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Dec. 17, 2003

Release Dates - the release dates for the first 2 volumes of Negima: Magister Negi Magi (Mahou Sensei Negima) have been announced along with the next volume of A.I. Love You.:

• Negima: Magister Negi Magi Vol. 1 - Apr. 27, 2004
• Negima: Magister Negi Magi Vol. 2- Aug. 3, 2004
• A.I. Love You Vol. 2 - Apr. 13, 2004

Dec. 14, 2003

Some very good stuff for release today. First up is a little X-mas present for you guys.

Itsudatte My Santa - special release. Courtesy of akatsuki-manga is a one-shot project of Ken Akamatsu's before he did Love Hina. A little story about a boy named Santa who is alone on Christmas Eve who happens to meet a girl name Mai/Santa Claus. A cute Santa girl in a miniskirt who comes to him to give him a little luck. One night with her turns out to be the greatest gift anyone has ever given him.

• Itsudatte My Santa - Special Release

Mahou Sensei Negima - double chapter release. Since I'll be at home away from my computer for a few weeks, I can at least give you guys two chapters for your reading pleasure. Also, so you don't have to wait for 2-3 weeks to find out what happens since this is a two-parter.

It seems like just another day at Mahora Academy for Negi and his students. To Negi's surprise, Evangeline actually came to class for once. Maybe Evangeline has decide to make a change for herself? News has it Mahora Academy twice a year initiates a blackout lockdown for power maintenance purposes. However, Evangeline seems to have figured out a connection to this and her powers being sealed. Amidst the blackout, Makie appears before Negi with a message that Evangeline has once again issued a challenge for a duel. He refuses to get Asuna and his students involved in this again, and decides to face this challenge alone. Arriving at the site, Negi seems to be outnumbered 6 to 1 as Evangeline's servants descend upon him...

• Chapter 23 - Vol. 3 (23rd hour) - Mahora Academy Blackout Operation Part I
• Chapter 24 - Vol. 3 (24th hour) - Mahora Academy Blackout Operation Part II - Counter

Itsudatte My Santa I will keep on the site until I return in Jan. Grab it while you have a chance.

Mao-chan Vol. 2 - Go! Unified Defense Force! - this was scheduled to be released this week on 12/16, although some online retailers have now placed 1/6/04 as the new release date. Not sure exactly if it has been delayed. Let's hope that's an error and local anime retailers will stick with the original release date.

This week's recommendation is another bishoujo series about two prep schools merging into a coed institution, with boys versus girls, and a destined romance that one girls longs for.

New Anime Recommendation: Green Green

Story: Get ready for a battle of the sexes. Deep in the mountains, the boys academy Hane No Oto has just learned that a girls academy is coming to attend classes to evaluate the environment for a possible merge to a coed school. Immediately, the guys begin to get really excited, especially a group of 4 friends, Bachigoo, Ichibanse, Tenjin, and Yuusuke. Yuusuke out of the four tries to keep himself out of trouble, although he seems to get dragged into their perverted schemes. The girls arrive to the campus. Immediately, one of them, Midori jumps Yuusuke and happily greets him. He doesn't seem to know who she is, but apparently she has been looking forward to meeting him for quite some time as though there's a link between them.

This series has been featured in G's magazine and originally was animated into a one shot OVA, in which the situation was reversed, where the four guys visited the girls' academy and ended up earning a bad reputation except for Yuusuke, who seemed to hit things off well with Midori. The TV series itself consists of 12 episodes. A pretty funny series with some cute girls, lots of fanservice. The only downside is the amount of perversion that's present in Yuusuke's 3 idiot classmates. Sometimes funny, but gets a bit excessive. The romance aspect makes up for it though. I have yet to finish this series, as the burning question is what the relation is between Yuusuke and Midori.

Dec. 8, 2003

Mahou Sensei Negima - chapter 22 now available. My apologies for the delay since I was sick over the weekend. Feeling more confident about himself and his skills now, Negi decides that he's ready to challenge Evangeline again. Unfortunately, it's seems that she's absent from class yet again. Negi decides to pay her a little visit. This also gives him a chance to find out about the curse that was placed on her by the Thousand Spells mage, Negi's father.

