Bushiroad Games announced that the franchise based on the manga Kore Yamazaki“Mahoutsukai no Yome (The Ancient Magus' Bride)”, will have its first visual novel this year. The video game will be titled “Mahoutsukai no Yome: The Phantom Midsummer and the Dreaming Journey” and is scheduled for release for the console Nintendo Switch in Japan.
However, in mid-February, Bushiroad Games accidentally posted the YouTube premiere page for the game's opening sequence.which was scheduled to release on March 23. Although the video itself was not visible, the video thumbnail was. This confirmed at the time that The PlayStation 5 and PC (Steam) versions of “Mahoutsukai no Yome: The Phantom Midsummer and the Dreaming Journey” are also or were plannedwith a final release date of October 2 in Japan.
For its part, Kore Yamazaki The publication of the manga began through the magazine Monthly Comic Garden from the publisher Mag Garden in November 2013, and is still in serialization. The work has been adapted to anime in two seasons that add up to a total of 48 episodes, and which were released in the periods of Fall-2017 (October-December) and Spring-2023 (April-June). So far no new sequel has been announced.
Synopsis of Mahoutsukai no Yome
Chise Hatori, a 15-year-old Japanese girl, was sold for five million pounds at auction to a tall masked gentleman. Abandoned at a young age and ridiculed by her peers because of her unconventional behavior, she was willing to give herself to any buyer if it meant having a place to call home. Chained and bound for an unknown destination, she hears whispers of robed men along her path, murmuring and complaining that such a buyer has landed a rare Sleigh Beggy.
Ignoring the whispers, the mysterious man takes the girl to a studio, where he reveals himself to be Elias Ainsworth, a magician. After a brief confrontation and some teleportation magic, they both open their eyes at Elias' quaint cottage in the English countryside. Greeted by fairies and surrounded by strange and wonderful beings upon her arrival, these events mark the beginning of Chise's story as the apprentice and supposed bride of the ancient wizard.
