[TV Tokyo] Mahou Sensei Negima!@Magister Negi Magi (starts 03/10!)-live-action!!

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Mahou Sensei Negima! @ Magister Negi Magi
(credit to: tokyograph.com, wikipedia.org & starchild.co.jp/special/negima-drama/)



TV Tokyo, Wednesday late-night 1:50am, premieres October 3 (26 episodes)

This is an adaptation of Ken Akamatsu's "Negima!" manga series about a young male wizard (played by actress Yukina Kashiwa) from Wales who is assigned as a teacher at the "normal" Mahora Academy in Japan. The story focuses mainly on his interaction with his 31 female students.

Other Cast: Sara Wakatsuki, Mai Nishida, Shizuka Hasegawa, Nao Oikawa, Hiroshi
Official Site: http://www.starchild.co.jp/special/negima-drama/


Overview

Negi Springfield is a nine year old wizard (He starts out at 9 and is 10 years old as the story goes on) from Wales who dreams of becoming a Magister Magi (Approximate Latin translation: "Mage Master"), special wizards who use their powers to help normal people using covers such as working for NGOs.

Negi's reason for becoming a Magister Magi is to find his father, Nagi Springfield, the legendary mage also known as the "Thousand Master" who many believe to be dead. Though the name Thousand Master was cast into doubt in book 3 (Anime Episode 9) when Evangeline flashes back and he states he only mastered a few spells. Later, it is exposed that while his power or ability seem to be among the greatest in the magical world, he regularly uses an 'anchoko', or crib sheet, since he apparently does not bother to memorize the spells themselves.

After graduating from the Merdiana Magic Academy in Wales, he is given a duty as a cover in the real world, and training, before he actually becomes a Magister Magi. That duty is to become an English teacher at Mahora Academy in Japan. The task will not be easy, however, as Negi will become a teacher to a Middle School class of 31 older girls, each very special in her own way. The series details his time and adventures in Japan as he gains acceptance and respect from his students, helps them in their problems, and faces magical threats from inside and outside Mahora Academy.

His main relationship is with Asuna Kagurazaka, his student and roommate, who dislikes him initially but later accepts him as a friend and becomes his partner, helping find clues about his father and his life.

The series, while initially appearing to be another bishōjo work like Love Hina, has progressed into a mix of bishōjo, shōnen action, fantasy, horror, romance and comedy. This coupled with the initial comments of Akamatsu that he specifically wanted to do something "different" than Love Hina has fueled fan speculation. Some feel the current turn in mood for the manga reflects Akamatsu's "real" vision of the series, and the initial setup was just a ruse to placate the publishers expecting a bishōjo series.

Similarly, Love Hina took a turn for the surreal during its later run. Others point to the set up of the series making the classic "shipping" tendencies within such manga moot. Negi himself is prepubescent, and many of his scenes with Asuna are specific subversions of the "awkward romantic scene" tendency of bishōjo manga, quickly diffused and only played for laughs. In addition, many of the girls are able to fawn over him in a childish sense without any romantic expectations from the reader.

In keeping with this style, Negi himself is seen as a contrast to Love Hina's Keitaro and other typical male leads of bishōjo manga. He is hardworking, capable, and treated kindly, but due to his appearance and age (well below most of his students), he feels completely non-threatening and finds it difficult to be taken seriously as a teacher; many of his students treat him as a cute little kid, if not a playmate.

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Characters

Negima includes a wide array of characters, including the 31 students from Class 2/3A. Like many classes, Negi's students consist of a wide array of smart students, academically challenged, athletes, and cheerleaders. All the students are associated with various school clubs. Furthermore, the class also includes several martial artists, a vampire, a robot, a ghost, at least one demon, a web idol, and even a time traveler. Many of these girls are eventually drawn into Negi's world of magic or have long been involved with the magic world. Through interaction, Negi learns about his students in depth.

In addition to the class, a greater array of characters come Negi's problems beyond the classroom. These characters come from magic schools, demons, and other sorts of chaos. He and his students eventually find themselves drawn multiple conflicts and incidents in succession or simultaneously. Ultimately, Negi's magic and training connects him to his father Nagi and his courageous warriors, whom he hopes to follow in the footsteps of someday.

Yuni

Main characters: Mahora Girls' Jr. High Class 2/3-A

Mahou Sensei Negi @ Negima
  

Negi Springfield is the teacher of Mahora Girls' Jr. High School class 3-A (formerly 2-A), and the main protagonist of the series. A nine and three quarters-year-old child prodigy adored by his students, Negi is also a mage, a fact that roughly half his class eventually comes to find out, despite his best efforts.