• Chapter 22 - Vol. 3 (22nd hour) - Negi Dreams

On the subject of magic, this week's recommendation is a romance comedy about a guy and his life involving his inherent powers of magic:

New Anime Recommendation: Maburaho

Story: Kazuki Shikimori attends Aoi Academy, a school for the elite students of magic. However, as a student, he is considered below average and girls won't even look at him. What he doesn't know is that he actually is a descendent of several merging generations of some of the most powerful magicians of history. Therefore, the power of the greatest magicians is deep inside of him. One day, a beautiful girl named Yuuna Miyama walks into his life. However, this is not the first time he's ever met her. In fact, one day many years ago, Kazuki used his magic in order to cheer her up and apparently made a promise that someday they would become husband and wife. She has now come to him to fulfill that promise. This adds to the fact that all of the sudden, girls are after his genes, including the sexy Kuriko Kazetsubaki and the sword-wielding Rin Kamishiro, guys are jealous of Kazuki for having Yuuna as his girlfriend/wife, and finally one downfall of his inherent gift...he can only use his magic up to 8 times. After that, he will disintegrate into dust.

Being a big fan of romance and bishoujo series, I already had a feeling even before the first episode that this would be a good series. And indeed it is. Produced by J.C. Staff, it has somewhat of an Ai Yori Aoshi look to it. Part of the staff of this series includes some of the people that brought us Hand Maid May, G-on Riders, Popotan, and Cosplay Complex. From what I've seen so far, Maburaho is a very charming comedy/romance series. Whether it be all of Kazuki's classmates blowing up the school with magic fights and summoned beasts, trying to survive Rin's sword (related to Motoko perhaps? ), or saving the day with his few opportunities to use magic, it's very amusing to see how Kazuki's world all of the sudden gets turned upside down. At the same time, it's nice to see the moments that Yuuna and Kazuki have together, since they are the "destined couple" of the series. So far, up to 9 episodes out of 24 have been released so far. A few fansub groups are subbing this, including Sugar-Cube and Anime-Keep.

Dec. 3, 2003

Mahou Sensei Negima/Magister Negi Magi - covers added in Media Lists section for Japanese volumes 1 and 2. Look for some familiar faces on the back covers of each volume.

Nov. 30, 2003

Mahou Sensei Negima - chapter 21 now available. After backing down from battling each other, Chachamaru and Negi haven't been themselves lately. According to Kamo, this leaves Negi in a bad situation, with the possibility of the rest of the girls becoming involved. Not knowing what to do, Negi flies away and ends up crash landing in the mountains, where he runs into Hayase, another of his students who happens to be trained in the ways of the ninja. Perhaps spending some time training with Hayase will help.

• Chapter 21- Vol. 3 (21st hour) -It's Training De Gozaru (Ninja Training)

I will do the anime recommendation column next week since I'll be working on some extensive updates on the Sister Princess site.

Nov. 23, 2003

Review delay again - instead of finishing my English dub review of Mao-chan Vol. 1 this week, I ended up writing a review for Cardcaptor Sakura The Movie 2: The Sealed Card first. If you would like to read the review, go to the Animyu link below. Eventually, the Mao-chan DVD review will be posted.

• Animyu Review: Cardcaptor Sakura The Movie 2: The Sealed Card SE (English dub)

This will be added to the Links section when it is opened.

Mahou Sensei Negima - chapter 20 is now up for your downloading and reading pleasure. Negi's friend Kamo has been causing a little trouble for the girls, although he is still intent on helping Negi to find a partner. Still a little edgy about Evangeline, Kamo suggests that Negi and Asuna form a provisional contract so that they can take on Evangeline and Chachamaru. An opportunity presents itself for the duo to take down Chachamaru, but does Negi have it in himself to do so?

• Chapter 20- Vol. 3 (20th hour) - A Contract With Asuna?

This week's recommendation is the follow up TV series to the popular spy action OAV about a girl using paper as her weapon.

New Anime Recommendation: R.O.D the TV

Story: Nene Sumiregawa is a famous author who recently has had a number of threats directed towards her. Her bodyguards hired for protection in a book promotion in Hong Kong are three sisters, Maggie, Michelle, and Anita, the Three Sisters Detective Agency. What Nene doesn't know about these three are that besides being book fanatics, they have the ability to use paper as weapons and in any situation where they're in a pinch. When discovering this fact, she realizes that there's someone that she admires that has that exact same ability...

