Mahou Sensei Negima! (Anime Remake)

Mahou Sensei Negima!, localized as "Negima! Magister Negi Magi", is an anime adaptation based on the manga series of the same name and also an anime remake of the original 2005 anime adaptation.
Unlike the original 2005 anime adaptation, where it only adapted the first 6 volumes of the original manga with some changes to the story and concluded with anime original ending, this anime remake follows the manga more faithfully and adapted the entire 38 manga volumes. The anime also adapted some contents from the sequel manga UQ Holder! as well to expanded the missing scenarios that happened between Chapter 353 and 354 of the original manga.
==Plot==
Negi Springfield, a 10-year-old wizard who recently graduated from Merdiana Magic Academy in Wales, hopes to achieve two things—to find his missing father, who was once known as the Thousand Master, and to become a Magister Magi, someone who helps the everyday world through magic. To reach his latter goal, he is assigned one last task: to teach English at a middle school in Japan.
Much to his surprise and dismay, he not only discovers that his homeroom class consists of 31 girls, but also ends up revealing his true identity as a magician to Asuna Kagurazaka, one of his new students. Negi must now negotiate with the girl and face his most difficult challenge yet—to keep his identity a secret as he tackles magical threats both from within and outside of Mahora Academy, all the while keeping a watchful eye out for his lost father.
==Cast==
===Class 2/3A===
*Negi Springfield - Rina Satou (Japanese), Greg Ayres (English)
*Asuna Kagurazaka - Akemi Kanda (Japanese), Luci Christian (English)
*Konoka Konoe - Ai Nonaka (Japanese), Monica Rial (English)
*Setsuna Sakurazaka - Yuu Kobayashi (Japanese), Cherami Leigh (English)
*Evangeline A.K. McDowell - Yuki Matsuoka (Japanese), Laura Bailey (childhood, English), Heidi Hinkel (adult, English)
*Chachamaru Karakuri - Akeno Wakanabe (Japanese), Caitlin Glass (English)
*Chisame Hasegawa - Daria Midou (Japanese), (English), Alexis Tipton (English)
*Nodoka Miyazaki - Mamiko Noto (Japanese), Leah Clark (English)
*Yue Ayase - Natsuko Kuwatani (Japanese), Brina Palencia (English)
*Haruna Saotome - Sawa Ishige (Japanese), Jamie Marchi (English)
*Ayako Yukihiro - Junko Minagawa (Japanese), Dawn M. Bennett (teenage, English), Shelly Calene-Black (old, English)
*Makie Sasaki - Yui Horie (Japanese), Kate Oxley (English)
*Kaede Nagase - Ryōko Shiraishi (Japanese), Avery Smithhart (English)
*Ku Fei - Asumi Kana (Japanese), Jessica Calvello (English)
*Chao Lingshen - Megumi Takemoto (Japanese), Trina Nishimura (English)
*Mana Tatsumiya - Miho Sakuma (Japanese), Katelyn Barr (English)
*Hakase Satomi - Mai Kadowaki (Japanese), Cat Thomas (English)
*Sayo Aisaka - Yuri Shiratori (Japanese), Kira Vincent-Davis (English)
*Kazumi Asakura - Ayana Sasagawa (Japanese), Monica Rial (English)
*Yuna Akashi - Madoka Kimura (Japanese), Katelyn Barr (English)
*Ako Izumi - Kotomi Yamakawa (Japanese), Tia Ballard (English)
*Akira Okochi - Azumi Asakura (Japanese), Christina Kelly (English)
*Misora Kasuga - Ai Bandou (Japanese), Elissa Cuellar (English)
*Natsumi Murakami - Mai Aizawa (Japanese), AmaLee (English)
*Chizuru Naba - Misa Kobayashi (Japanese), Heidi Hinkel (English)