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Class 2/3-A is considered one of the most rambunctious classes in a school known for energetic students. Though not all of them are aware of the fact, the class contains a wide assortment of characters, from the usual student athletes, bookworms, and cheerleaders, as well as a ninja, a ghost, an android, at least one half-demon, two super-geniuses (one of whom is from the future), and a vampire, among others.


Student 1 - 11 (L-R)








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Student 12 - 21 (L-R)








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last batch!

Student 22 - 31 (L-R)








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Class groups

The students of 2/3-A can be divided into identifiable groups. Most of the terms used to identify the groups are used in sideline notes rather than in the actual story. Some, however, did play important parts in story lines and help identified students' relationship with one another.

Baka Rangers
This after school study group (named after Super Sentai/Power Rangers shows in volume 1) features 5 members with the lowest grades in 2-A. Its members are Yue Ayase (Baka Black), Asuna Kagurazaka (Baka Red), Kū Fei (Baka Yellow), Makie Sasaki (Baka Pink) and Kaede Nagase (Baka Blue). In volume 2, the Baka Rangers went on an expedition with their Library Exploration Club classmates to find a legendary magic book to try to make themselves smarter, taking Negi along for the ride. Their learning during their adventure managed to bring their grades high enough to make 2-A the highest-scoring class in the school.

In the ending shorts of Negima!?, the Baka Rangers are depicted as an actual Super Sentai (although without helmets to conceal their identities), with Makie fumbling her lines, making errors, and ending up as an errand girl. Like any of the other shorts, their act is done just for laughs.

The Martial Arts Specialists
These four students are believed to be the "strongest" combatants in class. They include Mana Tatsumiya (marksmanship), Kū Fei (Chinese martial arts), Setsuna Sakurazaki (swordsmanship), and Kaede Nagase (ninja fighting skills).
This term is never mentioned in the storyline, but used as sidelines in magazines.

Big Breast Quartet
Four girls (Chizuru Naba, Mana Tatsumiya, Kaede Nagase, and Kazumi Asakura) have the largest chest measurements in the class. This grouping is occasionally used for humorous comment.

The Class Weirdoes
During Chisame's introductory chapter, she shows her distaste in (outside Negi himself) a group of students who have suddenly appeared in her Mahora class over the last year. This collection includes those she considers "foreigners" (Ku Fei, Kaede, Chao, Evangeline, Zazie), not right in age (Mana, the Narutaki Twins) or just strange (Chachamaru). As the story progresses, many of these weirdoes prove themselves as the most powerful or mysterious students in the class. And while Chisame still shows a bad taste in her mouth for many, she has come to interact with several of them, particularly Chachamaru. Animated versions of the series has either adapted these comments (the first anime adds Akira to this group) or used these comments in other contexts. (Negima!? also addresses Zazie as a foreigner)

The Sports Club Girls
Four girls in 3-A are active in the Mahora Academy's sports club activities: Yuna Akashi (basketball), Ako Izumi (manager of the boy's middle school soccer club), Akira Okochi (swimming), and Makie Sasaki (rhythmic gymnastics).

This group often appears throughout the story lines as oblivious to the existence of magic when magic manifests around them. Examples include their role as Evangeline's temporary servants, "normal" participants of the Mages vs. Mars battle and the Badges collection game. However, there are inklings that all four girls may have greater magical knowledge than they let on: Makie remembers her time being possessed by Evangeline (though whether she herself realizes this is questionable), Yuna's parents were mages (she is unaware of this), Ako consistently questions her mysterious back scar, and Akira possesses a bizarre strength along with a calmer reaction towards magic during the "Eight Days Later" plot. Ironically, these four are the ones who break into Magic Country of the group who don't know of magic, mostly due to Yuna bolting in after being lead to the gate.

Other students in 3-A take part in sports, yet are usually not tied to this group. They include Misora Kasuga (track and field), Sakurako Shiina (lacrosse), Mana Tatsumiya (biathlon) and Ayaka Yukihiro (equestrian). In the "Negima!?" anime, Misora takes Makie's spot as the fourth sports girl, as Makie's popularity compared to those of Yuna, Akira, and Ako has elevated her status to the point that she is paired with Ayaka instead.

The Library Expedition Club
This Mahora Academy club is dedicated to the exploration of the labyrinthine Library Island. Its main purpose is to research and catalogue the hundreds of millions of books at Library Island, as well as explore the unknown areas, as much of it has remained a mystery since the beginning of Mahora Academy. According to Yue's hypothesis, the Mahora Library and the rest of the school may have been constructed by mages.

