragon Hero Courier and many others.
Better to wait until there's content to adapt instead of catching up in 1 season and going "ah, shit" and going on a hiatus or worse, anime original.
That's just the nature of adaptations. It takes years before a property gets aired on screens, no matter how good or popular
@@ReptarKingOfMeatoh no, anime original, just these words alone give me goosebumps
us manga readers has been looking upon the despair of anime watchers for years complaining about "everything is isekai" and "why aren't there good pure fantasy anymore"
now they know, they'll all know!
I mean...that's just factually untrue.
Dungeon meshi and witch hat are true to be fair(although they're closer to a full decade than half a decade, but that would be pedantic of me).
Frieren however is barely 4 years old and the anime released before it was even 3 and a half years old.
the panels in this manga are probably the best I've ever seen they are so creative. like there was one in one of the flashbacks that used pillars to divide the panels. and it was BEAUTIFUL
my favorite was one that used overlapping panel strips in a style i'm surprised i've never seen before.
there was one spread where they were exploring a city and the panel on the right page transitioned into the panel on the left page by turning a corner in one connected drawing and it was so cool
The story of witch hat is so masterful, the number of themes it manages to touch on without it ever feeling like it's unfocused is amazing, they all intertwine beautifully (art, talent vs skill, education, the responsibility adults have towards children, fascism, isolationism, relationships, disabilities and ableism, classism, sexism, i'm probably forgetting a bunch)
I only started reading it two years ago and i have not stopped thinking about it ever since, it's like if fma and mob psycho 100 had a child who had alphonse mucha level art-style
I cannot recommend the manga enough, even after the anime comes out i will keep pushing people towards reading it because the hatching and the paneling are amazing
The panel layouts of Witch Hat Atelier is so fucking cool. I distinctly remember like a page where the panels are windows and there's the whole page of mosaic glass things
7:44 don't hate on timmy, he just drew a perfect illustration of a rocket for an electrical engineering job interview
Pretty sure that's exactly why he hates him Timmy. No one likes to be reminded of their failures.
A very efficient design
He will become a real engineer
@@koenigsgambit9040 Yes... too efficient...
it looks specifically like the rocket made by DR.Evil from Austin powers... I think timmy needs to have a talking to about copying other's work!
omg i didnt know the Witch Hat Atelier is getting an anime adaptations. the manga is one of my favorites right now :)
'Toilet paper'kun was peak
Just remember to wipe back to front, as one should.
@@MyVanir i thought people wiped front to back 🦧
Bidet-chan is my waifu
@@yellow_flash813 You guys wipe?
@@yellow_flash813 Gotta get as much coverage as possible on your nutsack.
As someone who has read all of the witch hat, Manga I can confirm that it is definitely has potential to be in the top three fantasy anime with how good the story characters artwork are and don’t even get me started on how phenomenal the magic system is. I am Haley looking forward to that adaptation.
So basically this magic system is cousins to the magic system Brandon Sanderson used in his 2005 book - Elantris
I’ve always loved that system. Granted, the Elbatrian’s symbols require far more precision.
It's not clear to me which requires more precision.
Reminds me of RuneScape
@@benjamingoldstein9156 Elantris, because that's the center of the complexity for them. In Atelier it's about creativity, how do you combine things, not how precisely you draw them. Elantrians have an innate understanding of runes and don't need to think them through.
That aside can you tell me what software did you use to make that pfp
they are really similar but the authors focus on different aspects of the magic
AonDor in Elantris and other cosmere books is like more like coding and figuring out how to make a complex spell that does exactly what you want in the most optimized way and also wont kill you when you use it, (though we see more of that with elantrians in other cosmere books than elantris) like making a teleport spell that wont bury you alive or drop you from the sky and for that you have to draw sigils to provide the exact distance and angle the spell will target relative to your location.
Magic Seals in witch hat atelier does have complex spells and coding like AonDor but its more about creativity and art, not the most optimized and powerful spell to use. like the spell that make comfy cloud-cushion things out of sand. we still do see some detailed and powerful magic tho.
