UQ Holder!
UQ Holder! is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ken Akamatsu. It was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from 2013 to 2016 and later transferred to Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine, where it was serialized from 2016 to 2022. Set several generations later in the world of his previous work Negima! Magister Negi Magi, it follows the adventures of Tōta Konoe, a young boy who is transformed into a vampire and joins a secret society composed of immortal beings.
Plot
Tōta Konoe, the grandson of Negi Springfield, aspires to leave his village and live life in the city of Shin-Tokyo, which has a tower structure rising into space. When he is mortally wounded by a bounty hunter who was hunting after his guardian, Yukihime. He discovers he has been made into an immortal vampire by Yukihime, a 700-year-old vampire mage Evangeline A.K. McDowell. Picking up another boy named Kuromaru along the way, they go to a place outside Shin-Tokyo where Yukihime leads a secret society of immortals called UQ Holder.Characters
UQ Holder
UQ Holder is a secret organization of immortals and led by Yukihime. Its members reside at the estate, 10 km from the Shin-Tokyo coast, which fronts as a hot springs resort. Its main members are known as Numbers. Its goals are to protect other immortals living on the Earth, as well as helping the outcasts of society. It is also interested in protecting humans from the immortals that are intent on destroying society.;
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''Negima'' characters
Some of the characters from the Negima series make appearances.;List of Negima! Magister Negi Magi characters#Fate Averruncus
;List of Negima! Magister Negi Magi characters#Negi Springfield
;List of Negima! Magister Negi Magi characters#Mana Tatsumiya
;List of Negima! Magister Negi Magi characters#Nagi Springfield
;List of Negima! Magister Negi Magi characters#Ayaka Yukihiro
;List of Negima! Magister Negi Magi characters#Chachamaru Karakuri
;List of Negima! Magister Negi Magi characters#Sayo Aisaka
;List of Negima! Magister Negi Magi characters#Zazie Rainyday
;List of Negima! Magister Negi Magi characters#Ayase Yue
;List of Negima! Magister Negi Magi characters#Miyazaki Nodoka
;List of Negima! Magister Negi Magi characters#Albireo Imma
;List of Negima! Magister Negi Magi characters#Jack Rakan
;List of Negima! Magister Negi Magi characters#Asuna Kagurazaka
;List of Negima! Magister Negi Magi characters#Albert Chamomile / Chamo
;Ialda Baoth
Other groups and characters
;Shinobu Yuuki;Sayoko
;Dana Ananga Jagannatha
;Honoka Konoe and Isana Konoe
;Mizore Yukihiro
;Tena Vita
Media
Manga
UQ Holder! is written and illustrated by Ken Akamatsu. It was first serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine from August 28, 2013, to June 22, 2016. It was then transferred to the monthly manga magazine Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine, starting on October 8, 2016, and was renamed UQ Holder!: Magister Negi Magi! 2. The series ended on February 9, 2022. Kodansha has collected its 192 chapters into twenty-eight volumes, with the first was released on December 17, 2013, while the final volume was released on March 9, 2022.As the series is published in Japan, it is also released simultaneously in English digitally by Crunchyroll. The series is licensed for English language release in North America by Kodansha Comics, who published the first volume on March 18, 2014.
Anime
An anime adaptation of the manga was announced in Weekly Shōnen Magazine in June 2016, later revealed to be a television series and an Original Animation DVD. Youhei Suzuki directed the anime at J.C.Staff, with Akamatsu handling the series composition alongside Shogo Yasukawa. Egg Firm produced the series and the main cast from the original Negima! anime returned. The OAD was released on September 8, 2017, while the television series premiered on October 2, 2017. Two more OADs were released with the manga's 16th and 17th volumes. The series ran for 12 episodes.Sentai Filmworks has licensed the series and simulcast the anime on Amazon's Anime Strike streaming channel in the U.S. and in other selected digital services elsewhere. A Blu-Ray version was released on November 27, 2018.
MVM Films acquired the series for home video release in the UK.
Madman Entertainment acquired the series for distribution in Australia and New Zealand, and simulcasted the series on AnimeLab.