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Aniplus Asia to Simulcast The Ancient Magus' Bride Anime

Aniplus-Asia announced on Tuesday that it will air a simulcast of the television anime adaptation of Kore Yamazaki's The Ancient Magus' Bride manga. The simulcast will premiere on Sunday at 3:00 a.m. GMT +8.

Yamazaki's original manga centers on Chise, a Japanese girl abused and forgotten by her family, who sells herself to slavery. Purchased by Elias, a mysterious sorcerer who takes her to his home in England, Chise is told that she is a Sleigh Beggy, a font of strong magical power that must be tempered if she is to survive. Elias welcomes her fully into his household, teachers her in the ways of magic, and also grooms her to be his bride in the future, while Chise explores her new magical world, and struggles to unlock the puzzle that is Elias.

The anime will premiere in Japan on Tokyo MX and MBS at night on Saturday, before later airing on AT-X, TV Aichi, TV Saitama, Chiba TV, Hokkaido Broadcasting, and BS11. Wit Studio presented the first three episodes of the television series at Anime Expo in early July. Several theaters in Japan will also screen the first three episodes on September 9.

The main cast includes:

• Atsumi Tanezaki as Chise Hatori
• Ryōta Takeuchi as Elias
• Kōki Uchiyama as Ruth
• Aya Endō as Silver

Other cast members include:

Yūko Kaida as Angelica Varley

Toshiyuki Morikawa as Simon Kalm

Junichi Suwabe as Seth Noel

Daisuke Namikawa as Lindel

Satoshi Hino as Mikhail Renfred

Mutsumi Tamura as Alice

Sayaka Ōhara as Titania

Kappei Yamaguchi as Oberon

Ayumu Murase as Cartaphilus

The first episode of The Ancient Magus' Bride: Those Awaiting a Star (Mahō Tsukai no Yome: Hoshi Matsu Hito) prequel OVA series had a two-week run in eight theaters throughout Japan in August 2016. The episode was later bundled with the sixth compiled volume of Kore Yamazaki's original manga series in December. The second part opened in seven Japanese theaters on February 4, and shipped with the seventh manga volume on March 10. The third episode opened in theaters in Japan for a two-week limited screening starting on August 19. The screening event also showed the first episode of the TV anime series. The third part shipped with the eighth volume of the manga on September 9. The Blu-ray Disc of the anime will ship this winter.

Most of the staff from the prequel anime are returning for the television anime. Norihiro Naganuma is directing the anime at Wit Studio, and he is also in charge of the series scripts. Aya Takaha is penning the scripts. Hirotaka Katō is adapting the character designs for animation. Junichi Matsumoto is composing the music, and Flying Dog is producing the music in collaboration with BASiLiCA. JUNNA is performing the opening theme song "Here."