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| Woah, people actually reply to my ramblings? That's a suprise. You know, you two could just think "geez, what's that person rambling about, I'm not even going to reply to that! Why should I even read her opinions in the first place!" (Well, I would've think that anyway haha. No reason to reply at someone's ramblings right folks.) I even don't know myself why I even posted my shit here in the first place when I think about it. I'll admit, I kind of regret it now. But oh well, I'm going to reply to you two because I have nothing better to do anyway. @aoumi: Yep, it got tons of awards and blabla because people these days don't think anymore about what exactly they're watching. Congratulations, you're ABSOLUTELY right about that! I think you should get an award for that. No, wait, you should be a record-holder for that comment, holy pee. (And now you're thinking "wait, does this person actually know what a record-holder is?" Just calm down and take a deep breath, I was just playing with your own words a little bit. *wink*) But tell me, because it got tons of awards and a lot more of shit I should just kept my mouth shut because HEY, IT GOT TONS OF AWARDS AND IT'S A RECORD-HOLDER AND WHAT DO I KNOW MORE ANYWAY SO YEAH NOBODY CARES IF SOMEONE DOESN'T LIKE IT. Does awards say ANYTHING? Does record-holders say ANTHING? Does everyone like something because it got an award? Does everyone like something because it is a record-holder? I think you know the answer yourself already. All humans are different, thus mean we also have different tastes. If something gets an award or is a record-holder or whatever doesn't automatically mean everyone likes it. But hey, you're already 25, I think you could knew that as well ain't I right. DID I say I can do anything about it? NO. I just wanted to post my opinion. Do you know what forums are for, aoumi? You probably do. Next time you're posting an opinion about something will I say the same harsh thing to you? No, I won't. Because this world is free and we're free to say and think, even if there are a few countries where this isn't the case. (Stupidly enough. Although, if you think about, every country isn't demographic even though they pretend they are... but that's a little off-topic.) I did, I repeat, I *DID* say that I wanted that people just to think a liiiiiiitle bit, even if it's a tiiiiiiiiny liiiiiiiitle bit what exactly they were watching. Look, I even copied for you: The fans of this anime probably didn't think afterwards and just go blindly after their instincts on how they enjoyed this anime. THAT'S what I said. I *DIDN'T* said I can do anything about it. I also *DIDN'T* say every fan of this anime is stupid or whatever, why should I anyway? They like this anime and as I said this is a free world. So tell me, how did I sounded "butthurted"? (Urban language is a pretty cool language isn't it? It make you sound pretty tough. Woah!) Oh, I just sounded "butthurted" because I actually dare to post my opinions on a forum? Because oh nooo, that's not what forums aren't for of course, they're for small talks and shit like that. No no no, posting opinions is ABSOLUTELY wrong on a forum. You're right, I agree, next time I won't post opinions on a forum anymore, okay? Yes, I will take a deep breath and move on, indeed! Because posting opinions WHERE YOU DON'T AGREE WITH(!) sounds like I'm "butthurted" anyway. Flawless logic, you should get an award for that! And feel free to reply to this, but I don't really care anymore because I'm wondering why I left my opinion on this forum anyway. I'll probably read your reply if I don't forget it, but don't think and expect I'll reply back. Besides that, I don't think the moderators would like if there's a discussion like this floated around their forum. Peace. :) And @Omniknight: I posted a reply in your profile. I think it was better to do that, maybe you'll understand when you read the message. |
| It wasn't just an impartial opinion. The fans of this anime probably didn't think afterwards and just go blindly after their instincts on how they enjoyed this anime. But if you think about, a lot of things don't make sense in this anime. I don't think people should feel guilty for liking it, nor did they "go blindly after their instincts on how they enjoyed this anime". Madoka fans are the same as any other anime fans. If you didn't like it, then you didn't like it and nothing will change that - same with the people who liked it. To me it seems you are concerned that people like too much something you didn't; you were basically saying "Look, how can you be so stupid as to like something that doesn't make much sense to me?" So the point of my post was that you should just get over it and move on to other anime you like. I also don't get why K-On is popular, but I don't try to convince its fans they are wrong to like it, only because it looks meaningless to me. If it's successful, then it's for a reason. Not to say you tried to backup your opinion citing two fail trolls...  |
