The Ancient Magus' Bride

The Ancient Magus' Bride
Original Title	Mahō Tsukai no Yome (魔法使いの嫁)
Original Language	Japanese
Dubbing Studio 1	FUNimation Entertainment (eps. 1-24)
Dubbing Studio 2	Crunchyroll (eps. 25-present)
Voice Director 1	Kyle Phillips (eps. 1-24)
Voice Director 2	Cris George (eps. 25-present)
Voice Director 3	Tabitha Ray
Voice Director 4	Michelle Rojas
Voice Director 5	Anthony Bowling (eps. 37-present)
Translation & Adaptation	Bonny Clinkenbeard (eps. 1-2, 5) Jamie Marchi (eps. 3-9, 11-19) James Cheek (eps. 25-present)
ADR Production	(eps. 1-24) (eps. 25-present)
Recorded	2017-2024
Dub Country	United States
Original Country	Japan
Episodes	48
Year	2017-2024

The Ancient Magus' Bride (魔法使いの嫁 Mahō Tsukai no Yome) is an anime based on the manga series written and illustrated by Kore Yamazaki. It started serializing on November 30, 2013.

The anime series for Season 1 was animated by Wit Studio, directed by Norihiro Naganuma , and it premiered in Japan from October 7, 2017 to March 24, 2018, consisting of 24 episodes. The second season was animated by Studio Kafka, directed by Kazuaki Terasawa, and it aired the first part from April 6, 2023 to December 21, 2023. The second part of the second season aired from October 5, 2023 to December 21, 2023, making Season 2 overall consist of 24 episodes.

FUNimation Entertainment licensed the series and began releasing a SimulDub of the series on their streaming service FunimationNow on October 30, 2017. Crunchyroll licensed the second season and produced an English Dub, which premiered on April 21, 2023. The second part of the second season's English Dub premiered on October 19, 2024.

Synopsis Chise Hatori, a 15-year-old Japanese Girl, abandoned at a young age and ridiculed by her peers for her unconventional behavior, is ready to give herself to any buyer if it meant having a place to go home to. She is sold for five million pounds at an auction to a tall masked gentleman, who reveals himself to be a non-human magus named Elias Ainsworth. Although she is at first apprehensive, the young woman will start a new life as his apprentice and future wife.

