Product Description

Vampires, robots, sorcery… And that’s all before Gym Class! Welcome to Mahora Academy, an all-girls school where the impossible and the enchanting are a part of the curriculum. It’s the start of the new school year and emotions run rampant as the girls of Class 2-A meet the newest staff addition – Negi Springfield. A ten-year-old Welsh born prodigy, Negi has more problems than he has students. As a wizard-in-training, this academic appointment is the final requirement in his quest to become a Magister Magorum. But if he messes things up and the girls find out, existence as an exotic ermine will be his fate!

When you’re the only boy at an all girl’s school… magic’s the easy part.

The Negima Box Set contains all 26 episodes on 6 discs.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #13387 in DVD
• Brand: Funimation
• Released on: 2008-02-05
• Rating: Unrated
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Animated, Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 6
• Dimensions: 5.00 pounds
• Running time: 650 minutes

Amazon.com
The fantasy-comedy Negima! (2003) is based on a manga by Ken Akamatsu, the creator of the popular Love, Hina series. Not surprisingly, Negima! is another harem comedy: The hero and object of the girls' affection is Welsh wizard-in-training Negi Springfield, a 10-year-old prodigy. To complete his training, he has to spend a term as a homeroom teacher at Mahora Academy, a posh girls' junior high school in Japan. The students refuse to believe the pint-sized Negi is their instructor, then they decide he's adorable. Initially, the plot centers on the vampire Evangeline and her robot Chachamaru: Eva vows to kill Negi because of the grudge she holds against his father. But that story soon falls by the wayside, and Evangeline ends up teaching Negi more powerful magic. Most of the episodes are variations on the familiar theme of the girls falling for Negi and trying to declare their affection in various awkward ways. When Negi and one girl go shopping for a present for another, the rest of the class assumes they're on a date and spies on them. That sort of misadventure played well in Love, Hina because those characters were college students, and the romantic contretemps felt credible. The hijinks in Negima! would be easier to accept if Negi were at least as old as his students, but the sight of dozens of well-endowed teen-aged girls fondling and kissing a prepubescent little boy is not for the squeamish. (Rated TV PG, suitable for ages 14 and older: nudity, risqué humor, cartoon violence, tobacco use) --Charles Solomon

Customer Reviews

A funny, heartwarming show
The premise of the story is this: A 10-year-old boy, who happens to be a prodigy and a wizard, goes to teach at a girls-only junior high school. As you might imagine, having a teacher that is younger than the students makes for some strange situations. The fact that the students are all girls makes it even more strange. This story line holds out through the first 18 episodes and is funny without being tiring and makes you know the girls and Negi - the teacher.

Episode 19 starts a different story line. This story is touching... very much a U-turn from the previous episodes.

However, another story line, which appears starting in episode 20, is much more serious, and is likely to turn you into a crying, blubbering mess. I literally couldn't stop watching from episode 20 through 26.

HUH!? An anime that is both funny and serious? It will truly make you laugh out loud and cry. Really. It's a great story, if a bit unbelievable near the end, but excellent entertainment.

I highly recommend it if you enjoy anime with frequent misunderstandings, funny and awkward situations, touching moments, and learning to "connect" with the characters in a show. Oh, and just enough magic thrown in to make things really interesting.

I WANT MORE!
I love the series. A ten year old boy, Negi teaches a class of highschool girls but he is no ordinary boy and his students are no ordinary girls. Its filled with adventure, excitement, and magic. All I can say is I want a sequal with more magic! More transformations! and more about Negi and Haruna!! So check it out and watch out for the biggest ending twist ever! it will have you crying and jumping out of your seat!

Bad.
Ok I'm sorry but the anime for Negima is really bad. Poor quality, doesn't stick to the story line, and the worst ending ever leave much to be desired. Now this is kinda upsetting coming from Xebec who also did the animation for Love Hina. Akamatsu was even disgusted with the anime and how it turned out. I would not reccomend buying this anime but instead buying and reading the manga which is a whole lot better.