*Fuka Narutaki - Kimiko Koyama (Japanese), Felecia Angelle (English)
*Fumika Narutaki - Mari Kano (Japanese), Felecia Angelle (English)
*Sakurako Shiina - Chiaki Omigawa (Japanese), Colleen Clinkenbeard (English)
*Misa Kakizaki - Shizuka Itou (Japanese), Gwendolyn Lau (English)
*Madoka Kugimiya - Yuka Maruyama (Japanese), Avery Smithhart (English)
*Zazie Rainyday - Yuka Inokuchi (Japanese), Carrie Savage (English)
*Satsuki Yotsuba - Naomi Inoue (Japanese), Monica Rial (English)
===Mahora Academy===
*Konoemon Konoe - Ryoichi Tanaka (Japanese), R. Bruce Elliott (English)
*Takamichi T. Takahata - Yuichi Nakamura (adult, Japanese), Tetsuya Kakihara (childhood, Japanese), Kaiji Tang (adult, English), Lauren Landa (childhood, English)
*Shizuna Minamoto - Kikuko Inoue (Japanese), Colleen Clinkenbeard (English)
*Seruhiko - Kazuyuki Okitsu (Japanese), Derick Snow (English)
*Eiko - Kikuko Inoue (Japanese), Elise Baughman (English)
*Bibi - Yuri Noguchi (Japanese), Juliet Simmons (English)
*Shii - Rui Tanabe (Japanese), Jennifer Seman (English)
*Naoya - Koji Yusa (Japanese), Clifford Chapin (English)
*Nitta - Masaki Terasoma (Japanese), Bill Jenkins (English)
*Ninomiya - Koji Yusa (Japanese), Micah Solusod (English)
*Kotaro Inugami - Marina Inoue (Japanese), Abby Trott (childhood, English), Richard Ian Cox (adult, English)
*Takane D. Goodman - Naomi Inoue (Japanese), Suzie Yeung (English)
*Mei Sakurai - Tomoko Nakamura (Japanese), Lara Woodhull (English)
*Megumi Natsume - Rui Tanabe (Japanese), Sarah Wiedenheft (English)
*Cocone Fatima Rosa - Yuka Inokuchi (Japanese), Felecia Angelle (English)
*Professor Akashi - Mamoru Miyano (Japanese), Stephen Fu (English)
*Touko Kuzunoha - Ayane Sakura (Japanese), Jeannie Tirado (English)
*Gandolfini - Makoto Furukawa (Japanese), Ray Chase (English)
*Mitsuru Mijuin - Kenta Okuma (Japanese), Dallas Reid (English)
*Sister Shakti - Marina Inoue (Japanese), Anairis Quiñones (English)
*Kaoru Gotokuji - Kōji Okino (Japanese), Patrick McAlister (English)
*Yuki - Rina Hidaka (Japanese), Emily Neves (English)
*Haruki - Michiru Yamazaki (Japanese), Maxey Whitehead (English)
*Keiichi Yamashita - Aoi Ichikawa (Japanese), Clifford Chapin (English)
*Tatsuya Nakamura - Yuu Miyazaki (Japanese), Anthony Bowling (English)
*Pochi Daigoin - Tsuguo Mogami (Japanese), Derick Snow (English)
*Captain Serizawa - Yuu Miyazaki (Japanese), Micah Solusod (English)
*Captain Nanaka Airheart - Junko Minagawa (Japanese), Natalie Hoover (English)
*Kagehisa Sasaki - Ruriko Noguchi (Japanese), Lauren Landa (English)
*Makoto - Rina Honnizumi (Japanese), Sarah Roach (English)
===Ala Rubra===
*Nagi Springfield - Takehito Koyasu (Japanese), Matthew Mercer (English)
*Jack Rakan - Rikiya Koyama (Japanese), John Swasey (English
*Ku:Nel Sanders/Albireo Imma - Daisuke Ono (Japanese), Howard Wang (English)
*Eishun Konoe - Toshiyuki Morikawa (Japanese), Robbie Daymond (English)
*Gateau Kagura Vandenburg - Kazuhiro Inoue (Japanese), Mark Stoddard (English)
*Filius Zect - Jun Fukuyama (Japanese), Chris Patton (English)
===Magic World===
*Amateru - Rina Satou (Japanese), Colleen Clinkenbeard (English)
*Arika Anarchia Entheofushia - Megumi Hayashibara (Japanese), Kate Higgins (English)
*Donet McGuiness - Sayaka Ohara (Japanese), Morgan Garrett (English)
