#The Ancient Magus’ Bride Season 2’s New Trailer Gives Philomela Sergeant the Spotlight

Another trailer for The Ancient Magus’ Bride Season 2’s second cour — the fifth for the season overall — has been released. 

A good portion of the nearly two-minute-long trailer is made up of scenes of the anguished Philomela Sergeant, and the newly announced ending song “fam” by Yuyu is also given a preview. Towards the trailer’s end, Chise ponders, “Lots of people told me I’m free. How do I help her like they helped me?”

The Ancient Magus’ Bride Season 2’s second cour will premiere on October 5. The first cour, which saw the start of Chise’s life at the College, aired from April to June with 12 episodes, with Crunchyroll and Bilibili streaming the show overseas. 

The anime is based on the Mag Garden-published fantasy manga by Kore Yamazaki, which began serialization in 2013 and has 19 tankoubon volumes as of March 2023. Seven Seas Entertainment describes the manga as:

Hatori Chise has lived a life full of neglect and abuse, devoid of anything resembling love. Far from the warmth of family, she has had her share of troubles and pitfalls. Just when all hope seems lost, a fateful encounter awaits her. When a man with the head of a beast, wielding strange powers, obtains her through a slave auction, Chise’s life will never be the same again.

The man is a “magus,” a sorcerer of great power, who decides to free Chise from the bonds of captivity. The magus then makes a bold statement: Chise will become his apprentice–and his bride!

Like the 2021 to 2022 The Ancient Magus’ Bride -The Boy from the West and the Knight of the Blue Storm OAD, The Ancient Magus’ Bride Season 2 is directed by Kazuaki Terasawa with Kohei Tokuoka as chief animation director, Yoko Yonaiyama as scriptwriter, and Studio Kafka as the animation production studio. 

The returning staff from both the OAD as well as the WIT STUDIO-produced first season include Hirotaka Kato as character designer, Aya Takaha as scriptwriter, Junichi Matsumoto as music composer, Seiki Tamura (Season 1 co-art designer) as art director, Mayo Suzuki as photography director, and Yuuko Kobari as color designer. Season 2 also features the addition of Chiaki Nishinaka as another scriptwriter.

Meanwhile, the cast includes:

• Atsumi Tanezaki as Chise Hatori
• Ryota Takeuchi as Elias Ainsworth
• Kouki Uchiyama as Ruth
• Aya Endou as Silky
• Satoshi Hino as Mikhail Renfred
• Mutsumi Tamura as Alice Swayne
• Minami Tsuda as Lucy Webster
• Maki Kawase as Philomela Sergeant 
• Seiichiro Yamashita as Rian Scrimgeour
• Daiki Kobayashi as Zoey Ivy
• Reina Ueda as Veronica Rickenbacker
• Koutaro Nishiyama as Isaac Farrar

The Ancient Magus’ Bride manga was first serialized in Monthly Comic Blade before moving to Monthly Comic Garden. The first season aired from 2017 to 2018 with 24 episodes and was preceded by a three-episode 2016 to 2017 OVA.