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Low Japanese TV Ratings Plague Negima 2nd Season
Date: 2/16/2007
Negima!? TV season 2, the alternate retelling of the manga series Negima!: Magister Negi Magi began airing on TV Tokyo since October 4th, 2006. In a snapshot of evening weekday TV Tokyo program rankings according to rating taken between 1/29-2/2 2007, Negima came in 10th (dead last in the survey) with a 1.3 viewership share. Kirarin Revolution ranked 1st in the survey with a 5.7 share. Past Negima animation has its roots in OAV (where anything goes) and after midnight programming, the traditional domain of the hardcore fans. The 1st Negima TV series aired in the late night timeframe and its' content was markedly different than the new series which airs in the afternoon.
Source: Anime News Service