This is review number three hundred and fifty two. This anime is part of Winter 2014 lineup. The anime I’ll be reviewing is called Mahou Sensou or Magical Warfare. It’s a twelve episode anime about a [...]
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FREEing officially opens pre-orders today for their “Mahou Sensou” (also known as “Magical Warfare”) Shijou Momoka figure. Sculpted in a 1/8 scale by Rei Azusa, the figure stands 25 cm tall. Powerful [...]
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Today I am going to talk about Mahou Sensou, also known under its English title Magical Warfare. It is the story of Nanase Takeshi who was a normal high school student until he meets Miu Aiba and gets [...]
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Mahou Sensou also known as Magical Warfare. When I read the synopsis of this series it was high on my watch list as it ticked most the right boxes for me.  Synopsis In this modern magic action story, [...]
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Torturing myself every season yields one of the worst things I’ve ever watched. It’s gonna be tough to top this one off. Every series that is deemed “bad” usually has something going for it. It can be [...]
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Pretty please? Pretty, pretty please? • When the episode starts, somehow we’re back in the real world. Seriously, I don’t remember how or why we’re here at all. I could rewatch the previous episode, [...]
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Mahou Sensou's kinpatsu side-character Kurumi shows just how slutty she can be with a needlessly self-demeaning, albeit very much visually gratifying, dakimakura that's to be available for pre-order [...]
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Fair warning: I wrote this as a way to kill time until the next Kill la Kill episode. Episode summary: Takeshi trains some more. Kurumi tries to escape. She accepts candy from a stranger. Takeshi goes [...]
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Mahou Sensou gives an instructional lesson on how to draw its heroine, equally as valuable for anyone who ever had the desire to draw Accel World's heroine, or a generic black-haired anime girl in [...]
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I hope you’re ready to learn some very important things about the plot. ‘Cause I didn’t. I didn’t learn a goddamn thing. Episode summary: Ah, why bother? Notes: • These spell names never make any [...]
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Subaru Academy is under attack! Oh wow, this looks to be a heart-pumping episode! Shh, I know it’s not, but just play along. Here, we see Momoka facing off against three assailants: Boy, it’d be a [...]
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Am I my brother’s keeper? Does that excuse me from accidentally pushing him into the street and getting hit by a car and then taking his love interest? Oh hell yeah, I’d be mad Like my little quib [...]
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…sibling love everywhere. Episode summary: Gekkou enrolls at Subaru Academy and reconciles his oniichan. Meanwhile, Takeshi gets a brief course in Wizard Brace’s deep, dark past. Notes: • Just look at [...]
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Returning from the pathetic action episode, Episode 7 returns us to the formula of background love triangle with some measly action sprinked on the side. Am I surprised by this? Not one bit but we’re [...]
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Oh my… Episode summary: Takeshi’s sword is giving him bad dreams. Not only that, it’s also sapping him of his “magical” energy. By the way, his sword is a shoujo — a pink-haired shoujo. Heh. So [...]
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Will the Love Triangle Wars with 4th wheel Ida make a mark on this week’s episode? Deciding to only move with the plot that involves Mui’s brother, our protagonists win over their sensei’s to go after [...]
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Doing summaries usually bring down the enthusiasm level every time I write one but in a lot of cases, I tend to overdo them. As a way of making my writing a bit more concise, I decided to take [...]
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With a title as generic as “Magical Warfare”, I’m actually quite surprised how fun it was. Let me make it perfectly clear that this is far from a hidden gem; it’s paint-by-numbers average. The magical [...]
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Mahou Sensou makes one more valiant entry into establishing itself as most generic anime of the season, and a worthy contender for all-time recognition, with its expectedly appalling second episode.
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I'm up for anything that makes kids cry. Continue reading →
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