Welcome to this week's fanart update! Today, we're celebrating the 100th newspost here on the site! So much has happened in such a short time. News itself has been rather slow lately, but the community is alive and well! Thank you all for joining us over the past year and we do hope you'll continue to stick with us in the future!
Thank you to all the artists for contributing! If you happen to have any Negima or UQ Holder art, fanfics, music, wrote a theory, cosplay, photos of your collection, etc., consider submitting it and have your work featured here! It may take a little while to appear on the site, but it is sure to in the future! We love fan content and it's the heart of the community, so please think of submitting something!
Hello and welcome! January's nearly at its end and it hasn't been a bad start to 2018 here. We can't think of a better way to end the month than with more fanart!
Thank you to all the artists for contributing! If you happen to have any Negima or UQ Holder art, fanfics, music, wrote a theory, cosplay, photos of your collection, etc., consider submitting it and have your work featured here! It may take a little while to appear on the site, but it is sure to in the future! We love fan content and it's the heart of the community, so please think of submitting something!
Merchandise News: A Look at UQ Holder's Recent Merch
Like we mentioned before, we've been working on the merchandise section, our main focus to catch up on all the recent releases for UQ Holder. Today, we want to take a look at merch for the series that's been released in the past year.
Since the anime's release back in October of last year, more and more UQ Holder official merchandise is hitting the market. So far, it's mostly pins, keychains, and wall scrolls, but there's been quite a few surprises, such as the Mahora School Uniform. More keychains just came out a couple days ago, so there is a possibility we may see more goods submerge in the near future. We also have a limited edition of the manga coming out in March, so there's still more to come!
If you want more details about these products, simply click the desired picture and it'll take you straight to the page. We're still working on fill them out with more information and checking them over, but we hope to get those done very soon! We do plan to work on Negima's page afterwards. so please stay tuned!
Have you recently bought any of these items or would like to? Let us know!
January 27, 2018
Fanart: Bizarre and Untimely
Hello, site-goers! Welcome to another weekly update of fanart! Funimation announced their license with Negima had come to an end last week, leaving it solely to Sentai Filmworks. Hopefully this means something nice is in store for the series! In other news, we wanted to let you all know we've been working hard to update the site, so you may notice a few things change in the future. We do hope you'll bear with us as we continue to improve the layout and add more content.
Anyways, thank you to all the artists for contributing! If you happen to have any Negima or UQ Holder art, fanfics, music, wrote a theory, cosplay, photos of your collection, etc., consider submitting it and have your work featured here! It may take a little while to appear on the site, but it is sure to in the future! We love fan content and it's the heart of the community, so please think of submitting something!
Negima News: Negima Anime Comes to Sentai Filmwork's Catalog
Sentai Filmworks announced today that Negima would be making its way to their catalog. This would include the first series by Studio XEBEC and the second series by Shaft. These were the only seasons to be released outside Japan and both have received English dubs.
This is rather interesting. Many fans were surprised to hear UQ Holder would be licensed by Sentai, as Negima had been done by Funimation, but it looks like Sentai now has the rights to this series as well. It brings up some questions: did Funimation lose the license to Negima and is it going to disappear from their channels? Will the Spring and Summer OVA be available as well?
With Sentai Filmworks now appearing to have both properties available, it's not out of reach to speculate whether the Blu-ray boxes for both Negima and UQ Holder may or may not find their way overseas.
We'll be sure to cover future updates about this as there are several questions at this point. What do you think about this? Do you believe with this move, the Blu-ray versions of the anime might be released to an English audience? Let us know!
January 18, 2018
Fanart: Birds of a Feather
Welcome to the weekly fanart update! We do hope you enjoy the pieces below! Thank you to all the artists for contributing! If you happen to have any Negima or UQ Holder art, fanfics, music, wrote a theory, etc., consider submitting it and have your work featured here! It may take a little while to appear on the site, but it is sure to in the future! We love fan content and it's the heart of the community, so please think of submitting something!
Series News: New Gameplay Trailer for Negimate Mobile Game
A trailer for the upcoming Negima & UQ Holder mobile game, Negimate, was recently released.
Creator of the series, Ken Akamatsu, shows us a brief preview of the game and we see a look at the large cast, though whether there will be addition characters other than the ones featured in the video has yet to be determined. The game will be an RPG and the characters are seen to have their own skills for battle.
More news about the game will be released in the future and emails about beta testers for the Android version have already been sent.
So, what do you think of what's been released so far? Does it look interesting? Planning to try it out? Let us know!
January 10, 2018
Fanart: New Beginnings
With UQ Holder's anime coming to an end, there's been a bit of a break in terms of news for the series, but to hold you over, we offer another update to our weekly fanart posts! To each and every artist, thank you for sharing your work! The community is alive and well! If you happen to have any Negima or UQ Holder art, fanfics, music, wrote a theory, etc., consider submitting it and have your work featured here! It may take a little while to appear on the site, but it is sure to in the future! We love fan content and it's the heart of the community, so please think of submitting something!
Happy New Years! Welcome to the first update of 2018! Let's start the year right with some fanart galore! To each and every artist, thank you for sharing your work! The community is alive and well! If you happen to have any Negima or UQ Holder art, fanfics, music, wrote a theory, etc., consider submitting it and have your work featured here! It may take a little while to appear on the site, but it is sure to in the future! We love fan content and it's the heart of the community, so please think of submitting something!
