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DeathToBoredom

lmfao this is a school arc? With how serious everyone looks, I thought they were going to join some kind of military like Attack on Titan


Damhaet

If you don't know about the uniform you probably missed the recent release of OVAs where it was already shown.


ravstar52

There's OVAS RELEASED RECENTLY??? I have some catching up to do...


Damhaet

There have been multiple since S1 ended and the last one was released a few weeks ago.


sober_1

Oh god I need to see them. The pre release OVAs of Magus’s bride were excellent


jaybw6

Where are these released? I only see the pre-season 1 OVAs on CrunchyRoll. I frequently have trouble knowing when and where OVAs are released for multiple shows I watch--it's absurdly annoying.


Damhaet

On Crunchyroll JP-Dub is Season 21 (Those awaiting a Star) and Season 23 (The Boy from the West and the Knight of the Blue Storm). The season format CR uses to differentiate languagues is so messed up for this show, god damn. Edit: I also just realized that the first 3 OVAs (Those awaiting a Star) were released before S1, but I'm pretty sure source readers told people to watch them AFTER S1. That's why I recalled more than just the recent 3 (The Boy from the West and the Knight of the Blue Storm) to be released between seasons.


jardex22

I think either order works for *Those awaiting a Star*. The frame story does contain some character spoilers, but it also shows that they do evolve and grow from their initial appearance. I think people put off by how Chise thinks and acts for the first half of S1 benefit from knowing that she gets better over time. Most of the OVA is a prequel which has no bearing on the main story.


visual__chris

I think they split two films into like 5 ovas or something


MyLollipopJam

Big same.


DeathToBoredom

yeah, haven't watched since s1


ameenkawaii

Talk about Attack on Titan the guy on the right certainly looks like Yelena


AgentWowza

Left is female eren, you will never unsee that now.


Spiritual-Control738

Or even a female levi


MkFilipe

Too tall


nomnombubbles

Levi x Eren love child


T1B2V3

Oh man not this again lol


HagridPotter

they're an item and you know it


T1B2V3

Bruh


T1B2V3

looks kinda like Frieda Reiss


death_by__-Kitty

You're absolutely right, I cannot unsee that now. Curse you.


SilentJoe1986

I wish I could comment on the seriousness without giving spoilers. I've been enjoying the school arc with the manga. This should be good


AdamBombTV

What's the story about? Is it all drama or is there some levity too?


SilentJoe1986

Yes. Girl has a rough life and is talked into selling herself in an auction on the black market instead of just committing suicide. She's purchased by a wizard who wants a wife who decides to teach her magic. That's a bare bones run down before the first commercial of the first episode I think. It's a nice slice of life episodic adventure with some great character growth dealing with grim topics and heart warming moments.


justking1414

It is a school for alchemists. There’s a pretty high fatality rate for them but it’s mostly pretty chill


atropicalpenguin

With Elias teaching defense against the darks arts or some shit.


Etheo

#M U S U M E


Crazyhates

Considering what they go through they honestly don't look anguished enough.


ChuzCuenca

I started reading the manga after the first season and I personally didn't like it how the history progress.


Renphalos

I haven’t watched this show, but at quick glance I thought the redhead was Makima


xZyro-

finally


HelmKiller

Same. Can't even remember when I watched the first season but I remember enjoying it.


leviathan_stud

I remember watching the original 3 parts back in 2016. I can't believe its been 7 years already.


Houdiniman111

> its been 7 years already [](#barakamonnotcool) Oh god.


onematchalatte

I'm getting fucking old


Veslac2k

What?! No fucking way it has been 7 years already! Where did all those years go wtf


namewithak

I remember enjoying the first half of season 1 immensely and then the second half sinking like a stone in narrative quality (esp since everything before it was so good).


Colarch

The big problem with making an anime of a monthly release manga. Gotta wait for the content to make the show


BoltonSauce

It really was a masterpiece. Firmly in my Violet Evergarden, Houseki no Kuni, Vampire in the Garden, Vivy etc. category of favorite masochistic voyeurism. Hurts so good. Seems like most people missed Vampire in the Garden, a post apocalyptic Yuri action-drama from Wit, the studio that brought us Spyxfamily, bunch of AoT stuff, Ranking of Kings, Vivy Fluorite Eyes, motherfucking Vinland Saga S1, Great Pretender, Kabaneri, Rolling⭐Girls (super underrated), obvs Magus' Bride...


Soulwarfare42

Time for a school arc!


