# List of The Ancient Magus' Bride episodes
*The Ancient Magus' Bride* (魔法使いの嫁, *Mahō Tsukai no Yome*), the anime adaptation of Kore Yamazaki's manga, consists of a 24-episode first season, a two-cour second season, a three-part prequel OVA series, and a three-part original animation DVD (OAD) series, for 48 television episodes across two seasons plus six specials.[1](https://www.cinnamondb.com/tv/the-ancient-magus-bride-2017) • [2](https://ancientmagusbride.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_Episodes) The first season was produced by Wit Studio and directed by Norihiro Naganuma; the second season and the later OAD series were produced by Studio Kafka, a studio founded in 2020 specifically to continue the franchise's animation.[3](https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/b5034df8-0e3f-4519-a051-bab3a559bfba/the_magus_bride_ruth.pdf) • [4](https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/interviews/2023/7/25/the-ancient-magus-bride-season-2-staff-new-season-interview)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Season 1 | 24 episodes, October 7, 2017 to March 24, 2018, Wit Studio, directed by Norihiro Naganuma[3](https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/b5034df8-0e3f-4519-a051-bab3a559bfba/the_magus_bride_ruth.pdf) |
| Prequel OVA | *Those Awaiting a Star* (星待つひと), 3 parts, September 9, 2016, March 10, 2017, and September 9, 2017[2](https://ancientmagusbride.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_Episodes) |
| OAD series | *The Boy from the West and the Knight of the Blue Storm*, 3 parts, September 10, 2021 to September 10, 2022, bundled with manga volumes 16–18[5](https://anilist.co/anime/130713/Mahoutsukai-no-Yome-Nishi-no-Shounen-to-Seiran-no-Kishi) |
| Season 2 | Two cours in 2023 by Studio Kafka; the second cour aired from October 5, 2023 on Tokyo MX and BS11[4](https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/interviews/2023/7/25/the-ancient-magus-bride-season-2-staff-new-season-interview) • [6](https://mahoyome.jp/) |
| Streaming | The series can be watched on Crunchyroll and Prime Video[2](https://ancientmagusbride.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_Episodes) |
| Episode length | About 24 minutes per episode[1](https://www.cinnamondb.com/tv/the-ancient-magus-bride-2017) |
## Season 1 (2017–2018)
The first season follows Chise Hatori, a 15-year-old orphan who sells herself at an underground auction and is bought by Elias Ainsworth, a not-quite-human mage who intends to make her his apprentice and future bride.[7](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_ancient_magus_bride/s01) The production-side run is given as October 7, 2017 to March 24, 2018, while Rotten Tomatoes lists the broadcast dates below, from October 8, 2017 to March 25, 2018.[3](https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/b5034df8-0e3f-4519-a051-bab3a559bfba/the_magus_bride_ruth.pdf) • [7](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_ancient_magus_bride/s01)
| No. | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "April Showers Bring May Flowers" | October 8, 2017 |
| 2 | "One Today is Worth Two Tomorrows" | October 15, 2017 |
| 3 | "The Balance Distinguishes Not Between Gold and Lead" | October 22, 2017 |
| 4 | "Everything Must Have a Beginning" | October 29, 2017 |
| 5 | "Love Conquers All" | November 5, 2017 |
| 6 | "The Faerie Queene" | November 12, 2017 |
| 7 | "Talk of the Devil, and He is Sure to Appear" | November 19, 2017 |
| 8 | "Let Sleeping Dogs Lie" | November 26, 2017 |
| 9 | "None So Deaf as Those Who Will Not Hear" | December 3, 2017 |
| 10 | "We Live and Learn" | December 10, 2017 |
| 11 | "Lovers Ever Run Before the Clock" | December 17, 2017 |
| 12 | "Better to Ask the Way Than Go Astray" | December 24, 2017 |
| 13 | "East, West, Home's Best" | January 7, 2018 |
| 14 | "Looks Breed Love" | January 14, 2018 |
