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The Ancient Magus' Bride (manga)

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Alternative title:
Die Braut des Magiers (German)
Mahō Tsukai no Yome (Japanese)
Oblubienica czarnoksiężnika (Polish)
The Ancient Magus Bride
Невеста чародея (Russian)
魔法使いの嫁 (Japanese)
魔法使的新娘 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: drama, magic
Plot Summary: Chise Hatori is 15-year-old orphan. She has no relatives, means, or hopes when a demonic sorcerer who can't become human buys her. He states that Chise will now be his apprentice and bride.
User Ratings: 36 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 7 votes (Eng:6, others:1
1 Polish
)
 Excellent: 13 votes (Eng:13)
 Very good: 7 votes (Eng:5, ?:1, others:1
1 French
)
 Good: 5 votes (Eng:4, others:1
1 Finnish
)
 Decent: 2 votes (Eng:2)
 So-so: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 Not really good: -
 Weak: -
 Bad: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 121 users, rank: #696 (of 6455)
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.250 (Very good+), std. dev.: 1.6394, rank: #565 (of 7057)
Weighted mean: 8.337 (Very good+), rank: #571 (of 7057) (seen all: 7.78 / seen some: 8.63 / won't finish: 6.98)
Bayesian estimate: 8.274 (Very good+), rank: #154 (of 3403)
Chapter titles: We have 70
Vintage:
2013-11-30 to 2014-07-30 (serialized in Monthly Comic Blade)
2014-09-01 (serialized in Monthly Comic Garden)
Release dates: We have 50
Official website:
魔法使いの嫁 | MAGCOMI(マグコミ) (Japanese)
Reviews:
The Ancient Magus' Bride GN 9 (Nov 19, 2018)
The Ancient Magus' Bride GN 8 (Nov 8, 2018)
The Ancient Magus' Bride GN 7 (Aug 19, 2017)
The Ancient Magus' Bride GN 6 (Apr 16, 2017)
The Ancient Magus' Bride GN 5 (Feb 25, 2017)
The Ancient Magus' Bride GN 4 (Feb 19, 2017)
The Ancient Magus' Bride GN 3 (Jan 26, 2016)
The Ancient Magus' Bride GN 2 (Oct 16, 2015)
The Ancient Magus' Bride GN 1 (Jun 9, 2015)
News: Show:
Kore Yamazaki's Ancient Magus' Bride, Ghost and Witch Manga Both Go on Hiatus (Mar 12, 2023)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, March 5-11 (Mar 7, 2023)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, October 23-29 (Oct 25, 2022)
Ancient Magus' Bride Anime Gets 2nd Season in April 2023 (Sep 5, 2022)
The Ancient Magus' Bride Manga's New Original Anime Disc 2 Previewed in Trailer (Nov 9, 2021)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, October 3-9 (Oct 5, 2021)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, September 26-October 2 (Sep 28, 2021)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, April 25-May1 (Apr 27, 2021)
The Ancient Magus' Bride Manga Gets New Anime With New Studio (Updated) (Mar 9, 2021)
The Ancient Magus' Bride Manga Goes on Hiatus Again (Feb 4, 2021)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, October 11-17 (Oct 16, 2020)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, February 23-29 (Feb 27, 2020)
Seven Seas Reveals 1 New Light Novel License, 5 New Manga Licenses Including 2 Magus' Bride Spinoff Series (Dec 13, 2019)
Kingdom Manga Tops Da Vinci Ranking (Dec 6, 2019)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, September 22-October 5 (Oct 2, 2019)
Japanese Comic Ranking, March 11-17 (Apr 3, 2019)
Japanese Comic Ranking, March 4-10 (Mar 21, 2019)
The Ancient Magus' Bride Manga Gets Stage Play, Spinoff Manga, Animated Promo Video (Mar 8, 2019)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, February 24-March 2 (Feb 26, 2019)
M&C! Licenses The Ancient Magus' Bride, Kino's Journey, Fate/Grand Order Manga (Feb 4, 2019)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, December 9-15 (Dec 11, 2018)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, October 28-November 3 (Oct 30, 2018)
Japanese Comic Ranking, October 1-7 (Oct 10, 2018)
Japanese Comic Ranking, September 24-30 (Oct 3, 2018)
Japanese Comic Ranking, September 17-23 (Sep 26, 2018)
Japanese Comic Ranking, September 10-16 (Sep 19, 2018)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, September 9-15 (Sep 11, 2018)
Seven Seas Licenses The Ancient Magus' Bride Novels (May 16, 2018)
Japanese Comic Ranking, April 9-15 (Apr 18, 2018)
Japanese Comic Ranking, April 2-8 (Apr 11, 2018)
Japanese Comic Ranking, March 26-April 1 (Apr 4, 2018)