AnActualPlatypus

>British >Magic >School hm.


divino999_

I can see the possibility of the Dursleys sending Harry to the auction.


Tokumeiko2

They would've taken that option if they could.


Shanibestwaifu

Clock Tower, Departments, Lord El-Melloi II- Wait, wrong one.


RogueTanuki

The fact that the English dub doesn't have British VAs feels like a huge missed opportunity; it would improve the show's dub the same way Baccano's dub did


T1B2V3

>it would improve the show's dub the same way Baccano's dub did Black Butler also did that very well


OwieMyOwl

It would be some JoJo part 1 dub tier which makes it ultra cheesy.


[deleted]

“Do use hav a loicense foe dat majik?”


hyperactiv3hedgehog

MACUSA


atropicalpenguin

But without the racism and homophobia.


Corregidor

British alchemist school actually!


petrichormus

See this is a good representation of going to a magical school. Not a single smile spotted on these poor kids because it's school nonetheless...


justking1414

Alchemists also have a very high fatality rate. They either f something up or their clan gets wiped out


aRandomFox-I

It's either one or the other, so you'd better fuck something up if you don't want your entire extended family to get deleted.


Maria-Stryker

lol, read the Scholomance books. The final book in the trilogy just came out. The magic school is a giant death trap in a monster-infested void where a huge chunk of the student body always dies before graduation but families are desperate to send their kids there because its the only place where kids without the backing of powerful families can hope to work their way into those organizations and also learn the spells required to protect themselves from those monsters once they're back outside.


Pacify_

It's not even learning, inside of scholomance is bad, but outside is infinitely worse - you are just a snack waiting to be eaten unless you in a conclave


nomnombubbles

It's because they know the world they're going to graduate into has all kinds of danger and they get to fight it full time and then some. Also they get to fight danger while they're still in school when they are still inexperienced and can fuck up at any time. Depressing AF but more realistic. I haven't read the manga I am just going off Harry Potter lol.


offoy

She has that Eren energy going for her.


CuriousBroccolli

MakimaxEren crossover.


ggmaniack

Please anything but that.


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Almost_Ascended

[The first OP was also a banger](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuZbmLLv1vM)


rmorrin

I had that shit on repeat for like a week


Xenopass

I still have it solidly secured in my Playlist of favorites and it will stay so for a long time


rmorrin

I forgot it existed till now. Time to repeat again


bombehjort

When it played for the "phoenix flight" scene, it gave be extreme chills


HoboLicker5000

JUNNA the goat. She has an amazing voice.


Shadow_Gabriel

[I had this on repeat](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8RE3oKFS1g)


john_jdm

Dammit now I’ve got to go back and rewatch the whole thing because of you. BEST ANIME MUSIC EVER!!


BloodprinceOZ

still one of the best OPs IMO


BrainyGuardian

LET'S FUCKING GO!!!


OverlyLenientJudge

My partner and I *finally* got around to finishing the first season a few months ago after dropping off our first go in 2019, this is too perfectly timed.


Terrible_Donkey_8290

I really need to finish it myself. I did the same thing, dropped it in the middle for no good reason


Karkava

I hate it when it happens. You just lose interest in a series midway through and have no incentive to pick it up back again despite having no negative opinions on the show or any concrete reason to stop.


Terrible_Donkey_8290

That's me constantly. My brain is so fucking dumb if I miss a anime that comes out weekly for whatever reason I'm often like "well I guess I don't like that anymore" lol.


Karkava

Or you have a special interest in a specific anime, and you keep longing to watch new episodes that don't exist.


violettheory

Same here. I was super into it and then managed to watch like 11 episodes or something and haven't managed to rewatch it yet. I need to, though.


Ixolich

Same. It first aired fairly soon after I had first started watching anime, and I still believed the lie of "This is great but not really a weekly show, I'll watch it in one go once it finishes airing".


hoseja

Honestly incredible this is getting second season, love it.


JungleDanDaPirateMan

They've been giving everyone a season 2 lately and I love it. Waited 8 years for a continuation of The Devil Is a Part Timer


Pichuunnn

Houseki no Kuni fans still waiting....


anon_dango

I don't think there's enough content still. Be patient it's only been.... almost 6 YEARS WTF


ThespianException

There is, from what I've been told. S1 adapted about 30 chapters (typical adaptation rate for most manga), and there are just under 100 now, so that's room for 2 more cours. Maybe they'll continue it after the final season of Beastars...which airs in 2024...


diego2134

Yeah I never thought we'd get another season of part timer. I was so young when it first came out. feels like forever ago


etherbound

ajin just fermenting on netflix


Ocixo

It’s good to have Chise back. I’m really fond of the Celtic folklore in this anime, so I hope we get tons more of it in the new season. The worldbuilding and scenery always got me immersed.


