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The Ancient Magus' Bride: The Boy from the West and the Knight of the Blue Storm

2021–2022 · 1 season

A quiet, gently magical coming-of-age story that feels like wandering into a hidden world, with a soft melancholy and warmth.

Created by
Tetsuya Endo, Kazuaki Terasawa
Genres
Animation, Sci-fi & fantasy, Drama
Starring
Atsumi Tanezaki, Ryota Takeuchi, Koki Uchiyama
Overview
Gabriel, an ordinary boy who has just moved from London to the countryside, is bored and misses the friends he left behind. He gazed out the window, as if wanting to escape from it all... until something strange caught his attention: mysterious smoke rising from the woods near his house. As he follows it to investigate, his world becomes intertwined with the hidden world of mages.

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Created by
Tetsuya Endo, Kazuaki Terasawa
Genres
Animation, Sci-fi & fantasy, Drama
Starring
Atsumi Tanezaki, Ryota Takeuchi, Koki Uchiyama
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • friendship
  • isolation
  • identity
  • found family
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour3
Realism3
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Genres
animation, sci-fi & fantasy, drama
Created by
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Written by
Yoko Yonaiyama, Aya Takaha
Starring
Atsumi Tanezaki, Ryota Takeuchi, Koki Uchiyama, Aya Endo, Hiromi Igarashi, Aoi Ichikawa, Sayaka Ohara, Kappei Yamaguchi
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