The Ancient Magus' Bride Season 1

Synopsis

Chise Hatori, a 15-year-old Japanese girl, was sold for five million pounds at an auction to a tall masked gentleman. Abandoned at a young age and ridiculed by her peers for her unconventional behavior, she was ready to give herself to any buyer if it meant having a place to go home to. In chains and on her way to an unknown fate, she hears whispers from robed men along her path, gossiping and complaining that such a buyer got his hands on a rare Sleigh Beggy. Ignoring the murmurs, the mysterious man leads the girl to a study, where he reveals himself to be Elias Ainsworth—a magus. After a brief confrontation and a bit of teleportation magic, the two open their eyes to Elias' picturesque cottage in rural England. Greeted by fairies and surrounded by weird and wonderful beings upon her arrival, these events mark the beginning of Chise's story as the apprentice and supposed bride of the ancient magus.

Main Cast

Atsumi Tanezaki

Chise Hatori (voice)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 6%

Ryota Takeuchi

Elias Ainsworth (voice)

Age : 41 | Popularity : 7%

Episodes

Episode 1

08 October 2017 - April Showers Bring May Flowers.

Having given up on life, 15-year-old Chise Hatori sells herself at an underground auction, where she is bought by Elias Ainsworth, a not-quite-human mage, for 5 million pounds. She learns that he intends for her to be his future bride, and her world begins to change.

Episode 2

15 October 2017 - One Today Is Worth Two Tomorrows.

Few people know the truth about the bookstore on the outskirts of London that Elias frequents. He takes Chise there, where they meet Angelica, who teaches Chise a little bit of magic, but... The true power of the Sleigh Beggy materializes a fragment of Chise's memories.

Episode 3

22 October 2017 - The Balance Distinguishes Not Between Gold and Lead.

Simon, who is assigned by the Church to keep an eye on Elias, visits with some business. One of his requests brings Chise and Elias to the ends of the earth, where they meet Elias' mentor, Lindel, along with an old race on the verge of extinction. An old one, about to return to the earth, spends his last moments sharing a dream with Chise.

Episode 4

29 October 2017 - Everything Must Have a Beginning.

Long ago, the humans and cats of Ulthar, city of cats, were struck by a great tragedy. For generations, the souls of those who were at the center of this tragedy have been sealed away by the king of cats. Chise and Elias travel to Ulthar in order to complete Simon's second task: to purify the spirits that remain.

Episode 5

05 November 2017 - Love Conquers All.

To sorcerer Refnred's eyes, Chise is a sad girl, being duped by a mage. But no matter what Elias' true motives are, Chise has no intention of leaving him. Elias was the first person to value her, after all. As she walks towards the epicenter, she learns of the truth behind it. The sight of a boy appears behind the tragedy.

Episode 6

12 November 2017 - The Faerie Queene.

Chise is deep in thought as she watches the souls return to where they'd belonged all along. More than ten days have passed since the incident at Ulthar, but she is still in a deep sleep. Elias and Simon stand worriedly by her side, when they are met by two unexpected guests: Titania, Queen of Fairies, Lord of Tír na nÓg.

Episode 7

19 November 2017 - Talk of the Devil, and He Is Sure to Appear.

The dog, with its flowing, black hair and burning red eyes, called Chise by the name "Isabelle." The Church's final request is to investigate a black dog that emerged in a cemetetry, but the black dog ends up saving Chise from danger. Meanwhile, Renfred's apprentice, Alice, is also on the move, looking for the black dog.

Episode 8

26 November 2017 - Let Sleeping Dogs Lie.

Alice sees Elias' changes and decides immediately that he could never be human. Sorcerer Cartaphilius, who is attempting to capture the black dog by manipulating Renfred and Alice, causes Elias to show a completely different side of himself when his "work" hurts Chise. Those who know Elias call him the Pilum Murialis.

Episode 9

03 December 2017 - None so Deaf as Those Who Will Not Hear.

With the church's requests fulfilled, things were supposed to go back to normal. But Elias has been acting strange since the last request: he'd vanished on the first morning after Chise had spent a night in his room. Neither Angelica's kind words nor Ruth's pure words are enough to put Chise's mind to rest.

Episode 10

10 December 2017 - We Live and Learn.

Chise and Selkie climb aboard a dragon's back to meet Lindel, to have her own mage's staff made. Frustrated by Chise's acceptance of her being kept as a pet by Elias, he describes the time he found Elias in the darkness. Meanwhile, Elias, who had stayed at home by himself, receives a letter from a sorcerer's college.