*Kurt Godel - Yuichiro Umehara (adult, Japanese), Soma Saitou (childhood, Japanese), David Matranga (adult, English), Mikaela Krantz (childhood, English)
*Seras - Masako Katsuki (Japanese), Jad Saxton (English)
*Theodora - Kanae Itou (Japanese), Cynthia Cranz (English)
*Jean Luc Ricardo - Akio Otsuka (Japanese), Crispin Freeman (English)
*Kagetaro - Jirou Saitou (Japanese), Jason Douglas (English)
*Tohsaka - Nobuyuki Hiyama (Japanese), Andrew Love (English)
*Mama Bear - Kotono Mitsuishi (Japanese), Clarine Harp (English)
*Announcer - Mana Hirata (Japanese), Juliet Simmons (English)
*Toragoro - Eiji Miyashita (Japanese), Jeremy Inman (English)
*Johnny Rydain - Nobutoshi Canna (Japanese), Justin Cook (English)
*Collette Farandole - Satomi Satou (Japanese), Apphia Yu (English)
*Emily Sevensheep - Ayana Taketatsu (Japanese), Emily Neves (English)
*Beatrix Monroe - Kana Hanazawa (Japanese), Emi Lo (English)
*J. Von Katze - Rei Matsuzaki (Japanese), Cynthia Cranz (English)
*S. Du Chat - Seiko Yoshida (Japanese), Madeleine Morris (English)
*Aisha Coryell - Saki Fujita (Japanese), Jill Harris (English)
*Craig Caldwell - Kenichi Mochizuki (Japanese), Christopher Wehkamp (English)
*Christian Danchecker - Hisafumi Oda (Japanese), Stephen Fu (English)
*Lynn Garland - Chika Anzai (Japanese), Madeleine Morris (English)
*Morborgran - Tetsu Inada (Japanese), Phil Parsons (English)
*Alexander Zaytsev - Shunsuke Takeuchi (Japanese), Alejandro Saab (English)
*Rizo - Junichi Suwabe (Japanese), Ben Bryant (English)
*Pao Zi - Madoka Asahina (Japanese), Megan Shipman (English)
*Luna's Sister - Ai Kayano (Japanese), Madeleine Morris (English)
*Fuka's Boyfriend - Soma Saitou (Japanese), Jennifer Alyx (English)
*Fumika's Boyfriend - Murase Ayumu (Japanese), Meg McClain (English)
===Cosmo Entelecheia===
*Ialda Baoth/Mage of the Beginning - Yuuko Kaida (Japanese), Joanne Bonasso (English)
*Fate Averruncus - Akira Ishida (Japanese), Daman Mills (English)
*Dynamis - Ryōtarō Okiayu (Japanese), David Wald (English)
*Tsukuyomi Iwai - Rie Kugimiya (Japanese), Brittany Lauda (English)
*Primum - Akira Ishida (Japanese), Daman Mills (English)
*Secundum - Tetsuya Kakihara (Japanese), Daman Mills (English)
*Quartum - Tetsuya Kakihara (Japanese), Daman Mills (English)
*Quintum - Akira Ishida (Japanese), Daman Mills (English)
*Sextum - Yuuko Kaida (Japanese), Christina Kelly (English)
*Nii - Rie Kugimiya (Japanese), Anairis Quiñones (English)
*Septendecim - Mamiko Noto (Japanese), Joanne Bonasso (English)
*Master of the Gravekeeper's Palace - Akemi Kanda (Japanese), Luci Christian (English)
*Poyo Rainyday - Yuka Inokuchi (Japanese), Carrie Savage (English)
*Luna/Shiori - Rie Takahashi (Japanese), Erica Mendez (English)
*Brigitte/Shirabe - Saori Hayami (Japanese), Anastasia Muñoz (English)
*Homura - Sumire Usaka (Japanese), Amber Lee Connors (English)
*Koyomi - Kaede Hondo (Japanese), Kristen McGuire (English)
*Tamaki - Konomi Kohara (Japanese), Dani Chambers (English)
===Other Characters===
*Albert Chamomile - Masahiro Yabe (Japanese), Chris Cason (English)
*Chachazero - Yoko Teppozuka (Japanese), Brittany Lauda (English)
*Anna Yurievna Cocolova - Chiwa Saito (Japanese), Brittney Karbowski (English)
*Nekane Springfield - Miyuki Sawashiro (Japanese), Gwendolyn Lau (English)
