The final part of this OAD trilogy features a tearful goodbye between Gabriel and Even.
By: Nicole S. Castro on June 03, 2022 at 18:40 PHT
A trailer has been released for the final part of The Ancient Magus' Bride: The Boy from the West and the Knight of the Blue Storm. The finale to this 3-part original animation DVD (OAD) will be included in the special edition of the manga's 18th volume. Volume 18 goes on sale in Japan on Sept. 9, 2022.
Parts 1 and 2 of the OAD were included in the special editions of the manga for volumes 16 and 17, respectively. Unlike the TV anime which was animated by Wit Studio, this 3-part OAD is animated by Studio Kafka.
In this part 3, Gabriel (CV: Hiromi Igarashi) struggles to say goodbye to Even (CV: Aoi Ichikawa), who has regained his true form after reuniting with his horse. Protagonist Chise Hatori (CV: Atsumi Tanezaki) makes it her responsibility to stop Gabriel.
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The Ancient Magus' Bride (Japanese: 魔法使いの嫁, Romaji: Mahō Tsukai no Yome) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kore Yamazaki. It is serialized in Mag Garden's Monthly Comic Garden magazine and is licensed in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment.
A three-part prequel anime OVA was produced by Wit Studio and a 24-episode anime television series (also by Wit Studio) aired from October 2017 to March 2018.
Staff
Original work: Kore Yamazaki's "The Ancient Magus' Bride" (Serialized in Mag Garden's Monthly Comic Garden)
Director: Kazuaki Terazawa
Screenplay: Aya Takaha, Yoko Yonaiyama
Character design: Hirotaka Kato
Animation director: Kohei Tokuoka
Color design: Yuko Kobari
Art director: Seiki Tamura
Cinematographer: Mayo Suzuki
CGI director: Katsuaki Miyaji
Editor: Daisuke Imai
Music: Junichi Matsumoto
Music production: FlyingDog
Sound director: Shoji Hata
Sound effects: Noriko Izumo
Sound production: Sound team Don Juan
Animation production: Studio Kafka
Production: The Ancient Magus' Bride OAD Production Committee
Source: The Ancient Magus' Bride official Twitter, official website, Comic Natalie
NICOLE S. CASTRO
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Nicole is based in the Philippines and works as a freelance Japanese Translator/Interpreter and copywriter (English). She is a JLPT N2 passer who watches anime to "study" for N1. She has a long career history on LinkedIn (with primary focus on media and translation), but her anime watchlist is much, much longer.
