Before I start this review, take into consideration that when I watched this, I did not read a single chapter of the manga yet. This was also the first anime I was hooked on.
During my last vacation to America, I got bored. So bored that I resorted to waching anime in desperation. When I first heard about Mahou Sensei Negima, I decided to give it a shot and watch it. I was surprised at what I had stumbled upon.
The story was very original. I'd never expect a 10 year old teacher who teaches in an all girl's school. To make things
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Alternative Titles
Synonyms: Magister Negi Magi
Japanese: 魔法先生 ネギま!
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Type:
TV
Episodes:
26
Status:
Finished Airing
Aired:
Jan 6, 2005 to Jun 30, 2005
Premiered:
Winter 2005
Broadcast:
Thursdays at 01:00 (JST)
Producers:
Starchild Records
Studios:
Xebec
Source:
Manga
Demographic:
Shounen
Duration:
23 min. per ep.
Rating:
PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
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Negima, also known as Mahou Sensei Negima, Negima Magister Magi Negi and numerous other titles, is based on a long-running manga by Ken Akamatsu, best known for the archetype-setting harem series Love Hina. Love Hina was adapted by Xebec, and subjected to a not-particularly-great adaptation. Negima is almost the same in that respect, except that rather than a not-particularly-great adaptation, here we are presented with an appalling one.
For starters, this series came out several years sooner than it should have done. The manga is, to this day, still running, and promises to be around 40-50 volumes in length by its completion. This, however, was ... Oct 27, 2007
A comedy series full of stupid fun and fan service, for you to enjoy. However this Shounen anime seems to be aimed more at the female demographic, leaving most guys cringing at all the cuteness. ^_^
Negima! is a Magical, Supernatural, Harem, Comedy about 10 year old boy Negi, who has become a teacher at an all girls school. There's one other shocking piece of info about him and that is, he's a Mage (Magician). Well that's the basic idea of this simple show and what helps it stand out is the shear number of girls (31 in fact), so learning their names are impossible. Even though ... Apr 28, 2013
As I started watching this, I was frankly afraid of falling into a pit of lollicon Ecchi with tons of pre teen boobs fallin all over the screen, but I was gladly surprised with a heartwarming comedy about friendship and loyalty.
Story: 8. I don't give it a higher grade ONLY because you can tell it's unfinished. I mean, it all wounds up in the last episode, but you can tell the story doesn't stop there(that actually led me to the manga , - that continued for several more years after the anime ended - which I started reading after the finale). So, I think the concept is ... Aug 27, 2008
Watch episode 19, then pretend the rest of the series doesn't exist. Rarely does the series succeed in rising above the mark of generic in any aspect, more often taking advantage of being an adaptation of a work by Ken Akamatsu and assuming fans will mindlessly race to hand over money (which they did).
Many fans laud the anime for originality because it features a harem surrounding a preteen teacher who happens to be a wizard. However, the magical aspect is used only infrequently, as are the child-teacher jokes. The preteen harem lead aspect is used fairly often, but is of limited improvement over the typical ... Dec 28, 2007
This is a great anime for people who likes a little bit of everything. There is action, a tad bit of romance, comedy, fantasy. There is always something new happening. I believe this is one of those originals that isn't really a knock off of something. Very Unique with a small twist every now and again. I know I said it once but I must say it again. It is HALARIOUS!
Nov 17, 2007
If you read the manga, you may hate this because they change the storyline and the characters hair color.
The animation is really quite bad with no shading and many distorted drawings. There is almost no real storyline because almost all the episodes are fillers from the manga. The only thing I really liked about this anime was the opening song and the music. Mar 24, 2009
The first thing I'm going to say is that I am a fan of Akamatsu-sensei's work and may be a bit biased. Now, the next thing I am going to say is that Xebec did not do "Negima" the justice it deserves. Why? There are several reasons.
For starters, the character designs throw you off right at the get go. Any Akamatsu character, more specifically females, have a sensual feel to them. Xebec's designs lacked that. The cheacters looks stiff and unnatural. This leads me to my second point, there was no fan service. An story from Ken Akamatsu without fan ... Jan 13, 2020
"Success has a thousand fathers but failure is an orphan"
When it comes to Negima this isn't true at all. It's failure has more family than you can shake a stick at. You have lazy writing taking the part of the father. A difficult concept failed in its execution the mother. Poorly animated art is the c airhead of a little sister, while ridiculous and unrelatable characters are the bratty brothers. Finally very good music used for nothing but obvious emotional manipulation is the older sister trying to hold it together but being ground down into dust. Negima is no orphan but its family ... Nov 16, 2010
I'll start off by saying the original manga is one of my current favorites and I went into this one with high expectations for the first anime adaptation, so this review is in the perpective of person who is already a fan of the series.
