Negima!?
| Negima!? | |
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| ネギま!? | |
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| Genre | Action, Magical girl, Comedy, Romance, Supernatural, Parody, Harem |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Akiyuki Shinbo |
| Studio | Shaft |
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| Original network | TV Tokyo |
| Original run | October 4, 2006 – March 28, 2007 |
| Episodes | 26 |
| Manga | |
| Negima!? neo | |
| Written by | Takuya Fujima |
| Published by | Kodansha |
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| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Magazine Special |
| Original run | November 2006 – August 2009 |
| Volumes | 7 |
Negima!? (ネギま!??) is an anime television series created by Shaft. It is an alternate retelling of the Negima! Magister Negi Magi series. Directed by Akiyuki Shinbo, it aired from October 4, 2006 to March 28, 2007 in Japan. The anime was accompanied by a monthly manga series by Takuya Fujima called Negima!? neo. Both series feature the same characters and locations.
While both series feature the same characters and locations, Negima!? focuses more on magical battles and comedy than the original anime. This new season aired on TV Tokyo's late afternoon time slot rather than on late nights, like the original anime series did.
A dark sinister tale befalls ten-year-old Negi Springfield and class 3-A. One year after Negi's arrival at Mahora, two representatives from the Magic Academy arrive at Mahora with the news of the disappearance of a mysterious artifact known as the Star Crystal. The Star Crystal holds a power that not even the Thousand Master could control. Even though the reason or the cause behind the Star Crystal's disappearance is a mystery, the effects of the artifact begin to envelop Negi and his students. Surrounded by a menacing power, Negi and the class must cope as the dark power harasses and attack the class at a moment's whim. Simultaneously, Negi places his thoughts towards his missing father, while the supporting cast do all they can to provide assistance.
Under the direction of Akiyuki Shinbo, animation studio Shaft took the production of this Negima series in a direction different from Ken Akamatsu's manga or the anime production from XEBEC. However, the first three episodes do cover a modified version of Evangeline's story arc in volume 3 of the manga and on episodes VI to VIII of the first anime.
In the same vein as Shinbo's previous series, Pani Poni Dash!, the anime features a plethora of parodies and references to popular culture, many of which appear seemingly randomly on the chalkboards in classroom scenes. Abundant eyecatches and light-hearted omake shorts at the end of each episode are also of a generally parodic nature. The use of parodies adds to an already plentiful use of humor into the series.
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