A three-part prequel original animation DVD (OAD) was announced in the fifth volume of the manga, titled The Ancient Magus' Bride: Those Awaiting a Star (魔法使いの嫁 星待つひと, Mahō Tsukai no Yome: Hoshi Matsu Hito).
It is directed by Norihiro Naganuma and written by Kore Yamazaki, with scripts by Aya Takaha.
[14] A second three-part OAD series titled The Ancient Magus' Bride: The Boy from the West and the Knight of the Blue Storm (魔法使いの嫁 西の少年と青嵐の騎士, Mahō Tsukai no Yome: Nishi no Shōnen to Seiran no Kishi) was announced in March 2021, and the episodes were bundled with the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth volumes of the manga, released on September 10, 2021, March 10, 2022, and September 9, 2022.
The OAD series is animated by Studio Kafka, which was established by Japanese production company Twin Engine for producing the project.
Chiaki Nishinaka joins Aya Takaha and Yoko Yonaiyama in writing the screenplay.
The first cour aired from April 6 to June 22, 2023, on Tokyo MX, BS11, SUN, and AT-X.