Read or Die was a short 3 episode OAV series about Yomiko Readman, also known as "The Paper", who had the ability to use paper or paper based items as weapons, to create gigantic paper airplanes, or just about any solid object she needed in a pinch. No James Bond type gadgets needed. In the OAV, she helped to defend the world against the Ejin, an elite group of recreated geniuses and legendary literary figures bent on ruling the world by eliminating those inferior to them, through a race to retrieve a musical manuscript contained in a rare book. The TV series takes place a few years after this incident. Yomiko Readman hasn't been spotted for a few years now, but she is still well known throughout the world to this day. Although the three sisters have never seen or met Yomiko Readman, she is prevalent in the TV series as a legend. In fact, Nene who is an admirer of hers, is always looking for her, hoping to see her again someday. Meanwhile, the sisters adapt to a new life living with Nene in Japan, while also taking on assignments to retrieve rare stolen books.

Nov. 16, 2003

Mao-chan Vol. 1 -slowly getting caught up on backlog, the English dub review should be posted within a day or two.

Mahou Sensei Negima - a quick reminder to everyone about the release of this series in the US. Some people have asked me about it being licensed and if I will continue to distribute the chapters. Although we have a rule to not distribute licensed anime and manga that is being released or will be released, as I mentioned before, I will keep the links up to download chapters until 30 days prior to the release of the first volume, at which time, I will gradually begin removing chapters from the server. Now, let's get to our next chapter:

It looks like the uninvited pool party guest turned out to be an ermine who is actually an old friend of Negi's. Albel Kamomille has come with the duty of aiding Negi in his search for a partner, although something seems suspicious. Is he really here to help Negi or does he have his own motives for coming to him?

• Chapter 19 - Vol. 3 (19th hour) - The Oath of Men (Or Something Like That...)

It looks like we now have an animal mascot for this series. Like the adorable turtle Tama for Love Hina, we get Kamo, a talking ermine (I guess they're similar to ferrets) that's a chick magnet, but apparently an underwear thief as well.

Nov. 9, 2003

Mahou Sensei Negima - chapter 18 is now available for download. After the incident with Evanjeline, Negi hasn't been himself lately. Remembering the issue of Negi finding a partner, the girls have a plan to perk him up, although they weren't exactly planning for an unexpected guest. Also included with this chapter was a popularity poll for the girls of Mahou Sensei Negima, along with a few color pages showcasing Ken Akamatsu's characters from Mao-chan, Love Hina, and Mahou Sensei Negima.

• Chapter 18 - Vol. 3 (18th hour)

Mao-chan Vol. 1 - added episode titles to Vol. 1 listing in Media List section. Will probably have English dub review up later this week.

This week's recommendation is a romance drama based on an adult video game.

New Anime Recommendation: Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien

Story: Narumi Takayuki is a high school student preparing for college next year, though he doesn't seem to be putting much effort into it. He has his friends Shinji and Mitsuki, that he hangs out with. Things change when one day, Mitsuki's friend Haruka comes into their lives. Haruka really likes Narumi, so Mitsuki hopes to get them together. Although Narumi and Haruka's relationship starts off rocky and uncertain, it develops into something wonderful for them. However, a fateful event will change everything, as love and friendship will be put to the test of time for this circle of friends.

First of all, I have to thank my friends and fellow anime fans of animegamer for recommending this new title for me. At first, I didn't know what to expect until watching the first two episodes. This has been described as a Kimagure Orange Road like story, a series I have yet to see, but have been told is a classic. A definite change from the romance comedy that I've been watching lately to something very serious and emotional. This has been planned for a total of 14 episodes, 5 of which have been released so far. I highly recommend this series for how well the story is written, and that it really keeps your attention, as you wonder if things can ever go back to the way they used to be for them.

Nov. 2, 2003

Mao-chan Vol. 1 - the first DVD of 7 episodes was released this week. I will add the episode list to the Media List section later this week, as well as post a review link for the English dub.

Mahou Sensei Negima - chapter 17 is available for download. Negi manages to save Nodoka and comes face to face with the attacker, Evanjeline A. K. McDowell, a mage just like him. After chasing her down, he is forced to fight against both her and her partner, Chachamaru Karakuri. It turns out that Evanjeline is a vampire as well who has had a curse placed on her, and the only way to break it is with Negi's blood. Can Negi defeat her or will he end up as her next victim?

