The Ancient Magus' Bride

The Ancient Magus' Bride
Cover of the first volume
魔法使いの嫁
(Mahoutsukai no Yome)
Genre
Manga
Written byKore Yamazaki
Published by
English publisher
Magazine
  • Monthly Comic Blade
  • (November 30, 2013 – July 1, 2014)
  • Monthly Comic Garden (September 1, 2014 – March 10, 2023)
  • Comic Growl (December 21, 2023 – present)
DemographicShōnen
Original runNovember 30, 2013 – present
Volumes21
Original animation DVD
The Ancient Mage Bride: Those Awaiting a Star
Directed byNorihiro Naganuma
Written by
  • Kore Yamazaki
  • Norihiro Naganuma
  • Aya Takaha
Music byJunichi Matsumoto
StudioWit Studio
Licensed by
Released
  • August 13, 2016 (theatrical)
  • September 10, 2016 – September 9, 2017 (DVD)
Episodes3 (List of episodes)
Anime television series
Directed by
  • Norihiro Naganuma (S1)
  • Kazuaki Terasawa (S2)
Produced by
  • Hirotsugu Ose (#1–12)
  • Toshio Iizuka (S1)
  • Masao Itou (S1)
  • George Wada (S1)
  • Naokado Fujiyama (S2)
  • Takeharu Sengoku (S2)
  • Kyouhei Shinfuku (S2)
Written by
  • Norihiro Naganuma (S1)[a]
  • Kazuaki Terasawa (S2)[b]
Music byJunichi Matsumoto
Studio
  • Wit Studio (S1)
  • Studio Kafka (S2)
Licensed by
Original networkAT-X, Tokyo MX, MBS, TVA, TVS, CTC, BS11, HBC
English network
Original run October 7, 2017 December 21, 2023
Episodes48 (List of episodes)
Manga
The Ancient Magus' Bride: Jack Flash and the Faerie Case Files
Written byYū Godai
Illustrated byMako Oikawa
Published byMag Garden
English publisher
  • NA: Seven Seas Entertainment
ImprintBlade Comics
MagazineManga Doa
DemographicShōnen
Original runApril 12, 2019 – present
Volumes4
Manga
The Ancient Magus' Bride: Wizard's Blue
Written byMakoto Sanda
Illustrated byIsuo Tsukumo
Published byMag Garden
English publisher
  • NA: Seven Seas Entertainment
ImprintBlade Comics
MagazineManga Doa
DemographicShōnen
Original runApril 12, 2019 – present
Volumes9
Original animation DVD
The Ancient Magus' Bride: The Boy from the West and the Knight of the Blue Storm
Directed byKazuaki Terasawa
Produced by
  • Naokado Fujiyama
  • Kyouhei Shinfuku
Written by
  • Aya Takaha
  • Yoko Yonaiyama
Music byJunichi Matsumoto
StudioStudio Kafka
ReleasedSeptember 10, 2021 – September 9, 2022
Episodes3 (List of episodes)
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The Ancient Magus' Bride (Japanese: 魔法使いの嫁, Hepburn: Mahō Tsukai no Yome) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kore Yamazaki. It is serialized in Bushiroad Works' Comic Growl manga website and is licensed in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment. Wit Studio produced a three-part prequel original animation DVD (OAD) series which was bundled with volumes of the manga from September 2016 to September 2017 and an anime television series that aired from October 2017 to March 2018. Studio Kafka produced a second three-part OAD series which was bundled with the manga from September 2021 to September 2022, along with the second season of the anime, which aired in two parts from April to July 2023 and October to December of the same year.

  1. ^ Chapman, Paul (September 5, 2019). "Wizards Gather in Key Visual for The Ancient Magus' Bride Stage Play". Crunchyroll. Archived from the original on September 9, 2019. Retrieved June 7, 2020. The Ancient Magus' Bride, a dark fantasy manga by Kore Yamazaki about a young woman finding magic and self-worth after becoming engaged to a strange, otherworldly wizard.
  2. ^ Josh A. Stevens (April 1, 2019). "The Ancient Magus' Bride Part One Review". Anime UK News. Archived from the original on May 30, 2019. Retrieved August 9, 2019.
  3. ^ Green, Scott (September 12, 2015). ""Ancient Magus' Bride" Manga to Get Drama CD". Crunchyroll. Archived from the original on September 26, 2015. Retrieved October 16, 2015.
  4. ^ "Seven Seas Adds The Ancient Magus' Bride Supernatural Manga". Anime News Network. October 2, 2015. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved October 16, 2015.
  5. ^ "Crunchyroll Announces Winter 2017 Anime Lineup". Crunchyroll. January 20, 2017. Archived from the original on March 3, 2017. Retrieved April 17, 2017.


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