Mahoutsukai no Yome: Nishi no Shounen to Seiran no Kishi

Every several decades, the Wild Hunt—a group of mounted fae knights—awakens and roams the land, its presence causing old plants to wither and allowing new ones to take their place. Unfortunately, when lightning strikes the stone monument that the Wild Hunt slumbers in, it chips off a fragment containing the band's guide. As a result, when the Wild Hunt rises once more, its members cannot maintain their formation, instead aimlessly wandering the forests and leaving death in their wake.

In an attempt to remedy this predicament, Spriggan tasks Elias Ainsworth with bringing the missing guide's steed back to its master. Meanwhile, Gabriel, an asthmatic young boy who longs for adventure, discovers the chipped-off rock and ends up summoning the knight within. With his only intact memory being the desire to return, the guide must reunite with his steed and his pack before his absence can cause irreparable damage.

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Hatori, Chise Main

Tanezaki, Atsumi Japanese

Ainsworth, Elias Main

Takeuchi, Ryouta Japanese

Gabriel Main

Igarashi, Hiromi Japanese

Ruth Supporting

Uchiyama, Kouki Japanese

Silky Supporting

Endou, Aya Japanese

Oberon Supporting

Yamaguchi, Kappei Japanese

Titania Supporting

Ohara, Sayaka Japanese

Mysterious Boy Supporting

Ichikawa, Aoi Japanese

Spriggan Supporting

Yasumoto, Hiroki Japanese

Gabriel's Father Supporting

Chiba, Susumu Japanese

Fujiyama, Naokado Producer

Hasegawa, Hiroya Producer

Naruse, Kouichi Producer

Shinfuku, Kyouhei Producer

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Aug 22, 2023

Shirogari

Recommended

This is a 3 episode OVA and sequel for the Ancient Magus' bride that is relevant to the main story. The OVA is about a single story/subject and is pretty similar to the first season.

The story is interesting and dense. Even though it's only one hour long, it feels like it lasts way longer because of how many things happen and the excellent atmosphere. Just like in the main anime, not everything is explained completely which leads to an air of mystery. There's also some minor worldbuilding with new concepts from the world being introduced.

The characters are detailed and very realistic. Of course ... there's Chise and Elias as main characters but in this OVA a human boy named Gabriel also plays a big role. His personality and relationship with his parents is very realistic which added to the story and I felt like it made it easier to get immersed in the story.

The voice acting was good and the same as in the main anime. The animation was good but the music especially was great. The music suited the animation well, brought about an air of mystery and made watching this a nice experience.

Overall this OVA is definitely worth watching if you enjoyed the first season. It is a sequel, relevant to the main story and just has a great story with good animation and music.

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Sep 20, 2022

MrRandomGUYS

Recommended

It’s decent. The story is fine, the release schedule was awful and I wish Chise and Elias were in it more.

I understand that each episode was packaged with a manga volume, hence why it took a year for the full thing to air, but this information didn’t make it detract from my experience with this any less. Besides the release date I found the kid (Gabriel) a bit annoying.

Overall it’s a fine Magus’ Bride OVA, I just wish Chise and Elias were in it a bit more because they didn’t really have any agency in the plot whatsoever. Still enjoyed it and am looking ... forward to season 2!

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Jun 24, 2023

whiteflame55

Mixed Feelings

The story is pretty and sweet like the original series, though it lacks the drive that comes with building on established characters. It doesn’t help that our lead, Gabe, feels like little more than a frustrated kid who is upset at having to use an inhaler, which is fine, but it’s not particularly interesting. The titular Knight is more interesting as a force of nature slightly humanized, but the emotional core of the series is the tension between the decision to go with the Knight and that to stay with his parents, and the lack of characterization for his parents, particularly his father, just makes ... it seem like the fantastic world the Knight represents might be better. But we never grapple with that beyond what is effectively mind control, making it all seem pretty pointless.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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