• Chapter 17 - Vol. 3 (17th hour) - Her Name Is Evanjeline!

For this week's recommendation is the next season in a popular anime series that just completed its first season release on DVD in the US:

New Anime Recommendation: Ai Yori Aoshi ~Enishi~

Story: Two years have passed since fate had brought Aoi and Kaoru together. Although Aoi's parents have somewhat accepted their relationship, they still must keep it a secret as they continue to live in the Sakuraba mansion with Miyabi, Taeko, Tina, and their new tenant Chika. More craziness and fun are in store for all of them, as Aoi and Kaoru's relationship continues to blossom. But what will ultimately become of our two lovebirds?

Everyone from the first season of Ai Yori Aoshi is back. When the final DVD of Season 1 was released in the US, it was already announced that Season 2 would be coming early next year, even though it just began broadcasting in Japan only a month ago. This season of the series introduces two new characters, Natsuki Komiya and Chizuru Aizawa, classmates and good friends of Chika. Since only a few episodes have been released, it'll be interesting to see the direction that the story takes. The burning question of how all of them feel about Kaoru, having friends over, and hidden tennis talents are just the start of this season, and I look forward to seeing more of it. Season 2 will consist of about 12 episodes. As a little teaser before it, J.C. Staff did a Christmas episode, Episode 0, that was a promotional DVD. This was meant to be a type of prologue episode, with Kaoru meeting Santa, who looks just like Aoi-chan. Both episode 0 and Enishi are being picked up by fansub groups such as #ani-kraze and #animeone, so you do have a chance to to download the eps.

Oct. 26, 2003

Manga Guide section - dipping into my backlog of stuff that I've put off for a long time, I've finally added the covers to the Tokyopop US release of the Love Hina manga. Manga Guide/Story is now open. Hopefully, I'll find some time in the near future to actually add the summaries.

Mahou Sensei Negima - this week's release as a special thanks to frequent visitors of the site is a double release. Available for download this week is both chapters 15 and 16.

Negi receives a visual letter from his sister, Arcane Springfield, and brings up the subject of a mage's "partner", usually a member of the opposite sex. Konoka and Asuna interpret this as a girlfriend in his case. Craziness ensues when Nodoka blurts this out to the entire class in the dorm, and all of Negi's students chase him, hoping to get him for themselves. After escaping from the girls trying to catch him, he ends up hiding somewhere on the campus. Unfortunately, a girl dressed in a yukata saw him as he was landing. Wait a minute! Is that Konoka?

Recently, students of Mahora Academy have been getting attacked in Sakura Lane, including poor Makie. As the new term begins, Negi notices a student he hasn't met before, Evanjeline A.K. McDowell. Why is she glaring at him? Are there really such things as vampires that people have been talking about lately? This is something that Negi intends to get to the bottom of in order to protect his students.

• Chapter 15 - Vol. 2 (15th hour) - Is Negi-Sensei Getting Married?
• Chapter 16 - Vol. 3 (16th hour) - The Mage of Sakura Lane

For this week's recommendation is a cute little bishoujo series that was based on a dating sim as well

New Anime Recommendation: To Heart

Story: Many years ago on a rainy day, a little girl named Akari has an accident of sorts, dropping all of her books which get soaked by the rain. A boy named Hiroyuki helps her out by giving her his books, an act of kindness that has made them friends ever since. She has never forgotten this, even now since both Akari and Hiroyuki are classmates in high school. Although Hiroyuki is somewhat of an apathetic person, he seems to easily make friends with female students in their class that are either looked down upon or are just trying their hardest to overcome their own problems that they face. Even with the new friends that Akari, Hiroyuki, Masashi, and Shiho will make and the experiences that they share with them, nothing compares to the memory of that one day that Akari will always keep close to her heart.

