Negima
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well, i dunno about the anime but the manga is by the author of Love Hina so be prepared for lots (and i mean LOTS) of fanservice...
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"Sometimes we don't present the Gospel well enough for the non-elect to reject it."
- John MacArthur
"In the total expanse of the human life, there is not a single square inch of which Christ, who alone is sovereign, does not declare, 'That is mine'."
- Abraham Kuyper
"God the great Creator of all things doth uphold, direct, dispose, and govern all creatures, actions, and things, from the greatest even to the least, by His most wise and holy providence, according to His infallible foreknowledge and the free and immutable counsel of His own will, to the praise of the glory of His wisdom, power, justice, goodness, and mercy."
- Westminister Confession of Faith (Chapter 5, Section 1)
"The wisdom of God has found a way for the love of God to deliver sinners from the wrath of God all the while upholding the righteousness of God!!"
- John Piper
"Grace is the pleasure of God to magnify the worth of God by giving sinners the right and power to delight in God without obscuring the glory of God!"
-John Piper
"The very One from Whom we need to be saved, is the One Who has saved us."
- R.C. Sproul
"All of Christian life is ceaseless worship of God the Father, through the mediatorship of God the Son, by the indwelling power of God the Spirit, doing what God commands in Scripture, not doing what God forbids in Scripture, in culturally contextualized ways, for the furtherance of the Gospel, when both gathered for adoration, and scattered for action, in joyous response to God's glorious grace."
- Mark Driscoll
"Believers do not pray with the view of informing God about things unknown to Him, or of exciting Him to do His duty, or of urging Him as though He were reluctant. On the contrary, they pray in order that they may arouse themselves to seek Him, that they may exercise their faith in meditating on His promises, that they may relieve themselves from their anxieties by pouring them into His bosom; in a word, that they may declare that from Him alone they hope and expect, both for themselves and for others, all good things."
- Martin Luther
"I have to tell you first that I am ready to die. I have put my affairs in order. Your supreme weapon is killing. My supreme weapon is dying, because when you kill me, people all over Romania will read my books and believe on the God that I preach - even more than they do now."
- Dr. Joseph Ton, the exiled Romanian pastor (quoted by James Montgomery Boice)
"The best prayer I ever prayed had enough sin in it to condemn the whole world."
- John Bunyan
"If the Christian has lost sight of Calvary, that shows that he has lost his way."
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jon_jinn - Posts: 3261
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craner wrote:Saw the manga at work and thought it looked cool. Is there an anime and is it any good?
While it also has the most fanserive, the manga has the most plot, most characterization, and most humor. There are two animes that you can watch if you so desire. Negima, which is a very bad adaptation that rearranges the order of events, fails at delivering good jokes, and cuts out major characters. It is widely considered a travesty amongst the anime community, though I do hear the dub is decent. The second anime, Negima!?, is an alternate universe version of the manga that has lots and I mean LOTS of visual gags and puns. In a sense, it's sort of a bizzaro world version of the manga.
My advice? If you buy anything Negima-related, just get the manga. Everything else pales in comparison. The fight scenes, the humor, the characterization, the overall plot. All of it is expertly crafted and well worth your read.
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Splitter 2.0 - Posts: 307
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The manga had a 16+ rating if I remember right, and it was sealed in plastic in the store so you couldn't flip through it. Does that mean there's nudity in it? I wanted to pick it up but I cannot STAND nudity.
Anime News Network has 4 Negima series listed. The one I watched was licensed in the US by Funimation (Negima!), and although I haven't read the manga, I've been enjoying it quite a bit. Especially how there is (so far) no real fanservice. Every time someone is naked it is very conveniently covered up. There's a whole scene where pretty much everyone is naked and they just keep finding new ways to cover them up, like Wilson's face in Home Improvement. (I wonder if the manga is like that though.)
I'm thinking if you haven't read the manga yet, you'd probably like this version, because you don't have the manga to compare it to. While I'd love to pick up the manga, I really don't like the idea of any nudity, so until I know there isn't any, I won't be buying it.
Hope that helps! XD
Anime News Network has 4 Negima series listed. The one I watched was licensed in the US by Funimation (Negima!), and although I haven't read the manga, I've been enjoying it quite a bit. Especially how there is (so far) no real fanservice. Every time someone is naked it is very conveniently covered up. There's a whole scene where pretty much everyone is naked and they just keep finding new ways to cover them up, like Wilson's face in Home Improvement. (I wonder if the manga is like that though.)
I'm thinking if you haven't read the manga yet, you'd probably like this version, because you don't have the manga to compare it to. While I'd love to pick up the manga, I really don't like the idea of any nudity, so until I know there isn't any, I won't be buying it.
Hope that helps! XD
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dyzzispell - Posts: 296
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Kai Robin wrote:From what I understand its about giving a 10yr old boy as much excuse as possible to "bump into" fanservice situations whenever possible.
Whatever floats ur boat......................
It has much much more of a story than that. Fanservice is there, but it gets less frequent as the series progresses in favor of the plot.
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Splitter 2.0 - Posts: 307
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dyzzispell wrote:The manga had a 16+ rating if I remember right, and it was sealed in plastic in the store so you couldn't flip through it. Does that mean there's nudity in it? I wanted to pick it up but I cannot STAND nudity.
Anime News Network has 4 Negima series listed. The one I watched was licensed in the US by Funimation (Negima!), and although I haven't read the manga, I've been enjoying it quite a bit. Especially how there is (so far) no real fanservice. Every time someone is naked it is very conveniently covered up. There's a whole scene where pretty much everyone is naked and they just keep finding new ways to cover them up, like Wilson's face in Home Improvement. (I wonder if the manga is like that though.)
I'm thinking if you haven't read the manga yet, you'd probably like this version, because you don't have the manga to compare it to. While I'd love to pick up the manga, I really don't like the idea of any nudity, so until I know there isn't any, I won't be buying it.
Hope that helps! XD
There is nudity, so don't buy it.
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Splitter 2.0 - Posts: 307
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Negima!? is good. A touch darker, and more focused on the plot, at least from what I saw... which was the first 3 or 4 episodes, I'm not sure.
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Animus Seed - Posts: 430
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I'll agree with previous statements. I have read the first 10 volumes of the manga and it's freaking hilarious, and the story does well holding its own too. The anime just isn't up to par with the manga really. The humor is there, but it's either toned down or practically nonexistent at times. So yeah, if you decided to dive in, just stick with the manga :-p
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craner wrote:Saw the manga at work and thought it looked cool. Is there an anime and is it any good?
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Yes, there is a Negima anime.
It rocks!!
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