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Live action Negima! in the works, according to Ken Akamatsu

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Much to his own delight, anime-harem master Ken (Love Hina) Akamatsu has recently announced that Negima! will be getting a live action adaptation (presumably TV series) in his native Japan! The author has specifically expressed his overwhelming delight at casting 30+ “3D” girls; the series (and anime of which is currently being released in the UK by Revelation Films) is notorious for its extraordinarily large cast of female characters.

Paul

Washed up on the good shores of Anime UK News after many a year at sea, Paul has been writing about anime for a long time here at AUKN and at his anime blog.

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