I know that Mahou Shojo Madoka Magica has been getting a bunch of people in the anime blogging community talking. The normally light and fluffy visuals mixed with it’s utterly bizarre magical world scenes, sinister tone, and unusual approach to the genre has a good number of people trying feeling this might not follow the [...]
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I am back on the anime bandwagon! Everyone was talkin’ bout this Madoka show, so I’ve been watching it. I read that Episode 3 had a pretty big spoiler, but I didn’t actually read it. I have a feeling that knowing that there was a spoiler without actually knowing it made this episode more interesting. [...]
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This is such a weird series no doubt, but it is also weird that out of my 15 years of watching anime, this is really the first show that has propelled me to take in and read as much information and commentary I can find on the show. I think a lot of it has [...]
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After watching the second episode of this series, things turn out to be a lot more interesting than my initial...
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M-Ma-Mami-san!! So Mami’s dead. I know there might have been hints that she wouldn’t live through the series but I certainly didn’t expect her death so early on. Plus her demise was quick – but not painless. Sayaka and Madoka were obviously traumatized from watching Mami get chomped on by the witch, and I expect [...]
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Lesson of the day: Never get ahead of one’s self. Late entry is late but it’s here and I’m not going to waste words, so let’s just go right into it! The second episode shows why this show stands out above the rest of the season. It took me all this time to gather my thoughts and even as I write this they are still overflowing. One of the main things that I was thinking about during and after the second episode though was the act of becoming a mahou shoujo. ...
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TAAN: When I first heard about this back in fall, I thought it was the greatest thing ever (or at least in recent memory). And you know, after watching the first three episodes, I still have the same opinion. If you don’t know already, and for some reason couldn’t deduce from the title or this [...]
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Ever feared going to the doctor? The blogosphere literally exploded with really interesting things to say about Madoka after episode 3, which really is no surprise considering just the force of one particular event that happened during the show. And if you haven’t watched Madoka 3 yet, I highly recommend you stop reading, and go watch [...]
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So, how did the denizens react to Puella Magi Madoka★Magica's Episode 3? Some took it quite well actually, or even liked it, while others are still crying in the corner till fugly, some have given up the show, poked fun about it, raged about it, were mentally scarred for life, never watching another mahou shoujo by SHAFT (yea, you got shafted lol), committed suicide or admitted into ICU due to
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If it's what I wanted then why does it hurt so much? I wanted Madoka Magica to get some serous, and it got some. Now the real question is, will Mami stay dead. Time and time again we have seen characters. Fall to the abyss and pop right back up at the drop of the hat. The question [...]
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Just by reading the title “Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica” I thought it was just another typical Mahou Shoujo series…Just look at the image: Just thought it was something like Card Captor Sakura or Nanoha…but again, I was so wrong about this…and guess many people thought this was your “regular” magical girl show…then an apology came from [...]
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Madoka finds a grief seed outside a hospital and races to find Mami to help eliminate it. Impressions: WISH FOR HER BACK! Use your goddamn wish that you were going to use on a f’ing cake and wish Mami back to life! Ok, that may have been abrupt but…dear god, this episode was not what I expected. The [...]
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Typical SHAFT animation style + Gurren Laggan + Alien Nine + Nanoha + Cardcaptor Sakura + Paranoia Agent. Gurren Lagann because Madoka is definitely a mix of the typical magical girl tropes I’m familiar with as GL is for mecha, but unlike GL, it actually make me quite unsettled because usually magical girl shows are [...]
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Mami takes the two girls to watch as she takes down a witch. Impressions: This episode really does seem to show how much of a departure this series is from regular Mahou Shoujo shows, which is not bad at all. Although I love other shows the way they presented this was awesome as well. The lore they [...]
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Madoka has a fateful encounter after school with a new exchange student and she is introduced tot he world of Mahou Shoujo and Witches. Impresions: I’ve always loved Mahou Shoujo anime. In fact, I think it’s a topic I have one of my few editorials on somewhere, go read it. However I still didn’t know what to [...]
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I had that dream, really. I watched Madoka Magica in tge morning but it was just a really bad idea to read speculations and wild mass guessing pages before sleep… My sole consolation would be that I have never seen Kyubey open his mouth so he probably can’t eat me… I wonder how my weak [...]
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It’s been a couple weeks, and we’re already about a quarter way into this show. I wrote mainly about the art style and potential for things to get interesting in my post on the first episode, and episode 3 saw this show make good on that potential. Now, this should be assumed for any episodic [...]
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Well another week has passed and its time for another amazing episode of Madoka…and boy what an amazing episode this was….and did it give me mixed emotions… (P.S this post is quite a long summary so i apologize but this episode warrants it) After watching this episode what i really want to say is F*****K [...]
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As one who champions creator's intent in interpreting anime, I'd been curious about why this show was so blatanly subversive when the creators had so clearly stated that it wouldn't be. According to ringOtomegane, that question has been answered: SHAFT trolled us all.
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