Episode 11

17 December 2017 - Lovers Ever Run Before the Clock.

Elias, is an odd failure who pretends to be human -- but is it because of his master's words, or because of his distrust for humans, that he stopped communicating about himself? Lindel's alias, Echoes, refers to the to a song akin to the sound of snowmelt, traveling through the wind, causing the blooming of flowers and the dancing of fairies. The magic of the song turns into a mirror the surface of the water Chise peers into. What does she see beyond the mirror?

Episode 12

24 December 2017 - Better to ask the way than go astray.

Lindel finishes the staff that Chise had finished carving. As she finishes, she meets an old friend, who offers her some wise advice.

Episode 13

07 January 2018 - East, west, home's best.

Chise and Elias are in the middle of shearing Wooly Bugs, magical creatures who eat cold from the air and grow wool with magical properties. Chise becomes distracted and is attacked. As Chise recovers, she and Elias open themselves up to each other more.

Episode 14

14 January 2018 - Looks breed love.

With Chise being transformed into a fox, she takes off running into the woods. Elias chases after her. Later, Chise is visited by the Leanan sídhe, who is attached to Joel, claiming that Joel will not wake up.

Episode 15

21 January 2018 - There is no place like home.

With King Oberon taking Chise into the Fairy realm for recovery, Silke becomes agitated waiting at home. Chise slowly recovers under Dr. Shanon's care, a fairy that was raised as a human.

Episode 16

28 January 2018 - God's mill grinds slow but sure.

Christmas is coming up. Alice invites Chise out to London, where they hang out together and go gift shopping for Renfred and Elias.

Episode 17

04 February 2018 - Look before you leap.

Stella, a young girl Chise encountered while Christmas shopping, finds that her brother, Ethan, has gone missing and her parents have forgotten he exists.

Episode 18

11 February 2018 - Forgive and forget.

Stella visits Chise with her payment of sweets. Elias, irritated by and jealous of Stella, runs away. Chise finds him hiding in a shadow but becomes worried as he restrains her and seems to want to eat her.

Episode 19

18 February 2018 - Any port in a storm.

In the land of dragons two young dragons are kidnapped from Lindel by Cartaphilius. Chise awakens from a dark dream to find, Alice, Renfred, Adolf and college administrator Tory Innis in Elias’ home. They explain Cartaphilius stole the two dragons using a teleportation device he stole from Renfred and want Elias to find the dragons and take them home

Episode 20

25 February 2018 - You can't make an omelet without breaking a few eggs.

As the dragon rampages, Elias tells Chise they must absorb the dragon’s magic in order to stop it. This leaves Chise in a predicament as Elias becomes unable to help.

Episode 21

04 March 2018 - Necessity has no law.

Elias and Chise attend Mariel’s coven meeting and meet Phyllis, Mariel’s high priestess. Secretly, Elias is given information that could help Chise. Following the meeting, Chise becomes suspicious of Elias' activities.

Episode 22

11 March 2018 - As you sow, so shall you reap.

Having captured Chise, Cartaphilus begins grafting parts of her onto himself. He forces her to relive some of her worst memories.

Episode 23

18 March 2018 - Nothing seek, nothing find.

Elias earns the help of many, and they form a search party for Chise. Meanwhile, Chise and Cartaphilus relive his past together.

Episode 24

25 March 2018 - Live and let live.

Cartaphilus and Chise argue over their respective approaches to dealing with their own suffering, beating each other up brutally in the process.

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Production	Producer	Toshio Iizuka George Wada Masaki Ito
	Associate Producer	Hiroyuki Ogino Yoshimasa Okunaga
	Line Producer	Hiroya Hasegawa
	Executive Producer	Mitsuhisa Ishikawa Yoshihiro Hosaka
Directing	Series Director	Norihiro Naganuma
Writing	Series Composition	Norihiro Naganuma
	Comic Book	Kore Yamazaki
Art	Art Direction	Yusuke Takeda
	Prop Designer	Saki Hasegawa Reina Igawa
	Art Designer	Seiki Tamura
	Assistant Director of Photography	Yuma Akasu
Visual Effects	2D Artist	Chie Nishitani
	Special Effects Supervisor	Kumiko Taniguchi
	Character Designer	Masafumi Yokota Reina Igawa Hirotaka Kato
	CGI Director	Shinya Sugai
	Supervising Animation Director	Hirotaka Kato
	Color Designer	Yuko Kobari
Crew	Special Effects	Ayumi Arahata
Editing	Online Editor	Manabu Kamino Yuri Takahashi
	Editor	Daisuke Imai
Sound	Music Producer	Masakazu Sato
	Original Music Composer	Junichi Matsumoto
	Sound Director	Shoji Hata
	Sound Effects	Noriko Izumo
Camera	Director of Photography	Mayo Suzuki
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