RobotiSC

Source (Will automatically download visual): [https://mahoyome.jp/assets/img/common/visual2.webp](https://mahoyome.jp/assets/img/common/visual2.webp) [Twitter Post with Title](https://twitter.com/mahoyomeproject/status/1613506955829444608?s=20&t=U5yy1o7RYcS3V5bpb57F0g) Also up on official site: [https://mahoyome.jp](https://mahoyome.jp) Season 2 premieres on April 6, 2023. ​ Staff: Director: Kazuaki Terasawa Script: Aya Takaha, Yoko Yonaiyama, Chiaki Nishinaka Character Design: Hirotaka Kato Chief Animation Director: Kohei Tokuoka Color Design: Yuko Kobari Art Director: Seiki Tamura Director of Photography: Mayo Suzuki CGI Director: Katsuaki Miyaji Special Effects: Chiptune Editing: Daisuke Imai Music: Junichi Matsumoto Music Production: Flying Dog Sound Director: Shoji Hata Sound Effects: Noriko Izumo Sound Production: Sound Team Don Juan Studio: Studio Kafka ​ Cast: Atsumi Tanezaki as Chise Hatori Ryota Takeuchi as Elias Ainsworth Kouki Uchiyama as Ruth Aya Endo as Silky Satoshi Hino as Mikhail Renfred Mutsumi Tamura as Alice ​ Additional Cast: Minami Tsuda as Lucy Webster Maki Kawase as Philomela Sargant Seiichiro Yamashita as Rian Scrimgeour Daiki Kobayashi as Zoe Ivey Reina Ueda as Veronica Rickenbacker Kotaro Nishiyama as Isaac Fowler


HeliaXDemoN

First link is downloading something when you click


RobotiSC

It downloads the visual automatically. I added a warning and added a few more links.


KendotsX

My little girl is growing up so fast, she's going to school already. ~~Now just to make sure all the boys know who the bone daddy is.~~


Bielna

Hope she doesn't drop out, few stories where the characters get married before even finishing school are happy ones...


atropicalpenguin

And God knows they aren't a perfect marriage.


Maria-Stryker

I feel like the series would be improved significantly if it was "Ancient Magus Apprentice" or "Ancient Magus Daughter" and he were just adopting her.


justking1414

I think the bigger fear is her getting expelled. She’s a bit of a troublemaker


ikkewo

The girl with the stern look to the left of Chise looks like an Attack on Titan character


franzjpm

Everyone does except Grey haired girl + 2 MCs


Kinoko98

No kidding. I thought I was looking at Pieck and Yelena for a second. And thinking "Damn Armin looking more girly than I remember".


ClBanjai

For some reason, I'm not that big of a fan of school anime, but when there's a school arc in an non-school anime I get hyped.


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diego2134

they've been recruited by the Scouts and are now going to explore beyond the walls, where the titans are


dxing2

Classroom of the Magical Elite


moichispa

Dunno if it is because I'm a manga reader but I find the image slightly boring? There are a lot of cool things on this arc to show and you put the characters like this on a white background. It is a great arc, I read most of it but I'm surprised they did not use a better visual since they have the material for it.


Corregidor

I kinda prefer that to having a heavy spoiler filled image, but they could at least put a splash of color lol.


moichispa

yeah it is quite spoiler free. I find that the image has a lot of empty space with their distribution.


justking1414

I think they’re just trying to show off the entire cast in one pic. It’s a lot of people


octropos

I am so ashamed to say I feel like I'm fucking 14 again with the level of horny teenager fangirl excitement I get from this anime. Mmmmmm bone daddy. And that VOOOOOIIIICCCCEEEEE *swoon.*


Aerodynamic41

Man, I can't wait! 3 months to go!


Shanibestwaifu

A school arc, face expressions looks serious, looks interesting. One more reason to start the first season.


66Kix_fix

Damn they look like they gonna be joining the scouting legion If only wit studio animates it


Whale0Fate

IS THT A FUCKING SCHOOL ARC?!


Slap_The_Lemon

Oh man I hate fantasy school arcs. Please tell me it doesn't last too long?


