Series to also stream on other platforms outside of U.S.

Sentai Filmworks announced on Monday that it has licensed the television anime of Ken Akamatsu's UQ Holder! ( UQ Holder! Magister Negi Magi! 2 ) manga. The anime will stream during this fall's simulcast season on Anime Strike within the United States and on select digital outlets in other countries. A home video release will follow.

The anime will premiere in Japan on October 2 at 24:00 (effectively October 3 at 12:00 a.m.) on Tokyo MX, KBS Kyoto, Sun TV, and BS11. The series will also air an hour later on tvk. The anime will stream in Japan on GyaO! starting in October.

The 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

Yuri Shiratori as Sayo Aisaka

Natsuko Kuwatani as Yue Ayase

Akemi Kanda as Asuna Kagurazaka

Akeno Watanabe as Chachamaru Karakuri

Yui Horie as Makie Sasaki

Miho Sakuma as Mana Tatsumiya

Mamiko Noto as Nodoka Miyazaki

Junko Minagawa as Ayaka Yukihiro

Akira Ishida as Fate Averruncus

Sayaka Harada as Shinobu Yūki

Akari Kitō as Mizore Yukihiro

Tetsuya Kakihara as Ikkū Ameya

Shunsuke Sakuya as Jinbei Shishido

Yuuki Kaji as Gengorō Makabe

Rikiya Koyama as Jack Rakan

Daisuke Ono as Ku:nel Sanders

UQ Holder! is set in the world of Akamatsu's Negima! Magister Negi Magi manga, and takes place years after the earlier manga. The story centers on a boy named Touta who dreams of leaving his small town and moving to the city. However, he must first defeat his teacher, the immortal Evangeline.

Youhei Suzuki (Urara Meirocho, Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Sword Oratoria) is directing the anime at J.C. Staff. Akamatsu himself is in charge of the series scripts alongside Shogo Yasukawa (Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma, Alderamin on the Sky). Masahiro Fujii (Hayate the Combat Butler!!, The Familiar of Zero) is designing the characters, and Egg Firm is producing the series.