[Beatrice]

Mahou Sensei Negima! -Shiroki Tsubasa ALA ALBA - 01
OP Sequence:

OP: “Happy☆Material Return” by MAHORA Junior High School 3-A




「ネギま部（仮）増殖中」 (Negima-bu (Kari) Zoushokuchuu)
“Negima Club (Tentative) Expanding”
Episode at a Glance:
After defeating Chao, Negi is informed by Ku:Nel that his father is alive in the Magic World. With the door to that world back in Wales, Negi decides to go back home, so Asuna creates a new club to help him search for his father. She also manages to recruit Evangeline as an honorary advisor, after which the club trains in preparation for the trip. News of Asuna’s new club going overseas reaches the other girls though, who believe they’re being left out of a study trip. Hearing the ruckus between Asuna and Ayaka about this, Evangeline decides to have some fun by telling the others that they can join the club if they can snatch the white winged badges from the current members during the summer festival. Having received these badges from Evageline, the actual club members are unaware of her game and get pestered for them. Seeing as everyone’s failed to snatch one though, Ayaka takes things into her own hands, only to get inadvertently humiliated by Asuna. Realizing what Evangeline put them up to, Asuna manages to settle everything down when she explains that they’re going on a dangerous trip in search of Negi’s father. At Narita airport later on, Anya is wondering where Negi is after telling her to come along.




ED Sequence:



ED: “Kagayaku Kimi he” 「輝く君へ」 by Mahora Gakuen Chuutoubu 3-A (麻帆良学園中等部3-A)
Impressions:
As much as I like Negima, its cast, and its music, I actually don’t follow the manga. With that said, OAD (Original Animation DVD) episodes such as this are oriented more towards fans of the manga, as there is no direct continuity between its preceeding series, Negima! and Negima!?, much like how there was none between School Rumble San Gakki and School Rumble Ni Gakki. Therefore, if you follow the manga, you’ll probably be pleased to see some of the later Negima chapters animated. If you don’t, you can still enjoy these episodes, but you’ll probably be somewhat confused as to exactly what’s going on.
In my case, I fall into the latter category, but I did have an idea of what was going on in the beginning when Negi was fighting Chao, as that part of the story was used in the live-action Negima drama, which I amazingly finished watching when it aired last fall. (I don’t recommend watching the drama though, as it isn’t particularly good in any way, but if you’re a die-hard fan, you may want to check it out for amusement sake. e.g. Seeing the Baka Rangers.) However, this episode showcases material beyond that arc of the manga, namely chapters 176 and 177, and features characters never before seen in the anime—Ku:Nel Sanders (i.e. Imma Albireo) and Inugami Kotarou, who are played by Ono Daisuke and Inoue Marina respectively. Given how this is an anime adaptation of the more recent parts of the manga, neither Ku:Nel nor Kotarou get any sort of proper introduction, so if you’re not familiar with the manga, you may find it beneficial to read about them instead.
As the three episodes of Shiroki Tsubasa are more of a treat to manga fans than anything else, I guess it’s pointless to analyze the plot in any sort of way, but I will say that the animation quality was pretty top-notch (for Negima standards). I also found Ayaka and Makie funny as usual, but it was a bit unusual seeing how powerful Asuna has become from her special training. This first episode actually featured most of the 31 students too, as the credits below indicate. As for the opening and ending sequences, they were overly simplistic, but it was nice hearing “Happy Material Return”, a remixed version of the original series’ opening song. Likewise with the ending song, “Kagayaku no Kimi he”, which was more or less a remixed version of “Kagayaku Kimi he ~ Peace”. I went through a phase awhile ago where I watched all the Negima live events and concerts featuring the seiyuus, so needless to say, I’m quite fond of both these songs.
Finally, I should mention that the next episode won’t be released until November 17th, but will feature material from chapters 178 to 180. The third and last episode will be released on February 17th of next year, and will feature material from chapters 182 and 183.

For those of you interested, I’ve also uploaded a couple of Mahou Sensei Negima! Dai Mahorasai 「魔法先生ネギま！大麻帆良祭」 performances, which can be seen below:
“Happy☆Material (Medley)” 「ハッピー☆マテリアル（メドレー）」 (32 seiyuus, 10 mins, 7 verses, and now with karaoke!)
“Kagayaku Kimi he ~ Peace” 「輝く君へ ～ Peace」

Cast:
(Hidden due to the extensive length of Negima’s cast, which includes lots of well-known seiyuus)

Spoiler!