| @zonak Firstly, two flaws are already in Archaeon's review. Seriously, teenage boys are also emotionally unstable. Sure, it's different than girls, but they still undergo problems. It's SO incredible stupid. The Incubators COULD also have experimented on boys just like they did with girls. Both what you and Archaeon missed from Kyubey's explanation in the show is that Kyubey NEVER DENIED that they could harvest energy from boys. Kyubey stated that his race discovered that emotions can be converted into useful energy, and that his race searched across the universe, looking at many species, till they found humans and deemed them the most efficient race at creating energy. Kyubey then states that pre-pubescent girls are the most EFFICIENT for harvesting energy within the human race. As for why that is so, who knows, but it does not deny the possibility that boys COULD have been harvested for energy and/or may have been experimented on in the past. While Kyubey could have gone a bit into detail about this, it is not a NECESSARY element to be explained in regards to the plot of Madoka. And then there are a lot of other flaws, for example the whole "Madoka becomes a God(dess)" thing... um, hello? And this is where you just take things out of proportion. For one, Kyubey said Madoka has the power to become "a god", not "GOD." "A god" does not necessarily have the power of GOD. "A god" implies an entity that possess powers beyond our own human capabilities and understanding. But gods are not necessarily "all-powerful" or "omnipotent" like "GOD". Madoka has limited powers in what she can do as a "goddess." The only things she can do is erase witches from existence, and bring the souls of magical girls to her realm, that is it. While she did re-create the universe ONCE because of her wish and because the wish needed for that to happen, she can't re-create the universe again and can't do anything else besides what I just stated. Whether "GOD" actually exists is irrelevant. Whether the Big Bang Theory or God created the universe is irrelevant. Who created the Incubators, or why are there Incubators at all, and how they came to be are IRRELEVANT to Madoka and it's plot. Those questions you ask are never raised from the anime itself, are completely unnecessary, and do not need to be answered or explained. Another flaw is the whole energy thing about the universum... energy what? Kyubey states himself that the Incubators are a highly advanced alien race that possess highly advanced technology, technology that human's can't understand. Just because it "looks" like magic when the Incubator's grant wishes to magical girls does not mean it is. It is not stated directly in the show, but just analyzing for a bit, it's easy to conclude that a magical girl's wish actually comes FROM THEIR OWN POWER, not the Incubator's themselves. The Incubator's merely UNLOCK the girl's magical potential and help them unleash it in a controlled manner, letting their wish be granted. Exactly how do they do this, we don't exactly know, but as stated before, they are a HIGHLY ADVANCED ALIEN RACE who's technology far surpasses our understanding that it seems like "magic" to us. If the Incubator's actually had MAGICAL POWER, then they could have taken care of the Entropy problem without the help of magical girls. The fact that they need magical girls pretty much shows that they don't have powers at all, just highly advanced technology. About Entropy, while Kyubey's explanation may not be entirely accurate, do you actually think a 14 year old girl would actually understand a well-detailed, full explanation on how entropy works? Hell no. He could be just using a layman's explanation so Madoka could understand his intentions better. And about entropy being used in the show altogether. Part of Kyubey's role in the anime is to show how "alien" he really is compared to humanity, and how we cannot simply understand him and his race. I would be willing to bet that the overwhelming majority of humans do not care for Entropy or the Heat Death of the Universe. Yet the Incubators do. Why? They have reasons as stated in the anime, but we can't understand that reasoning. Because we can't understand Kyubey's motivations, along with the fact that his race does not possess "human emotions," he comes across as very "alien" towards us. The actual mechanics of Entropy is NOT what is important in the plot of Madoka. The fact that it's the Incubator's CAUSE to delay Entropy and the Heat Death of the Universe is what's important, as that's what makes him so alien to us and why we can't agree with him and understand him. I'll state this again like a did above. The Incubator's discovered that emotions can be converted into energy, that same energy also being magic, and use their technology to release that energy for use against entropy. They find that humans are most efficient for this process, as it's stated in the anime that they looked at many species across the universe till they discovered humans. And within humans, pre-pubescent girls are most efficient in creating energy. All of this is plausible within the boundaries of the anime set's itself within it's universe. If you can't suspend your disbelief on this part of the show, especially when the show is about magic, I can't help you there. As for the rest of your other complaints, they were addressed by Omniknight. |
