Mahou Sensei Negima: Difference between revisions

And life doesn't get any easier. Although he's supposed to keep his magic secret, he's having control problems, and blows his cover in front of some of the girls almost immediately. Also, he can't get properly licensed until he finds a partner. His style of magic requires a "defender" who handles physical threats while he casts his spells; the contract between mage and partner is sealed with a kiss and empowers the partner to near-superhuman levels. It soon becomes obvious that, by the ''sheerest'' coincidence, almost ''all'' of Negi's students are excellent candidates for partnership. And now that you mention it, the school itself isn't quite as "normal" as it appears at first glance...

 

 

The first anime, ''Negima!'' (take note of the punctuation; it becomes important), concluded in late 2005 after only 26 episodes. Understandably, the plot was tremendously telescoped -- the anime parallels the volumes one through six of the manga in its first 20 episodes or so, and then hurtles into a sudden and somewhat hasty [[Grand Finale]] [[Story Arc|arc]], in the process skipping over a vast landscape of storyline and character development and abandoning several plot threads just set in motion. It would appear that the studio had planned for more than one season to tell the full manga story, and then were disabused of that notion with less than a third of season left to tie things up. The result is a conclusion that, while dramatic and fulfilling the promise of the show's premise, is [[Gecko Ending|abrupt and seems to come out of left field with no warning]] -- especially the shocking event that sets the concluding action in motion. The [[FUNimation]] adaptation took nearly ''all'' of the studio's most frequently-used voice actresses, some of them playing [[Talking to Himself|two or three of the girls at a time]].

 

 

In October 2007, a [[Live Action Adaptation]] called ''[http://www.starchild.co.jp/special/negima-drama/ Negima!!]'' was aired. Like ''Negima!?'' before it, the plot is a [[Re Boot]] of the basic storyline. And like most [[Live Action Adaptation|Live Action Adaptations]] of anime, it tries to pull off the same kind of manic visual humour (and [[Fan Service]]) that its animated counterparts have, which sometimes succeeds but often comes off as awkward.

Beginning in 2008, a new animated project was released: a three-episode [[OVA]] called ''Mahou Sensei Negima!: White Wing/Ala Alba'', covering the brief [[Breather Episode|breather arc]] between the Mahora Festival and the trip to the Magic World (chapters 176-183, specifically). These were released alongside limited edition variants of manga volumes 23-25 and, in a refreshing change to the franchise's history of animation, were a faithful adaptation of the chapters it adapted. These were followed up in 2009 by a four-episode (plus one extra) [[OVA]] titled ''Mahou Sensei Negima!: Another World''. These were released in limited edition variants of manga volumes 27-28 and 30-32, and cover the beginning of the Magic World arc. [[Studio Shaft|The same studio]] that handled ''Negima!?'' is in charge of this adaptation, but this time it feels like the manga -- only with added sound, color and movement.

 

 

It then got '''another''' spin-off, titled [[Spinoff Babies|Negima (Ito) Bun (a.k.a.: Negima Little Girls]]), which reversed the age gap: Negi as a young man teaching a kindergarten class.

In 2013, Ken Akamatsu began releasing a sequel series, ''[[UQ Holder! (Manga)|UQ Holder!]]''.

 

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A quick review: ''Mahou Sensei Negima!'' is the original manga, ''Negima!'' is the first anime, ''[[Negima Second Season]]'' is the second anime, ''[[Negima Neo]]'' is a hybrid manga from the original manga and the second anime, and the newest OVAs start with ''Mahou Sensei Negima!'' in the title. When you get confused, just come back up here to check.

 

 

 

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