| 15 | "There Is No Place Like Home" | January 21, 2018 |
| 16 | "God's Mill Grinds Slow but Sure" | January 28, 2018 |
| 17 | "Look Before You Leap" | February 4, 2018 |
| 18 | "Forgive and Forget" | February 11, 2018 |
| 19 | "Any Port in a Storm" | February 18, 2018 |
| 20 | "You Can't Make an Omelet Without Breaking a Few Eggs" | February 25, 2018 |
| 21 | "Necessity Has No Law" | March 4, 2018 |
| 22 | "As You Sow, So Shall You Reap" | March 11, 2018 |
| 23 | "Nothing Seek, Nothing Find" | March 18, 2018 |
| 24 | "Live and Let Live" | March 25, 2018 |
The season's later episodes center on the antagonist Cartaphilus: he contacts Chise in a dream in episode 19, begins experimenting on her in episode 22, and their conflict drives the final episodes.[7](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_ancient_magus_bride/s01)
## Those Awaiting a Star (2016–2017)
Before the television series, a three-part prequel OVA titled *The Ancient Magus' Bride: Those Awaiting a Star* (星待つひと) was produced at Wit Studio, directed by Norihiro Naganuma and written with series creator Kore Yamazaki.[3](https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/b5034df8-0e3f-4519-a051-bab3a559bfba/the_magus_bride_ruth.pdf) It is an anime-original story set before the events of the manga proper.[8](https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/features/2016/9/17/feature-why-it-works-the-living-world-of-ancient-magus-bride) The release dates below follow the episode list; the English-language release arrived on [Crunchyroll](https://www.edgepedia.org/crunchyroll) on March 14, 2024.[2](https://ancientmagusbride.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_Episodes) • [9](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GPWUKVG29/part-1)
| No. | Title | Original air date | English air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| OVA 1 | "Those Awaiting a Star: Part 1" (星待つひと：前篇) | September 9, 2016 | March 14, 2024 |
| OVA 2 | "Those Awaiting a Star: Part 2" (星待つひと：中篇) | March 10, 2017 | March 14, 2024 |
| OVA 3 | "Those Awaiting a Star: Part 3" (星待つひと：後篇) | September 9, 2017 | March 14, 2024 |
## The Boy from the West and the Knight of the Blue Storm (2021–2022)
A second three-part OAD series, *The Ancient Magus' Bride: The Boy from the West and the Knight of the Blue Storm* (魔法使いの嫁 西の少年と青嵐の騎士), was announced in March 2021 as an original story following the TV series.[10](https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2021/03/09-1/the-ancient-magus-bride-anime-to-conjure-up-original-3-part-oad-series) It was directed by Kazuaki Terasawa and produced by Studio Kafka, and the episodes were bundled with volumes 16, 17, and 18 of the manga.[5](https://anilist.co/anime/130713/Mahoutsukai-no-Yome-Nishi-no-Shounen-to-Seiran-no-Kishi) The story is set just before Chise becomes a part-time student, during Cartaphilus' brief nap, and follows Gabriel, an ordinary boy newly moved from London whose world begins to intertwine with the veiled world of the mages.[5](https://anilist.co/anime/130713/Mahoutsukai-no-Yome-Nishi-no-Shounen-to-Seiran-no-Kishi)
| No. | Title | Original release date | English air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| OAD 1 | "The Boy From the West and the Knight of the Blue Storm: Part 1" (西の少年と青嵐の騎士：前篇) | September 10, 2021 | July 13, 2022 |
| OAD 2 | "The Boy From the West and the Knight of the Blue Storm: Part 2" (西の少年と青嵐の騎士：中篇) | March 10, 2022 | July 13, 2022 |
| OAD 3 | "The Boy From the West and the Knight of the Blue Storm: Part 3" (西の少年と青嵐の騎士：後篇) | September 10, 2022 | January 20, 2023 |
