Puella Magi Madoka Magica

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Wow. Everyone needs to watch this show. I haven't seen any series this good since Lain in 2007. I would seriously put this up there with shows like Now and then, Lain and Paranoia Agent.

I'm not interested in Magical Girl shows and I don't think I've ever watched one start to finish and yet this still effected me so much. I'm really convinced by this that any genre can produce compelling stories with substance if there's enough thought invested.

A lot of people have compared this to Bokurano and I understand why but I'd say it's actually a lot better than Bokurano. Bokurano had very little character development due to the plot and a lot of the subplots and backstory were pointless and uninteresting. Madoka doesn't have a single wasted episode and each one had you wanting to move onto the next straight away.

Another problem with Bokurano was I found the characters emotional interaction very unconvincing. A lot of anime have the problem of characters having unrealistic emotional reactions (usually in terms of being overdramatic). Madoka looks like the type of show that should suffer from that problem especially, but it doesn't. There's so much emotion and it's all completely believable and appropriate.

Also the soundtrack is fantastic and I loved that End of Eva homage in the last episode.

Again, everyone should watch this.
 
I keep hearing people talk about Madoka Magicka, but never bothered checking it out myself.

@Josh: Look at various legally ambigous sites that shall not be named-lest-I-want-the-forums-to-get-sued, for it.
 
I remember the 1st time I watched the first episode that I was so impressed with the art design from the opening scenes, to the cool magical power of Mami's muskets.

When watching Arakawa Under The Bridge x Bridge the adverts started to give us glimpses of the characters and it's lighthearted setting, I generally thought that this would be a Magical Girl comedy at the start but that turned out wrong.

There are many words I can describe my experience watching Puella Magi Madoka Magica "awesome, shocking, tense, beautiful", I would even go so far to call it one of the best anime that has aired in recent years (although I now have to take Steins;Gate into consideration).

I would explain this but that would go into spoilers, even at it's early stage, if you ever get a chance to watch the series on it's US release, then watch it when you get the chance.

I think most of the members on here know my fandom for the series anyway. :D
 
I was planning on skipping this originally since it looked annoying and I don't like the character designs *ducks* but I'm planning to pick it up from R1 when it's out now. And no doubt I'll be disappointed after the insane level of hype, but you never know.

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I probably should watch this, if only to see what all the fuss is about, but when I tried, I honestly couldn't get past the opening sequence. I know it's not a typical magical girl show, but I just couldn't hack it at all.
 
Professor Irony said:
I probably should watch this, if only to see what all the fuss is about, but when I tried, I honestly couldn't get past the opening sequence. I know it's not a typical magical girl show, but I just couldn't hack it at all.
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The first two episodes are not indicative of the other ten and the opening sequence certainly isn't.

Just to expand on what I said initially, I feel that the real brilliance of Madoka is that it isn't brilliant. It doesn't feel deeply inspired or a work of conviction. It just lacks all the flaws that many current anime have (e.g. sentimentaity, sexism, incomplete endings). It's like the creators said "All these other shows are tripping up here, here and here. Why don't we try and actually avoid those things in our show".
 
I don't really "do" fansubs so I'll have to wait until Aniplex USA put it out in R1-land.

But I dunno... all these years I've steadfastly avoided all magical girl shows, even the ones supposed to be "different" (Cardcaptor Sakura, Sugar Sugar Rune, Princess Tutu, Nanoha) so I'll have to overcome my phobia first.
 
Some people say it is an outstanding anime series.

Some people might even say Episode 10 is "the best".

Anyone who doesn't at least try this has missed what I would call an "Event Anime" - the kind where you wish you had been there watching it with everyone else, even if you didn't like it and never spoke to anyone else about it.
 
I liked it before you did.

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So good.
 
Until such time as it gets an affordable physical release, I will be passing on this. I only watch anime online when I want to see if a show is worth buying and even then I only watch an episode or so.
 
fabricatedlunatic said:
I don't really "do" fansubs so I'll have to wait until Aniplex USA put it out in R1-land.
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What? Fansubs help... ah screw it. Wait years and years for stuff that won't be released for ages :V *cough*AnoHana*cough*


Speaking of which, I haven't seen it yet due to waiting, instead of having to do the same thing twice. Should be able to at the end of this month along with Infinite Stratos, Korean Zombies and the rest of Index >_<
 
Paradox295 said:
fabricatedlunatic said:
I don't really "do" fansubs so I'll have to wait until Aniplex USA put it out in R1-land.
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What? Fansubs help... ah screw it. Wait years and years for stuff that won't be released for ages :V *cough*AnoHana*cough*


I'm waiting for BDrips. Should come out at the end of this month along with Infinite Stratos, Korean Zombies and the rest of Index >_<
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I think at this stage most people let obviously-based-on-watching-fansubs slide. Talking about pirating retail products is not quite as cool.
 
Paradox295 said:
What? Fansubs help... ah screw it. Wait years and years for stuff that won't be released for ages :V *cough*AnoHana*cough*
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I don't want to bang the "I've been an anime fan for aaaaaages" drum but I'm part of the pre-digisub generation who couldn't take what they wanted when they wanted it, and thus I don't have a problem waiting. Anyway, during those couple of years it takes for a series to be released I'll be catching up with what everyone was watching two years previously :p
 
I love Fabby for his old school values. I actually wish I had been around in the pre-2000s era. In fact, I wish it was still then, now.

Paradox295 said:
ilmaestro said:
I think at this stage most people let obviously-based-on-watching-fansubs slide. Talking about pirating retail products is not quite as cool.
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Fixed :lol:
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That's the same? Is that the joke?
 
ilmaestro said:
I love Fabby for his old school values. I actually wish I had been around in the pre-2000s era. In fact, I wish it was still then, now.

Paradox295 said:
ilmaestro said:
I think at this stage most people let obviously-based-on-watching-fansubs slide. Talking about pirating retail products is not quite as cool.
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Fixed :lol:
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That's the same? Is that the joke?
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Really? Why?

Also, check my previous post.
 
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