UQ Holder!
| UQ Holder! | |
|---|---|
| Original title | UQ HOLDER! 魔法 先生 ネ ギ ま! |
| transcription | UQ HOLDER! Mahō Sensei Negima! 2 |
| genre | Fantasy , adventure, action, shons |
| Manga | |
| country |
 Japan
|
| author | Ken Akamatsu |
| publishing company | Kodansha |
| magazine | Weekly Shōnen Magazine (2013 to 2016) Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine (from 2016) |
| First publication | August 28, 2013 - ... |
| expenditure | 21st |
| Anime television series | |
| Country of production |
Japan
|
| original language | Japanese |
| year | 2017 |
| Studio | JCStaff |
| length | 24 minutes |
| Episodes | 12 in 1 season ( list ) |
| Director | Yōhei Suzuki |
| music | Kei Haneoka , Shunpei Ishige |
| First broadcast | October 3rd, 2017 on Tokyo MX , Sun TV , KBS, BS11 , AT-X , tvk |
| German-language first broadcast |
February 8, 2019 on Pro7 Maxx |
UQ Holder! is a Shonen - manga series by Ken Akamatsu , appearing in Japan since-2013. It falls into the genres of fantasy , harem , action and adventure and has been translated into several languages. The series is about a boy's adventures in a near future when magic was discovered and used along with sophisticated technology.
The series takes place in the same series universe as Akamatsu's previous series Magister Negi Magi and was implemented as an anime in 2017 .
content
The young Tōta Konoe ( 近衛 刀 太 ) lived after the death of his parents two years earlier with his teacher Yukihime ( 雪 姫 ). He lives in the country, but like his friends, Tōta wants to go to the capital and make his fortune there, finally to the huge tower towering there and from there into space. Yukihime is said to come from on the tower. You have to defeat the children in order for the village to let them move to the city, so they keep trying their luck in the fight against the strong woman who also knows magic.
One day an assassin appears who is on target on Yukihime. Tōta is badly injured and only through the blood of Yukihime can he be saved. She reveals herself to be a 700 year old vampire and part of the UQ Holder organization. Tōta is now immortal, receives a magical sword and becomes part of this organization. In this it is important to fulfill orders in order to rise and get closer to your goal. He and Yukihime are accompanied by the mysterious swordsman Kuromaru.
publication
The series will be published by Kodansha between August 28, 2013 (issue 39/2013) and June 22, 2016 (issue 30/2016) in Weekly Shōnen Magazine . Then the manga pauses before the other chapters are due to appear in Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine from October .
The individual chapters have so far been published in 20 anthologies. These are sold over 90,000 times each in Japan.
Kodansha itself also publishes an English translation in the USA and parallel to the Japanese magazine publication, the chapters are accessible in English on the Crunchyroll platform . A French version is published by Pika Édition and a Chinese version by Tong Li Publishing .
A German translation has been published by Egmont Manga since March 2016, currently in 18 volumes.
Anime
In June 2016 it was announced that the series would also be implemented as an anime. First, on September 8, 2017, an original video animation with a running time of 25 minutes was released. It was created at JCStaff under the direction of Yōhei Suzuki . This was followed by the production of a television series with the same studio and director. The main authors were Ken Akamatsu and Shogo Yasukawa and the character design was created by Masahiro Fujii . Tomonari Suzuki was the artistic director .
The first episode was released on October 3, 2017 in Japan under the name UQ Holder !: Mahou Sensei Negima! 2 broadcast. The channels Tokyo MX , Sun TV , KBS, BS11 , AT-X and tvk showed the 12 episodes until December 18, 2017. An English broadcast took place on Animax Asia and with English subtitles on various online platforms. A version with German subtitles was published by Wakanim . Publications with French, Russian, Spanish and Portuguese subtitles also followed. On February 8, 2019, the first episode started in German on Pro7 Maxx
Episode list
| episode | Japanese title | German title |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Bijo to Shounen (美女 と 少年) | The beautiful and the boy |
| 02 | Hadaka de Deaeba Dachi ni Naru (裸 で 出 会 え ば 友 達 [ダ チ] に な る) | Nude acquaintances become friends |
| 03 | Fushibito-tachi no Shiro (不死 人 た ち の 城) | Palace of the Immortals |
| 04 | Shikaku Shuurai (刺客 襲来) | Assassin invasion |
| 05 | Magia Erebea (闇 の 魔法 [マ ギ ア ・ エ レ ベ ア]) | Magia Erebea |
| 06 | Kuroumaru wa Kurou Suru (九郎 丸 は 苦 労 す る) | Kuromarus dark days |
| 07 | Reset & Restart (リ セ ッ ト & リ ス タ ー ト) | Reset and restart |
| 08 | Fate Hokaku Sakusen (フ ェ イ ト 捕獲 作 戦) | Operation: record fate |
| 09 | Koi to Ofuro no Hanpuku Undou (恋 と お 風 呂 の 反復 運動) | Love, baths and powerful exercises |
| 10 | Mahora Gakuen e Youkoso (麻 帆 良 学園 へ よ う こ そ) | Welcome to the Mahora Akademi |
| 11 | Kanojo no Koi no Monogatari (彼女 の 恋 の 物語) | Your love story |
| 12 | Adeat! Tsukisenu Omoi (来 れ [ア デ ア ッ ト]! 尽 き せ ぬ 想 い) | Adeat! Everlasting love |
synchronization
| character | Japanese speaker ( seiyū ) | German speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Tōta Konoe | Yuka Takakura | Tom Raczko |
| Karin Yuuki | Yui Ogura | Sophie Lechtenbrink |
| Kirie Sakurame | Ai Kayano | Angelina Geisler |
| Kuroumaru Tokisaka | Yūki Hirose | Vincent Borko |
| Yukihime | Yuki Matsuoka | Diana Borgwardt |
| Evangeline AK McDowell | Yuki Matsuoka | Betty Förster |
| Sayo Aisaka | Yuri Shiratori | |
| Yue Ayase | Natsuko Kuwatani | |
| Fate Averruncus | Akira Ishida | |
| Ikkuu Ameya | Tetsuya Kakihara | Julius Jellinek |
| Albireo Imma | Daisuke Ono | David Woods |
| Negi Springfield (small) | Rina Satou |
music
The music in the series was composed by Kei Haneoka and Shunpei Ishige . The opening credits are Happy Material , the credits are underlaid with the song Steady → GO !! . Both songs were sung by Yuka Takakura, Yūki Hirose, Ai Kayano, Yui Ogura, Sayaka Harada and Akari Kitō
reception
“As in Negima! Magister Negi Magi is not stingy with the female characters […] with their charms ”, writes the Animania about the manga. Nevertheless, the Etchi scenes are comparatively harmless and always embedded in the plot. The draftsman's “typical Shonen art” is “detailed, routine and chic” and the story offers not only action but also intense dialogues and slapstick. The quickly narrated plot is devoted to genre-typical action and humor as well as “explosive gender issues in an original way ”.
Web links
- Official Website (Japanese)
- Manga and Anime on Anime News Network (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Negima! Spinoff Manga UQ Holder! Gets anime. Anime News Network, June 18, 2016, accessed June 19, 2016 .
- ↑ Japanese Comic Ranking, December 21-27. Anime News Network, January 6, 2016, accessed April 6, 2016 .
- ↑ Japanese Comic Ranking, March 21-27. Anime News Network, March 30, 2016, accessed April 6, 2016 .
- ↑ Animania 2/2016, p. 64f.