Studio Kafka, which produced the OVA, returned to produce the part, while Kazuaki Terasawa will direct. Aya Takaha, Yoko Yonaiyama and Chiaki Nishinaka wrote the script. Hirotaka Katō and Junichi Matsumoto also return as character designers and composers.
The first episode of season 2 was released on April 6, 2023, and this episode is filled with tense dialogues. The pilot mainly focuses on establishing the plot and setting for another story. Viewers are introduced to new characters and meet familiar faces again. However, some of the older characters don’t look as friendly as viewers used to know them, especially if we consider the interactions with Elias.
The Ancient Magus’ Bride Synopsis
Chise Hatori, a 15-year-old girl from Japan, had a difficult childhood and was auctioned off to a masked man for £5 million. She yearns for a home and is ready to meet anyone who accepts her. Despite being called the rare Sleigh Beggy by the men in the robes at the auction, she ignores them.
Her buyer was a magician named Elias Ainsworth. After a brief confrontation, he teleports her to his cottage in the English countryside, where fairies and other strange creatures greet her. This marks the beginning of Chise’s story as Elias’ apprentice and his supposed bride.
The Ancient Magus’ Bride Season 2 Episode 1 Summary
In the first episode of The Ancient Magus’ Bride Season 2, Chise and Elias go to the university and split up to solve different problems. Adolf Stroud gives Elias a tour of the campus while Alexandra Heath checks on Chise. However, Chise feels someone is watching her while Elias encounters an old enemy named Mikhail Renfred.
Chise is then led around the dorm, where she meets a talking cat named Rose Lyn, who has become her dorm mother. Chise also meets her roommate, Lucy, but their first meeting is over. Meanwhile, Elias reveals to Adolf that he and Chise plan to go to university, and he learns that Renfred and Alice Swayne do the same.
The episode ends with the focus on Chise. She puts on her new school uniform and meets Alice. However, on the way, she encounters the girl who had been following her before and that girl passed out in front of her.
The episode introduced several new characters and settings, including Chise’s university and dormitory. It also hints at some possible conflicts, such as the tension between Chise and Lucy and the return of Mikhail Renfred as a potential threat to Elias and Chise’s safety. The mysterious girl who fell before Chise could also be the source of future plot developments.
The Ancient Magus’ Bride Season 2 Episode 2 Release Date
The Ancient Magus’ Bride Season 2 Episode 2 will premiere on Japanese local networks at 10:00 p.m. JST on Thursday, April 13, 2023. International audiences can watch the episode on Crunchyroll about an hour after it airs in Japan.
However, release times may vary by region and time zone. Funimation has removed old and new anime titles, making Crunchyroll the best and only choice for streaming any anime series from any year. The episode’s airing time on April 13, 2023, in different time zones is as follows:
- Pacific Standard Time (US): 6:00 a.m. Thursday, April 13
- Eastern Standard Time (US): 9:00 a.m. Thursday, April 13
- Greenwich Mean Time (UK): 2pm on Thursday, April 13
- Central European Time (Europe): 3:00pm Thursday, April 13
- India Standard Time (India): 6:30pm Thursday, April 13
- Philippine Standard Time (Philippines): 9:00pm Thursday, April 13
- Central Australia Standard Time (Australia): 10:30pm on Thursday, April 13
Where To Watch The Ancient Magus’ Bride Season 2 Episode 2
As mentioned before, you can watch The Ancient Magus’ Bride Season 2 Episode 2 on Crunchyroll, but you need to purchase the premium version of the platform to view this. However, you can watch the first season without a paid subscription.