Members from class 3A include Yue Ayase, Nodoka Miyazaki, Haruna Saotome, and Konoka Konoe (part-time). This group plays a major role in the main story lines since the beginning of the series. In contrast to the Sports Club girls, they are characterized as more thoughtful and have shown greater awareness in the magical events around them, particularly as they become more involved with the magical world surrounding them.

Mahora Cheerleaders
The three enthusiastic cheerleaders of 2/3-A, consisting of Misa Kakizaki, Madoka Kugimiya and Sakurako Shiina. With pompoms by their side, this trio always cheers on Negi and the others in the class when needed. Usually, though, they keep to themselves and do not get involved in many of the adventures, magical or otherwise, of others in the class.

However, they can be recruited by Ayaka to assist her upon command: once to spy on Negi and Konoka during a day out in Tokyo, and once when they attempt to hire goons to get Ayaka a badge for the Wales trip. The trio are also three-quarters of the band Dekopin Rocket, along with sports girl Ako Izumi.

Walking Club
Kaede Nagase, and Fuka and Fumika Narutaki are members of the Mahora Walking Club, who seem to mostly walk around the campus, and as such have an excellent knowledge of the school's layout. In addition, Kaede seems to be teaching the twins a little ninjitsu, although neither of them are anywhere near her level. In Negima!?, they were often seen walking around in the foreground or background in earlier episodes, with Kaede dressed in a ninja costume, while the twins made up like Teletubbies.

Negima's Comely Comrades (or Negima-dan)
The group associated with the magical world period to the Festival Arc and fought against Chao Lingshen's plan. Most of the members in this groups are Negi's Pactio partners, through some of them aren't when they first joined the group (like Chisame). Some remain so after the Festival Arc (Like Kaede and Kū Fei). They have become the main focus of the story in the following story after the Festival Arc.

The members (beside Negi Springfield) include Asuna Kagurazaka (Anti-Demon Warrior / Magic Cancel), Konoka Konoe (Onmyouji / Mage-in-training), Nodoka Miyazaki (Mind Reader), Yue Ayase (Mage-in-training), Chisame Hasegawa (computer hacker), Haruna Saotome (Summon Artist), Setsuna Sakurazaki (Shinmei-ryū swordswoman), Kū Fei (Chinese Duelist) and Kaede Nagase (Ninja).

Chao Bao Zi
A Chinese restaurant (Chao Bao Zi means Fried Buns in Chinese) run by 3-A genius Chao Lingshen, the group usually includes her friends, who also work at her restaurant (chef Satsuki Yotsuba, waitresses Ku Fei & Chachamaru Karakuri) and those who associate with her due to her connections (mechanical coordinator Satomi Hakase). This group was the primary antagonist during the festival arc, with Chao, Satomi and Chachamaru plotting to expose magic to the world. Bounty hunter Mana Tatsumiya was also hired by Chao's side during the plot. However, Ku Fei joined Negi in opposing Chao while Satsuki gave out crucial information to Mahora regarding the plot.

English Culture Research Club (a.k.a. Alba Ala or White Wing)
The club Asuna started for the purpose of assisting Negi on his quest to find his father. They get their official name so that the school would sponsor a field trip to Britain for them. Evangeline's resort is their club room. The club was initially called "Negima-club" or "Negima-dan" by the club's members. However, Evangeline later changed the name to White Wing (ALBA ALA), similar to the "Crimson Wing" group led by Negi's father.

The members are as follows:
Club President: Asuna Kagurazaka
Vice-President: Haruna Saotome
Secretary: Konoka Konoe
Minister of Bāozi (??): Kū Fei
Secretary Bodyguard: Setsuna Sakurazaki
Honorary Advisor: Evangeline A.K. McDowell
Faculty Sponsor: Negi Springfield
Other Members: Kaede Nagase, Nodoka Miyazaki, Yue Ayase, Chisame Hasegawa, Kazumi Asakura, Sayo Aisaka, Chachamaru Karakuri, Kotaro Inugami.

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Groups in Negima!?

From the fourteenth to the twenty-fourth episodes of the alternate retelling Negima!?, Negi, Class 3-A and Takamichi end up in a strange alternate world in which the entire Mahora Academy is in ruins (in the outside). To help the class and Negi survive and figure out how to escape that world and return to the real Mahora Academy, the class is separated into three groups, each with a specific role. It has to be noted that Evangeline and Chachamaru are not part of any group; instead, they hang out in the sidelines with Takamichi. It should also be noted that considering the groupings above, the roles of most of the students fit perfectly to their role in each group below.

