With the release of the 38th and final manga volume of Mahou Sensei Negima! yesterday, many fans expected the end of sharing in the adventures of their favourite child teacher – who, of course, also happens to be a mage. Bar going back and rereading the series of course – which I’ve done a few times now.

But – is it really all done?

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I’ve noticed that the editor, Shinzo, tends to feature quite often in these AMVs that I’ve been posting up. But I tend to enjoy his projects, so maybe that’s okay too :) In any case, for today’s AMV of the day, we have his entry for Akross Con 2011.

I don’t have the details of all the anime used, so if you spot any series I didn’t include, drop them in the comments and I’ll add them.

Editor: Shinzo [nlstudio]
Anime: Various (list at the bottom)
Music: OceanLab – Satellite
Category: Dance
Premiered: 29 October 2011
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Full list of anime used:

Macross Frontier, Yumekui Merry, Hanasaku Iroha, K-On!, True Tears, IS Infinite Stratos, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni, Shakugan no Shana, Ore no Imouto

The release of the Blu-Ray and DVD versions of Miku’s concerts that took place on the 8th and 9th of March this year has been announced – as of today these are all available for pre-order, with the final release date being 29th August later this year.

The 8th of March featured the MikuPa concert, while Miku’s Final Thankgiving Day took place on March 9th, and you have the choice of getting both of these in a single box-set or purchasing just one of whichever one appealed to you most.
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After doing a couple of single anime AMVs I thought it was time to drop another multi-anime effort into the list – today’s AMV is a rather touching collage of anime characters and their … well … reflections, if you will, with the creator carefully picking seperate characters that have very similar appearances.

The song used in this AMV is a rather haunting and beautiful tune – I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. As always, there is a download link included :)

Editor: Seliafel (with Umika)
Anime: Various (list at the bottom)
Music: Lisa Miskovsky – Still Alive
Category: Drama, Sentimental
Premiered: 26 February 2012
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Full list of anime used:

Guin Saga, Munto (TV), Persona 4, Seirei no Moribito, Tears to Tiara, Tsubasa Chronicle TV-1,2, Tsubasa Tokyo Revelations, Uta no Prince-sama, Maji Love 1000%, Papa no Iukoto o Kikinasai!, The Idolmaster, Minami-ke Okaeri, Sola, No. 6, Cardcaptor Sakura, Cardcaptor Sakura The Movie 1, 2, Toaru Majutsu no Index II, The Disapearance of Haruhi Suzumiya, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya,Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kira, DJMAX Air Gear, Angel Beats, Chobits, Clannad, D.Gray-Man, Oshiete! Popotan, K-on, Steins;Gate, Another, Bakuman, Kobato, Amagami SS, Natsume Yuujinchou, One Piece – Strong World, My Beautiful Girl Mari, Slayers Revolution, Clannad ~After Story~, Sora no Woto, Code Geass – Lelouch of the Rebellion R2, Umineko no Naku Koro ni, Darker than Black, Ef – A tale of memories, Yozakura Quartet, Evangelion, Pretear, Mawaru Penguin Drum, Bakemonogatari, Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magika

Amid lots of excitement, fervent discussions and desperate prayers for sunshine (possibly), the Cape Town Cosplay group this weekend gathered for their second cosplay event at the Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, in a display finely calculated (again, possibly) to show the gardens what the term “colourful” is actually supposed to mean. With some success, I might add.

Cape Town had decided to leave aside all the fussing about with Autumn, and had skipped straight over to Winter, so we didn’t get to experience the awesome weather we saw at the December event – after about two hours of dry weather the clouds came along and dropped a quick shower that managed to wet the attendees but failed to dampen their spirits.

About as colourful as Kirstenbosch gets ...

Ohaiyou!! We hope those of you who celebrate Easter had a pleasant break – as you could probably tell by the extreme silence on the Animated Meanderings Facebook page, I was definitely enjoying it.

In any case, it’s back to work today, and with it, we move on to our next AMV of the Day.

Our AMV today is probably one of the most emotionally powerful AMVs I’ve seen in a very long time – featuring the anime Clannad and its sequel Clannad ~After Story~, which by themselves were enough to transform most who watched them into bawling balls of tears.

SPOILER ALERT: If you have not watched Clannad, and you are still planning to, I’d advise you to give this particular AMV a miss – it is very spoiler heavy.

Editor: Perfect Blue
Anime: Clannad & Clannad ~After Story~
Music: Poets of the Fall – Carnival of Rust
Category: Drama, Sentimental
Premiered: 16 February 2011
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Okay, so I haven’t posted an AMV for a couple of days – so here comes the next one.

Dance-themed AMVs are always a favourite of mine, but as a rule they tend to be multi-anime efforts. Okay, so not a bad thing. Today’s AMV though, is dance-themed, and it’s from one anime. Not just dancing … it’s some pretty bad-ass ballet busy going on here xD

We’re also traveling back in time a bit with this one – this AMV premiered all the way back in 2006, but it’s worth a watch anyway. Enjoy.

Editor: alkampfer81 (Tidirium Studio)
Anime: Princess Tutu
Music: Nanne Grönvall – Håll Om Mig
Category: Dance, Action, Drama
Premiered: 26 May 2006
Download link (A-M-V.org)

We’re less than a week away from the start of the Spring 2012 anime release cycle – and while I was initially planning to get a preview page up, this season features a massive batch of releases (something near or just over 40 new series) – before we even get to all the OVAs and Movies – something I generally don’t cover anyway.

So taking that into account – I decided to skip doing my season preview page this time around; instead opting to experiment a bit with plans for the Summer 2012 release schedule. I’m going to keep quiet on that – you’ll see when we get there.

So, this time around, I’m only reposting theSpring ’12 Visual Guide from Moetron – also available at this link are the airing times for each series. The full visual guide is after the jump.

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Nisemonogatari finished airing a little more than a week ago – it was interesting, although personally I don’t think it was quite as good as Bakemonogatari, its prequel. We saw less of the original characters, but got to see some more of Koyomi’s younger sisters – Tsukihi and Karen. Plus a fair bit of additional fan-service, I might add.

Anyways, on that note, I figured a Nisemonogatari AMV would be good. Enjoy :)

Editor: SA Robert
Anime: Nisemonogatari
Music: She – Coloris
Category: Action
Created: 15 March 2012

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We’ve got ourselves an energetic, action based AMV for today :)

This is a single anime project; the anime used is Black Cat – the story follows Train Heartnet, formerly an assassin for an organisation known as Chronos. Train, also known as ‘Black Cat’ is violent, uncaring and antisocial, up until the point where he meets a Sweeper known as Saya, a meeting which allows him to consider some of the other aspects of life, which leads him away from the ideals of Chronos.

The anime was a good, fun watch – so is this AMV.

Editor: JadeCharm
Anime: Black Cat
Music: Nickelback feat Kid Rock – Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting
Category: Action
Premiere Date: 2009/09/19

Download link: A-M-V.org