The UQ Holder! property is getting ready to expand its home video offerings as German distributor Peppermint Anime has gotten underway with release their version of it. With the second volume out on April 26th, 2019, the distributor has now brought out their seventh clip that clocks in at just three minutes and shows off more of the cast and the show itself with a decent little bit of action. The first volume arrived with a February 22nd, 2019 debut priced at about 38 euro where it’ll contain the first six episodes of the series, a welcome change from a lot of their shows that get done up as four volumes for a twelve-episode run.
Check out our review of the series.
Yousuke Suzuki directed it based on the series composition by Ken Akatsu and Shogo Yasutagawa. Masahiro Fujii worked on the character designs while JC Staff handled the animation.
The Japanese cast includes Yuka Takakura as Touta Konoe, Yuki Matsuoka as Yukihime, Yūki Hirose as Kurōmaru Tokisaka, Rina Satou as Negi Springfield, Ai Kayano as Kirie Sakurame, Yui Ogura as Karin, Sayaka Harada as Shinobu Yūki, and Akari Kitō as Mizore Yukihiro.
Plot Concept: When you’re the grandson of a famous hero, you’d think that your life would be interesting, but Tota Konoe is stuck in the dullest place he can imagine! He can’t even leave his tiny village until he can defeat his teacher and foster parent Yukihime, and she seems to be impossibly powerful. Then everything changes when Yukihime is attacked and Tota learns that both she and Tota himself aren’t who or what Tota thought they were! Now Tota has a new, impossibly long life ahead of him and an amazing destiny that ties in with the fate of his grandfather, the legendary Negi Springfield! Get ready for vampires, demons and magic users galore as Tota discovers the perils of being a member of the world’s most exclusive organization as a UQ HOLDER!
