Negima! Magister Negi Magi Volume 1 (New Edition) was released in Japan on December 9, 2016 by Kodansha for ¥880. This is the first volume of a series of re-releases of 19 books in total about the challenges of Negi, a child wizard who is tasked with teaching a class of junior-high girls all while searching for clues to lead to his missing father. It was written by author, Ken Akamatsu.
In 2016, Negima's original manga began to hit stores once more as a series of unique re-releases to commemorate the sequel series, UQ Holder!, which head been green-lit for an anime series. The new releases would be released in an omnibus-form and would contain two volumes of the manga instead of releasing all 38, dividing the total number of books in half. In addition, these releases featured new art of select characters in the artist's modern style on the cover and each was splashed with sparkly star effects.
赤松 健最新作「UQ HOLDER!」アニメ化を記念して「ネギま!」新装版登場! 新書サイズからB6判にサイズアップしてワイドに読めるように! 装いも新たになった新装版で赤松ワールドをイッキに復習ーっ! 新装版1巻は「ネギ麻帆良学園就任編」と「図書館島探検編」を収録。立派な魔法使い[マギステル・マギ]になるために、ネギ、女子校にて修業開始! クラスメイトは31人♪ 今度は誰に恋をする?
-- Kodansha