Cast

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Season(s)
Main Characters
	Chise Hatori	Atsumi Tanezaki	Dani Chambers	1-2
	Elias Ainsworth	Ryōta Takeuchi	Brian Mathis	1-2
		Sayaka Kinoshita	Kristy Sims
Secondary Characters
	Ruth	Kōki Uchiyama	Austin Tindle	1-2
	Silky	Aya Endō	Rachel Glass	1-2
	Angelica Varley	Yūko Kaida	Janelle Lutz	1-2
			Caitlin Glass (young)	1
	Simon Callum	Toshiyuki Morikawa	Tyler Carson	1-2
	Seth Noel	Junichi Suwabe	Garret Storms	1-2
	Lindel	Daisuke Namikawa	Todd Haberkorn	1-2
	Mikhail Manfred	Satoshi Hino	Jarrod Greene	1-2
	Alice Swayne	Mutsumi Tamura	Jennifer Green	1-2
	Tatiana / Titania	Sayaka Ohara	Colleen Clinkenbeard	1
	Oberon	Kappei Yamaguchi	Joel McDonald	1
	Cartaphilus / Josepha	Ayumu Murase	Jessie James Grelle	1-2
	Cartaphilus		Jerry Jewell	1
	Adolf Stroud	Kenichi Suzumura	Seth Magill	1-2
	Torrey Innis	Katsuyuki Konishi	David Trosko	1-2
	Mariel	Maaya Sakamoto	Jamie Marchi	1-2
	Stella Barklem	Sumire Morohoshi	Skyler McIntosh	1-2
	Will-O'-The-Wisp	Akira Ishida	Chris Thurman	1
			Anthony Bowling	2
	Lucy Webster	Minami Tsuda	Sarah Roach	2
	Philomela Sargant	Maki Kawase	Jill Harris	2
	Rian Scrimgeour	Seiichiro Yamashita	Ricco Fajardo	2
		Mari Uchiyami (young)	TBA (second half)
	Zoe Ivey	Daiki Kobayashi	Lee George	2
	Isaac Fowler	Kotaro Nishiyama	Derick Snow	2
			Bryson Baugus (eps. 37-38)
	Veronica Rickenbacker	Reina Ueda	Alexis Tipton	2
Minor Characters
	Nicholas	Yoshiaki Hasegawa	Howard Wang	1-2
	Jade Ariel	Ami Naitō	Tia Ballard	1-2
	Hugo	Misaki Kuno	Alex Moore	1
	Altea Varley	Ayaka Asai	Lara Woodhull	1
	Gwee Cria	Nao Shiraki	Mikaela Krantz	1
	Nevin	Ryūzaburō Ōtomo	Jason Douglas	1
	Jasper	Yoshiaki Hasegawa	Robert McCollum	1
	Barney	Shinya Takahashi	Tyler Walker	1
	Molly	Rei Sakuma	Melanie Mason	1
	Matthew	Yūto Uemura	John Burgmeier	1
	Mina	Manami Numakura	Jennifer Alyx	1
	Spriggan	Hiroki Yasumoto	Chris Ryan	1
	Isabel	Atsumi Tanezaki	Bryn Apprill	1
	Joel Garland	Hideyuki Umezu	Barry Yandell	1
	Leánnan Sídhe	Saori Hayami	Morgan Garrett	1
	Meritūri	Megumi Han	Sarah Wiedenheft	1
	Rahab	Kotono Mitsuishi	Lydia Mackay	1-2
	Ashen Eye	Kenichi Suzumura	Greg Dulcie	1
	Hazel	Hiroki Matsukawa	Ben Bryant	1-2
	Chika Hatori	Kikuko Inoue	Rachel Michelle Thompson	1
	Yuuki Hatori	Shinji Kawada	Kyle Phillips	1
	Shannon	Asami Shimoda	Haileigh Todd	1
	Ethan Barklem	Hisako Kanemoto	Alison Viktorin	1
	Stella's Mother	Risa Hayamizu	Jessica Cavanagh	1
	Phyllis	Mayumi Tanaka	Wendy Powell	1
	Liza Quillyn	Mami Koyama	Linda Leonard	2
	Alexandra Heath	Aya Endō	Natalie Van Sistine	2
	Jasmine St. George	Minami Tanaka	Marisa Duran	2
	Violet St. George	Daiki Yamashita	Lexi Nieto	2
	Beatrice Byrne	Hana Satō	Megan Shipman	2
	Sofia Healey	Mayumi Tsukishima	Mallorie Rodak	2
	Kevin Forbes	Shūichi Uchida	Clifford Chapin	2
	Roy Truman	Seiyu Fujiwara	Philip Annarella	2
	Martin Chandler	Kōsuke Ōnishi	Davon Oliver	2
	Lazarus McGovern	Takumi Takiguchi	Ben Balmaceda (eps. 26-27, 31)	2
			Grant Paulsen (eps. 37-present)
	May Atwood	Miki Natsutani	Brittney Karbowski	2
	April Atwood	Mari Uchiyama	Lindsay Seidel (eps. 26, 31-32)	2
			Kelsey Maher (eps 37-present)
	Alcyone	Sayaka Kinoshita	Corey Pettit	2
	Lizbeth Sargant	Sayuri Sadaoka	TBA	2
			Katelyn Barr (young)
	Adam Sergeant/"Adam"	Kenji Nojima	Aaron Campbell	2
		¿? (young)	Emi Lo

