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The first anime, ''Negima!'' (take note of the punctuation; it becomes important), concluded in late 2005 after only 26 episodes. Understandably, the plot was tremendously telescoped—the anime parallels the volumes one through six of the manga in its first 20 episodes or so, and then hurtles into a sudden and somewhat hasty [[Grand Finale]] [[Story Arc|arc]], in the process skipping over a vast landscape of storyline and character development and abandoning several plot threads just set in motion. It would appear that the studio had planned for more than one season to tell the full manga story, and then were disabused of that notion with less than a third of season left to tie things up. The result is a conclusion that, while dramatic and fulfilling the promise of the show's premise, is [[Gecko Ending|abrupt and seems to come out of left field with no warning]]—especially the shocking event that sets the concluding action in motion. The [[FUNimation]] adaptation took nearly ''all'' of the studio's most frequently-used voice actresses, some of them playing [[Talking to Himself|two or three of the girls at a time]].
 
In Autumn of 2006, a new series was released: ''[[Negima Second Season]]'' It is a [[ReContinuity BootReboot]] of the storyline, with a earlier time slot (leaving the [[Fan Service]] packed off to the [[OVA]]s until later in the story), a more obvious [[Shounen]] bent, and a distinct flavor of humor courtesy of [[Studio Shaft]], the production company that made ''[[Pani Poni Dash!]]''. A manga adaptation loosely based on this reboot, titled ''[[Negima Neo]]'', began running in late 2006, taking plot points from both the original manga and the ''[[Negima Second Season]]'' anime and running through both in very different ways than its predecessors. And now has its own page ''[[Negima Second Season]]''.
 
In October 2007, a [[Live Action Adaptation]] called ''[http://www.starchild.co.jp/special/negima-drama/ Negima!!]'' was aired. Like ''Negima!?'' before it, the plot is a [[ReContinuity BootReboot]] of the basic storyline. And like most [[Live Action Adaptation]]s of anime, it tries to pull off the same kind of manic visual humour (and [[Fan Service]]) that its animated counterparts have, which sometimes succeeds but often comes off as awkward.
 
Beginning in 2008, a new animated project was released: a three-episode [[OVA]] called ''Mahou Sensei Negima!: White Wing/Ala Alba'', covering the brief [[Breather Episode|breather arc]] between the Mahora Festival and the trip to the Magic World (chapters 176-183, specifically). These were released alongside limited edition variants of manga volumes 23-25 and, in a refreshing change to the franchise's history of animation, were a faithful adaptation of the chapters it adapted. These were followed up in 2009 by a four-episode (plus one extra) [[OVA]] titled ''Mahou Sensei Negima!: Another World''. These were released in limited edition variants of manga volumes 27-28 and 30-32, and cover the beginning of the Magic World arc. [[Studio Shaft|The same studio]] that handled ''Negima!?'' is in charge of this adaptation, but this time it feels like the manga—only with added sound, color and movement.
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