6:12
Gigguk: All you need it some special ink and the basic ability to *DRAW*
*It was at this moment I knew I was COOKED* 😭💀
AI "Artists" are cooked 💀💀
@@Kraconwitch hat atelier’s core message, pick up the pen and fuckin draw
I can draw but drawing a PERFECT CIRCLE?? Might have to use that smaller circle method that was mentioned 😭
At least you don’t need to draw a perfect circle (hopefully?)
@@collecter343 sadly, an imperfect circle does make the effect worse.
Gigguk casually went from 2 months of no uploads to 2 uploads in 12 days
Bro be cooking
Tbf the other video (seasonal summary) was so bad that it barely even counts
So basically 1 video a month, his normal schedule
I love how this big 3 isnt just the three best, each represent something really important to fantasy story telling and have it as their biggest strength
- Story telling
- World bulding
- Power sistem
This is just so fucking cool if the creators of these three stories united forces we could have the best fantasy story ever made
Witch hat has some of the most beautifully rendered panels ive ever seen in a manga, i love it with my whole heart. I cant wait to see the anime
07:52 Timmy do not see him after class
Epsteinmaxxing
Timmy this makes pp large
5:36 Little Witch Academia OST
You made me cry Gigguk 😭😭😭😭😭😭
Hell yeah Gigguk finally making a dedicated video talking about witch hat atelier and simultaneously providing the non-fantasy peeps with the information and a gateway to the big 3 of the fantasy genre, super stoked for Witch hat to come out next year hopefully there will be no production issues this time from Bug films.
Definitely one of your top videos so far!
This magic system reminds me of a Minecraft mod "Hex Casting". Magic there is done only by drawing shapes that represent actions, entities you interact with, numbers.
I’m so glad that we’re getting a Brandon Sanderson style of a hard magic system finally being adopted into an anime! These types of magic systems are always my absolute favorites.
Yes! +1 for mentioning Brandon Sanderson. I am addicted to his books.
Now I's like to see an anime adaptation of one of his books. Mistborn or Stormlight Archive. Of course Japanese only adapt other japanese media sadly... But we got the series Arcane, which was praised by everyone for its story, animation, world building, etc. and its art, although it's CGI, feels very close to anime / cartoon and is plain gorgeous. It was made by a French studio, okay with a lot of money to finance it, but still.
To me, it's proof enough that Western animation could resurrect from the disgusting dead and rotten state it is in right now. I'd say, we fire all these CalArts animation studios that suck ass, and we put the money on less known art schools that still practice traditional art (as in, traditional styles, not archaic tools of course, they still need to be productive to make money lol). And we humbly take inspiration from Japanese animation, because there is no mystery why Western animation is dead, while Japanese anime are flourishing. They simply know their stuff while we don't. And it's not because the western audience don't like animation, given how the western audience market is growing each year for japanese animation. It's proof there is not enough investment going into Western animation studios (meaning, less cartoons, and they are less ambitious), and the little there is goes mostly into 3D kids shows that are too childish for adults to enjoy too, 3D Pixar movies that are becoming soulless by the day, and crappy CalArts studios that do adult shows for "the modern audience" (Steven Universe...)
@@mythicdawn9574 "Japanese only adapt other Japanese media sadly.." Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, Solo Leveling, Star Wars: Visions, Howl's Moving Castle, Arrietty, I could go on for a while, there's a whole reddit post dedicated to just this from about ten years ago.
I'd say also that western animation is on a resurgence. Arcane is just one example, we also have Castlevania, Legends of Vox Machina, Survivors Reign, Dota: Dragon's Blood (A lot of people don't like it but I thought it was fun), let's also not forget the Spiderverse movies and Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, both of which are fantastic despite being made for a younger audience. While I agree that shows like Bigmouth and Birchum need to be burned in a fire, I think we're seeing more and more signs that western animation is becoming less Toy Story and Family Guy and more Avatar: The Last Airbender and OG Teen Titans.
15:44 sad Garnt appears for a brief moment
Witch Hat Atelier was the manga that made me back to reading manga.
