UQ Holder!

UQ Holder!, also known as UQ Holder! Magister Negi Magi! 2 (UQ HOLDER! ～魔法先生ネギま！2～) in Japan, is a 2017 anime series based on the manga series with the same name written and illustrated by Ken Akamatsu. It was serialized and published in Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine and Bessatsu Shonen Magazine from August 28, 2013 to February 9, 2022, with a total of 28 volumes.

The series was announced in Weekly Shōnen Magazine in June 2016. It was animated by J.C.Staff, directed by Youhei Suzuki, and aired in Japan from October 2, 2017 to December 18, 2017, consisting of 12 episodes.

Sentai Filmworks licensed the anime. Originally exclusive on Amazon in the U.S., HIDIVE simulcasted the anime outside of the U.S., then later premiering in both U.S. and Canada on May 25, 2018. Sentai Filmworks also produced an English Dub of the series, which was released in the Blu-Ray release on November 27, 2018.

Synopsis

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!

Cast[]

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
Main Characters
	Tōta Konoe	Yuka Takakura	Brittney Karbowski
	Yukihime / Evangeline A.K. McDowell	Yuki Matsuoka	Heidi Hinkel
	Yukihime / Evangeline A.K. McDowell	Yuki Matsuoka	Shanae'a Moore
Secondary Characters
	Kurōmaru Tokisaka	Yūki Horise	Kalin Coates
	Karin Yūki	Yui Ogura	Molly Searcy
	Kirie Sakurame	Ai Kayano	Amanda Lee
Recurring Characters
	Jinbei Shishido	Shunsuke Sakuya	Jay Hickman
	Gengorō Makabe	Yūki Kaji	Houston Hayes
	Ikkū Ameya	Tetsuya Kakihara	Adam Gibbs
	Negi Springfield	Rina Satō	Greg Ayres
	Negi Springfield	Rina Satō	Greg Ayres
	Asuna Kagurazaka	Akemi Kanda	Luci Christian
	Nodoka Miyazaki	Mamiko Noto	Sasha Paysinger
	Yue Ayase	Natsuko Kuwatani	Elissa Cuellar
	Kurobo / Gravity Blade	Ryōta Takeuchi	Jack Ivy
	Shinobu Yūki	Sayaka Harada	Tia Ballard
	Mizore Yukihiro	Akari Kitō	Juliet Simmons
	Fate Averruncus	Akira Ishida	Daman Mills
	Fate Averruncus	Akira Ishida	Daman Mills

Episodic Characters[]

Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Ep(s).
Nowa	Ryōhei Arai	Ned Gayle	1
Tachibana	Fuminori Komatsu	Adam Noble
Shiraishi	Yūsuke Nagano	Avery Smithhart
Haruka Konoe (Tōta's Mother)	Haruka Shimizu	Avery Smithhart
Makie Sasaki	Yui Horie	Shanae'a Moore	1, 3, 9, 12
Yuna Akashi	Madoka Kimura	Katelyn Barr	1, 3, 9, 12
Tooru Mitsuhashi	Junya Enoki	Bryson Baugus	1, 7-8
Nikumaru Tanaka	Chado Horii	Andrew Love	1, 7-8
Chachamaru Karakuri	Akeno Watanabe	Joanne Bonasso	1, 9-10, 12
Haruna Saotome	Sawa Ishige	Shannon Emerick	1, 12
Ako Izumi	Kotomi Yamakawa	Tia Ballard
Akira Okochi	Azumi Asakura	Christina Kelly
Kirōmaru Tokisaka (Kurōmaru's Brother)	Takaaki Uchino	Jack Ivy	2
Vasago	Tsubasa Yonaga	Bryson Baugus	2-3, 9
Fei Ku	Kana Asumi	Jessica Calvello	3, 9, 12
Setsuna Sakurazaka	Yū Kobayashi	Kira Vincent-Davis	3, 12
Konoka Konoe	Ai Nonaka	Monica Rial	3, 12
Mikan Kagusa	Sora Amamiya	Alexandra Bedford	4
Kaito	Hideo Ishikawa	Andrew Love	4-5
Ruki	Sachi Kokuryu	Shannon Emerick
Megu	Rina Honnizumi	¿?
Shion Nagumo	Takaya Kuroda	Josh Morrison
Zenki	Yasushi Iwaki	Alan Brincks
Sabu	Hiroshi Karasuda	David Matranga
Xingzi Chao	Ryōta Ōsaka	Alejandro Saab	4-7
Asura Tu	Chiharu Sawashiro	David Matranga	6, 8
Shaba Gyūrei	Hideyuki Umezu	John Swasey	8
Tsukuyomi Iwai	Rie Kugimiya	Jessica Calvello	8
Sayo Aisaka	Yuri Shiratori	Kira Vincent-Davis	9-10, 12
Ayaka Yukihiro	Junko Minagawa	Shelley Calene-Black
Ayaka Yukihiro	Junko Minagawa	Cat Thomas
Mana Tatsumiya	Miho Sakuma	Katelyn Barr
Afro The Forever	Kenjirō Tsuda	¿?	10
Cutlass	Rena Maeda	Margaret McDonald	10-12
Jack Rakan	Rikiya Koyama	John Swasey	10-12
Ialda Baoth / Mage of the Beginning	Yūko Kaida	Joanne Bonasso	11
Ku:Nel Sanders / Albireo Imma	Daisuke Ono	David Wald
Nagi Springfield	Takehito Koyasu	Alan Brincks
Satomi Hakase	Mai Kadowaki	Cat Thomas	12
Natsumi Murakami	Mai Aizawa	Alexandra Bedford
Lingshen Chao	Megumi Takamoto	¿?
Chisame Hasegawa	Daria Midō	Kalin Coates
Misora Kasuga	Ai Bandō	Elissa Cuellar
Chizuru Naba	Misa Kobayashi	Heidi Hinkel
Sakurako Shiina	Chiaki Omigawa	Heidi Hinkel
Madoka Kugimiya	Yuka Maruyama	Avery Smithhart
Kaede Nagase	Ryōko Shiraishi	Avery Smithhart
Misa Kakizaki	Shizuka Itō	Tia Ballard
Kazumi Asakura	Ayana Sasagawa	Monica Rial
Satsuki Yotsuba	Naomi Inoue	Monica Rial
Zazie Rainyday	Yuka Inokuchi	Christina Kelly
Fūka Narutaki	Kimiko Koyama	Jessica Calvello
Fumika Narutaki	Mari Kanō	Jessica Calvello
Dana Ananga Jagannatha	Kimiko Saitō	Monica Rial	OAD