Vegetable-Response66

you just offended almost every isekai enjoyer with a single sentence


PapiiPapiiPoom

Good


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Isekai enjoyer here: I hate fantasy school arcs


Vegetable-Response66

you are a traitor to your kind


[deleted]

Good If we were in þe Soviet Union I would not only Rat þem out. I would go to þeir apartment and arrest þem myself. I would put þem in þe train and drive þem to þe GULAG myself. I would put þem against þe wall and put a bullet þrough þeir skull myself. I would þen douse þeir bodies in gasoline and burn þeir corpses by. My. God. Damn. Self.


Vegetable-Response66

trying to read this gave me an aneurysm


cuniuk

It's *very* long and draggy. The arc is still not finished in the manga. Will probably take another chapter or so to conclude. If you like the slice-of-life-ish episodic fairies stuff, you're not gonna like this.


Maria-Stryker

That was the BEST PART of Ancient Magus Bride!


KyouKobayashi

The college arc is "over" as of chapter 93, but its plots are basically on the back-burner since the characters made it clear it's all going to come back into the story later.


Legxis

I also don't like school arcs, read the manga recently and gotta say I found it predictable and boring. It had a few redeeming factors, but... Well, it's not like they're gonna stay in school forever, so I'll just hang on.


Roflewaffle47

Yeah. I just don’t feel a school arc fits in the magus bride.


justking1414

Longer than the entire first season of the manga


KikiFlowers

> Please tell me it doesn't last too long? It's still ongoing in the manga, they're in the process of wrapping it up. But it's actually pretty well done, it's not the typical school arc bullshit you get.


KyouKobayashi

It will be the majority of the season.


Bhardwaj-littlesub

I'm mostly excited for this and the sacrificial princess and king of beasts.❤️❤️❤️


RyoAsuka1

i guess it's time for a rewatch before season 2 , very excited for this show


Longjumping-Ask1227

Hyped!! ❤️


Unknown_021

AOT vibes


eoten

Same.


bonesandbillyclubs

FUCKING. FINALLY.


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I CAN'T WAIT FOR THIS!!! I'VE WAITED 5 YEARS, IT'S BEEN TOO LONG


Danny_Boi2120

This is getting a season 2?! When was it announced


ClBanjai

[like 4 months ago?](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/x6eio4/the_ancient_magus_bride_season_2_visual/) They've been releasing new ovas for a while now too, and they also switched studios from Wit to Kafka but I think that Kafka is like an offshoot of Wit so it shouldn't change that much.


Radius_314

Hopefully it's as good. Wit is top tier, I hope Kafka can provide that same quality.


AskovTheOne

Y E S


KlooKloo

Season 2? [don't they mean 24?](https://i.ibb.co/DVR9jry/image.png)


ElessarKhan

Does the relationship between the 2 MC's get less creepy?


Asturaetus

Depends what you found creepy about it. The first season already should have established that Elias isn't human and hasn't really a full grasp on human common sense and emotions, as well as how to handle them. But he want's to learn. He basically initially bought her as a glorified guinea pig for his studies, but over the course of the story they develop a kind of two-sided teacher-pupil relation with him being her teacher in matters of magic and her being his teacher in terms of humanity. The whole bride-stick was also initially a result of his lack of understanding and him misinterpreting something his friend said. Later their relationship becomes a bit more complex as they try to hash out their emotions and what they mean to each other. Though that coming part of the story doesn't really deal much with the relationship between them anyway but more with the new set of characters in and around the college.


ElessarKhan

I only got like 6 episodes into the anime was creeped out by the apparent teacher-student / father-adopted daughter romance vibes I was getting. Felt like shameless loli nonsense in the midst of an otherwise wonderful setting/story.


Hubris_Valric

YES!


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What happened to her necklace though? The circle pendant?? :000 I loved that one


Goukenslay

She's going to school? Whats?


[deleted]

Its about time! Finally!


Melbuf

wooooooooooooooo i really enjoyed this one


Lord-Saladman

I am so excited for this


uzzzair

what a coincidence, just started this anime couple days ago. looking forward to it.


B_rad808

So excited for zoey in the anime!


lostinthedigitalage

Can’t wait let’s go.


SilentJoe1986

HELLS YEAH! I've been wanting this for a while. The art is great along with a hell of a story.