Japanese Comic Ranking, March 19-25 (Mar 28, 2018)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, February 25-March 3 (Feb 27, 2018)
Japanese Comic Ranking, October 9-15 (Oct 18, 2017)
Japanese Comic Ranking, October 2-8 (Oct 11, 2017)
Japanese Comic Ranking, September 25-October 1 (Oct 4, 2017)
Japanese Comic Ranking, September 18-24 (Sep 27, 2017)
Japanese Comic Ranking, September 11-17 (Sep 20, 2017)
Japanese Comic Ranking, September 4-10 (Sep 13, 2017)
Seven Seas Licenses 2 Ancient Magus' Bride Supplementary Books (Sep 13, 2017)
The Ancient Magus' Bride Manga Also Gets Maho-Yome Anime Shorts Along With TV Anime (Sep 13, 2017)
The Ancient Magus' Bride Ranks #4 on U.S. Monthly Bookscan July List (Aug 3, 2017)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, July 2-8 (Jul 4, 2017)
Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Volume: 2017 (First Half) (Jun 1, 2017)
Japanese Comic Ranking, March 27-April 2 (Apr 5, 2017)
Japanese Comic Ranking, March 20-26 (Mar 29, 2017)
The Ancient Magus' Bride TV Anime's Video Shows Early Story Scenes (Mar 25, 2017)
Japanese Comic Ranking, March 13-19 (Mar 22, 2017)
Japanese Comic Ranking, March 6-12 (Mar 15, 2017)
The Ancient Magus' Bride TV Anime's Cast, Staff, Streaming, Visual Revealed (Updated) (Mar 9, 2017)
Kore Yamazaki's The Ancient Magus' Bride Manga Gets TV Anime in October (Mar 9, 2017)
Final Ancient Magus' Bride Anime Part Teased in Trailer (Feb 22, 2017)
One-Punch Man Ranks #3 on U.S. Monthly Bookscan January List (Feb 2, 2017)
New York Times Manga Best Seller List, January 9-15 (Jan 20, 2017)
New York Times Manga Best Seller List, January 2-8 (Jan 13, 2017)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, January 1-7 (Jan 3, 2017)
March comes in like a lion Tops Da Vinci Magazine's Rankings for 2nd Year (Dec 6, 2016)
Seven Seas Adds Tales of Zestiria, My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness Manga (Oct 29, 2016)
Japanese Comic Ranking, September 26-October 2 (Oct 5, 2016)
Japanese Comic Ranking, September 19-25 (Sep 28, 2016)
Japanese Comic Ranking, September 12-18 (Sep 21, 2016)
Japanese Comic Ranking, September 5-11 (Sep 14, 2016)
New York Times Manga Best Seller List, July 3-9 (Jul 15, 2016)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, July 3-9 (Jul 5, 2016)
The Ancient Magus' Bride Anime's 1st Part Previewed in Video (Jun 24, 2016)
New York Times Manga Best Seller List, April 10-16 (Apr 22, 2016)
Japanese Comic Ranking, March 28-April 3 (Apr 6, 2016)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, April 3-9 (Apr 5, 2016)
Japanese Comic Ranking, March 21-27 (Mar 30, 2016)
Japanese Comic Ranking, March 14-20 (Mar 23, 2016)
Japanese Comic Ranking, March 7-13 (Mar 16, 2016)
The Ancient Magus' Bride Anime Previewed in 1st Promo Video, Visual (Mar 9, 2016)
The Ancient Magus' Bride Manga Gets 3-Part Prequel Anime by Wit Studio (Mar 9, 2016)
New York Times Manga Best Seller List, November 29-December 5 (Dec 12, 2015)
Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Reveals 2016's Series Ranking for Male Readers (Dec 10, 2015)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, November 29-December 5 (Dec 1, 2015)
New York Times Manga Best Seller List, September 27-October 3 (Oct 9, 2015)
Japanese Comic Ranking, September 28-October 4 (Oct 7, 2015)
New York Times Manga Best Seller List, September 20-26 (Oct 2, 2015)
Japanese Comic Ranking, September 21-27 (Oct 1, 2015)
New York Times Manga Best Seller List, September 13-19 (Sep 25, 2015)
Japanese Comic Ranking, September 14-20 (Sep 23, 2015)
New York Times Manga Best Seller List, September 6-12 (Sep 18, 2015)
Japanese Comic Ranking, September 7-13 (Sep 16, 2015)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, August 30-September 5 (Sep 1, 2015)
Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Volume: 2015 (First Half) (May 31, 2015)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, May 10-16 (May 12, 2015)
Japanese Comic Ranking, March 16-22 (Mar 25, 2015)
Akiko Higashimura's Kakukaku Shikajika Wins 8th Manga Taisho Award (Mar 24, 2015)
Japanese Comic Ranking, March 9-15 (Mar 18, 2015)
Japanese Bookstores Recommend 15 Top Manga for 2015 (Feb 4, 2015)
8th Manga Taisho Awards Nominates 14 Titles (Jan 18, 2015)
Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2015's Series Ranking for Male Readers (Dec 8, 2014)
Attack on Titan Tops Da Vinci Magazine's Ranking for 2nd Year (Dec 8, 2014)
