Negi Springfield and his gang of students, The White Wing (aka Ala Alba), continue their search for Negi's father by planning a trip to the magic world. The series starts off with their arrival in London and their trip to Negi's home town (Chapter 184).
A fourth set of OVAs was announced in the Mahō Sensei Negima: Ala Alba event held on February 11, 2009. The series is officially titled Magical Teacher Negima! ~Another World~(魔法先生ネギま!もうひとつの世界)Mahō Sensei Negima: Mō Hitotsu no Sekai. This OVAs series, covering the Journey to Magic World arc, will be bundled with the manga starting with volume 27 in Summer, 2009. Just like the previous OVA adaption, this series will again be produced by Shaft in cooperation with Studio Pastoral. A theatrical film adaptation is planned to be made if sales are good.
So far, four of the OVA's have been introduced. The first starts off from where we left off with the Ala Alba Ova series. Ala Alba tours England until they are found by Ayaka and co., and end up going back to Wales. There they go to the magic world where clues about Negi's father are said to be found, but a few hitch hikers come along, later revealed to be a few more of his own students. The second has everyone separated and all over the magic world. Negi has to find them and get them back home. In the third OVA, Negi and Kotarou are competing a tournament to earn enough money to save some of Negi's students who have became slaves. The fourth OVA was released August 17,2010 with a fifth announced for November 17, 2010 entitled Magical Girl Yue and follows Yue Ayase after the Ala Alba are scattered across the magic world.
To conclude the Journey to Magic World arc an animated theatrical movie feature called "Anime Final" will be released in Japanese theaters on August 27.