Negima!?: Season 2, Part One (Re-imagined and Uncut)

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Wizard Negi Springfield may be a boy, but he has a man-sized job to do! Fresh from the Academy of Magic, Negi continues his training as an instructor at Mahora Academy in Japan. But before he can get his Master’s in magic, the 31 schoolgirls of Class-3-A are gonna keep him up all night cramming for a final exam in will power. Temptation aside, Negi has more on his syllabus than flirting and spells. Darkness is closing in, and Negi is gonna need help from his student bodies to drive ghouls from their school. These girls want to prove that they’re the best in class, and extra credit is available to the cuties that aren’t afraid of after hours phantom fighting- especially if it means more time with their favorite professor.

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Rather than continue Ken Akamatsu’s harem comedy
Negima in the conventional way, the filmmakers reworked the first episodes, shifting the focus of the story. The basic premise remains the same: To complete his training as a wizard, 10-year-old Welsh prodigy Negi Springfield must spend a term as a middle school English and homeroom teacher at Mahora Academy, a posh girls’ school in Japan. The students initially refuse to believe the pint-sized Negi is their instructor, then they decide he’s adorable and compete for his affection. The original series stressed the fan service comedy: When Negi tried to erase Asuna’s memory of him using magic, he erased her panties by mistake. The “Re-Imagined” version emphasizes the Gothic fantasy elements, especially the conflict between Negi and the vampire Evangeline, who was defeated 15 years earlier by his father, The Thousand Master. Season Two is both talkier and choppier, with scenes from different episodes edited together to establish the altered storyline. The filmmakers use extensive narration over re-purposed footage and add moving mattes to static images. Not all the transitions are smooth: Negi frequently turns up with unexplained bumps and bruises, and Chamo the Ermine appears out of nowhere. There’s less emphasis on well-endowed teenaged girls fondling a prepubescent little boy, although that disquieting element remains in the background. Neither version of
Negima can really be called superior, and any preference between the two is a quesiton of personal taste. (Rated TV PG, suitable for ages 14 and older: nudity, risqué humor, cartoon violence, tobacco use)
–Charles Solomon
(1. What? 31 Students Right Off the Bat! 2. No Way! That’s What You Do for a Probationary Contract! 3. Oh-ho, os that’s how a Probatinoary Contract Card Is Used, 4. Teacher…It’s My First Time… 5. Security Deposits and Key Fees Are Expensive in Tokyo. Wait, that’s not what the Probationary Contract’s About! 6. Parond Me. Might I not be Excused with either the Forehead or the Cheek? 7. Um, I Think there are some Good Things about not Being Seen, but I do Think there are time when it’s Better to be Seen, 8. Professor; Please Make Us Adults, 9. You Hide the “Heart” with a “Sword” and Read it as Ninja. It is a little Different than how You Write “Serious” and Read it as “For Real,” 10. Professor Negi Went Behind My Back? I Shall Never Condone such a Thing! 11. Huh, so the Baron is a Kind of a Rose. I Thought it was a Kind of Potato, 12. After Much Quibbling, in the End All it Comes Down to is Hwo You Feel, 13. Rather than a Question of You Being the Enemy, the Issue is Really whether or not You Are a Nuisance to the Master)