To celebrate and promote the second part release of Kore Yamazaki’s fantasy manga series Mahou Tsukai no Yome/The Ancient Magus’ Bride on February 4, a countdown of illustrations has been made with the official website and Twitter account for the three-part OAD project inspired by the manga. The OAD project is based on the prequel story created by the author entitled “Hoshi Matsu Hito/Those Awaiting a Star” and tells a piece of protagonist Chise’s life before she came to be with Elias and it was when she was eight years old.
In regards to the illustrations they were created by the production staff members for the show. The first art known was released on January 27 depicting Elias Ainsworth standing and was done by Mitsuaki Takabe.
The latest art piece done so far for the countdown was a piece created by sub character designer Masafumi Yokota depicting a poster like image
As for the screening of the second part is scheduled to be occur at eight selected theaters for a limited time of two weeks
For more details go to Crunchyroll News.