Trust me, just stick with it and you'll see what I mean The plot progresses and becomes a lot more complex when dealing with socio-political issues.
#How do you pronouce magi the anime series
Honestly, after watching the first couple of episodes I was thinking of dropping the series but I remained watching it and i'm really glad I did (it's now one of my favourite series). Finally, I just like how creative and unique it is compared to other typical shounen series but still maintaining that sense of adventure. The fight scenes also get very good later on in the series when Ali Baba masters his djinn, Aladdin learns magic and more (not gonna spoil anything). The character development (especially for Ali Baba and Morgiana) is brilliant and isn't too rushed. I guess if you're a child that might sound boring to you, but if you like mature topics then it's great. It deals with issues of slavery, human trafficking, political systems, war, death and human/magician equality. I don't understand what you mean by it being childish. It's a series where anything can happen at anytime and has so many possibilites. It has a really good sense of exploration and adventure that isn't found in many other anime/manga (or if they do have it, they stray away from it as their stories progress).
I'd strongly suggest watching the anime (which is brilliant imo) first and then continue reading the manga.