"Mahô sensei negima!" (2005) TV series

User Rating:

7.7/10   

Director:

Nishikiori Hiroshi

Writers:

Ken Akamatsu (comic)
Ichiro Okouchi (script)

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

6 January 2005 (Japan)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

Vampires, robots, sorcery... And that's all before gym class!

Plot:

Negi Springfield is only 10 years old, but he is trying to become a wizard(Magister Magi) but he was sent to Japan for training...

Plot Keywords:

Girl | Japan | Manga | Based On Comic | Anime

Cast

Laura Bailey	...	Evangeline A.K. McDowell (6 episodes, 2005)
Rina Satou	...	Negi Springfield (5 episodes, 2005)
Troy Baker	...	Nagi Springfield (5 episodes, 2005)
Jenny Phagan	...	Additional Voices / ... (5 episodes, 2005)

Also Known As:

"Negima!" (USA)
"Negima!: Magic 101" (International: English title)

Country:

Japan

Language:

English | Latin | Japanese

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:M (some episodes) | Australia:PG (some episodes) | UK:12

Company:

TV Tokyo

Trivia:

All the songs in the series are sung by the voice actors of the girls in Negi's class. Each version is sung by a group of five or six of the girls, organized by seat number.

Quotes:

Ayaka Yukihiro: [thinks that Konoka and Negi are going out] Konoka, since when, Asuna, do you really know nothing about this? You live in the same room yet...
Asuna Kagurazaka: Well, this morning Konoka was talking about "marriage" and such.
Ayaka Yukihiro: M-m-m-m-marriage?
Asuna Kagurazaka: Ah, calm down, it was probably just sleep-talking.
Ayaka Yukihiro: I can't be unsuspecting. Konoka's unjust feelings might have appeared as sleep-talking.
Asuna Kagurazaka: Unjust... aren't yours the same?
Ayaka Yukihiro: Mine are pure!

Movie Connections:

Remade as "Negima!?" (2007)

Genius Child, almost like magic.

Well, I have to say, this is one of my favorite anime series. The plot balances absurd with serious very well. Also it is a very harrowing task to create a class of thirty-one girls, and manage to cover almost each one (well, mostly, but there are rumors of a season two, which could help with character development). Anyway, onto a plot summary. Negi Springfield is a genius child, to say the least. He is only ten years old, and yet he has become the teacher of a middle school class in a foreign country (he is from England, he teaches in Japan). Even more so, the teaching job is really just extra training for him. He graduated top of his class at magic school, and is now going through more training to become a Magister Magi (Latin for Master Mage). Negi is not the only oddity in 2-A though. There is also a robot, a ninja, a vampire, and a ghost (and the oddities only begin there). I really recommend this series for anyone who can appreciate some good comedy (though it is a little perverse, I must admit).