The Exploration Group explores the ruined alternate campus and the various creatures that roam it. Asuna is the leader of the group, while its members are Konoka, Setsuna, Sayo, Kazumi, Ku Fei, Kaede, the Narutaki twins, Mana, and Zazie. Specifically, Kazumi, being the reporter that she is, takes pictures during explorations and reports to the other members about the activities of the other groups. Mana also provides traps for the group to use in case of any scary creatures they might encounter. Chamo sometimes accompanies them.

The Research Group investigates the pieces of the Star Crystal and tries to know more about them. Ayaka is the leader, with Chao, Satomi, Chizuru, Makie, Nodoka, Yue, Haruna, and Chisame as members. In particular, Chao and Satomi do various experiments on the Crystals, Chisame gathers and organizes data (although she mixes business with pleasure by maintaining her homepage at the same time), Chizuru tries to figure out the connections regarding everything (while being a bother to other students such as Chisame or phoning up Natsumi), and Ayaka, Makie, Nodoka, Yue, and Haruna read reference books from Library Island.

The Survival/Lifestyle Group cooks and prepares meals for everyone. Satsuki reluctantly steps up as the head of the group ("Looks like I'll be the leader.") while composing the group are Yūna, Ako, Akira, Misora, Misa, Madoka, Sakurako, and Natsumi. Considering the constant vegetation and the seemingly fresh supply of provisions in the alternate world, this group does not have a hard time searching for food.

Earlier in the said series, Asuna also established the Chupacabra Club in the hopes of catching the said creature. Asuna would later use the club as a front for Negi's Contracted Partners (in a similar rein to the English Culture Research Club) so no one else can get suspicious of their activities. One requirement of the club is wearing the Chupacabra T-shirts she ordered as a kind of marketing strategy. The members of this club prior to Negi turning into a chupacabra himself in the twelfth episode are composed of Negi's partners at the time of the tenth (Asuna, Konoka, Setsuna, Nodoka, the Narutaki twins and Kaede) as well as Haruna, Yue, Kū Fei and Yūna (based on their participation in an ending short), who would later make Pactio with Negi themselves long after they joined the club. This club is an irony in itself because in the manga, Asuna is a skeptic of the chupacabra theory (unknowingly created by Konoka and Sakurako) in which the creature victimized some of their classmates in Volume 3 rather than the vampiric Evangeline.

lin_okinawa

aku dh tgk dh ep1 cite ni...
wpon aku tk penah tgk anime die, tp cite die lawak n mmg besh

tp yukina kashiwa tu comel laaa
muke same cm dlm anime
tp aku tk bape suke sgt yg pgg watak pelajar ppuan utame tu
majoriti pelakon die, care lakonan cam kaku jek...kayu lagik...haihh







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whitedove

live action lagi

tp mmg la yg jadi students semua kaku lagi, semua baru2...sbb tu main petang citer nih...

fantomette

aku dh tgk anime ni dulu (dulu aku gile anime). tp, dh lupe cam ne citernye.
xde org sub ke?

memula aku dgr dieorg nk buat live action, ingatkan dieorg nk amik dk2 AKB48 ke jd student.

whitedove

mcm mana nak wat sub pasal citer nih bukan primetime drama...

unless ada otaku2 yg rajin wat ke, anime fans ke kan...tapi pasal citer nih main petang, kureng sesangat la peluang orang wat sub...

lin_okinawa

buat mase ni tkde subs lg cite ni

Yuni

bkn kat title YM ko ari 2 ko ngah d/load soft sub citer nie epi.02 ke?? :cf:

Yuni

aku dah d/load epi.01 citer nie, tp still x tertgk2 laiks.. malaih aahh naks tgk RAW file nie, x besh..

Yuni

kat umah aku, x leh naks bukak langsung thread nie, x tau naper.. musykil sungguh aku! :cf: bila aku try naks bukak jerk, windows yg lain mesti auto tertutup skalik!! mcm berhantu laks thread nie..

Yuni

citer biyo shonen celebrity pun dah ada subber up kan epi.01, citer nie xkan x kot?? blk jumaat nie aku naks kena d/load laiks skalik aahh nampaksnyer biyo shonen celebrity with sub.. dulu d/load RAW jerk, tp x tgk laiks gaks..

lin_okinawa

yela softsubs...maksudnye versi yg subs tk include dlm tu
kalo subs file plak lain

Yuni

x kisahlah soft sub @ hardsubbed, yg nyatanyer aku mmg naks citer nie 1 copy darik kolah eks?? tp kalu hardsubbed laiks bagus aahh.. xlah prob. aku naks tgk kang.. :re:

fantomette

eh? ader softsubs? mana nk dl??

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