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Liked the fight scene between the two groups. Thought the Negi getting impaled scene was really decent too. Better impact felt then in the manga, naturally. Up to that point, meh was ok.
Just to let you know Johnny, you don't need to use spoiler tags in episode threads. :)
Well i must say the first episode was handled very well, as expected from SHAFT (especially when they have a budget). I absolutely love how the scene where Negi was stabbed was handled. As Johnny said, much more impact then the manga.
Was a huge surprise to hear Ishida Akira voicing Fate. He's personally one of my favorite voice actors, and he's shown on many occasions in the past that he can voice a bad guy perfectly.
Also, it was nice how they included a few pieces of music from Negima!?.
Was a huge surprise to hear Ishida Akira voicing Fate. He's personally one of my favorite voice actors, and he's shown on many occasions in the past that he can voice a bad guy perfectly. Akira Ishida voicing Fate isn't really that big of a surprise, since he played the same character in the Xebec version of Negima.
Akira Ishida voicing Fate isn't really that big of a surprise, since he played the same character in the Xebec version of Negima.
Well i forgot all about that, so it was yet again a surprise for me. :)
Finally! It's been a while since I've seen great action scenes in Negima...
I prefer this over the fanservice-filled ones last time.
Maybe I'm just slow, but I just noticed the Fate does use a lot of earth magic (petrification, stone spear, stone pillar). I guess it's safe to assume that it's his specialty. Also, my memory could be failing me, but I'm assuming that the swordsman Fate is with is Tsukiyomi. I wonder...
I know that it'll be a while from now, but I am looking forward to Rakan's debut.
Just watched this first episode and all I can say is... WOW! Why couldn't Negima have been like this from the start?
Oh, well, forget the two TV seasons, the OVAs have been great and this has been the best one so far. Can't wait for more!
Pretty nice. However, voted for "Excellent" :)
Mayby could be better without cut scenes (what a pity it's not "endless series" like Naruto or Bleach), and Konoka's incantions took too long and looked not very good (cause I remembered incantions of Tenko Kugen from "Wagai No Oinari Sama" :))
Well, whatever, there is not wery much mid-scale battles inwolving mostly importent characters in anime, so it was great.
Konoka's incantions took too long and looked not very good (cause I remembered incantions of Tenko Kugen from "Wagai No Oinari Sama" )
I thought they looked fine but I have to agree they took to long! The time limit could have been over before she ended her endless incantations xDD
But yes I really liked this OVA^^ Decent animation, and some nice transmissions (especially the one from the Kaede to Secchan fight (he one with the smoke))
Sidestep
2009-09-22, 19:34
Gah, I wish we could have an actual series like this.
Wow, an MSN anime that isn't purely fan service, that totally blows, or both... finally exists.
It isn't perfect, but it's light years ahead of all the otaku fodder adaptations they've shoveled out in the past.
Still... I'm still waiting for a School Festival arc adaptation...
Wow, an MSN anime that isn't purely fan service, that totally blows, or both... finally exists.
The first anime adaptation wasn't purely fanservice, Negima!? wasn't purely fanservice, and Ala Alba wasn't purely fanservice.
The first anime adaptation wasn't purely fanservice, Negima!? wasn't purely fanservice, and Ala Alba wasn't purely fanservice.
But it fits the category of blowing/sucking hard... oh, and Ala Alba is pretty much 90% fan service... they skip all the "hard-to-animate" scenes and go straight for the soft stuff...
at least they even did the ova. Though it could've been better.
As expected from Shift !!
The action was epic !!! yeah forget the ancient negima !
(well , i don't really understand where they are up to because i didn't read the manga just the lastests chapters )
They can do it :)
Oh and , wait fate , wait till Negi become stronger , you'll see who rules .
Oh and , wait fate , wait till Negi become stronger , you'll see who rules .
Beware of spoilers :D
By the way, after posteffect of admiring brand new OVA, i notised, what did I disliked.
Even Konoka's incantions (it was expected of Japaniese spell) and mahou-shodzo-like-transformations are fine.
But for me personaly, one of the most important thing is characters. Ken Akamatsu has written that the main character in Negima is whole 3-A class. And i like it.
But "Mo Hitotsu no Sekai" lost most of it. Cheerleaders team, Inugami and Ku's intention of fightind dragons, Konoka's "fluffy" expectations from Mundus Magicus, Haruna's interest in love and sex potions, Chisame's opinion about "annoing and troublesome world, that not much different from the real world", Shiina's extraordinary luck... Those details are significant for me.
Flyvedelta
2009-09-24, 04:42
At first I was pessimistic after I looked upon the same character design, considering the budget they now have for this OVA....
but....
It exceeded my expectation o.o; Especially the fight part. Oh damn, this is seriously one of the best adaptation that I've ever seen o.o;
hisame's opinion about "annoing and troublesome world, that not much different from the real world", Shiina's extraordinary luck... Those details are significant for me.
Yeah, just read the chapter for the OVA and when I found out they took those parts makes me a little sad.. I think Chisame's opinion and stuffs that Yue explained about the magic world is quite important too. But maybe it'll took too much time slot. lo
Tiberium Wolf
2009-09-24, 14:24
The problem of all past negima's is that they should have adapted loyally from manga to start with. But no they went to inventing and now we get bits here and there. This OVA is nice but seriously it sux when u get present OVA here and there instead of tv series.
Its why they should remake all the stuffs and properly make the anime !
The worst thing in the bad adaptation is that you have to wait for a long time for remake.