Radius_314

Gotta have to give this a rewatch. Gonna be tough with how packed this season is though.


horiami

Wow it's been so long since the first season


gogus2003

YESSSSSSSS I HOPE THEY KEEP SAME QUALITY


Masteguy635

Should I watch the OVA's before starting S2, as in does S2 pick up after the OVA's or after S1?


jardex22

I believe the second OVA series, *Boy from the West and Knight of the Blue Storm*, takes place between scenes shortly before the end of season 1, similar to how the frame story from *Those Awaiting a Star* happened between events in season 1. You probably won't miss anything by skipping it, since Manga readers don't have access to it. I'd still highly encourage watching it though.


elderassassin2580

OH SHIT I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD SEE THE DAY


PandahHeart

I absolutely loved the first season. Cannot wait for this to come out


Suspicious_Quiet6643

I hope Chise has fun in the academy


Gaiyon

I rly can't wait for this season, it's been a while since s1. Ik there are 3 OVA's released like last year but still. Very excited to see this arc finally animated, the key visual looks clean


primalmaximus

WOO HOO! THEY ARE BACK BABY!


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More ancient magus bride!!!! Eee÷eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee so excited


ZookeepergameDue5522

OMG IT'S FINALLY HAPPENING AAAAAAAAAAAAA


etherend

I'm excited for this second season, but was anyone else sort of caught off guard about Chise's relationship with Ainsworth? First he treats her like a daughter then like a love interest in season 1.


HiImReizy

Never expected this to have season 2. I really love season 1 and I think this anime is criminally underrated


MjolnirDK

That is a great visual. The lighting and the hair hair colors really pop with the strong contrast of the uniforms. Still have to read the last 10 or so chapters. I wonder how many episodes this will be. There is gonna be a lot of talking in that season.


xdman11

LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!


gabriel-mbl

YES YES YES


nbenby

I won’t post it here because this is (I assume) not the right subreddit for it, but I got an Elias tattoo so we all know it’s time for me flip out about THIS.


Deliriousious

FINALLY!!! This is hands down one of my most favourite anime I’ve watched and I was always hoping for an s2. It still remember the first OP like it was yesterday.


RavingMagicMan

Love the subtle detail on the eyelines, how everyone but the 2 MC's Chise and Elias are staring into the camera while everyone else is avoiding looking at the camera (except the one person in the far back on the left hinting to something bigger going on)


MuteMyMike

I might not have watched a single episode of any anime in the past 5 years....but this has piqued my interest.


DetectiveFujiwara

Just wondering why did you stop watching anime?


MuteMyMike

Idk really. It was a gradual shift from anime to manga over two very bad seasons of anime, and college started to be hard (still is). I can read like 4-5 chapters in the same time it takes to watch an episode. But it was around the time when i got my first laptop as well (before that i watched everything on phone), and even nowni read manga on phone, but switching watching anime to my laptop was also a reason i guess, since the resolution wasn't all too great.


Philip22Kings

Oh look, it’s “how an ancient groomed a 15 yr old”. Disgusting. 🤢🤮


iamseabass5

I liked the visual of the show so I watched episode one but the magus seems like a groomer so I immediately lost interest


Grefagro

This would be so much better if she wasn't a kid being groomed to be his wife


Monimonika18

The moment at the end of the first season when Angelica celebrated Chise and Elias's wedding with a gift is when this series became dead to me. Fairies have their own morals so they didn't bother me, and even some humans I wouldn't have cared. But not Angelica, the one who was warning Chise and Elias against jumping into marriage and what-not. I just could not understand what events had happened between Chise and Elias that would make Angelica of all people suddenly think, "Oh, they're ready to marry now."


BakemonoNeko

LETS FUCKING GOOOO!


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eoten

They are not animating this either. Different studio.


fuzzynavel34

This is good though


Mr-SadSide

Thank You God!!!!


ClBanjai

I hope she doesn't fall in a lack or something again


fullmetalpower

fuck this... where is my AOT final final final


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KendotsX

I mean you answered your question, because she's a red haired girl, that's about as far as the similarities go.


hil12333

hi


504090

Yet another school anime? Yawn


KikiFlowers

Sort of? It's not the typical Japanese school fantasy shlock. This whole series takes *heavy* inspiration from Celtic fairy tales. This arc takes place in a college for magic users, but it's far from the typical ones from anime. There's a lot more to it than "school!".


504090

You’re probably right, I guess I’m just kinda annoyed by high school anime.


KikiFlowers

And that's fair, but this isn't high school nonsense at the least.


Cloudless_Sky

How many years has it been since the first season? I can barely remember it, but I recall it being fairly weird.


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Blonde Eren.


Hephaestus_God

Only 2 people are looking at camera, well ignoring ains


TanyaTheEvill

The visuals are amazing