(CR) Mahoutsukai no yome (The Ancient Magus Bride)

[Flower]

Originally Posted by bakato

So does this mean we're not getting a season? Meh. I'm not surprised. There's really no plot to warrant episodes.

Hmm...I dunno. I think it could work as a season, but hey - been wrong plenty of times before. My first thought was that they were kinda testing the waters, but we shall see. ^^

[Stark700]

Idk how to feel about this. Mixed thoughts on it right now.

It's one of my favorite fantasy manga in recent years but a prequel? Maybe this will get recognition for an eventual TV anime adaptation (from Production IG, a studio that I think is perfect for this series). The manga still doesn't have too much content I guess. Still happy to see some sort of anime though

[AntonKutovoi]

I'm sure it will have a full anime eventually.

So... Ryouta Takeuchi as Elias? It's about time Takeuchi's glorious voice and glorious beard got a recognition.

[IceHism]

I don't know how I feel about it being a prequel. Oh well, hopefully it gets like a two cour or something when it gets a full TV series

[Cloudedmind]

Originally Posted by AntonKutovoi

I'm sure it will have a full anime eventually.

So... Ryouta Takeuchi as Elias? It's about time Takeuchi's glorious voice and glorious beard got a recognition.

What!? Be still my heart. His voice has the deep resonance you can kind of envision for Elias' character, but still sounds rather youngish. Emphasis on the ish part.

[Iron Maw]

Originally Posted by Stark700

Idk how to feel about this. Mixed thoughts on it right now.

It's one of my favorite fantasy manga in recent years but a prequel? Maybe this will get recognition for an eventual TV anime adaptation (from Production IG, a studio that I think is perfect for this series). The manga still doesn't have too much content I guess. Still happy to see some sort of anime though

It's the mangaka writing the scenario though? Given that, I don't think we will have to worry about the quality of the story then. The question is what prequel is gonna be about. Since we have a voice actor for Elias we could be diving into some of his 300 year past then eventually having the OVA connect to present manga timeline and possible TV adaptation.

[Stark700]

Originally Posted by Iron Maw

It's the mangaka writing the scenario though? Given that, I don't think we will have to worry about the quality of the story then. The question is what prequel is gonna be about. Since we have a voice actor for Elias we could be diving into some of his 300 year past then eventually having the OVA connect to present manga timeline and possible TV adaptation.

From what I understand, the prequel is about a story before Chise meets Magus. (not much details more than that). We will see a PV later this week so we may know more.

[Wandering Soul]

So it's actually a prequel. Hopefully the main story gets an actual season.

Now I just what the prequel is about. It's probably about Elias's past.

[Stark700]

The preview is up!

Latest key visual:

Spoiler:

[Insaint]

Doesn't seem like prequel to me at all, most of the scenes are from the manga though.
Anyway, the quality is top notch imo, totally looking forward to this.

[Wandering Soul]

That preview looked amazing. They really captured the beauty of the several of the locations we see. I wish we had gotten to hear a few more lines from Elias though.

Several of those scenes were straight from the manga. So far this really didn't seem like a prequel.

[Stark700]

Loved their usage of the music in this. Animation quality looks decent despite my initial worries. This could definitely work as a TV series in the future.

[Flower]

Oh...oh my freaking... O.O

That looks aMAZing!

Just...whoa.

Gotta agree...a fair amount of it does not seem too be "prequel" material.

Wow.

Extra looking forward to these!

[kari-no-sugata II]

Looks real nice... but yeah, how exactly is this a "prequel"? I recognised everything as scenes from the manga except the one with Chise on the building at the start (and one or two bits seemed more like conceptual versions of manga scenes)

Maybe it's something more like the first volume is a prequel and then it enters the main story...?

[mweloo]

That trailer was gorgeous. I was a bit peeved that we'll be getting OVAs instead of a TV series, but if the studio can maintain this kind of quality, I think the wait will be worth it.

Atsumi Tanezaki was pitch perfect as Chise. And I can't wait to hear Kouki Uchiyama as Ruth. (Is it just me, or does Ruth look younger in the anime than in the manga? Granted, we only saw him for two seconds, but still...)

[Iron Maw]

That looked super great!

...but as with everyone here how is any of that a prequel? Unless the possible TV series isn't even gonna be an adaptation of the manga.

[El Rue]

Chills...that PV gave me chills. My twintails tremble in anticipation.

Lovin' this...I know it won't be perfect by I hope the adaptation does a good enough job to convey the overall atmosphere & subtleties as well as interesting character developments & interactions.

Please future internet fanbase...as futile as it may seem at times, please don't ruin, taint or sexualize their relationship.

[Marcus H.]

From what I gathered, they will release an OAD based on the original manga and the PV has clips from that OAD. The movie is entirely different. So yeah.

[Kismet-chan]

That PV was lovely!

[Nachtwandler]

Originally Posted by Marcus H.

From what I gathered, they will release an OAD based on the original manga and the PV has clips from that OAD. The movie is entirely different. So yeah.

You got it wrong. This PV is just a PV for the manga. And PV for OVAs will come later. Looks like the director is a big fan of original manga. He personally asked Production I.G. head to make this anime.