RZ I think that OVA was of the original series not Negima!? Anyway the OVA was very fun and visually satisfying, both the animation and what was animated(go go baka fanservice!). Was that the level of animation the original show had?

As to the show, I'm almost certain he's going to Prov Con everyone who's decently popular in the show at one point, unfortunately it'll be hard to justify all those contracts and display the different cards for all of them in only 26 episodes.