This series was originally broadcast in 1999, produced by KSS/Aquaplus, and consists of 13 episodes. Based on a dating sim, people have compared this series to the title I recommended earlier called Kanon, although the overall story is much less depressing and instead leaves you with a good, happy feeling. I personally liked the overall animation style, especially with the backgrounds, as you can tell that this is an older show with the rougher drawing style. The opening, ending, and even the preview music which is just a different version of the opening imparts the drama and romance tone, but in a warm, feel-good sense. Even after finishing this series a few months back, the opening theme still sticks in my head, just because it's such a nice song to listen to. As of current, this series has not been licensed for US release. You may have a difficult time finding some of the episodes on fansubs, as some fansub groups have yet to finish this series. The only group that has successfully completed the series named Sachi-Gumi seems to be very difficult to get the episodes from since they don't have an IRC chan and have limited distribution methods. Best bet is the fansub group #bishoujo-fansubs or asking around on anime IRC chans.

Series notes: Some notable VAs

• Ayako Kawasumi as Akari (Aoi Sakuraba - Ai Yori Aoshi, Mahoro Ando- Mahoromatic, Kaori Misaka - Kanon, Chikage - Sister Princess)
• Yui Horie as Multi (Naru Narusegawa - Love Hina, Kotori - Da Capo, Sylvia - Mao Chan, Ayu - Kanon, Sakuya - Sister Princess)
• Souichirou Hoshi as Masashi (Kaoru Hanabishi - Ai Yori Aoshi)
• Junko Iwao as Serikia (Tomoyo - Cardcaptor Sakura)

Oct. 19, 2003

14th Hour - Mahou Sensei Negima - a dream of several years ago shows us a young Asuna and the class president Ayaka. Ever since they were little, they've had a sort of rivalry/hate tension between them.

It's Spring Break and Ayaka receives a message that Negi is stopping by to visit, which puts her in a cheerful mood. But why did Asuna decide to come along for the visit?

• Chapter 14 - Vol. 2 (14th hour) - Yesterday's Enemy is Today's Friend

Note: This was the title translated from a fellow anime fan who has read most of the chapters released so far in Japan. From reading the chapter, I think that this title suits this chapter more appropriately.

This week's recommendation is a comedy series that has gained a lot of popularity in both the anime and manga communities.

New Anime Recommendation: Azumanga Daioh

Story: A day in the life of a group of high school students is anything but ordinary. From off the wall teachers to unpredictable cats, a 10 year old girl genius that's still a little kid at heart plus a ditsy girl from Osaka, and many crazy experiences year round, life is never dull for this group of friends.

If you're looking for a little bit of comedy to throw into your anime and manga lists, this is definitely a series to look into. It's very unpredictable and has some cultural gags which catch you by surprise. More than likely you'll be laughing your ass off at least a few times. This is one of the few series that you can't go wrong with either the anime or manga, as both of them are very similar. Although there are minor differences in which short stories/scenes are in each version, both the anime and manga deliver with the laughs. Both have been licensed for release in the US by ADV Films/Manga. The first volume of the manga is currently available in bookstores with volume 2 hitting shelves in Dec. The anime series will begin release onto DVD in early 2004.

Oct. 13, 2003

13th Hour - Mahou Sensei Negima - with all of the excitement of exams and such, Negi has never had a proper tour of the Mahora Academy. Leave this to the Narutaki twins Fuuka and Fumika of the Walking Club to give Negi a guided tour, although to certain areas of the campus he wasn't expecting to visit, including a certain tree that has a legend to it.

• Chapter 13 - Vol. 2 (13th hour) - The Strolling Club Tour

And for this week's recommendation is Ken Akamatsu's most recent anime series, which will be arriving at the end of this month in stores with the first 7 episodes on DVD, courtesy of Geneon Entertainment (Pioneer Ent.)

New Anime Recommendation: Ground Defense Force Mao-chan (Mao-chan)

Story: Earth, or rather Japan, is under attack by...cute aliens?! Apparently they are out to steal famous landmarks of Japan. It's up to Mao, Misora, and Sylvia, three cute grade school girls recruited by their grandfathers who are the Defense commanders of Sky, Land, and Sea in order to stop these cute aliens. Unfortunately, their assigned missions don't always go as smoothly as expected, even with a triad weapon known as the Defense Force Barrier at their disposal.

