A prequel to the manga The Ancient Magus' Bride, this movie tells the story of how the dispossessed 15 year old girl Chise Hatori is bought by a monstrous sorcerer named Elias. However, things are not as dire as they seem. Elias informs Chise that she has a rare magical talent, and that he will therefor take her on as his apprentice... and in the future, as his bride.
| Writing | Norihiro Naganuma | Series Composition |
| Art | Yusuke Takeda | Art Direction |
| Sound | Shoji Hata | Sound Director |
| Camera | Mayo Suzuki | Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Yuko Kobari | Color Designer |
| Editing | Daisuke Imai | Editor |
| Visual Effects | Hirotaka Kato | Character Designer |
| Sound | Junichi Matsumoto | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Norihiro Naganuma | Series Director |
| Writing | Kore Yamazaki | Characters |
| Sound | Julia Shortreed | Theme Song Performance |
| Sound | Masakazu Sato | Music Producer |
| Sound | Noriko Izumo | Sound Effects |
| Art | Yuma Akasu | Assistant Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Chie Nishitani | 2D Artist |
| Visual Effects | Kumiko Taniguchi | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Crew | Ayumi Arahata | Special Effects |
| Visual Effects | Hirotaka Kato | Supervising Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Shinya Sugai | CGI Director |
| Production | Hirotsugu Ose | Producer |
| Production | Toshio Iizuka | Producer |
| Production | Shosei Ito | Producer |
| Production | Hiroya Hasegawa | Line Producer |
| Sound | Haruka Matsushita | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Shoji Hata | Sound Mixer |
| Production | Yoshihiro Hosaka | Executive Producer |
| Production | Mitsuhisa Ishikawa | Executive Producer |