Riga92Dec 26, 2011 3:33 AM
| @Zonak Now that we have a discussion, we highlight another main reason why it was so fun to watch it. It wasn't only the episode that was fun to watch, it was reading people's interpretation of what was happening, why it is happening and what will happen. I will agree with you that the criteria of a good anime is not necessarily the number of awards it gets. In my opinion, I see those awards as deserving, but that are countless examples of animes who have won awards that I don't simply believe they deserve. Popularity does not necessarily imply quality, but there is a high correlation. About Haruhi, one would think you would compare an anime you don't like (Madoka) to one that you do (Haruhi). Having mentioned it, it is simply an inference I made and apparently it was a wrong one. But whether you like Haruhi really isn't the point here. It is inevitable that people will make inference on what they read and see. If you read and watch things at face value, you miss a lot of the references, symbolism and thematic imagery. About your analysis on fiction, you basically answered your own question. It doesn't matter what an astronomer would think if he would analyze this anime in terms of real world physics because it's fiction! No need to elaborate more on that point. About your point on the writer to explain everything, does everything need to be explained. Does Tolkien need to explain how dragon can fly or how Gandalf's white shirt can remain impeccably clean after a bloody battle? Does he need to explain the biological process in which the orcs are born? Does Rowling need to explain intricacies of how the wand chooses its master? It JUST HAPPENS! Do we need to know why? It would be nice, but we really don't. The only thing that limits what can happen is the boundaries of the world set by the writers. In a world of magic, I would not question the observation that Homura can store the arsenal of a small country within her shield, a feat which would be highly improbably in the real world. Yet, it fits within her abilities as a mage and thus, it is not questioned. About your point on the wish, Kyubey granted a wish that was able to alter the universe. Perhaps the explanation is because Incubators cannot grant their own wishes. Just like the genie in Aladdin, why can't he simply wish himself out of the lamp? Also, you could see in episode 11 that Kyubey was surprised himself to see that he could grant such a wish, so you are not the only one surprised. Is it a little out there? Yes. But if Kyubey can grant the wish of time travel, why can't he grant the wish of omnipotence? Your argument about how we should not write about things in fiction in which we don't understand is truly flawed and the idea that "all stories we try to write are crap because humans CAN'T make other worlds because they simply DON'T EXIST". Fiction allows you to transcend the boundaries of reality to imagine the impossible. And the beautiful thing about good fiction is that even in these fanciful, physics-breaking worlds, there is a message that is rooted deeply in the real one. The excerpt I quoted from that blog summarized it nicely. Madoka is basically an anime about the power of hope. On a side note, perhaps we should point out to the producers of Back to the Future that time travel is scientifically impossible due to second law of thermodynamics. About your comment on people liking this on instinct, may I point out there are tons of people who have argued back and forth, back and forth on this subject and from what I see, most of it isn't instinct. Thanks however for taking the time to respond. Hopefully, you will be able to the point out the shortcomings in what I have presented. The rest of the points, especially on why only girls are selected and your interpretation of God status in Madoka is wonderfully explained by Riga. |
OmniknightDec 26, 2011 10:51 AM
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| ...Huh. That end was not what I expected. I was always putting off watching this, because I thought it would just be another fanservice anime with little girls. But it was actually one of the most interesting things I watched in 2011, I think. |
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ycart59 said: ...Huh. That end was not what I expected. I was always putting off watching this, because I thought it would just be another fanservice anime with little girls. But it was actually one of the most interesting things I watched in 2011, I think. Yeah... I guess it was all part of the misleading campaign lol. xD I deleted the anime right after watching the OP, didn't even finish watching it. A few weeks later I downloaded it again, because I saw Yuki Kajiura was the composer and BOOM! Shinbo was just trolling with the hugging part in the OP!  |
I liked that part the most, the fact that incubators are the ones responsible for humanity's progress.  |
Something I noticed while re-watching episode two.. Seems like Madoka already had a costume ready for her Goddess form.. |
| Proud mama and papa of Misha Yuuki* (02-01-2014 - 22-01-2014) Thank you for the wonderful twenty days you gave us. <3 One day we will meet again.. |