Japanese Comic Ranking, September 22-28 (Oct 2, 2014)
Seven Seas Adds The Ancient Magus' Bride Supernatural Manga (Oct 2, 2014)
Japanese Comic Ranking, September 15-21 (Sep 24, 2014)
Japanese Comic Ranking, September 8-14 (Sep 17, 2014)
Comic Blade Ceases Publication, Replaced with Comic Garden Magazine (Jul 30, 2014)
Press Releases:
Get Spellbound with Seven Seas License of The Ancient Magus' Bride Spin-Off Manga Series Lightning Jack and the Fairy Incident and Magician Blue (Dec 14, 2019)
Seven Seas Licenses Two Novels for The Ancient Magus' Bride Series (May 17, 2018)
Creator of The Ancient Magus' Bride at Comic Fiesta 2017 (Dec 8, 2017)
Seven Seas To Publish Limited Edition of The Ancient Magus' Bride Volume 6 With Bonus Chapter Booklet (Oct 31, 2016)
Other articles: Show:
The Ancient Magus' Bride Manga Has 5 Million Copies in Print (Dec 4, 2017)
Beauty and the Beast Romances Through Manga History (Nov 29, 2017)
The Ancient Magus' Bride Anime's Part II Slated for February 4 (Aug 15, 2016)
The Ancient Magus' Bride Website Teases Update (Mar 8, 2016)
Magus-Bride.jp Domain Registered Under Mag Garden's Name (Feb 1, 2016)
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Fanbook
    The Ancient Magus’ Bride - Official Guide Book Merkmal (Fanbook) 2018-05-29 (from $11.19)
    The Ancient Magus’ Bride - Supplement I (Fanbook) 2018-10-30 (from $11.19)
    The Ancient Magus’ Bride - Supplement II (Fanbook) 2019-06-25 (from $11.19)
Graphic novel
    The Ancient Magus' Bride (GN 1) 2015-05-12 (from $10.39)
    The Ancient Magus' Bride (GN 2) 2015-09-01 (from $10.39)
    The Ancient Magus' Bride (GN 3) 2015-12-01 (from $10.39)
    The Ancient Magus' Bride (GN 4) 2016-04-12 (from $10.39)
    The Ancient Magus' Bride (GN 5) 2016-07-05 (from $10.39)
    The Ancient Magus' Bride (GN 6) 2017-01-03 (from $10.39)
    The Ancient Magus' Bride (GN 7) 2017-07-03 (from $10.39)
    The Ancient Magus' Bride (GN 8) 2018-02-27 (from $10.39)
    The Ancient Magus' Bride (GN 9) 2018-09-11 (from $12.99)
    The Ancient Magus' Bride (GN 10) 2019-02-26 (from $10.39)
    The Ancient Magus' Bride (GN 11) 2019-08-06 (from $10.39)
    The Ancient Magus' Bride (GN 12) 2020-02-25 (from $10.39)
    The Ancient Magus' Bride (GN 13) 2020-10-13 (from $10.39)
    The Ancient Magus' Bride (GN 14) 2021-04-27 (from $9.09)
    The Ancient Magus' Bride (GN 15) 2021-09-28 (from $10.39)
    The Ancient Magus' Bride (GN 16) 2022-10-25 (from $10.39)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Story & Art: Kore Yamazaki
(none)
Japanese companies
Publisher: Mag Garden
English staff
English cast
Translation:
Adrienne Beck
Andrew Cunningham (Novels, Supplements)
Daniel Komen (Official Guide Book Merkmal)

Adaptation: Ysabet Reinhardt MacFarlane
Cover Design: Nicky Lim
Editing Assistant:
J.P. Sullivan (Supplement I)
Jenn Grunigen (Vol. 7)
Lissa Pattillo (Vol. 2-3)
Nibedita Sen (Supplement I)
Shanti Whitesides (Supplement II)
Editor-in-Chief: Adam Arnold (Vol. 4-7)
Layout:
Clay Gardner (Supplements)
Lys Blakeslee
Lettering:
Clay Gardner (Official Guide Book Merkmal)
Karis Page (Official Guide Book Merkmal)
Lys Blakeslee
Logo Design:
Lissa Pattillo (Vol. 1)
Managing Editor:
Adam Arnold (Vol. 1-3)
Julie Davis (Supplement II)
Production Assistant: CK Russell (Vol. 7)
Production manager: Lissa Pattillo (Vol. 4-5, 7)
Proofreader:
Jade Gardner (Official Guide Book Merkmal)
Jenn Grunigen (Vol. 6)
Lee Otter (Vol. 1)
Shanti Whitesides
Stephanie Cohen (Supplements)
Publisher: Jason DeAngelis
(none)
English companies
French staff
French companies
(none)
Publisher: Komikku éditions
French cast
(none)
Spanish cast
Spanish staff
Translation: Sandra Nogués Graell (Norma Editorial)
(none)
Spanish companies
Publisher: Norma Editorial (Spain)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Translation: Edoardo Serino
(none)
Italian companies
German staff
German cast
Translation: Miryll Ihrens
(none)
German companies
Publisher: Tokyopop Germany
Russian staff
Russian companies
(none)
Publisher: Istari Comics
Russian cast
(none)
Polish staff
Polish cast
Translation: Sara Manasterska
(none)
Polish companies
Publisher: Studio JG
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
Translation: Arnaldo Oka
Publisher:
Devir (Brazil)
Portuguese cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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