*The Magus - Mugihito (Japanese), Mike McFarland (English)
*Chigusa Amagasaki - Nanaho Katsuragi (Japanese), Christine Auten (English)
*Tsuruko Aoyama - Miki Nagasawa (Japanese), Jessica Calvello (English)
*Ryomen Sukana no Kami - Tsuguo Mogami (Japanese), Christopher Sabat (English)
*Wilhelm Josef Von Herman - Hideaki Tezuka (Japanese), J. Michael Tatum (English)
*Slime Sisters - Rina Hidaka (Japanese), Emi Lo (English)
*Stan - Ryou Sugisaki (Japanese), Kent Williams (English)
*Mana Tatsumiya's Lover - Kenichi Suzumura (Japanese), Micah Solusod (English)
*Tanaka - Tsuguo Mogami (Japanese), Christopher Sabat (English)
*Chisame's Electronic Spirits - Daria Midou (Japanese), Felecia Angelle (English)
*Ayaka Yukihiro's Great-Great-Granddaughter - Akari Kitou (Japanese), Ariel Graham (English)
==Trivia==
*This is one of the few anime remake where majority of original Japanese cast from previous adaptation reprised their roles rather than going with full recast. Some exceptions were:
**Ryoichi Tanaka, Yuichi Nakamura and Kazuhiro Inoue replaced Mahito Tsujimura, Norihiro Inoue and Keiji Fujiwara as Konoemon Konoe, Takamichi T. Takahata and Gateau Kagura Vandenburg respectively, due to their original voice actors had passed away.
**Daria Midou replaced Yumi Shimura as Chisame Hasegawa due to the latter's retirement from professional voice acting. Midou previously voiced Chisame in the UQ Holder! anime adaptation.
**Chiaki Omigawa replaced Akane Omae as Sakurako Shiina. Omigawa previously voiced Sakurako in the Anime Final movie and UQ Holder! anime adaptation.
**Yuka Maruyama replaced Mami Deguchi as Madoka Kugimiya. Like Chisame, Maruyama previously voiced Madoka in the pachinko game and UQ Holder! anime adaptation.
**Toshiyuki Morikawa replaced Masaki Terasoma as both young and middle age Eishun Konoe. Morikawa previously voiced younger Eishun in the 2009 Drama CD.
**Kazuyuki Okitsu replaced Minoru Shiraishi as Seruhiko.
*Aside of adapting some contents from UQ Holder! manga like mentioned above, the anime also included some original arcs and stories that was scrapped during the serialization of the manga, such as the Nightmare Circus Arc which would focus on Zazie's backstory and character development, as well as a mini arc involving the Narutaki twins and their future husbands which was only briefly mentioned in the epilogue and have some artworks featuring them on one of Ken Akamatsu's databooks.
*Most of the original dub cast from Funimation and Sentai Filmworks returned and reprised their roles in the remake with a few exceptions:
**Mark Stoddard was casted as Gateau rather than his apprentice Takamichi.
**Chris Patton was casted as Filius Zect while Fate Averruncus was voiced by Daman Mills, who also voiced Fate in the UQ Holder! anime.
**David Wald was casted as Dynamis instead of Albireo Imma due to Wald's voice deemed unfitting for the character.
**J. Michael Tatum was casted as Wilhelm Josef Von Herman instead of Nagi Springfield.
**Clarine Harp was casted as Mama Bear while Kaede Nagase was voiced by Avery Smithhart, who also voiced Kaede in the UQ Holder! anime.
**Cynthia Cranz was casted as Theodora and J. Von Katze while Jessica Calvello reprised her role as Ku Fei.
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