| Yeah, it was drawn by Aoi Yuuki, Madoka's seiyuu. ^^ |
| 7/10 I honestly thought with all this hype this would be an epic show and whatnot, guess I was wrong. Still decent none the less.. |
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| This anime was much better than I expected. The mystery phase of the story that gradually discloses everything about Kyubei's motivations and the true nature of magical girls and witches led nicely to the conflict phase when the revelations turned out to be the unpleasant truths they were. At first it was on the scale of individual girls getting tricked to meet a terrible fate and later even something that destroys earth in the end. The story moved smoothly like this and kept picking up more and more in terms of what was at stake. The conflict was in the end resolved in a way that felt pretty detached from much of the main thematic content of the anime but not too much since it also had its compromises. What made this series somewhat unenjoyable to me is how unnatural character behavior and development in general was. I didn't feel attached to any of the characters which made the emotional aspect of the anime much lower than it would have been with better written characters. There also were lots of pretty clumsy and weird parts in the setting and story that were a bit distracting. Even with its shortcomings the visuals and soundtrack during scenes with witches, the sheer epic scale of story and the ability to be truly thought provoking deserve a high score. 8/10 |
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| That was a great ending to the show. After all the depression and endless repeats Homura went through there had to be something to stop the cycle. I liked the ending, even though it had a sad undertone that no one really remembered that Madoka sacrificed herself for everyone. This is without doubt the anime that surprised me the most this year and was totally awesome from start to finish. Second season? I think this stands alone well but I wouldn't say no to seeing Homura's epic bow if a suitable storyline goes with it! |
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| I really liked it, at times I was thinking I might give this a 10, but ended up giving it a 9. Weird that the top 2 anime of 2011(steins;gate is the other one) used time travel. Hopefully they don't overdo that in 2012... I even put one of my favourite parts as my avatar. |
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| This ending is well done. That's all it is though. The actual ending itself is no different from other series of the same genre. I predicted that it would have this kind of ending before i even started watching the show, due to the genre, however i had my doubts considering people kept saying this is a masterpiece. The first 4 episodes were not very good at all. Yes, the third episode had someone killed off, but the only reason people tripped so much is because it usually never happens in this genre. Big deal? That doesn't change the fact it happens in almost every single other Anime. People die in Anime all the time. Episode 5-11 were good, hell some of them were even great. However, the main character being COMPLETELY useless for the entire show but the last episode was just ridiculous in my opinion. Any other character in the show could have replaced her, and done the same thing she did. Overall, the show was good. I give it credit for twisting the genre with a more mature approach. 7/10 |
| loved it!!! just so sad that madoka gave up her worldly existence for everyone else's happiness, a really bittersweet ending |
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| i loved the ending, almost made me cry when it was over 9/10, good series. hopefully there will never be a season two because it would just ruin everything |
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| @Silver_Rain -- Nope no plans for season 2 as of now, but we have 3 upcoming movies announced, first 2 recap + a new one. :< |
| Like Neon Genesis Evangelion, I believe this show inherently is a masterpiece and is absolutely wonderful. I would not recommend it to everyone, but if you are open-minded and would like a show that is more thought-provoking than entertaining, check this out. With regards to plot though, Steins;Gate is a tier above Madoka Magica imo, but both are simply brilliant and it turns out 2011 did produce some very great shows. Bravo. |
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| 10/10 finished it in 1 day aswel... was great no wonder it was so popular lol should of watched it back at the start of 2011 when it was airing... the plot was different reminded me of stein gate but shorter. Can't wait for the movies hope that third movie will be good |
| Unexpected ending, the impact of Madoka's wish was incredible. I got a NGE feeling from it too what with the reshaping of the universe and Madoka becoming a sacrificing herself to become a high power. It's been a very satisfying anime for me and I'm glad i watched it. The show turned out to be much darker than I initially thought after seeing the artwork for it. Looking forward to the movie trilogy. |