It's always hype to see someone appreciate Witch Hat Atelier, their fandom is great
Well, that instantly made it to the top of my "Most Anticipated 2025" list. Magic systems likened to code? Sign me the fuck up.
i really love the artstyle. it looks so handcrafted and natual
"I got reincarnated into another world as toilet paper,and now I wander the world and let elf girls wipe me"
Light Novel Authors: WRITE THAT DOWN! WRITE THAT DOWN!
Doujin and rule 34 artists: write that down
I feel like Light Novel authors would think "I made so many weirder stories than this that I could give you my Top 5"
@@guevarajeanty8224I would read that Doujin not gonna lie
You know, they already did it many years ago. Just right after onsen, vending machine an toilet
@@mrCyberman Yeah I was gonna say. I remember one , years ago, that I read where the guy got reincarnated as a bath. They get weird.
Burning down an entire town is basically like a Segmentation fault in C
I mean, segfaults come from accessing memory forbidden to the program, right? It'd be a bit like trying to freestyle a new spell and accidentally finding the one that shuts off magic generally
@@life-destiny1196 memory leaks would be terrifying.
A few missing semicolons that would have capped the fire
Forgetting to deallocate a recurring dynamic variable crashing the entire code.
the magic system in WHA really feels like minecraft magic casting mods like: Ars Noveau, Mana and Artifice (official Ars Magica 2 sequel) and Hex Casting (this one is the most technically/mechanically closer to WHA), etc
Fair enough, welcome back, Fantasy and world building genre.
7:43 poor Timmy was just trying to design a missile
Ever seen Owl House? Cause you just described the magic system of Owl House. Most people in the story aren't aware that's the magic system, but Luz is only able to cast spells because she notices the symbols most witches make without knowing.
owl house was inspired by witch hat atelier. I think dana (owl house author) was a fan of the manga.
Thanks for this video-I’m so excited to see Witch hat atelier to explode into mainstream! It’s been so precious to me, and I’m so happy to see people discovering it for the first time 😭❤️
5:45 reminded me of fate explained in .... time
Always heartwarming to see anime fans learn actual good storytelling :) In all seriousness though, great video and I'm pumped to see this adapted!
My girl got a magic book from an alley, she was destined to fight an axe gang, duel a frog man, almost getting killed by doing so, and reborn with Buddha's hand
with her determination, i'm sure she'll become strong enough to free the neighborhood from the gang! 😊
There is not a better kung fu movie than this one
14:20 My favorite Violet Evergarden OST
Do you know the ost in 3:34 ?
13:43 real American moment right there 🦅🦅🇺🇲
It’s true though
11:45. I'm sold.
Yea the way gigguk described the magic system had me going like isnt this basically like nen
@@Dylenizr u dumb like its literally nothing like nen, name one thing it has in common with nen
I don't know. Like the part with the shoes sounded way more interesting as a way to build on that concept than just describing how this one guy does magic really well. That was the closest this description came to being straight out of an Isekai with the gamer MC.
omg at 6:45 I had to pause because I was cackling too much. What an impeccable transition into a CCS reference lmao
Edit: Also, forgot to mention, SO happy you're promoting this manga. I've been a massively passionate fan of WHA for years!!
Cannot undermine how excited I am for Witch Hat
waiting for "magus of the library" adaptation desperately 😭 such an amazing fantasy manga , if by any luck it gets an adaptation i hope they do this masterpiece absolute justice
Yeah same. The worldbuilding is just insane
@@navyblue1538 IT IS! the lore is insaneeeee also not to mention the absolutely breathtaking art. I want to see my best boi Theo animated TT
Not to mention Witch Hat has a white-haired mentor figure with a charming disposition and a dark mysterious past. The fandom tumblr girlies are about to go absolutely feral
The " I'm just here to remind all of you that you don't need to do an isekai series to tell a fantasy story" 's era
Anton Witch Ego: Not everyone can become a great witch but a great witch can come from anywhere (I haven't seen Food Witch Hat Atelier in english ever so this is a translation from spanish)
There's a food manga side story of this manga and I imagine he's a character there.
