Mahou Sensei NEGIMA!? REMAKE!!!

Lucifer · Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 12:51 am Post subject:

The remake isn't done by Ken Akamatsu, they just use his character design which i think is a disgrace to him. There will be a manga version of Negima!? releasing in November but WHY would Ken Akamatsu fans read such a thing?

Negima Haru is a Spring OVA which is based on the manga, volume 7's trip to the Southern Islands. Since the animation is the done by the same studio doing Negima!?, i would just forget it.

xenocrisis0153 · Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 1:43 am Post subject:

Melancoholic · Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 5:00 am Post subject:

Wait a minute, I'm confused...

Never mind.

Thanks for the knowledge about the Haru OVA. It's a bit odd that they've done promos for it before the proper series has even started though...

lol, I felt like standing on the sidelines chanting 'Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!' earlier! It reminded me of my secondary school days. Razz

Of course, I'd always be disdainfully aloof when a playground fight broke out... Unless I was involved of course, in which case I'd be on the ground getting pummelled for using words like 'disdainfully aloof'! Laughing

Skittles · Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 10:42 am Post subject:

why remake it??? is this being done by another studio?

Anyways i didnt think it was too bad considering they cut all the eccih out Razz

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I like the way they did some things but the animation was just plain sucky.

Himitsu · Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 12:05 pm Post subject:

DragonTiger · Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 4:17 pm Post subject:

Well. First Negima series was really good drawn. Negima!? now has got a little dissapointing drawing. I remember in first Negima Asuna got one eye green and one blue but now she has got both blue. well. story starts also differently. He came before school starts and with Kamo-kun. Asuna don't see his magic as he save Nodoka-chan but to restore borken tooth Laughing

I wonder if Negima!? will have more than one season or not. In first Negima they finish it really quick and with no chance to have another season. Anyway I'm fan of Negima manga so i'll watch this anime as well. Hope they won't dissapoint me as they did in first series (even ifdifferent people made it). And one more thing. I don't mind remake Cool

but really, drawing could be really better. Sad

Firetears · Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 4:46 pm Post subject:

Before I say anything, let me just say, Himitsu, the original Negima had the same amount of characters. The thing about Negima is that they have a lot of characters and in the manga, Negima slowly gets to learn something about every single one of them.

As for the original manga, my all-time favorite and first manga I ever read. The original anime was too bright and colorful and childish for me. It was dumbed down to a certain extent and I was deeply dissappointed. Luckily, they changed the art mid-way through. The anime started to follow it's own original story apart from the manga just as the remake is doing now. So if you liked the original anime, then you shouldn't be so quick to jump on this one.

I had mixed feelings. I liked the artwork and all, except for the fact that they look too different. Still, it looked better than the first episodes of the original looked and I thank god for that. Now, my problem isn't that the story is completely different. I can't really explain but I just don't know.
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Melancoholic · Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 4:46 pm Post subject:

Ragan · Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 12:48 pm Post subject:

xenocrisis0153 · Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 10:46 pm Post subject:

you guys are all being pretty anti-remake, haha. Usually I hate remakes with a passion (same as sequels), but after seeing episode 01 of this new season, I am quite impressed. You have to had seen the original season (or read the manga) to understand most of what happened because they fling about about 4 episodes-worth of information in about 20 minutes (mainly Evangeline, Setsuna, Sayo, and that white ferret thing). Well, seeing the first season probably isn't NECESSARY, but it would keep you from being totally overwhelmed ::looks at Himitsu::

I like the new style. It's very very serious. Barely any comedy and/or eechi so far. If you liked Tsukiyomi Moon Phase, the SoulTaker, Rozen Maiden or Gankutsuou, you may enjoy this. The character design is very reminiscent of last year's Kagihime Monogatari Eikyu Alice Rondo.

I'm working on the STUDD data right now. I got the first 9 important people up right now. I should have all 31 girls + Negi done within a couple hours.

go see: http://www.anime-source.com/banzai/modules.php?name=Anime&rop=showcontent&id=1757

PS... am I the only one who thinks Konaka is totally adorable in this version? ^__^
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Rick_battosai · Conscript Joined: May 20, 2006 Posts: 130 Location: canada

i was hoping for a second season rather then a remake. Evil or Very Mad

the first season was good but it could have been longer.i woudint mind a remake but i have the first ep of the remake and im going to give it a chance but i prefer the art in the first season and i dont like the idea of less fanservice but that's just me. Wink

as for what i would like to know is:

for the haru ova it looks like its related to the first season and it looks good.i know its some kind of special but i have 2 questions on it.

1. is it just one ep?
2. does the time line take place after the first season ended or some where in the midle?(cause someone said its a thing takin from manga 7 or something)

and i also have a seperate question: does the manga for the original series end differently then the anime.

i hope someone answers this pls i would really appreaciate it cause i dont feel like writing this all over again. thank you.

DragonTiger · Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 9:43 am Post subject:

thugangel · Ronin Samurai Joined: Aug 27, 2005 Posts: 713

I've only seen the first 6 eps of the original and I've watched the first ep of the remake. From what I can tell, this remake is aimed towards modern viewers who still haven't seen the original. I noticed the graphics are wayyy better than the original (more deeper and different colors and anti-aliased) and the voices are made way much cuter. Well, probably not for the female characters, but the voice acting is definitely way cuter on Negima.

It also looks like they're not only trying to aim it towards the people who still haven't seen the original. They tried to cram in 6 eps of stories into one ep, moving some sections around, to show that it is not exactly the same thing as the original. I don't think they're trying to kill the original, but rather getting more audience or fans. I watched the remake of Kanon without seeing the original and I'm quite satisfied with how it turned out. I feel like I don't need to see the original. As for Mahou Sensei Negima, I'll continue to watch the original since I like the flow of that story better (less serious).

My $00.02.

Melancoholic · Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 4:42 pm Post subject:

K, let's just get this straight. I'm NOT anti remake. Remakes are fine, though generally inferior to their originals. I just liked the original series enough to want that series to be extended. I don't think there were any problems with doing that (except, as you say DragonTiger, that the main mysteries were no longer mysteries - but then, what's wrong with creating new mysteries?). I'm sure I could come up with a decent enough opener for season two if I had enough time, but I'm busy with a fantasy trilogy at the moment... Razz

thugangel, I'm not sure whether you're saying this is good or bad, but I DO have a problem with them remaking it simply to try and win more fans. If it's purely a marketing excercise to make more money/gain more fans, then the creativity of the project is bound to suffer. The makers won't be making what they think is good, rather they'll be making what they think we want to see, which inevitably leads to dumbing down and that's never a good thing.

For the moment though, that all goes by the board with Negima!?. It's too early to say whether the story, etc. will be rubbish. I was more upset by how bad it looked, than what they'd done to the story. So much of it was just depthless and ugly to look at. Like the classroom... Ugh!

Oh, and thugangel, are we not modern viewers if we've seen the original? Wink