| A fitting end to the series 4/5. I've been wary of overhyped shows for the past few years, as they are almost always a serious letdown. Madoka isn't the flawless perfection of anime, but it's a very a good show, I liked it. 8/10. |
| Just watched it again for the millionth time. Madoka's mom referring to the ribbon always gets me. "If I had a daughter, I'd get one for her" T___T |
| Just finished it for the 2nd time today... Such a brilliant series. Manly tears were shed. |
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ImperialX said: This will answer all your questions. http://imperialx.wordpress.com/2011/04/22/madoka-doesnt-need-a-sequel-to-explain-itself/ Thanks a lot, this basically cleared up all the questions I had. I'm just confused about one thing. Homura said to Madoka's mother "I'm not sure. I think I kind of remember hearing about her." Was she lying about this or does she barely remember Madoka like everyone else? |
| Uh, cried like crazy during the last episode. *Sniff* But it left me quite confused. I got the feeling, that whatever Madoka did with her wish, it was ALL FOR, nothing. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! Homura continues to live in the timeline where Madoka became a Puella Magi, but in that timeline the evil still exists, not in the form of witches, they were just replaced with demons! That pisses me off, Homura will keep on fighting forever, until she dies. (Doesn't become a witch, yay...) So it was all for nothing, when thinking about her situation. Sucks ass, what the fuck are those demons supposed to be? Does the series just try to say, that there will always be evil, no matter what happened? No matter what wish was made true? And then Madoka became a god and disappeared in some of her own created dimensions. No actually it's said there that she's in every timeline and every dimension. So, she just floats there for all eternity, without even making the evil go away!?! WHAT THE HELL. What did she accomplish? I don't goddamn get it. Is it a happy ending? To see Homura in the new created dimension where she knows the name "Madoka" but doesn't know the meaning? So Madoka was able to create a new dimension where there's no evil, like witches or demons & whatever other bad-fags, was the last scene about that? And she will die in the dimension where Madoka became the Puella Magi? I'm quite confused. I hope Homura lives happily in the new dimension. |
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Sebulon said: And then Madoka became a god and disappeared in some of her own created dimensions. No actually it's said there that she's in every timeline and every dimension. So, she just floats there for all eternity, without even making the evil go away!?! WHAT THE HELL. What did she accomplish? Well I think she doesn't exist in story's dimension anymore but she still exists in another to take away the despair of other magic girls. This is shown in the last scene; when Homura is almost out of magic and she's filled with despair (depicted by the witch looking aura from her wings), Madoka says to her "keep it up." She smiles and dies happily in battle. That's what that scene seems to show anyways. |
iNinjaMan said: Hmm, okay. I read that article that ImperialX posted, I think I kinda get it now. :) Thanks!Sebulon said: And then Madoka became a god and disappeared in some of her own created dimensions. No actually it's said there that she's in every timeline and every dimension. So, she just floats there for all eternity, without even making the evil go away!?! WHAT THE HELL. What did she accomplish? Well I think she doesn't exist in story's dimension anymore but she still exists in another to take away the despair of other magic girls. This is shown in the last scene; when Homura is almost out of magic and she's filled with despair (depicted by the witch looking aura from her wings), Madoka says to her "keep it up." She smiles and dies happily in battle. That's what that scene seems to show anyways. |
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| I have never had this difficult to decide on a grade. ep 10 was probably one of the best episodes I've ever seen in any anime. But the rest wasn't really "masterpiece" material. I'll give it a 9. Too bad every episode were not as good as episode 10. 5/5 Sent with Mal Updater |
SergioSource said: Why not wish for the Incubators to never have showed up on the planet? It was hinted in the anime that if Madoka wished for incubators to never have come to our planet, this would undo thousands of years of human progress and we'd simply go back to the stone age, so she thought of a way to deceive the system and succeeded. |
| Mm, interesting anime, certainly not the typical magical girl stuff you see today. Worth seeing imo. |
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| I was distracted by the soaps on TV when watching this. Maybe that's why I'm so confused by it. (Ben killed Heather, if anyone's interested :) |
