What a difference a "?!" makes...
Now, as you may know...Magister Magi Negima is one of my alltime favourite mangas. Ranked up there with evangelion and Chrono Crusade, it never dissapoints. While it is admittedly slow in starting (the first 2 volumes are fanservicey drivel which serve only to get you familiar with the characters), from volume 3 onwards it comes into its own and gets AMAZING.
Which brings me to the series. At first, I was excited, surely the anime of my fave manga would rock, regardless, right? It'd be so immensely cool that it couldnt possibly fail. Oh it could...The animation was shoddy. Now i dont normally care about the quality of animation, im not THAT anal...but seriously, if it makes ME complain, its doing something wrong. It totally warped the storyline and was just complete utter pants. Entire story arcs and characters were cut (i know some animes have to do this, but this was in excess) and overall it left a sour taste in my mouth.
Then i hear theyre redoing it, a 2nd series. At first, the abomination that was the first series was enough to scare me away for good. But i bit the bullet and tried it on the recommendation of Tyranntus and found...that it was really good. Like, REALLy good. It has none of the stupid, pointless fanservice in the manga/inferior anime and has some nice twists. Yes, i could nitpick, setsuna bieng friendly at the start etc but theyre minor niggles. And they do add some new stuff, such as the pactio.
In the manga, it merely made her stronger/faster and she summoned a weapon. In this, we have a full on magic transformation, including the knight form which was previously just a chapter cover. Now it makes an appearance and looks badass to boot. Then theres the animation which is great and the total utter lack of dodgy crap like the panty shots etc.
All in all, proof of how anime SHOULD be made.
Ive also discovered the joy of dirty sanchez. Great stuff ^^ nearly a week without WoW too =)
I also have 2 queries...im considering dying my hair red. Also, the sexy black kasumi model is at FP...give me strength, o lord...
Which brings me to the series. At first, I was excited, surely the anime of my fave manga would rock, regardless, right? It'd be so immensely cool that it couldnt possibly fail. Oh it could...The animation was shoddy. Now i dont normally care about the quality of animation, im not THAT anal...but seriously, if it makes ME complain, its doing something wrong. It totally warped the storyline and was just complete utter pants. Entire story arcs and characters were cut (i know some animes have to do this, but this was in excess) and overall it left a sour taste in my mouth.
Then i hear theyre redoing it, a 2nd series. At first, the abomination that was the first series was enough to scare me away for good. But i bit the bullet and tried it on the recommendation of Tyranntus and found...that it was really good. Like, REALLy good. It has none of the stupid, pointless fanservice in the manga/inferior anime and has some nice twists. Yes, i could nitpick, setsuna bieng friendly at the start etc but theyre minor niggles. And they do add some new stuff, such as the pactio.
In the manga, it merely made her stronger/faster and she summoned a weapon. In this, we have a full on magic transformation, including the knight form which was previously just a chapter cover. Now it makes an appearance and looks badass to boot. Then theres the animation which is great and the total utter lack of dodgy crap like the panty shots etc.
All in all, proof of how anime SHOULD be made.
Ive also discovered the joy of dirty sanchez. Great stuff ^^ nearly a week without WoW too =)
I also have 2 queries...im considering dying my hair red. Also, the sexy black kasumi model is at FP...give me strength, o lord...