The Ancient Magus' Bride Manga: Singles and the Season 1 Box Set
The Ancient Magus' Bride has 22 Seven Seas paperbacks out and two more announced. The Season 1 Box Set holds Vols. 1–9 and two posters.
The Ancient Magus' Bride is still being published in English: Seven Seas has released 22 paperbacks, with Vols. 23 and 24 announced. Penguin Random House lists one box set, and it covers only the start. The Season 1 Box Set holds Vols. 1 to 9 and two double-sided posters, so a box buyer continues with single Vol. 10.
Singles and the box
| Route | Contents | Dates | US list |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paperbacks | Vols. 1–22 released; Vols. 23–24 announced | May 12, 2015 to July 28, 2026; Vol. 23 December 22, 2026; Vol. 24 April 27, 2027 | $12.99 for Vols. 1–19; $13.99 from Vol. 20 |
| Season 1 Box Set | Vols. 1–9 and two double-sided posters; 1,602 pages | November 14, 2023 | $119.99 |
The Season 1 Box Set
The box set listing reads: “Get Vol. 1-9 of the original manga, which inspired the first season of the anime, in a beautiful box. Also includes two double-sided posters!” Nine singles at $12.99 come to $116.91, so the box costs $3.08 more at list for the posters and the box itself. It is not a complete set. If you own some of Vols. 1 to 9, it repeats them.
After the box
From Vol. 10 the route is singles only. Vols. 10 to 19 list at $12.99; Penguin Random House lists Vol. 22 at $13.99, released July 28, 2026, and the two announced books, Vol. 23 (December 22, 2026) and Vol. 24 (April 27, 2027), at the same price. None of the publisher pages we checked calls any volume final, so this guide makes no claim about how many books the series will run to. Keep announced volumes on a preorder list rather than counting them as owned.
Our catalog leaves the page counts of Vols. 1, 8 and 12 blank, because Seven Seas and its distributor give different figures. Match the ISBN rather than a page count when buying secondhand.
The related books
Seven Seas publishes other Ancient Magus' Bride titles alongside the main series: the spin-off manga Wizard’s Blue and Jack Flash and the Faerie Case Files, the short-story collection Collected Fragments, light novels and reference books. None of them is a numbered main volume, and none fills a gap in the main sequence. Our guide to companion books covers how to tell them apart.
Which to buy
- Trying it: Vol. 1.
- Starting with a larger purchase: the Season 1 Box Set, then Vol. 10 onward as singles.
- Already reading: continue with singles; there is no later box to wait for in the listings we checked.
The catalog page lists all 24 ISBNs with released and announced books kept apart. For the lead, see Chise Hatori and her future (spoilers); for other boxes, the box set guide.