This was one of the first series I had a chance to watch on fansubs. Cute and amusing. One of the more fun series to watch, with characters definitely resembling Love Hina. In fact, Love Hina characters actually make an appearance in a few episodes of the series, including an episode about a certain "hot springs resort" that ensures people to get into Tokyo U that they visit. 26 episodes with the first volume of 7 hitting store shelves later this month on DVD. It has been described as somewhat of a schoolgirls version of Power Rangers. Add a tank, a submarine, and a fighter jet with personalities, and you have a nice "cute" series that will make you laugh. Even if you don't, it's a bonus for fans of Love Hina to see that although that series is over, it's a series that defnitely has not been forgotten.

Oct. 9, 2003

Mao-chan DVD covers- added covers to DVD Vol. 1 and 2 to Media Lists section. Mao-chan Vol. 1 is due out on 10/28. Watch for a cameo by everyone's favorite Love Hina turtle in the first few eps.

Oct. 8, 2003

12th Hour - Mahou Sensei Negima -here's the next chapter that you've all been waiting for. Having earned the top grades for the term, Negi has been inducted as a full time professor and will be teaching 3-A which all of his students will be advancing to for next term. This calls for a celebration as everyone seems thrilled about their victory and having Negi as their teacher again, except for student #25, Chisame Hasegawa (look like a certain character you know?), who seems to have a certain secret that no one knows about, until Negi accidentally finds out.

• Chapter 12 - Vol. 2 (12th hour) - E-Girl Life

A.I. Love You Vol. 1 Cover - due to be released on 2/4/2004 is Ken Akamatsu's manga series that he created before Love Hina being distributed by Tokyopop again that will span 9 volumes. Added cover of Vol. 1 to the Media Lists section.

Oct. 5, 2003

12th Hour later this week -I will post the next chapter of Mahous Sensei Negima later in the week, due to work being done on my Sister Princess site. Check it out in the Anime Section if you haven't done so already. For now, this week's recommendation:

New Anime Recommendation: Onegai Twins

Story: Maiku Kamishiro has been living in a house by the lake where the incidents of the UFO had occurred (Mizuho Kazami's arrival). His only memory of his past with whatever family he had is a picture of him and a girl who is his twin sister in a photo that was taken outside of the house that he lives in. The events of the UFO catch the attention of two girls, Mina and Karen who happen to have the same picture as well, and so they travel to the town to find out about their past and if they're related or not. "We could be related, or could we be strangers?..." That is the question that these three will hope find the answer to

In case you haven't figured out already, this is the follow up to the series Onegai Teacher. This series introduces three new main characters, Maiku, Mina, and Karen with the story being these three trying to figure out their past and who they are. Characters from the first series Mizuho Kazami, Marie, Ichigo Morino, Matagu Shidoh, and Kei Kusanagi make a return appearance, with Mizuho and Ichigo taking the spotlight for minor characters along with three classmates of Maiku that make his life very complex, especially with the arrival of Mina and Karen. So far, 11 out of 13 episodes have been broadcast in Japan and have been released on fansubs, and there have been mixed opinions about the series from reviews that I've read. But I recommend it for the fact that it keeps a good number of characters from the first series. And even though the main story itself sometimes gets lost in the middle of the series, certain events definitely have you ponder possibilities, since now I'm anxious to find out what the relation between these three are.

Sept. 28, 2003

New chapter - Mahou Sensei Negima - chapter 11 is now available for download. Although having escaped from the Island Library, it's time for final exams. Negi's fate as a teacher now rests with his students, including Asuna and the Baka Rangers. A morning session of final exams begins with the Island Library team starting late. Soon after, the results are in...Good luck Negi and class 2-A!! Here's the file:

• Chapter 11 - Vol. 2 (11th hour) - The Baka Rangers and the Island Library - Part V (The Final Exam)

And now, for this week's recommendation:

New Anime Recommendation: Hanaukyo Maid Team

Story: 13 year old Taro Hanaukyo's mother recently passed away. He's off to Tokyo to go live with his grandfather who to his surprise lives in a giant estate and mansion. But instead of being greeted by his grandfather, he is met by his loyal staff of many beautiful maids who give him a "passionate" welcome. Things quickly become a bit overwhelming as he finds out he's their new master, and that his grandfather left everything to him, including the staff of maids at his command. Even more difficult is the fact that he seems to have an allergic reaction to girls in general, except to one named Mariel. Beautiful, kind, and gentle, she is the only one that can truly reach his heart, as he adapts to his new life around him.

