Joseph Luster
January 13, 2023 
The Ancient Magus’ Bride season 2 was first announced back in September, and now we have a new preview to soak in ahead of the anime’s April return. There are also a handful of new cast members, so let’s check those out before diving into the latest trailer.
New cast members include:
CHARACTER – ACTOR
- Lucy Webster – Minami Tsuda
- Philomela Sergeant – Maki Kawase
- Rian Scrimgeour – Seiichiro Yamashita
- Zoe Ivy – Daiki Kobayashi
- Veronica Rickenbacker – Reina Ueda
- Isaac Farrar – Kotaro Nishiyama
- Mikhail Renfred – Satoshi Hino
- Alice – Mutsumi Tamura
Here’s an overview of the returning staff and cast:
- 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
- CGO 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
- Animation Production: Studio Kafka
- 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
Crunchyroll streams the first season and OADs and describes the series like so:
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!
Source: The Ancient Magus’ Bride TV anime website
