How's everyone's week going? Perhaps I could make it a bit better with a nice update full of fanart? Thank you very much to all those who participated and submitted their 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: More Info on UQ Holder Volume 14 Limited Edition and OAD
Additional info was released on the UQ Holder Volume 14 Limited Edition today, including the contents and the OAD's plot synopsis. There will be minor spoilers ahead, so be warned!
The OAD will be partially different from the manga, featuring an original scene where UQ members go to a hot spring and discuss their first loves. This leads to Yukihime discussing her first encounter with love 500 years prior, which leads to her time as 16 year old Kitty meeting Touta for the first time at Dana's. Whether that part differs from the manga or not has yet to be revealed.
As for the limited edition's contents, along with the manga (we've been told it might be hardback) and DVD containing this new episode, it's set to include a Pactio Card! We're yet to see who may be on it, but we're excited nonetheless. A sample of the DVD case cover (which can be seen above) was also released.
Both versions of volume 14 will release on September 8th, but only the limited edition will include these goodies.
Are you guys excited for this OAD? Have an idea of who's on the Pactio Card?
August 10, 2017
Fanart: It's a Wonderful Life
There's been a lot of UQ Holder anime news recently and we're pretty excited! Let's top it off with another week of fanart!
Thank you so much to all those who participated and submitted their 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: New UQ Holder Anime Trailer, Poster, OP/ED, and Cast Announced!
A trailer was released earlier today for UQ Holder's new anime. This is the first time animation has been released for this series.
Additional cast has also been revealed with Akari Kitō playing Mizore Yukihiro and Sayaka Harada as Shinobu Yuuki.
Theme song information has also come out. Negima's iconic opening song, Happy☆Material, will be reworked and sang by the cast and the ending theme will be called Steady→GO!!
A new poster for the anime also came out:
Wow, so much new info today! Though the trailer was short, what do you think? Do you think it looks promising? Stay tuned for future news and updates!
August 4, 2017
Fanart: Tomorrow is a New Day
Just two more months until UQ Holder's anime release! Let's start off the new month with another update of some incredible fanart. Thank you to all those who participated and submitted their 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 weeks just keep flying by, don't they? A huge thanks to all those who participated and shared their 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!
If you aren't familiar with the re-releases, Negima's manga is being released once again in omnibus, featuring brand new covers with the new UQ Holder art style.
On these covers, cheerleaders and members of Dekopin Rocket, Sakurako Shiina and Madoka Kugimiya!
These volumes will be released August 9th!
Remember, there's only one more volume left! As to who is on it is anyone's guess. Did you like the two who appeared on these? Want to see anyone else on the final book?
July 25, 2017
Fanart: July's Pretty Fly
It's been a pretty productive week here, how have you been faring? Let's relax for now and all enjoy another heap of some fanart!
Big thanks to all those who participated and shared their 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: UQ Holder Official Art and Early Concept Chapter!
We have recently updated the Official Art section to UQ Holder, complete with concept art for Yukihime and an early story to UQ Holder. The chapter varies quite a bit from the final product, with a surprising twist toward the end.
Check here to see UQ Holder's official art or click here to view the entirety of the early chapter. (It's 90+ pages!)
We're still hard at work adding more content to our site, so please look forward to it! If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us!
July 14, 2017
Fanart: I Like You the Best!
Wow! How about that most recent chapter of UQ Holder? Man, what a time to be a Negima fan... Let's celebrate with another round of fanart!
Thank you to all those who submitted! As always, the content is fantastic!
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 Negima fandom is alive and well! Let's show the love with another batch of fanart!
Thank you to all those who submitted! You guys are so talented!
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!
Merchandise News: Negima Blu-ray BOX II Designs, Contents, & Bonuses Revealed
Negima's blu-ray BOX I released only a short time ago, but today, info on BOX II was released and it looks great.
BOX II contains the second anime series, Negima!?, by Shaft, and CD's with songs pertaining to it. It will also include the Spring and Summer OVA's.
The images show the brand new artwork featured on the box and CD jacket. The booklet is fully colored, gives a brief description about each episode and contains an interview with Natsuko Kuwatani, Mamiko Noto and Sawa Ishige (the voice actresses of Yue Ayase, Nodoka Miyazaki and Haruna Saotome).
It contains 10 pactio cards, some of which are now being released for the first time without the gold foil design.
The three CD's feature remastered songs, both from the anime and the second set of character songs.
Order bonuses were also revealed. Just as before, depending where you order the box, an exclusive item will be included. Each box gets its own exclusive set of store bonuses.
Sofmap: A4 Clear File Gamers: Acrylic Keychain Animate: Original Promotional Trading Card Amiami: Phone Card Chara-ani: B2 Tapestry Neo-Wing: A4 Portrait King e-SHOP: Negi & Class Pin Set (Students 10-19)
BOX II releases August 9th, 2017.
Wow, so much here today. The bonuses are virtually the same, just new designs, as is the box.
What do you think of the box? Worth the price?
June 03, 2017
Fanart: Welcome to the Wizarding World of Negima!
