Review of The Ancient Magus' Bride: Those Awaiting a Star

This OVA for the Ancient magus bride is a three episode story about an event from Chise's childhood. The story is told by Chise to Elias and Ruth when she receives a book. Even though the story is about her childhood and chronologically before most of the events from the first season, it makes more sense to watch this after the first season so you have knowledge of the relevant characters and have more context. The story Chise tells is interesting and surrounded with an air of mystery like in the main anime. It also gives you a better view on how Chise's life wasbefore she met Elias which makes it worth watching even though it doesn't directly contribute to the plot of the main anime.

The most important character by far is Chise herself and there's barely any moments when she isn't on screen. The main supporting character is interesting. The other characters are all relatively simple but are also all reasonable and not annoying.

The voice actors are the same as in the main anime and the voice acting is good. The animation is good too but is made even better by the great music which really makes the anime feel like another universe and makes this anime way more of a special experience to watch.

Overall this OVA is definitely worth watching since it reveals more about Chise's past and the story it tells is interesting. The voice acting animation and music are all good and shouldn't be a problem for most people.