This series has actually been around for quite awhile, but has yet to see a US release, although I wouldn't be surprised of it being licensed soon were a possibility, as the manga version being distributed by I.C. Entertainment is already being released in the US. Rumors say that Pioneer is already in the production phase of a follow up new season to this series. This is in contrast to this first series which was produced by Master of Entertainment in Japan. Running 12 regular plus 3 character focused additional episodes, Hanaukyo Maid Team has had a quite a following with fans of Oh! My Goddess and Love Hina, since some of the maids especially can be compared to characters from both of these series. A fun little comedy with a hint of romance, and lots of fanservice (I'm sure you saw that one coming), it has moments that will definitely make you laugh (when you're not staring at the maids), especially with the problems on a daily basis that little Taro deals with.

Notes: VA - Rie Tanaka (Mariel) - also voice of Chii (Chobits), Morganna (.hack//Sign), Saki (Steel Angel Kurumi), and Koyomi (Azumanga Daioh).

Sept. 24, 2003

Links moved - I have created a new area specifically for Downloads to avoid confusion in trying to find either the AMV or the Mahou Sensei Negima chapter. I should have another chapter up by this weekend for those of you anxious to read on. New chapters posted will have links in both Downloads and this page. According to Del Rey, the US release will be titled as Negima, and is tentatively schedule for Vol. 1 release sometime in April of 2004.

Sept. 22, 2003

New chapter - Mahou Sensei Negima - chapter 10 is now available. After having fallen down to the lowest level of the library and Maki being held captive by the golem, will Negi and his students make it out alive and in time to take the exam? And what about the legendary book?

• Chapter 10 - Vol. 2 (10th hour)

The Media Lists section is now open and for now I will be placing the links for the chapters of Mahou Sensei Negima in this area for anyone who hasn't had a chance to download yet.

New Anime Recommendation: Kanon

Story: Yuiichi Aizawa returns to a snowy town he once remembered several years ago to live with his cousin Nayuki. Shortly after, he runs into a girl who looks strangely familiar named Ayu. As he begins to settle into his life in this town, memories long forgotten will begin to unravel and his past will slowly come together, with someone who was always waiting for him.

This series was originally a dating sim type video game (a hentai one at that) and was made into an anime series about a year and a half ago. This series falls under the romance drama category. Just to warn you ahead of time, at about halfway through the series, you might want to have a box of tissues ready, as the stories of many of the girls in this series are very sad and definitely tug at the heart strings. There are a total of 13 episodes plus a special follow up episode. A manga version is currently available by some fansub groups. With the extremely serious tone of the series, it may take awhile before it is licensed for US release. You can currently find Kanon available on fansubs.

Sept. 18, 2003

Mahou Sensei Negima - new chapters are now available. To make up for the delay, here are two more chapters which continue the island library arc, an adventure in itself which brings Negi and his students up against a Twister like spelling puzzle. Without further ado, here are the links:

• Chapter 8 - Vol. 2 (8th hour)
• Chapter 9 - Vol. 2 (9th hour)

Also, for this week's series recommendation is one of my personal favorites:

New Anime Recommendation: Sister Princess

Sept. 12, 2003

Love Hina Again and Love Hina Vol. 14 manga have been released, thus ending the US release of both the anime and manga series in the US. Bandai however has one more Love Hina release, which will be the Movies boxset. Discussions on animeondvd.com are underway for Bandai Ent. to possiblly release the boxset separately for those who have already purchased the X-mas, Spring, and LHA discs along with a possible extra being considered.

• Love Hina Movies Boxset - Nov. 4, 2003

I apologize for not having uploaded chapter 8 of Mahou Sensei Negima since my internship has kept me busy. I plan on purchasing additional web drive space soon in order to upload more chapters and other goodies, along with my new Sister Princess anime area on the site opening soon.

Be sure to visit the affiliate sites anihina and animyu which are run by some good friends of mine for more Love Hina information, plus reviews and discussion on various anime series.