Merry Christmas, everyone! I hope to make your holiday even brighter with another dose of some wonderful fanart, the last of the year! See you again in 2018! Thank you to all the artists out there for their work and we do hope you might consider joining in and sharing your creations with us! If you happen to have any Negima or UQ Holder art, fanfics, music, wrote a theory, etc., consider submitting it and have your work featured here! It may take a little while to appear on the site, but it is sure to in the future! We love fan content and it's the heart of the community, so please think of submitting something!
Merchandise News: UQ Holder Blu-Ray Box & Bonus Designs Revealed!
The design for UQ Holder's Blu-ray Box was revealed today and right off the bat, it looks remarkably similar to Negima's recent Bu-ray box releases. The designs on the box and cards are all brand new illustrations from Ken Akamatsu.
Fives discs are included, three featuring the anime episodes, one with the original soundtrack, and the last a character CD. There are five brand new pactio cards, each with different backgrounds and character designs than those released prior, featuring Yukihime, Kuromaru, Karin, Kirie, and the winner of Negima's Popularity Poll, Nodoka. A booklet containing character designs and other information from the anime is also included in the box.
In addition, pictures of store-exclusive bonuses have also been revealed:
Kinkurido: Anime Illustrated Long Tapestry (515 x 1456mm)
What's interesting is that a couple of these bonuses feature official artwork that hasn't yet been seen, which is always a nice touch.
The box is set to release January 31st. 2018 for around ¥ 30,000.
What do you think of the designs? Do any of these bonuses stand out to you? Plan on buying the box? Let us know!
December 21, 2017
Fanart: Season's Greetings!
Hello there and I do hope you enjoy today's selection of fanart! Many thank you's to all the artists out there for their work and we do hope you might consider joining in and sharing your creations with us! If you happen to have any Negima or UQ Holder art, fanfics, music, wrote a theory, etc., consider submitting it and have your work featured here! It may take a little while to appear on the site, but it is sure to in the future! We love fan content and it's the heart of the community, so please think of submitting something!
The preview to the twelfth and final episode of UQ Holder's anime was released today, meaning its end is finally upon us. Of course, the manga is still going and many events were skipped over for the animated release, so there's still quite a bit that can be covered if a sequel were to be announced. In addition, at least two OAD are scheduled to come out, so there's still more for fans to look forward to.
Are you sad to see the anime end? Do you think there will be another season? Let us know your thoughts!
December 16, 2017
Fanart: Her Love Story
Welcome to yet another week of fanart! We have more wonderful pieces by many talented artists, so I do hope you'll take the time to admire such art that comes from the community. Thank you so much to all the artists out there and again, I hope you consider submitting your own work! If you happen to have any Negima or UQ Holder art, fanfics, music, wrote a theory, etc., consider submitting it and have your work featured here! It may take a little while to appear on the site, but it is sure to in the future! We love fan content and it's the heart of the community, so please consider submitting something!
The preview for the 11th episode of UQ Holder has come out today and from the few shots shown, it's looking rather accurate to its manga counterpart. There's only one preview remaining and we can't wait to see how it ends.
December 8, 2017
Fanfiction: Is Silence Lonely?
We have another round of fanfiction this week! There seems to be no limit on the amount of KonoSetsu stories out there and we've provided several today! Thank you so much to all the talented authors out there and I hope you consider submitting your own work! If you happen to have any Negima or UQ Holder art, fanfics, music, wrote a theory, etc., consider submitting it and have your work featured here! It may take a little while to appear on the site, but it is sure to in the future! We love fan content and it's the heart of the community, so please consider submitting something!
Site Update: Negima! Anime Changes Between TV Broadcast and DVD Release
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Did you know many episodes from XEBEC's adaption of Negima had to be revisited due to the lack of quality in the animation? Today, we finished up going over the comparisons between TV broadcast vs. the DVD release for the first animated series of Negima!
Also, we want to extend a big thank you to AstroNerdBoy for the information and to Shiroi Hane for the images! It's pretty interesting to see all the things that were changed! Did any of them surprise you? Do you prefer certain parts of the TV broadcast? Be sure to let us know!
December 1, 2017
UQ Holder News: UQ Holder! Episode 10 Preview
The preview for episode 10 was released today and we meet some familiar faces! It's definitely a set up different than its manga counterpart, which is a pretty interesting change. There's only a couple episodes left, so the final show down is just on the horizon!
December 1, 2017
Fanart: Happy Families are All Alike
Hello and welcome! We've been so blessed to have so much fan content up to this point, we just want to say we really appreciate it! The love for the series is far from dead and if you want to show the community is still alive and well, submit! Thank you so much to all the artists out there and again, I hope you consider submitting your own work! If you happen to have any Negima or UQ Holder art, fanfics, music, wrote a theory, etc., consider submitting it and have your work featured here! It may take a little while to appear on the site, but it is sure to in the future! We love fan content and it's the heart of the community, so please consider submitting something!
UQ Holder News: Yu Kobayashi Draws UQ Holder CD Cover!
Yu Kobayashi, the voice actress of Setsuna Sakurazaki, is known for her unique art style. She has contributed her talent to many different series and Negima was no different. Her work was even featured in the second anime series, Negima!?, and the Summer OVA. Today, this video came out and shows the talented artist is gracing the fans once more. She was the most recent guest at UQRadio and provided this during her time. This is a speedrawing of Kobayashi's attempt to sketch the cover art for the UQ Holder! CD.
If you're not familiar with her work, consider this a pleasant surprise!