## Season 2 (2023)
Season 2 was announced after a three-year gap following the first season's finale, with a newly established studio, Studio Kafka, taking over animation production. The studio was founded in October 2020 by Koichi Naruse, Kazuaki Terasawa, and Takahiko Abiru; Naruse described it as created to be dedicated to *The Ancient Magus' Bride*, and Abiru called it fitting that its first project was one long awaited by fans.[4](https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/interviews/2023/7/25/the-ancient-magus-bride-season-2-staff-new-season-interview) The season was announced for broadcast from April 2023 as a continuation of the 2017 TV anime.[11](https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000043.000032680.html)
The season ran in two cours. The second cour aired from October 5, 2023 on [Tokyo MX](https://www.edgepedia.org/tokyo-mx) and BS11.[6](https://mahoyome.jp/) It adapts the College arc of the manga, in which Chise, after Cartaphilus falls into a temporary sleep, receives an invitation to the College, a mutual-aid organization of mages beneath the [British Library](https://www.edgepedia.org/british-library), and enters a society of mages different from anything she has known.[6](https://mahoyome.jp/) Episode titles in the second cour continue the series' pattern of English sayings, including "Needs must when the devil drives."[12](https://anilist.co/anime/166452/Mahoutsukai-no-Yome-SEASON-2-Part-2/watch)
## Viewing order
A commonly recommended order places the 24-episode first season first, then the prequel OVA, then both halves of Season 2, with the three-episode OAD series, bundled with manga volumes 16, 17, and 18, slotted between them.[13](https://watchordr.com/series/the-ancient-magus-bride/) The OVA was produced before the main series and released in Japan alongside manga volumes 6, 7, and 8.[14](https://www.cubed3.com/features/anime-reviews/the-ancient-magus-bride-part-1)
## References
1. [The Ancient Magus' Bride (2017), Cinnamon DB](https://www.cinnamondb.com/tv/the-ancient-magus-bride-2017)
2. [List of Episodes, Ancient Magus Bride Wiki (Fandom)](https://ancientmagusbride.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_Episodes)
3. [魔法使いの嫁 (Mahō Tsukai no Yome) infobox data](https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/b5034df8-0e3f-4519-a051-bab3a559bfba/the_magus_bride_ruth.pdf)
4. [The Ancient Magus' Bride Season 2 Staff on Creating a Supportive Studio Culture, Crunchyroll News (July 25, 2023)](https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/interviews/2023/7/25/the-ancient-magus-bride-season-2-staff-new-season-interview)
5. [Mahoutsukai no Yome: Nishi no Shounen to Seiran no Kishi, AniList](https://anilist.co/anime/130713/Mahoutsukai-no-Yome-Nishi-no-Shounen-to-Seiran-no-Kishi)
6. [TVアニメ「魔法使いの嫁 SEASON2」公式サイト](https://mahoyome.jp/)
7. [The Ancient Magus' Bride: Season 1, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_ancient_magus_bride/s01)
8. [Why It Works: The Living World of Ancient Magus' Bride, Crunchyroll News (September 17, 2016)](https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/features/2016/9/17/feature-why-it-works-the-living-world-of-ancient-magus-bride)
9. [The Ancient Magus' Bride: Those Awaiting a Star Part 1, Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GPWUKVG29/part-1)
10. [The Ancient Magus' Bride Anime to Conjure Up Original 3-Part OAD Series, Crunchyroll News (March 9, 2021)](https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2021/03/09-1/the-ancient-magus-bride-anime-to-conjure-up-original-3-part-oad-series)
11. [TVアニメ『魔法使いの嫁 SEASON2』2023年4月より放送決定！, Twin Engine press release](https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000043.000032680.html)
12. [Mahoutsukai no Yome SEASON 2 Part 2, AniList](https://anilist.co/anime/166452/Mahoutsukai-no-Yome-SEASON-2-Part-2/watch)
13. [How to Watch The Ancient Magus' Bride — Watch Order, WatchOrdr](https://watchordr.com/series/the-ancient-magus-bride/)
14. [The Ancient Magus' Bride – Part 1 Review, Cubed3](https://www.cubed3.com/features/anime-reviews/the-ancient-magus-bride-part-1)
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