Starting with this update, I will include for those of you looking to expand your anime viewing and test drive some series a short news spot called "New Anime Recommendation"(okay, not very original, but only temporary until I come up with a better name). This will usually include new series along the comedy/romance/drama lines or any series that has generated a lot of buzz in anime discussion communities. Anyways, let's start this off:

New Anime Recommendation: Da Capo

Story: Juniichi Asaskura has the ability to see in people's dreams as well as to create sweets with his magic. On the island of Hatsune where the cherry blossoms always bloom, he will influence the lives of his sister Nemu, childhood friend Sakura, school idol Kotori, two sisters Mako and Moe, and others he'll form close friendships with, even with mysterious and unusual backgrounds that some of them have.

 

Side note: Yui Horie (VA of Naru Narusegawa) is the voice of Kotori in this new series

 

Currently available on fansub. Releaesd currently up to episode #9 as of 9/8/03

Aug. 19, 2003

Mahou Sensei Negima - 1st chapter of volume 2 now available for download:

• Chapter 7 - Vol. 2 (7th hour)

A challenge has been issued to Negi: he will be inducted as a full time teacher of the academy if his class successfully finishes the term without coming in last in overall GPA. Easier said than done, especially with a group of 5 girls, which includes Asuna, known as the Baka Rangers. And he'll attempt to do this without any help from his magic.

Although the US release date for Mahou Sensei Negima has not been officially set as of current, I have decided to establish the following policy:

• Links/files to the chapter downloads will be removed 30 days prior to the official street date set by Del Rey/Random House in order to respect their licensing of the title. This is to allow for sufficient promotion of this manga series and to encourage those who like this series to purchase it at their local manga retailer.

Currently, my newest project is another web page for a new series that I recently finished called Sister Princess. Keep watching the Anime Section page for more info on this series. Also, if you're looking for more anime reviews and discussion, don't forget to check out the links on the left side of the page to affiliate sites AnimeGamer and Animyu created by some friends of mine and fellow Love Hina fans.

Aug. 10, 2003

Mahou Sensei Negima - chapters 5 and 6 available for download, scanlations courtesy of akatsuki-manga:

• Chapter 5 - Vol. 1 (5th hour)
• Chapter 6 - Vol. 1 (6th hour) - last chapter of Vol. 1

Time to play dodgeball with the girls of Mahora Academy. The prize: Negi as the teacher for their class. Face off between Asuna with the girls of 2-A vs. the senior class 2-D. More chapters will hopefully be posted after my finals this week. Until then, enjoy!!

Aug. 4, 2003

Mahou Sensei Negima - chapter 4 available for download:

• Chapter 4 - Vol. 1 (4th hour)
• Itsudatte My Santa - this was a one shot X-mas short story done by Ken Akamatsu before he did the Love Hina manga. A short scanlated project done by akatsukimanga.com. Check at their site for the link. If I have sufficient online disk space, I will be uploading up to my directory in the next few weeks.

Aug. 3, 2003

• Ken Akamatsu's new manga licensed - Mahou Sensei Negima / Magister Negi Magi has been licensed and will be seeing a U.S. release starting in 2004. It was actually picked up by new distributor Del Rey, consisting of a partnership between Kodansha and Random House publishing.
• Although only up to chapter 3 was translated before being licensed, I will post the link for the BitTorrent file to download the 1st 19 chapters with translation scripts, courtesy of akatsuki-manga within the next few days. If you don't know what Bit Torrent is, I'll include the link later to download. This is for those who don't have time to go to the IRC channels
• A.I. Love You Vol. 1 - Feb. 4, 2004

July 13, 2003

A press release regarding A.I. Love You was recently released from Tokyopop:

From Ken Akamatsu-the creator of mega-hit Love Hina-comes this tale about love in the technological age. Hitoshi Koube is your average teenage computer genius... 100% brainpower, 0% social life. That is, until he designs the ultimate artificial intelligence (A.I.) program-the only "girl" who will talk to him. When this program comes to life, Hitoshi is forever changed, and the outcome is a series of hilarious mishaps in one guy's ultimate pursuit of love.

This is part of Tokyopop's new line of manga series that will be hitting bookstores in 2004 which also includes Fruits Basket, Psychic Academy, Pitaten, Get Backers, B'TX and Mahoromatic: Automatic Maiden.

Full press release is posted on the forums of Animeondvd.com.

Also added Love Hina Again DVD cover to Episode Guide/Story section.

Chapter 3 (3rd Hour) of Magister Negi Magi (Mahou Sensei Negima) is available for download, get it here:

• Chapter 3