Mahou Sensei Negima! ~Mou Hitotsu no Sekai~ OVA 1 Discussion / Poll

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[Johnny]

Spoiler:

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.

[Shiroth]

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!?.

[TnAdct1]

Originally Posted by Shiroth

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.

[Shiroth]

Originally Posted by TnAdct1

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.

[Qilin]

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.

[mdauben]

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!

[kwendy]

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.

[Kitsu]

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]

Gah, I wish we could have an actual series like this.

[ac195]

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...

[Shiroth]

Originally Posted by ac195

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.

[ac195]

Originally Posted by Shiroth

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...

[turok]

at least they even did the ova. Though it could've been better.

[-Sho-]

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 .

[kwendy]

Oh and , wait fate , wait till Negi become stronger , you'll see who rules .

Beware of spoilers

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.

[Von Himmel]

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]

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.

[-Sho-]

Its why they should remake all the stuffs and properly make the anime !

[kwendy]

The worst thing in the bad adaptation is that you have to wait for a long time for remake.