You had me at interesting hard magic system. Hell fucking yes. Anime needs more of it
Now I'm just waiting for The Magus of the Library getting an anime and my life is complete. Frickin love the manga and it reminds me why i love reading in the first place.
Favorite fantasy so far:
Frieren
Witch hat Atelier
Ascendance of the bookworm
Dungeon Meshi
Magus of the Library
HECK YEAH I WAS JUST LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO METION THIS MASTERPIECE
Dang! I love me a good hard magic. It's not something that comes up often in anime and manga (yet) and it's a type of fantasy that makes the magic feel very impactful. The more the reader can understand the magic, the more tgey can understand a fight and the tools being presented.
Marchil Meshi doujin: featuring Chilchuck and Marcille is top tier
Glad to see a big channel talking about WHA! I think this manga is amazing, and I'm really excited to see the anime coming next year. With that being said, I want to take this moment to say: READ THE MANGA. Seriously, the mangaka Kamome Shirahama does an amazing job with this series, really pushing the medium of manga to its limits. To say nothing of her amazing art, her use of framing and panelling is fantastic and significantly adds to the story in a way that I don't know the anime will be able to recreate.
Atelier is just amazing, and it's great it's getting recognized like Meshi. Other unmentioned, probably well known, but still good:
Children of the Whale
Magus of the Library
The Apothecary Diaries
Last Exile anime
The actual Nausicaa manga
Wish Psyren got more of a shot at being a bigger series...
Also, summertime rendering is unmissable.
Well you have convinced me. I added Witch Hat Atelier to my Want to Watch list. I look forward to seeing if it can live up to the hype.
I imagine this would be what Brandon Sanderson would do if he wrote manga.
TheAnimeMan finally posted!!
Yeah, I'm glad to have more videos from Connor.
@@MyVanir Yeaaaaah I missed hearing Chris's voice! (From abroad in Japan)
Witch Hats art is something special, and I've heard that the authors *speed* they draw at is frightening
Let's just admit that Gigguk fell in love with Frieren
True, all the music in this video is from Frieren
Edit : not all but a lot of
I mean who didn’t?
@@arnavgupta0 7:13 has Ancient Magus Bride music iirc
I mean... I did too.
@@shihabsharar3539the demons probably
This feels pretty reminiscent of Elantrian glyphcasting. Which- yeah that’s a compliment. (Novel by Brandon Sanderson)
The description of the magic system in this reminds me so much of the magic systems in Brandon Sandersons books while they are not Mangas so its a fair bit different of a read each of his worlds and stories has a hard coded magic system with heavy rules and regulations you can't just fly unless you do the right thing and even then he uses things like a magic that changes gravity instead to create his own form of flight that functions differently and has different problems and solutions, I'm incredibly excited to see this anime come out because I've always loved interesting thought provoking magic systems that aren't just I can do this! Why? Because magic! And if others want other magic systems like in With hat Atilier then I absolutely recomend Brandon Sandersons works
Good Comparision! In Brandon Sandersons Stormlight Archive they don't fly, really they are falling with style
Witch hat magic is almost exactly AonDor. Already Sanderson has prepared me for some dread revelation on what the conjuring ink is made of.
Fantasy has reverse isekaie’d itself. We’re finally back to our roots.
This magic rule reminds me of a Reddit comment about Electricity is actually real life magic, as you can move objects, cast all kinds of elemental power such as light, fire, frost, etc. by making a circle and add in some catalytic energy converting nodes made from crystal and precious metals
Shout out to one scene in a relatively recent chapter where a dude is using magic glasses to see through clothes, and when he's caught and pulls the "I'm improving peoples lives cause people love seeing hot women naked" card which anime STILL likes to do legitimately, the cops not just call him out on it with a BANGER line "The dream you facilitate, is a nightmare for your victims"
I absolutely love that scene is there cause I absolutely hate when people, especially anime and/or fans, try to justify sexualizing women because 'people like it' or 'they have sexy bodies so they should flaunt it' *cough*fireforce*cough*, and this chapter not only shoots that guy down majorly, but also includes a flashback about how harmful this mindset was to one of the cops in her younger years. I'm a dude so I cant relate to this situation from the woman's perspective, but I absolutely LOATHE when this angle of 'im a guy so I should always just be horny and do whatever I can to see naked women" is pushed as normal and not harmful for both sides
He also got the punishment he deserves which is the best
What I liked (ironically as a girl reading that scene) was when the creep tries to justify himself to the male cop, basically saying "as a man you should feel the same way I do, right?" The male cop retorts with "not all of us are as disgusting as you, it's not that its natural for you as a man you're just a piece of shit" [paraphrased]
@@tinyetoile5503 if only someone could call out the MC of Mushoku Tensei for this exact creepo behaviour, man that show is gross.