STORY: If you know plot of the beginning- *10 year old child prodigy magician Negi Springfield becomes a teacher for an all girls school of a class of about 30 girls with each one having their own unique and some what quirky traits and has to keep the fact about him being a magician a secret while the genre slowly evolves into ... Apr 14, 2010
I'm a really big fan of Negima. The manga, that is. SHAFT also made a borderline gag series (Negima!?) that somehow worked really well. However the first anime, made by XEBEC, is, by far, the worst version of Akamatsu's weird magic harem fighting manga. Yes, even worse than Neo.
As for the story, you all know the drill. 10 year old mage becomes a teacher at an all-girls junior high. Hilarity ensues. Now, adapting an ongoing manga into 26 episodes is, well, impossible, (which is why I applaud SHAFT for coming up with their own plot in their version) so a premature, anime-only ending was inevitable. ... Aug 24, 2008
An interesting twist within the harem genre, introducing a somewhat original plot. It entertains the viewer enough as to keep them watching.
It includes comedy, drama, fantasy, and a bit of action. The comedy is just fine, like any other average comedy serie; drama is a bit tacky since it relies on the average romantic plot where two characters meet but do not accept their feelings until the very end of the serie; fantasy doesn't even needs to be explained i guess (Negi, the main character, is a wizard; I think that's enough explanation); and the action part is just above the borderline of being acceptable. The ... Oct 20, 2014
Mahou Sensei Negima is rather odd. It is kind of like if you take a harem, made the girl population about thirty times the boy population, and then made the boy, like, four years younger than the girls. Actually, that pretty much sums up this series. Ken Akamatsu, who created the show's manga, is also rather well known for his previous series, Love Hina. In my opinion, this show far surpasses Love Hina, and here's why.
Story 8/10 The story of Negima starts off like your typical harem, but gradually evolves to become so much more. By the end of it, the girls aren't entirely the main ... Dec 18, 2016
A ten year old mage is a teacher!? When I first heard about the show, its concept really attracts me to go and watch it. The first thing you'll need to understand is that this isn't some fast-paced science fiction. The shows really takes it time to show us the aspect of each character's life, and in the end, making me care more about them as time passes. The show has 31 characters (I'm not even counting the staffs in the school). This could be a huge turn off to some people. It certainly made me feel a bit hesitant when going in. However, the
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Jul 18, 2008
Very easy, lighthearted watching. Rather than following the typical "take a guy and throw him in a house full of girls" ala Shuffle or Sister Princess, Negima takes a guy and throws him in a school filled with girls. Negi, the main character, is a 10 year old genius who has graduated college at the age of 10 and is teaching at an all girls middle school. He also happens to be a young British wizard, which helps pull in the Harry-Potter-watching demographic I suppose.
Many of the episodes unfold like a typical date-sim turned into an anime series, where there will be a concentration on ... Jul 22, 2016
= Spoiler free, opinions based on my view back in 2010. =
Well. Back in early 2008, i think. This anime was broadcasted in my place, and its really extremely censored, probably this was broadcaster fault for showing ecchi anime. But after watch whole episodes back then, I fully regret the whole of it. The main reason maybe this occurs is when : 1 + You read the manga before watching anime. 2 + You watched the anime then after done, read manga. "Ecchi". Isn`t. Do not mistakes "Ecchi" and non "Ecchi" in thiis anime, conpared to manga which completely ecchi genre. Probably this is because the anime fix to Shounen ... Aug 19, 2017
When I first watched it i thought this one was the remake and the other one was the original. How wromg was I. I noticed that this one has alot more emphasis on the harem aspect of the sereis alot ore thsn the magic or story. There is a story, just not one important to remember. I've watched the entirety of the Remake, and i honestly felt that the remake turned the Harem aspect to its side. In this one, Negi is having to worry about all of the girls flling in love with him. As for the remake, the Harem part is due to
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Jan 12, 2019
I wasn't sure what to expect coming into this anime, described as being about a 10-year-od teaching a class of middle school girls, tagged as harem and ecchi. On the whole, I found it to be easy to watch and enjoy without it getting too heavy with the drama. The story was well done and at times delightful.
I especially loved the characters and how they developed over the course of the show. Negi is portrayed well in terms of the balance between having to be the teacher and authority figure in the classroom, and being a boy younger than the class he teaches. Asuna is ... Sep 27, 2016
(I don't know why i'm just now writing a review for one of my favorite manga's anime adaptation)
Mahou Sensei Negima!? (Also known as Negima!? Magister Negi Magi in the US [Or was that Japan? I dunno, doesn't matter which name you use]) as I have already stated, is one of the best mangas I have read to date and probably my favorite manga. I have different opinions about the anime though, despite Ken Akamatsu's genius manga. Negima!? (what I will call it for now on during this review) is one of the worst adaptations of a manga I have ever seen. The art is ... May 17, 2017
I knew exactly what i was in for when i saw the first few minutes of the first episode of this anime. The beginning of the show has a girl in a fish suit dancing, floods of school girls running towards their school in an empty city, and a bear panty flip skirt scene, and all this sets the mood for most of the show. I still continued on mostly for the fact the this series is having a sequel (in some sense) coming out soon, and i just had to see what it was all about. I just wanted to know what would allow
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