Episodic Characters

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Ep(s).
Season One
	Akiko Hatori	Aya Hisakawa	Linda Leonard	1
	Shouji Hatori	Makoto Yasumura	Kris Bryan
	Auction Site Guests	Motoki Sakuma Kenta Tanaka Megumi Sato	¿?
	Auctioneer	Tarō Kiuchi	¿?
	Ariels	Natsumi Fujiwara	¿?	1, 21, 24
		Hana Satō	Megan Shipman
	Beana		Leah Clark	3
	Uil	Nao Tamura	Terri Doty
	Train Inspector (Sea Lion)	¿?	Philip Annarella	4
	Ally	Lynn	Jill Harris
	Tim	Yūki Sanpei	Josh Martin	5
	Village Girls	Natsumi Fujiwara Hana Satō Madoka Kuwata	Julie Shields
	Police Officer	Jun Kondō	¿?	7
	Resident	Yoshiaki Hasegawa	¿?
	Graveyard Monster	Hana Satō	Brittany Lauda
	Woolybug	Aya Endō	Bryn Apprill
	Isabel's Father	Yūki Sanpei	Gregory Lush	8
	Villager	Natsumi Fujiwara	¿?
	Village Children	Hana Satō Ami Naitō	¿?
	Child	Natsumi Fujiwara	¿?	11
	Old Woman	Hana Satō	¿?
	Village Head	Tadashi Miyazawa	¿?
	Villagers	Yoshiaki Hasegawa Yūji Murai Jun Miyamoto	¿?
	Fire Spirit	Hana Satō	¿?	12
	Faeries	Ami Naitō Natsumi Fujiwara	Jessica Peterson Heather Walker	14
	Faerie	Yoshiaki Hasegawa	¿?	15
	Shanahan	Yūma Uchida	Jason Liebrecht
	Leánnan Sídhe	Arisa Kiyoto	Whitney Rodgers
	Yule Twins	Tomo Muranaka	Jeannie Tirado	16
			Dawn M. Bennett
	Restaurant Guest	Yoshiaki Hasegawa	¿?
	Alice's Old Friends	Takayuki Nakatsukasa	¿?
		Chado Horii	¿?
	Hawthorn of Honesty	Hana Satō	TBA	17
	Vampire	Ami Naitō	TBA
	Stella's Father	Kazuhiro Fusegawa	Anthony Bowling
	Dragon Chick (Beana)	Ami Naitō	Leah Clark	18-19
	Dragon Chick (Gwee)	Natsumi Fujiwara	TBA	18-19
	Spring Goddess	Shion Shimizu	Luci Christian	18
	Resident	Yoshiaki Hasegawa	¿?
	David Varley	Kenji Fukuda	Aaron Roberts
	Poachers	Hiroki Gotō Yū Miyazaki	¿?
	Auctioneer	Hiroki Gotō	Ricco Fajardo	19
	Official	Yūki Sanpei	¿?
	Buyers	Shūki Imagawa	¿?
		Kōsuke Ōnishi
	Angelica's Father	Nobuaki Kanemitsu	Tyson Rinehart	21
	Faeries	Hana Satō Junko Oka	¿?
	Fumiki Hatori	Hana Satō	Katelyn Barr	22
	Male Neighbor	Kōsuke Ōnishi	¿?
	Part of Woman	Manami Hanawa	¿?
	Yōkai	Yoshiaki Hasegawa Arisa Kiyoto	¿?
	People of Joseph's Village	Shinya Hamazoe Yoshiaki Hasegawa Kōsuke Ōnishi Julian Sugiura Ami Naitō Miyuri Shimabukuro Yūki Sanpei	¿?	23
	Woman	Hana Satō	¿?
Season Two
	Rose Lynn	Sakiko Tamagawa	TBA	25, 36
	Camellia		TBA
	Students	Sara Matsumoto Arisa Kiyoto Kazuki Miyagi	TBA	25
	Olivia	Sakiko Tamagawa	Jad Saxton	25, 31, 36, 41-42
	Gregory	Takuya Masumoto	Gabe Kunda	25, 27, 38-39, 42-43
	Narcisse Maugham	Kōsuke Toriumi	David Matranga	26-27, 31
	Hound Dog	Kazuki Miyagi	Josh Putnam Jamie Snowden Corinne Sudberg	28, 34
	Zoe's Father	Shūhei Sakaguchi	TBA	29
	Whoopi	Tsuguo Mogami	Christopher Wehkamp	31-32
	Joshua	Kazuki Miyagi	James Cheek	31, 45
	Each-uisge	Shōmaru Zōza	Reagan Murdock	32
	Nuckelavee	¿?	Bradley Gareth
	Chief Librarian	Koichi Soma	TBA	33
	Librarian	Takaaki Uchino	TBA
	Teachers	Satsumi Matsuda Hana Satō Shōko Yuzuki	TBA
	Simeon Paladilhe	Mitsuo Iwata	Randy Pearlman	33-34, 37
	Male Werewolf	Shinichirō Kamio	Cris George	33-34
	Seth's Father	Katsunori Okai	TBA	34
	Female Werewolf	Mamiko Noto	Kimmie Britt	34
			Brittany Lauda	38-39, 42, 44-45, 47-48
	Fabio Zaccheroni	Makoto Furukawa	Alejandro Saab	35-37, 43-44, 47-48
	Sigrid Wachmann	Shoko Yuzuki	Erin Kelly Noble	35, 37
			Jessica Peterson	36
	Tariq	Takaaki Uchino	TBA	35, 40
	College Students	Kosuke Onishi Mari Uchiyama	TBA	35
	Transfigured Sorcerers	Seiyu Fujiwara Kōsuke Ōnishi	TBA	36
	Isaac	Kazuyuki Okitsu	Matt Shipman	37-38, 43
	Iris Sergeant	Maki Kawase	Molly Searcy	39, 44
	Spirit/"Jasmine St. George"	Minami Tanaka	¿?	40
	Sharkmountain Characters	Wataru Komada Yuki Ominami Shitan En	¿?
	College Students	Kazuki Miyagi Ikuto Kanemasa Mikoto Nakai Mizuki Ishii Akari Tadano	¿?	41
	Female Student	Rie Hikisaka	TBA	42
	Subordinate	Kazuki Miyagi	TBA	43
	Vagrant	Fumitake Ishiguro Masato Niwa	TBA
	Winter Goddess/Morrígan	Ayako Kawasumi	Erin Nicole Lundquist	42-44, 47-48
	Sargant Family Pursuers	Masafumi Kobatake Takaaki Torashima Takuya Nakashima Yuji Murai	Jamie Snowden Ashley Thereon James Marler Dylan Mobley	44
	Chise's Classmate	Kōsuke Ōnishi	Josh Putnam	45
	Gatekeeper	Seiyu Fujiwara	TBA
	Relatives	Hana Sato Mayumi Tsukishima Mari Uchiyama Yuki Sanpei	TBA
	Family Head	Tokuyoshi Kawashima	TBA	46
	Gatekeepers	Seiyū Fujiwara Kōsuke Ōnishi	TBA
	Relative	Katsunori Okai	TBA

