[JP] Mahou Sensei Negima! OAD BD-Box

[WTK]

http://www.starchild.co.jp/special/negima_bdbox/

Amazon Japan listing

BD-Box (3BD + 3CD) - 21000yen, 2/6

- Disc 1 (BD): Mahou Sensei Negima! Shiroki Tsubasa Ala Alba [3 eps.]
- Disc 2 (CD)
- Disc 3 (BD): Mahou Sensei Negima! Mou Hitotsu no Sekai [5 eps.]
- Disc 4 (CD)
- Disc 5 (BD): Mahou Sensei Negima! Anime Final
- Disc 6 (CD)

via CD Japan

Blu-ray box release of "Maho Sensei Negima!" anime series on 6 discs. Disc 1 comes 3 episodes of "Mahou Sensei Negima! Shiroki Tsubasa Ala Alba", discs 2 & 4 are drama CDs, disc 3 comes with 5 episodes of "Maho Sensei Negima! Mo Hitotsu no Sekai", disc 5 includes "Maho Sensei Negima! Anime Final" with PV, trailer etc. And the disc 6 includes "Maho Sensei Negima! Anime Final" original soundtrack. Comes with a deluxe booklet and digipak.

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[YoshiYoshi]

I would've actually been interested in this had it been 2-3 years ago.

[Buster Darkwings]

Indeed, all of these should've been on BD in the first place. Other than Ala Alba since Akamatsu-sensei said on his blog that it was done in SD, but then again it should've been done in HD and released on BD like just about all other otaku anime at the time.

Will still be buying this since I love NegiMa. Glad I bought Anime Final used, though.

[MelancholicMariya]

I've been waiting for this. I'm one of the few who actually enjoyed Negima! Anime Final, I didn't think what it set out to do and be an alternate ending was all that great, but I liked seeing these neat little character interactions sprinkled throughout.

[WTK]

Flat cover art

[Buster Darkwings]

No new Akamatsu-sensei art, it seems. I wonder if his relationship with Kodansha did indeed sour, if he didn't have the time, or if he just wasn't asked or wasn't offered enough money.

I guess the nice artwork on the OAD boxes makes me a little more happy to have already bought the DVDs.

[Buster Darkwings]

Got this last week. The first OAD series is a Q-Tec upscale. The rest looks fine.

The commentaries from the DVDs aren't included. I already have them on DVD, but not including them is stupidly lame, even if it was a rights issue between Kodansha and Starchild.

For some reason the Japanese captions/subtitles from the DVDs also weren't included. Not too big of a deal, but they're pretty useful for non-native Japanese speakers like me, especially for things like the spells which are spoken in Latin and Japanese simultaneously. I'd imagine even native speakers have trouble making those out.