After recently rounding out its 12-episode run of its first cour, The Ancient Magus’ Bride Season 2 anime has officially set a date for its second cour on October 5, 2023. The announcement coincided with a new visual and a teaser trailer being shared on the Twin Engine Youtube Channel.
The new trailer gave fans a glimpse of the events that would unfold in the now closed-off College of Sorcery as series protagonist Chise Hatori becomes involved and embroiled in the story of Philomela, a fellow classmate. The second season of the anime made its debut in the Spring season of 2023 and consisted of a total of 12 episodes.
▍The Ancient Magus’ Bride Season 2
▍About The Ancient Magus’ Bride
The Ancient Magus’ Bride, written and illustrated by Kore Yamazaki, first published in Comic Blade magazine from November 2013 to September 2014, and later moved to Mag Garden’s Monthly Comic Garden magazine. A three-part prequel anime was produced by Wit Studio, and an anime adaptation began airing on October 8, 2017. A three-part original OVA series by Studio Kafka was also produced and premiered in September 2021.
Having been ostracized by her relatives and partially by society, orphaned Japanese high school student Chise Hatori decides to sell herself at an auction for somebody else to take her in and have a new place to call home. At the auction in London, she is sold for five million pounds to Elias Ainsworth, a seven-foot-tall humanoid with an animal skull for a head.
The magus, who seems closer to a demon than a human, either brings her the light she desperately seeks or drowns her in ever deeper shadows in her new country, Great Britain. The series deals with a romantic slice-of-life storyline in a surreal and supernatural light.
▍The Ancient Magus’ Bride Season 2 Staff & Production
Original Story: Mahoutsukai no Yome by Kore Yamazaki (Published by MAG Garden)
Director: Kazuaki Terasawa
Screenplay: Aya Takaha, Yoko Yonaiyama, Chiaki Nishinaka
Character Design: Hirotaka Kato
Chief Animation Directors: Kohei Tokuoka
Color Design: Yuko Kobari
Art Director: Seiki Tamura
Director of Photography: Asayo Suzuki
CGI Director: Katsuaki Miyaji
Special effects: Chiptune
Editor: Daisuke Imai
Scored by: Junichi Matsumoto
Music Production: FlyingDog
Sound Director: Shoji Hata
Sound Effects: Noriko Izumo
Sound Production: Sound team・Don Juan
Animation Production: Studio Kafka
Production: Mag Garden・Twin Engine
Production Cooperation: Geno Studio・HORNETS
▍The Ancient Magus’ Bride Season 2 Cast
■ Chise Hatori – CV: Atsumi Tanezaki
■ Elias Ainsworth – CV: Ryota Takeuchi
■ Ruth – CV: Koki Uchiyama
■ Silky – CV: Aya Endo
■ Lucy Webster – CV: Minami Tsuda
■ Philomela Sergeant – CV: Maki Kawase
■ Rian Scrimgeour – CV: Seiichiro Yamashita
■ Zoe lvy – CV: Daiki Kobayashi
■ Veronica Rickenbacker – CV: Reina Ueda
■ Isaac Farrar – CV: Kotaro Nishiyama
■ Mikhail Renfred – CV: Satoshi Hino
■ Alice – CV: Mutsumi Tamura
■ Violet St. George – CV: Daiki Yamashita
■ Jasmine St. George – CV: Minami Tanaka
■ May Atwood – CV: Mari Uchiyama
■ April Atwood – CV: Miki Natsutani
■ Narcisse Maugham – CV: Kousuke Toriumi
■ Liza Quillyn – CV: Mami Koyama
■ Lizbeth Sergeant – CV: Sayuri Sadaoka