Additional Voices

Randy E. Aguebor Jennifer Alyx Philip Annarella Bryn Apprill Tia Ballard Josh Bangle Katelyn Barr Daniel Baugh Madeleine Scott Broseh Anthony Bowling Kris Bryan John Burgmeier Charles Campbell Tyler Carson Luci Christian Leah Clark Joe Cucinotti Aaron Dismuke Terri Doty Jason Douglas Jordan Drayer Greg Dulcie Ricco Fajardo Dusty Feeney Genna Ford Stephen Fu Steph Garrett Robby Gemaehlich Caitlin Glass Rachel Glass Ariel Graham Aaron Graves Chad Halbrook Lynsey Hale Bree Han Lance Hardwood Jill Harris Brad Hawkins Jean-Luc Hester Natalie Hoover Ray Hurd Kyle Igneczi Jerry Jewell Jim Johnson Brittney Karbowski Mikaela Krantz Brad Kurtz Veronica Laux Amanda Lee Monét Tatianna Lerner Comona Lewin Branden Loera Gregory Lush Jamie Marchi Josh Martin

T.K. Masala Elizabeth Maxwell Margaret McDonald Alle Mims Bonnie Mitchell Patrick Morphy Madeleine Morris Anastasia Muñoz Mindy Neuendorff Trina Nishimura Erin Kelly Noble Brienne Olvera Justin Pate Jessica Peterson Kara Phillips Kyle Phillips Christopher Dontrell Piper Orion Pitts Josh Putnam Sara Ragsdale Tabitha Ray Ben Reynolds Tyson Rinehart Aaron Roberts Michelle Rojas Kathryn Taylor Rose Alejandro Saab Blake Shepard Julie Shields Megan Shipman Kristy Sims Ian Sinclair Jessica Sluys Jamie Snowden Michael Speck Marcus D. Stimac Michael Stimac Corinne Sudberg Kristin Sutton Elizabeth Sweet Chris Thurman Matt Thurston Dalton Tindall Alexis Tipton Jeannie Tirado Haileigh Todd David Trosko Alison Viktorin Heather Walker Howard Wang John Wesley Go Jim White Colten Winburn Dave Woodard Molly Zhang

Notes

• In the Season 2, Anthony Bowling replaces Chris Thurman as Will-O'-The-Wisp due to Thurman's controversy in 2020.
• Start with episode 37, fourth of voice actors were recast:
  • Bryson Baugus replaces Derick Snow as Isaac Fowler on the episodes 37-38.
  • Grant Paulsen replaces Ben Balmaceda as Lazarus McGovern due to unknown reasons.
  • Kelsey Maher replaces Lindsay Seidel as April Atwood.
  • Brittany Lauda replaces Kimmie Britt as Female Werewolf.

Transmission via Streaming

Company	Date(s)	Category	Format	Classification	Content		Country
	October 30, 2017	Anime	Digital	TV-14	Season 1	24 Eps.	United States
	January 30, 2020				Season 1	24 Eps.
	April 21, 2023				Season 2	12 Eps.
	October 19, 2024					12 Eps.

Video Releases

Distributor	Year	Format	Contents	Region	Country
	2019	+	The Complete Series	1 NTSC A DVB-T	United States
			2 Volumes
	2024		Season 2 Part 1
			4 Discs

See Also

• The Ancient Magus' Bride: The Boy from the West and the Knight of the Blue Storm
• The Ancient Magus' Bride: Those Awaiting a Star

External Links

• The Ancient Magus' Bride on the Internet Movie Database.
• The Ancient Magus' Bride (anime) on the Anime News Network's encyclopedia.
• The Ancient Magus' Bride on Behind The Voice Actors.