@@Junya01 chat he doesn't know
@@comet.x he doesnt know
4:20 ah yes, the Ed/Alphonse Defense, nice…
The magic system kinda reminds me of Owl House. Luz drew symbols in circles as well to create spells, even combined Symbols to create new spells. However the show never went beyond that. It’s cool to see this concept as the main focus of the story. I’m definitely going to read/watch this. It seems really interesting.
Witch Hat Atelier 'bout to drop a diss track "fuck the big three, just big me"
Okay. Despite WHA being my favourite manga, I don't think that's right. All of the big 3 focus on different aspects of fantasy worlds. I can't say that WHA's worldbuilding is anywhere close to Meshy.
@@BlowBow2 I know I know😭Im just memeing about it
@@abura2980anime fans don’t know Kendrick I’m afraid
Except it won't need Frieren to get it over.....
2:56 - Fullmetal Alchemist OST :)
thanks for bringing this to my attention, this looks great.
we're so back
I think that Witch Hat Atelier and Dungeon Meshi are (somewhat) stronger in their fantasy elements when compared to Frieren, but I personally think that Frieren is the better story overall (ie, the former two are Best-Fantasy material, but Frieren is AOTY material imo). Unfortunately though, we live in a world where Demon Slayer or something like it will probably win both of these categories and a bunch of other categories as well. So, I just hope that these animes can win something and not end up like Vinland Saga S2 (which didn't win anything iirc).
As for why I think Frieren is the better story;
Frieren is basically like some of the best irl fairy tales where it/they manage to convey deep and important lessons/topics without being condescending and/or in your face. It does so with subtlety and with great efficiency and care (ie, in just half-an-episode/one-manga-chapter, it covers very interesting points that you can ignore or think a little about or even delve deep into).
I feel like Master Quiffrey's upside-down swoop while flying with Coco will become an iconic moment once the anime comes out.
I wouldn't count Isekai out yet, Bookworm is adapting part 3 of the story. We're finally going to see the magic system in that world.
Best Isekai was Aura Battle Dunbine it went down hill ever since.
The problem with (reincarnation) Isekai is that either it's pointless that it's isekai or it's a bit self-insertion fanfic feel.
You should read "Magus of The Library" too. It's one of the best fantasy manga ever, with worldbuilding rivaling that of "Lord of The Rings" and "Dungeon Meshi". Its art is absolutely gorgeous, and its subject matter, books and libraries, is tackled fantastically.
Now that folks are catching on about WHA I have shifted into being "guy who keeps recommending Magus of the Library to people"
Hopefully that one catches on soon too so I can evolve into my next form of "guy who keeps recommending Bard Loen to people"
@@cidolfas4803 As someone in the same situation, now I need to check out Bard Loen!
@@cidolfas4803 Wanna read the three of them, WHA, Magus of the Library and Bard Loen, where can I catch them? can I buy it online?
@@cidolfas4803 Bard Loen is get too lol
I bought the first volume on a whim a few years ago knowing nothing because I thought the name sounded cool and I’ve been hooked ever since.
This man turned off his RUclips face so fast that they couldn't even edit it out 15:44 .
"Me and the boys are watching some real fantasy, not soyboys who get transported to another world."
Meanwhile The Faraway Paladin at 00:13
Eh it's not your shitty overpowered mc Isekai he actually has to learn wait(he's actually a bit overpowered the goddesses sisters were actually a bit weird to huh who would have thought.)
The dragon fight in Faraway Paladin is probably the best dragon fight in all of fiction.