Negima! Manga Creator and Politician Ken Akamatsu Posts 20th Anniversary Art
There are few manga that encapsulates the 2000s than Ken Akamatsu’s Negima! Magister Negi Magi, which yesterday celebrated its 20th anniversary since it started its serialization in Weekly Shonen Magazine on February 26, 2003. Earlier today to commemorate the anniversary, the now-politician Akamatsu posted a brand new illustration over on his Twitter account.
２０年前の昨日２月２６日(2003/2/26)、『魔法先生ネギま！』の第一話が週刊少年マガジンに掲載されました????。初回から31人ものヒロインが投入されるなど画面コストの高い作品で描くのは大変でしたが、盛んにアニメ化・ゲーム化・CD化され、九年もの長期連載となりました。#ネギま20周年 #描き下ろし pic.twitter.com/U49gUZm2gB
— 赤松 健 ⋈（参議院議員・全国比例） (@KenAkamatsu) February 27, 2023
Akamatsu says in the above Tweet that the series was hard to draw to start off with due to the high amount of characters but is appreciative that it was a long, nine-year, series that was actively made into multiple anime projects, a game and drama CDs.
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The Negima! Magister Negi Magi manga ran from February 26, 2003, to March 14, 2012, and was collected into 38 volumes. Its spin-off sequel series UQ Holder! began on August 28, 2013, and ran until February 9, 2022–when Akamatsu started to run for the House of Councillors in the National Diet of Japan, where he later won a spot.
Source: Ken Akamatsu on Twitter
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Daryl Harding is a Japan Correspondent for Crunchyroll News. He also runs a YouTube channel about Japan stuff called TheDoctorDazza, tweets at @DoctorDazza, and posts photos of his travels on Instagram