- Negi Springfield (ネギ・スプリングフィールド) / Satou Rina (佐藤 利奈)
1. Aisaka Sayo (相坂 さよ) / Shiratori Yuri (白鳥 由里)
2. Akashi Yuuna (明石 裕奈) / Kimura Madoka (木村 まどか)
3. Asakura Kazumi (朝倉 和美) / Sasagawa Ayana (笹川 亜矢奈)
4. Ayase Yue (綾瀬 夕映) / Kuwatani Natsuko (桑谷 夏子)
5. Izumi Ako (和泉 亜子) / Yamakawa Kotomi (山川 琴美)
6. Ookouchi Akira (大河内 アキラ) / Yamamoto Azumi (山本 杏美)
7. Kakizaki Misa (柿崎 美砂) / Itou Shizuka (伊藤 静)
8. Kagurazaka Asuna (神楽坂 明日菜) / Kanda Akemi (神田 朱未)
9. Kasuga Misora (春日 美空) / Bandou Ai (板東 愛)
10. Karakuri Chachamaru (絡繰 茶々丸) / Watanabe Akeno (渡辺 明乃)
11. Kugimiya Madoka (釘宮 円) / Deguchi Mami (出口 茉美)
12. Ku Fei (古 菲) / Hazuki
13. Konoe Konoka (近衛 木乃香) / Nonaka Ai (野中 藍)
14. Saotome Haruna (早乙女 ハルナ) / Ishige Sawa (石毛 佐和)
15. Sakurazaki Setsuna (桜咲 刹那) / Kobayashi Yuu (小林 ゆう)
16. Sasaki Makie (佐々木 まき絵) / Horie Yui (堀江 由衣)
17. Shiina Sakurako (椎名 桜子) / Oomae Akane (大前 茜)
18. Tatsumiya Mana (龍宮 真名) / Sakuma Miho (佐久間 未帆)
19. Chao Lingshen (超 鈴音) / Takamoto Megumi (高本 めぐみ)
20. Nagase Kaede (長瀬 楓) / Shiraishi Ryouko (白石 涼子)
21. Naba Chizuru (那波 千鶴) / Kobayashi Misa (小林 美佐)
22. Narutaki Fuuka (鳴滝 風香) / Koyama Kimiko (こやま きみこ)
23. Narutaki Fumika (鳴滝 史伽) / Kanou Mari (狩野 茉莉)
24. Hakase Satomi (葉加瀬 聡美) / Kadowaki Mai (門脇 舞以)
25. Hasegawa Chisame (長谷川 千雨) / Shimura Yumi (志村 由美)
26. Evangeline A.K. McDowell (エヴァンジェリン・アタナシア・キティ・マクダウェル) / Matsuoka Yuki (松岡 由貴)
27. Miyazaki Nodoka (宮崎 のどか) / Noto Mamiko (能登 麻美子)
28. Murakami Natsumi (村上 夏美) / Aizawa Mai (相沢 舞)
29. Yukihiro Ayaka (雪広 あやか) / Minagawa Junko (皆川 純子)
30. Yotsuba Satsuki (四葉 五月) / Inoue Naomi (井上 直美)
31. Inokuchi Yuka (猪口 有佳) / Zazie Rainyday (ザジ・レイニーデイ)
- Konoe Konoemon (近衛 近右衛門) / Tsujimura Mahito (辻村 真人)
- Anya (アーニャ) / Saitou Chiwa (斎藤 千和)
- Inugami Kotarou (犬上 小太郎) / Inoue Marina (井上 麻里奈)
- Ku:Nel Sanders (クウネル・サンダース) / Ono Daisuke (小野 大輔)
- Man A (男A) / Kanuka Mitsuaki (かぬか 光明)

[Plun]

Sad I didnt finish the Negima series yet. Movie?

[Beatrice]

Nope. It's a new series ^_^/ Maybe season 2

[Plun]

Oh, is that right? It looks intresting. Gotta catch up to the anime first.

[ankwchi]

It would have been good if they also animate the Mahora festival ark because it was one of the best ark in the manga.

[mXX]

i dont understand very well ...

so this is season 2?? or still season 1?
i saw when he went back in the past to help that girl, so in the end he saved her

but now this ? wats this?

where can i download it ?
fansubbed by who?

[Silver_Blood]

is it just me but did they skip a LOT of important scenes from the manga,

but non the less this is a good news to have a new series airing this one of my perspnal favorites

thanks for this one +rep....

[alex1_phang3]

Man! I've been waiting for info on this for a very long time!! Thank you!!

Personally . . . Negima is one of my fav, I read the manga (till the most recent chapters where Negi is persued by bounty hunters) and the anime Negima!? and Mahou Sensei Negima (which was quite disaapointing in terms of art work when compared to Negima!?)


When will it be on the net? (fansubbed - soft subs)

[JA24]

Originally Posted by DonMhiko

Nope. It's a new series ^_^/ Maybe season 2

This is just a 3 OVA series. It was announced by Ken Akamatsu (Creator) that if the pre-orders of all 3 OVAs exceeds 50,000 then the staff will consider doing a movie. If it does exceed 100,000 then they will do a third animated series. I don't know how many pre-orders so far, but from what I found from wikipedia is that the counter has exceeded 82,000, but I don't know how long ago that figure has been put there.