Welcome to a brand new week of fanart! Please, enjoy your stay and peruse these fantastic works to your heart's content!
Thank you to all of those who submitted! It's great to see the fandom is still 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 consider submitting something!
To amp the hype to UQ Holder's anime release, there will be UQ Holder Radio segments, featuring Yuuki Hirose and Matsyoka Yuki, the voices of Kuromaru and Touta respectively.
The hosts will discuss the appearance and future works of the series, along with the episode's selected guests.
To kick off the show, they're combining characters of new and old. The guests for the first edition will be Akemi Kanda and Ai Nonaka, the voice actresses of Asuna and Konoka.
If you aren't familiar with the re-releases, many of the volumes from the Negima manga are getting new editions, featuring brand new covers with the new UQ Holder art style.
On these covers, we find reporter-extraordinaire, Kazumi Asakura, and the brains behind the "reverse Hikaru Genji" tactic, Misa Kakizaki!
These volumes will be released July 7th!
Wow! I have to say, it's a bit surprising to see Kakizaki, so who ends up next is anyone's guess. Did you guess correctly? Have an idea who might appear next time?
June 23, 2017
Fanart: Refreshing
Who knew there was so much fanart out there? Hopefully there will continue to be an abundance!
Thank you to everyone who submitted! As always, the art looks great!
If you 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're forming quite the collection of art in the Fanworks page, aren't we?
So much fantastic art from so many wonderful artists! It looks great, guys! Keep sending in your work!
If you 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!
UQ Holder News: More UQ Holder Anime Cast Announced! Also Popularity Poll!
More cast of the upcoming UQ Holder anime was revealed today, some verifying that actresses would be returning to their roles.
Yukihime/Evangeline A.K. McDowell - Matsyoka, Yuki Though this may have already been public, the voice actress of Evangeline comes back to her role and will also be doing the voice of the older form, Yukihime. Matsyoka is also known for her roles suh as Orihime Inoue from Bleach, Tsuruya from the Haruhi Suzimiya series, Hinata Hino from Mirai Nikki, and Nana from Elfen Lied.
Kuroumaru - Hirose Yuuki Hirose is rather new to the voice acting world and only has a few credits under her belt. She has played Noriko Yamada from Alice to Zoroku and Tomoe Akizuki from Minami Kamakura High School Girls Cycling Club.
Negi - Satou Rina Satou returns to the cast as the voice of Negi once again. She'll also be voicing older Negi Springfield. In addition, you may recognize her voice from such roles as Vert from Hyperdimension Neptunia, Shura Kirigakure from Blue Exorcist, and Sailor Mars from Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal.
Kirie - Kayano Ai A newcomer to the series, Kayano plays several well-known roles. She is the voice behind Ryoko Sakaki from the Food Wars series, Meiko "Menma" Honma from Anohana, Shiro from No Game No Life, and so much more.
Karin - Ogura Yui This voice actress does many varying roles and will soon be playing the part of Karin! She's lent her voice to characters such as Katase from High School DxD, Romfrom Hyperdimension Neptunia, and Kinue Hayase from Masumune-kun's Revenge.
A character popularity poll was also conducted and the numbers may be surprising. The top five popular characters are as follows:
Kirie with 738 votes
Touta with 369 votes
Kuromaru with 275 votes
Karin with 202 votes
Yukihime with 194 votes
Wow! Just one vote above and Kirie doubles Touta in popularity. Do these numbers come as a surprise? Are you happy with the actresses picked?
What's a better way to brighten the day than showcase art made by fans?
There's a bunch of great work here! Thank you to all the talented artists!
If you have any Negima or UQ Holder art, fanfics, 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!
Merchandise News: Negima Anime Blu-ray BOX - Spring/Summer OVA's Announced and Exclusive Bonuses Revealed
For those of you who are unfamiliar with the Blu-ray box sets, we have covered their contents before, so be sure to give it a look!
It was announced earlier that it was decided the Spring and Summer OVA's would be present in the Blu-ray release. They will be released in BOX II, along side with Shaft's first adaptation, Negima!?
With that, nearly all of Negima's anime will be receiving a Blu-ray release!
In other news, sample images for exclusive bonuses for BOX I have been released. We covered a few stores briefly before, but by ordering the box sets from specific stores, its own unique bonus item is included with it. Each box is going to get its own bonus item, so if you plan on ordering it, make sure you pick the seller with a bonus you want!
Sofmap: A4 Clear File Gamers: Acrylic Keychain Animate: Original Promotional Trading Card Amiami: Phone Card Chara-ani: B2 Tapestry Neo-Wing: A4 Portrait King e-SHOP: Negi & Class Pin Set (Negi and students 1-9)
Reminder: These bonuses are only for BOX I. The designs of the bonuses are not completely finalized, so they may undergo change before the release. It's interesting that the bulk of the merch used the original DVD designs, with no repeaters, but each item is different. With two more boxes to go and more bonuses, I wonder if cover designs will be repeated.
Which bonus do you like the most? Huge thanks to minopop for letting us know the news! Be sure to continue checking for future updates and news!