Alternative TitlesJapanese: マドラックス
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Type: TV
Episodes: 26
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 5, 2004 to Sep 27, 2004
Duration:
24 min. per episode Rating:
R - 17+ (violence & profanity)
L represents licensing company
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Ranked: #19192
Popularity: #870
Members: 13,565
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SynopsisIn the country of Gazth-Sonika, civil war rages. There, a mercenary called Madlax plies her trade, with almost supernatural skill. In the seemingly peaceful country of Nafrece, Margaret Burton lives a tranquil life. As separate as their lives may seem, the two are connected by ties of mystery, and by a holy book that is also sought by the shadowy organisation, Anfan. As Margaret and Madlax follow the path of their destiny, they come ever closer to uncovering the truth - with no guarantee that it is a truth they can bear to learn.
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ErikaHanazono
48 of 64 people found this review helpful
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26 of 26 episodes seen
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| Overall |
8 |
| Story |
7 |
| Animation |
8 |
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10 |
| Character |
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| Enjoyment |
8 |
Story:: The story is quite slow paced, as it is in all of Bee-Train's "Girls with Guns" anime, but once the plot picks up...it REALLY picks up. I, personally, was sort of confused with the plot and had to re-watch the last few episodes to really understand what was going on. It is quite good though, and keeps you interested with its twists and turns, especially for the last six episodes or so.
Art:: The animation for the most part is smooth and flows quite well, especially during action sequences. There were a few episodes where some things just looked out of place though, like single strands of 3-D hair flowing from 2-D character's faces. Other then these sorts of little things though, the art is quite good.
Sound:: The soundtrack of Madlax is one of the best anime soundtracks I've ever heard. With vocals, chanting, techno-esque beats and more, the tracks are a blast to listen to, used in the correct places, and really enhance the mood. The seiyuu's make the characters sound good and quite believable, but I personally favoured the English dub over the original Japanese cast. You can shoot me for that if you want. The English VA's just made the characters of the show feel more realistic and believable then most dubs do.
Character:: The main characters in this show are quite likable and well developed, and it feels easy to relate to some of them. We see most of the main character's pasts, what drives them on to do what they do, their relationships with other characters, things like that. Another plus is that none of the characters in this show are really annoying, the exception being the main villain, Monday Friday. His way of doing things just really bothered me for some reason. So overall, the characters are pretty good.
Enjoyment:: As I said before, this show starts out slow, so you may find it boring in between plot points. But the action sequences that are in this show, although they're sort of exaggerated, are very entertaining to watch. Overall though, it was a very entertaining series, which I could probably re-watch a few more times before getting bored with it.
Overall:: This show is definitely not for everyone because of it's slow pace, but once you get past that, it really is a good anime with mostly good points, that'll have you wanting more in the end. read more
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Tasogare
16 of 26 people found this review helpful
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26 of 26 episodes seen
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| Overall |
8 |
| Story |
8 |
| Animation |
8 |
| Sound |
10 |
| Character |
8 |
| Enjoyment |
8 |
Madlax’s similarities to Noir kind of turned some people off, and it really IS like Noir. Except I found it better, and quite different in enough aspects to make it worth watching. It’s not JUST a repeat of Noir. Trust me.
Alright, so the plot started out a bit slow, and that was kind of annoying. At 26 episodes, it drags. But if it had been condensed into 13, it wouldn’t have fit. So 26 it is. It is infuriating how it takes forever for the characters to meet up, but our interest is maintained through means of some pretty cool gunfights. When things eventually do start to happen though, Madlax begins to shine. It has a pretty interesting theme and the last few episodes were sad, but it’s good drama. It ended well and had an overall tight plot, despite the unanswered questions. Yes, it is like Noir in the sense that there’s this unsolved mystery and secret organization hanging over the whole thing and pulling the strings, but the mystery’s what kept me interested. It’s different from Noir in that while Noir focused on realism, this went the other way and tried to work on abstract imaginary premises.
Madlax has some great characters. My favourite has to be Madlax herself. I like her character design, I like her voice (Sanae Kobayashi is an underrated voice actor), and I like her personality (hardened by war, but still somehow a gentle person. Go fig. That’s an impressive control of emotions). On top of all that, she likes to fight in cocktail dresses. XD That’s never really explained properly, but it’s not overboard as fanservice, and it is pretty funny to watch. Her gun-wielding skills are far above realism, but then again, the entire show deals with surrealism. Margaret is just a tad annoying, but her voice actor portrays her well, and there’s notable character development there. Vanessa and Eleanor were both characters I couldn’t care less for at the beginning, but they gained my attention as the show progressed. Nakhl (Naharu) is another personal favourite of mine, even though all she does it walk around looking cool. She DOES look cool. The antagonist is hilariously lame. Heck, in short, the cast is great.
