The chapters of Negima! Magister Negi Magi are written and illustrated by Ken Akamatsu, the same person who wrote and illustrated the immensely popular series A.I. Love You and Love Hina. The series is being serialized in Japan in Weekly Shōnen Magazine and is being collected into bound novels by Kodansha. It has been licensed for an English-language release in the United States and Canada by Del Rey Manga, and in the United Kingdom by Tanoshimi.