Witch Hat Atelier Wins Best Manga at the 2025 Harvey Awards

Kamome Shirahama’s Witch Hat Atelier has been named Best Manga at the 37th Harvey Awards. The beloved fantasy series, translated into English by Stephen Kohler, follows a young girl who becomes a witch in training after a pivotal incident, and this marks its second win in the category after taking the same prize in 2020.

Kodansha editor Vanessa Tenazas accepted the award on Shirahama’s behalf and shared a message from the creator. In it, Shirahama reflected on her original goal for the series: to show that anyone at all can learn magic and become a witch capable of changing the world.

She added that this core idea has stayed constant through all the adventures since, and that she keeps writing with the belief that the pens people hold are tools for creation rather than weapons to harm those weaker than themselves.

Witch Hat Atelier began in 2016 in Kodansha’s Monthly Morning Two, with its fifteenth volume due on November 21, 2025. A television anime adaptation is now planned for 2026 after shifting from an earlier 2025 target.

The manga took the top prize against a strong field that included The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn’t a Guy at All, The Summer Hikaru Died, Tokyo These Days, and Wind Breaker. The ceremony itself was held at New York Comic Con 2025.

My take: Witch Hat Atelier is one of the most gorgeous manga being made right now, so this win feels thoroughly deserved. Shirahama’s message about pens as tools of creation is exactly the kind of heart that makes the series shine.