Mahou Sensei Negima!


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Synonyms: Magister Negi Magi
Japanese: 魔法先生 ネギま!
English: Negima!
German: Magister Negi Magi Negima!
French: Negima! le Maître Magicien
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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
Genres: ActionAction, ComedyComedy, FantasyFantasy, RomanceRomance, EcchiEcchi
Themes: HaremHarem, SchoolSchool, Super PowerSuper Power
Demographic: ShounenShounen
Duration: 23 min. per ep.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 6.921 (scored by 6572565,725 users)
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Ranked: #47762
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Popularity: #1706
Members: 146,016
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Preliminary Spoiler
Apr 3, 2008
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 ...
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 ...
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!
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Jan 9, 2010
Preliminary (21/26 eps)
When you see this anime, please do so before reading the manga. While the anime is good enough when it is watched alone, it doesn't follow the manga's storyline at all, has a lot of fillers and leaves stuff out. A disappointing thing if all you want to see is the manga fights being shown more awesomely in the anime. Not even close. All the fight as ridiculously shortened, the characters' overall power is greatly reduced and with everything being heavily censored so even the comic parts that bring some ecci filled relief to story is reduced to some badly executed perverted stuff.

Another thing that ...
Mar 28, 2011
It's a tribute to the original manga's author, Ken Akamatsu, that he took a commissioned work like this and made it so compelling.
On the surface it's Harry Potter in a harem anime; and it could have went there an stayed there.
Instead we have a continuing evolving plot-line involving a regular cast consisting of over 30 characters; all of whom drive the plot with complex motivations and backgrounds..
This series roughly follows the manga for the first 21 episodes, then veers off into an original emotional rollercoaster finale that allows for a satisfying end of the anime.

Story: The story starts out simple enough. Orphan boy ...
Dec 5, 2008
I was realy hyped when i heard about the negima anime i couldnt wait to see it, i even watched the japanese version with english subs, and i hate doing that i miss whats happening cause im to busy reading. Anyway when i finaly saw it, i loved it, yet i couldnt shake the feeling of dissapointment.

The story was great but this is also where i think it failed as well. The story was good and easy to follow but it didnt exactly follow the manga which i was really dissapointed with since i loved the manga. Take the school trip episodes for instance ...
Apr 15, 2020
Warning ! This review is biased, the Negima anime is the first anime I watched whilst knowing it was Japanese animation. (I had seen anime before without knowing what ''anime'' meant) And is Therefore my favorite anime and manga, and the holder of Best Waifu which I won't name. So extremely biased indeed.

Negima, also known as abandonment issues and autism the animation, is an anime full of dumb soft ecchi and funny jokes.
First, the art-style is old and might not be ''newbie'' friendly, but it sure has it's charms.
The Ost is legendary, it's so ...
Aug 22, 2014
Negima has become one of my favorite anime series.

The story is pretty good for an anime, and when you have a 10 year old magic instructor teaching a classroom full of 20+ girls, there is never a dull moment. The main eight-or-so characters are adorable, and there is good character development on them, we eventually learn a little about all the students. The story is pretty light for awhile, with a lot of comedy and slice-of-life episodes that help you to understand the characters better, and build up an overall story line.

The most surprising thing about this series is what ...
Sep 11, 2013
In short, if you have read the manga, I do not recommend watching the series, it's all the same characters, some elements of the manga's original story, but half way through, it's been altered so much that it no longer feels like negima. It's far too cutesy, it doesn't have any of the more serious elements of the original manga and they even portray the characters differently. I think they should have relabeled the anime as a spin off rather than the anime interpretation of the manga.

That aside (I'm going to pretend that i haven't read most of the manga.

It's a great anime, very cutesy, ...
May 22, 2009
nayz characters.. although they become a bit obsessed with negi or such,, the anime only focuses around the main characters,, the side characters are a bit too much and sometimes it's ignored.. but the good points of the characters are cool and they have different personalities.