Second Negima! OAD This Summer

Looks like last year's marketing trick paid off: a second Negima! OAD anime is currently in the making, as announced today during a Negima! Ala Alba event in Tokyo. The new "season" will be released on 4 DVDs starting from summer 2009, bundled with limited editions of the upcoming manga volumes.



The only other details relayed by various websites about this second Negima! OAD are that its story will cover the Magic World (Mahou Sekai) arc, and that the production staff will remain the same: studio SHAFT, with director Akiyuki Shinbo and character designer Noboru Jitsuhara.

Much like last year, fans are once again being teased with a potential Negima! movie, or even a new TV series, but only if this new OAD sells well enough. Much like last year... Speaking of which, the three volumes of Negima! Ala Alba sold a grand total of 242,000 copies. So one has to wonder: how much more do they want, in order to make that movie?!