The official website for previously announced anime adaptation of UQ Holder! has announced staff members for the upcoming series. Titled UQ Holder!: Mahou Sensei Negima! 2, the anime is slated for Fall 2017. The protagonist, Touta Konoe, will be voiced by Yuka Takakura (Urara Meirochou).
Synopsis
Negi Springfield, the boy wizard of the hit manga Negima!, fought and won many battles. Now it is decades later and Negi's grandson(!), a little boy named Touta, dreams of leaving his quiet village and heading to the City. But first he must defeat his teacher… the immortal vampire, Evangeline! Witness the dramatic beginning of a futuristic battle fantasy (Source: Kodansha Comics, edited)
Staff
Director: Yousuke Suzuki (Hentai Ouji to Warawanai Neko.)
Series Composition: Ken Akamatsu (Original Creator), Shogo Yasutagawa (Nejimaki Seirei Senki: Tenkyou no Alderamin)
Character Design: Masahiro Fujii (Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo)
Production: Egg Firm
Studio: J.C.Staff
UQ Holder is drawn by Ken Akamatsu, and began its serialization in August 2013 in Weekly Shounen Magazine before transferring to Bessatsu Shounen Magazine in October 2016. The series currently has 12 volumes in print, with the 13th volume scheduled for April 9. The manga has been published in English by Kodansha Comics USA since March 2014. An OVA has also been planned for release this year.
Official site: http://uqholder.jp/
Official Twitter: @UQHOLDER_anime
Source: Comic Natalie
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