Music. It’s Kajiura, enough said. :P Okay, so while this isn’t my favourite Kajiura soundtrack, the OP is great and I love the two insert songs, “nowhere” and “I’m here”. I find it awesome how the titles are exact opposites of each other. Anyway, the sound is amazing, and a great backdrop for the dialogue and action. Watching Madlax shoot people isn’t nearly half as fun if your speakers are busted.
I loved Noir, but I think it was a bit rough around the edges and clumsy with plot development. Madlax has a tighter plot, better animation, a bigger, better-rounded cast, and a stronger conclusion. Worth watching if you like Noir, Kajiura, Bee Train, or gunfights. :) Or really mild yuri implications. I don’t know. It’s a plausible reason. XD
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These series are extremely similar, sharing the same formula of girls, guns and mystery, as well as a large portion of the crew involved. Madlax is the better of the two in my opinion - they're both slow to start, but Noir is a bit shorter on action and excitement until late in the show.
Girls and guns, Yuki Kajiura, same studio, similar plot line, same slow pacing.
Bee Train studio has a serie named "Girls with Guns", consisting of three animes - "Noir", "Madlax" and "El Cazador de la Bruja".
No common characters or plot, yet they are similar in fact that all they have girls with guns. :)
a very good anime, the story line is somehow the identical to Noir, the Sound Track is great too !
Both animes are produced by Bee Train and both are part of Bee train's Dramatic "Girls with Guns" Trilogy series,both deal with two completly unrealated girls who are both assasins but somehow are connected to each other when they search for the mysteriouse"Truth" when they're passes are revealed and eventually becomes an epic battle for "Truth',Trust",Betrayle,Friends against friends"and Foes and foes.
It's from the same anime studio, and the two anime shares many similaritys, like the story, the characters, the themes, but both of them are indeed very different though.
yuki kajiura during the action scenes, need i say more?...okay
both have the same emphasis on two women on some type of adventure, both have some secret organization that is causing all the trouble for these women, and both have the main storyline where two people are the chosen ones...but they forget that there is also one more
noir is more realistic , madlax has more action, but in my (professional) opinion noir is the more entertaining show
Similiar personalities from both protagonists. Both females with guns. Both composed music by Yuki Kajiura.
both of these anime's where done by the same people. but they are two different story types. also the are a darker type of anime. they are not a happy go lucky, but much more of a serious anime. they also a "girl with guns" type. always a good thing^^
Given that in the trilogy "girl with guns" includes three anime: Noir, Madlax & El Cazador de la Bruja, but I still want to compare it Noir with Madlax, because they are more similar to each other in terms of art / music / characters than
El Cazador de la Bruja.
In terms of plot, they are similar in that the girls - main characters are trying to measure his adventures to collect pieces of his memory, but their path is not simple because mysterious organization trying every way to prevent them from doing so.
For the rest, both of these anime have their inexpressible atmosphere of charm a "girl with a gun in his hand, instead of a handbag" (moreover, the girls in the movie might have been some maniacs-terrorists, and very feminine (^__^), what adds even more pleasure from viewing), that propels superb OSTs, and style / staging animation from BeeTrain.
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Girls with guns theme - One of the trilogy by Bee Train's Moshimo Koichi.
These series are extremely similar, sharing the same formula of girls, guns and mystery, as well as a large portion of the crew involved. El Cazador is the better of the two in my opinion - Madlax is fairly slow to start, but El Cazador offsets its slowness with a great sense of humor.
Both have girls and guns, Yuki Kajiura, same studio, similar plot line, and the same slow pacing.
If your a fan of Madlax and Noir. El Cazador de la Bruja is the perfect series for you. It is after all the third installment of the so-called "girls-with-guns genre." With Noir and Madlax being the first two.
a lone shooter girl who ends up aiding someone, the dramatic church music on some shows give you the same feeling.
Same autor, same philosofy. Great soundtrack from Yuki Kajiura. She's a genius!
And both are strange, unique and original anime. Better than the monotony of many anime today...
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Opening Theme"Hitomi no Kakera" (瞳の欠片, Fragments of a Gaze) by FictionJunction YUUKA
Ending Theme"Inside your heart" by FictionJunction YUUKA
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