(L) UQ Holder!

[serenade_beta]

Spoiler for ep1:

What's the point of making this the Negima sequel? Pretty much all of the cast is dead. Anyways, I never finished that manga after it went into that magical world crap, so I just hope there is enough content that I can understand this story without that knowledge.

Putting that aside, I think it was pretty rushed. They knew where they wanted to end the first episode, for good reason, and made sure it ended there.
The protagonist and E...va...'s voice actors are so light though. Especially when the protagonist screamed.

That said, there was one highlight in this episode.
The OP was Happy Material! Damn, so much nostalgia. 10 years, right?
And even though he doesn't really do love-comedies and now does this shonen battle thingy, I do like Akamatsu's character designs.
...Yeah, I don't read his manga anymore, but I still have all volumes of Love Hina.

[Team Rocket Elite]

There is eventually a turning point in the manga where the reader is expected the have read Negima and be familiar with the events. However, it is quite far into the manga. Before that, any elements that were brought over from Negima were accompanied with an explanation so new readers wouldn't be lost.

[IceHism]

happy material go quite nostalgic.

Evangeline just as cool as i remember but even cooler in her adult form. Also i'm surprised to be seeing people get cut up into many pieces right in the first episode.

[dniv]

Yeah, they nailed the first ep. The op and ed animation were sort of meh, but the nostalgia of the first OP song was very real. Even though the start is sort of lackluster, they're adapting it faithfully. I can't wait until we get into the story. As a fan of the first series and as a long-time fan of Ken Akamatsu in general, I'm hopeful that he'll finally obtain ONE good anime adaptation of one of his works.

[zztop]

Originally Posted by dniv

Yeah, they nailed the first ep. The op and ed animation were sort of meh, but the nostalgia of the first OP song was very real. Even though the start is sort of lackluster, they're adapting it faithfully. I can't wait until we get into the story. As a fan of the first series and as a long-time fan of Ken Akamatsu in general, I'm hopeful that he'll finally obtain ONE good anime adaptation of one of his works.

Akamatsu's doing the series composition for the anime alongside Yasukawa Shougo, so he's making sure the adaptation works out this time.

The nostalgia card's being played pretty strongly in the OP.

[BassGSnewtype]

Originally Posted by IceHism

happy material go quite nostalgic.

Evangeline just as cool as i remember but even cooler in her adult form. Also i'm surprised to be seeing people get cut up into many pieces right in the first episode.

Oh god, I think my jaw dropped further then it did when i first started reading UQ Holder, I was not expecting such a gory plot twist so soon in a series.

[Ultragunner]

ehhhhhh, how many times have they milked that opening already? Geez

anyhow, will we have an uncensored version soon?
the anime didn't hide any intent on the ecchi part

[Proto]

The opening is serving as an interesting litmus test to see how long people have been around . Go Happy Material! The best awful sugary song ever.

[Ultragunner]

forgot to say but I almost spat at my screen when Yukihime's ass starts shaking along with the music

I honestly don't know how to feel about that, it's bad that it's somewhat good....yeah I dunno

[Karutaku]

Think they're just hoping to sell more CDs with Happy Material sung by different combinations of the cast ^^;

Anyway, I liked the start. Hope they explain why Tota has Konoka's family name and why there is a Negi tombstone near his parents... He's Negi and Konoka's grandson???
No need for the manga readers to answer the speculation

[Tenzen12]

To be honest I quite dislike these Beginning "visions" anime felt like adding. What's the point of tomb then?

[larethian]

When the first few seconds aired, I was expecting to hear Nonaka Ai alongside Kanda Akemi in anime again (aside from Apocrypha, GBF and other minors), but no, there was no Konoka. Konoka was definitely the first role by which I know about Aippon. And an aged OP recycling sang by different cast seriously? I might remember wrongly, but I think it was used for the boxed OVAs that came with the manga volumes 20++ too

[Twi]

Why was Asuna the only one to keep her panties and bra while the rest of them got the ermine censors. It looks so akward. Not to menton the scene of Eva nearly flashing the camera while in her loli form and the jiggle with the T & A in the intro. I actually came for the plot, not the fanservice.

Touta's voice sounds so wrong its jarring. I was expecting something... I don't know. A little different.

That being said, nice to see they went in with the violence and blood. You can't skimp on that in this series. Though, I found it odd that none of them asked why he was covered in blood.

[Random Wanderer]

Originally Posted by Twi

Why was Asuna the only one to keep her panties and bra while the rest of them got the ermine censors.

If you don't actually know why Asuna isn't affected by magic like everyone else, we shouldn't spoil it for you.

[HandofFate]

was pretty impressed with the camera and art quality.

the emotions in the beginning in how it protrayed the sadness of immortality where she's waving goodbye to the class, and even the little munchkin thing breaks down and she walks ahead

[Shippuu]

Didn't really like the character design/art. Considering I've read Negima almost two dozen times by now the Negima characters looked particularly off.
And they got Asuna's underwear color completely wrong! And her VA has certainly gotten older.
And while I like Happy Material, I still believe it was a terrible choice and has no business here, and if you have to go for the obvious nostalgia value from the get-go there's probably a problem.

Also what's up with Ghost Negi, lol.

[zztop]

Ep 1 endcard by Mashima Hiro of Fairy Tail.

Spoiler for Endcard by Mashima Hiro:

[LevelSeven]

it feels the two faces are wendys but somehow deformed >_<

[Ultragunner]

the girl with short hair in uniform, despite looking quite slender, seems stacked af

from the OP, the girls are either busty or pettanko
Where is the in-between?

[Gingermash]

Any other manga reader's fanboying over this being animated as much as me?