Ashlotte
2009-09-25, 19:36
Finally doing some justice to the manga and about damn time...sheesh... :heh:
Cried manly tears for how much awesome was packed into the fight scene at the gate.
ZeroForever
2009-09-25, 20:22
honestly that was a very good serious negima OVA, skipped over some of the comedy scenes but considering how well they did the fight scene it's easily forgiven.
personally we should just be glad that the series is popular enough that it gets the OVA regardless, considering how bad the 2 anime series ended up being.
Guardian Enzo
2009-09-27, 21:46
Again, why couldn't Negima adaptations have been like this from the beginning? As with Ala Alba, Shaft have found the right mix by loyally sticking mostly to the source material. The production quality is excellent, and the fight scenes some of the best in any Negima adaptation so far. This is a great manga arc and I look forward to seeing it brought to life - I only wish it were a weekly series and not an OVA.
Again, why couldn't Negima adaptations have been like this from the beginning? As with Ala Alba, Shaft have found the right mix by loyally sticking mostly to the source material. The production quality is excellent, and the fight scenes some of the best in any Negima adaptation so far. This is a great manga arc and I look forward to seeing it brought to life - I only wish it were a weekly series and not an OVA.
Blame it on Shaft but mostly Kodansha as they are afraid of making those kind of decisions as they aren't aware of the amount of success Negima would bring as a tv series and that they are being precarious due to the "economic crisis" (please...)
Personally I'd petition for a tv series but Kodansha don't really listen to us fans these days. The movie adaptation they are going to do was solely because of the amount of "decent" sales Negima Ala Alba got as well as the Current Ova which is well received since the release not ten days back. Let's hope that more people join the Bandwagon of Negima as we head towards the trail of increasing the fanbase Negima has. Hope that Kodansha gets smart and start contemplating a tv series after (hopefully) the rest of Mou Hitotsu no Sekai ovas gets continued thumbs up as well as the upcoming movie.
But most importantly: convince Kodansha that negima is a "risk" worth taking.
That's my take on the matter.
Well, they could be evil and milk the series for all it could be. No matter what, a Negima fan would probably buy whatever they produce. If they start off really bad and then slowly recreate the scenes to make it better - people would still buy it! Eventually they will get to a great adaptation version which a fan would love but by then, the fan already bought all the previous Negima stuff vs if they did the good one in the first place.
Well, they could be evil and milk the series for all it could be.
Well... i think Akamatsu kinda does go in that direction with all the adaptations of his works... anyone who saw the Negima live-action series can attest to that...
Don't get me wrong, I'm a huge fan of Akamatsu's manga... but pretty much all of his adaptations are pretty weak... at best they were only okay.
problem as i see it is that someone (only think Akamatsu is to be accused on the live version, and that carries the scent of gag IMO) have had thought that they could do better than the original either distilling all the wrong parts of canon (LoveHina, and Negima!) or completely ignoring canon beyond characters schematics and very rough story drafts (Negima!?)
The only parts thats decent or better is the Negima OVA's ... the two ova's comming out after Negima! was decent (not good, but decent) ... and the last couple of OVA's (Shiroki Tsubasa and Mou Hitotsu no Sekai) follows the Manga pretty faithfully with only minor edits, which for large part is understandable
Does anyone know if there are English subs out yet of the first OVA? I can't access .rar files, so please keep that in mind with your answer.
BerryDoyle
2009-10-12, 21:49
I loved it. I agree that Konoka's spell was too long, but I thought that their inclusion of Natsumi was very well played. I think it will make her part of the story run a little smoother. Also, we finally get really epic fight scenes! Just what I've always wanted them to animate! (So now go animate the School Festival arc, Kondansha... I command you).
Regarding the adaptation quality, I can't even bring myself to watch much of the first anime adaptation, since the quality is so bad, but I watched the 2 OVAs that came after that (they were enjoyable and of decent quality adaptation-wise), and then I watched all of Negima!?, but I mostly had to regard it as completely separate from Negima!, since it messes with the character personalities and does its own plot. It's not painful, though. Then I loved Shiroyuki Tsubasa, as it was honest to the manga. So far though, Mou Hitotsu no Sekai has been my favorite. I totally agree that they should make it a weekly, ongoing series.
And I have the strangest feeling that somewhere, in an alternate universe, Kodansha did just that. They made a good quality, honest to the manga, weekly anime. I can't shake this feeling. I wish that I was in that universe, or could access it somehow. *Leaves to go work on fixing that dimensional wormhole*
Garylisk
2009-10-13, 04:19
Is this considered licensed by Funimation? The License Database is very vague.
"License for Negima!? TV announced at Anime Expo 2007, DVD release is due in 2008. The OVA series have also been confirmed as being licensed by Funimation. [ source: AoD, ANN ]"
Above ANN link is an article from March 2008, the AoD link does not work anymore. I'm going to move forward to start translating this. A release would be contingent on license status. Anyone?
Subs are out by Mamiko.
That's the only one out so far.
And I don't believe this is licensed.
Lastest Funimation license was on Negima!?
Garylisk
2009-10-25, 05:35
Subs are out by Mamiko.
That's the only one out so far.
And I don't believe this is licensed.
Lastest Funimation license was on Negima!?
Ah, I see, a couple groups have done it. I was looking for it in the N's rather than the M's - silly me.
My sub is almost done, hopefully it will be well accepted even so late after other releases.
But I wonder, was this OVA released only on DVD, or was it also released on Blu-Ray? I looked all over for a HD rip or somewhere I could get my hands on a Blu-Ray with no success.
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