Additional Voices[]

Notes[]

Due to Sentai licensing the series instead of Funimation and unavailability for some of the voice cast, a good majority of the characters from prequel series have been recasted.
- Heidi Hinkel and Shanae’a Moore replaces Laura Bailey as Yukihime / Evangeline A.K. McDowell, due to Bailey becoming a more mainstream voice actress in recent years.
- Sasha Paysinger replaces Leah Clark as Nodoka Miyazaki.
- Elissa Cuellar replaces Brina Palencia and Wendy Powell as Yue Ayase and Misora Kasuga.
- Daman Mills replaces Chris Patton as Fate Averruncus due to Patton moved to Los Angeles.
- Shanae’a Moore replaces Kate Oxley as Makie Sasaki.
- Katelyn Barr replaces Amber Cotton and Stephanie Young as Yuna Akashi and Mana Tatsumiya.
- Joanne Bonasso and Kalin Coates replaces Caitlin Glass as Chachamaru Karakuri and Chisame Hasegawa respectively.
- Shannon Emerick replaces Jamie Marchi as Haruna Saotome.
- Tia Ballard replaces Avery Rice-Williams and Gwendolyn Lau as Ako Izumi and Misa Kakizaki.
- Christina Kelly replaces Cherami Leigh and Carrie Savage as Akira Okochi and Zazie Rainyday.
- Jessica Calvello replaces Cynthia Cranz, Alison Viktorin and Samantha Inoue Harte as Fei Ku, Fuka Narutaki, Fumika Narutaki and Tsukuyomi Iwai.
- Kira Vincent-Davis replaces Cherami Leigh and Kate Bristol as Setsuna Sakurazaka and Sayo Aisaka.
- Cat Thomas replaces Laura Bailey and Carrie Savage as young Ayaka Yukihiro and Satomi Hakase.
- Alexandra Bedford replaces Majken Bullard as Natsumi Murakami due to Bullard's retirement from voice acting.
- Heidi Hinkel replaces Amy Rosenthal and Colleen Clinkenbeard as Chizuru Naba and Sakurako Shiina.
- Avery Smithhart replaces Mary Morgan and Clarine Harp as Madoka Kugimiya and Kaede Nagase.
- Alan Brincks replaces J. Michael Tatum as Nagi Springfield.
Few voice actors from the dub of Negima! Magister Negi Magi series reprised their roles for UQ Holder! anime including:
- Greg Ayres as Negi Springfield
- Luci Christian as Asuna Kagurazaka
- Monica Rial as Konoka Konoe, Kazumi Asakura and Satsuki Yotsuba