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Sir_Lexa said: I have never had this difficult to decide on a grade. ep 10 was probably one of the best episodes I've ever seen in any anime. But the rest wasn't really "masterpiece" material. I'll give it a 9. Too bad every episode were not as good as episode 10. 5/5 Sent with Mal Updater There is no anime episode that exists that is better than Madoka 10 =D Steins Gate had a few that came close though in its second half. |
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| Goddamn epic. That's what this is. Anyone who says different is a fool. |
| So i thought i read what everyone thought abut that ending, but seriously, 43 pages? Anyways, the explanation linked right at the beginning clarified some stuff, but it mostly confirmed my thoughts. I guess thats the happiest ending possible without ignoring everything the series was about. Though Madoka changed the universe, she was compared to God several times..she *could* have wished for the entropy not to exist and stuff. It would be a 200 pages long wish to cover every kind of shady deal..but it would have been possible for her. Not really a happy ending, but not a really sad one, either. It's an interesting take, but it also leaves something to be desired because of this. Everyone happy - yay. Everyone dead - *cry*. This* I don't know. Probably as unsure about it as the girls in the anime most of the time..which kinda fits.. *edit* And then my signature doesn't get displayed right for me, so i go to myanimegraph to check what's up, misstype something slightly and get a 404 with Kuybey as background.. |
NwAurionMar 28, 2012 6:20 PM
| I guess I was wrong about Madoka becoming a witch and destroying the world, but she did have to destroy the universe to fix everything. It was an okay ending. I expected a longer fight scene, and maybe another twist. |
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| Cried. Oh God. ;w; I love how Madoka, who for most of the series just followed everyone around, crying, eventually becomes... this. And it was first aired on Good Friday? Coincidence much? Homura's new powers are amazing. I have no idea what's with the wings, but I love them... and she has Madoka's bow! Ahhh... I actually cried when she was talking with Sayaka. I've never cried at an anime before. =w= Amazing... it was sort of bittersweet, but I think Madoka did improve the world. It's not like we know much about the new demons, but it seems better than witches. A really beautiful ending. I have a feeling this will stay one of my favourites for a long time. |
Vapz said: Cried. Oh God. ;w; I love how Madoka, who for most of the series just followed everyone around, crying, eventually becomes... this. And it was first aired on Good Friday? Coincidence much? Homura's new powers are amazing. I have no idea what's with the wings, but I love them... and she has Madoka's bow! Ahhh... I actually cried when she was talking with Sayaka. I've never cried at an anime before. =w= Amazing... it was sort of bittersweet, but I think Madoka did improve the world. It's not like we know much about the new demons, but it seems better than witches. A really beautiful ending. I have a feeling this will stay one of my favourites for a long time. Here's to hoping there will be another anime to outshine Madoka. Really, none of them have even come close so far... This Spring is especially dry (Fate Zero is good, but the pacing is pretty terrible). |
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| Congratulations Madoka, you just fucked up the universe. |
| Nice ending, kind of bittersweet if you ask me. I like the fact that they aired it on Good Friday, that was a very nice touch. Madoka Magica started out a bit boring for me, and I still don't like some of the arts in the witch worlds. My attitude towards the anime slowly changed with all the realistic things they added making it a unique Mahou Shoujo anime. I think the idea of not making Madoka a Puella Magi till the very end was also a nice idea. The characters were mostly okay, with Homura and Madoka as exceptions. Homura and Madoka are both my favorites in the anime. Homura for being cool and doing everything for Madoka, and Madoka for being an all-around nice person who had to go through a lot and sacrificing herself for everyone in the world. She looked beautiful as the goddess (her white dress) Also, Kyuubey can go to hell! The soundtrack was also nice, I especially like the ending theme (the one in all episodes). While it was a really good series with interesting ideas I can't give it anything higher than 8. I feel like it is a bit too overrated... Sorry, that's just my two cents. I should also point out that I liked some similarities with Steins;Gate (people who saw both know what I'm talking about). Though I like that more than Madoka Magica I can't compare them as some people do because they are both so different, like two seperate worlds. Anyway, this was a very good series (which imo doesn't need a sequel) and it gets an 8/10 from me. |
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Ajunky said: I finally decided to watch this... that was quite the trip. I won't try to describe it since I'll just fail. Just one thing, no matter what anyone says, Kyubey is evil, a necessary evil perhaps, but still evil... Anyway... there's something I didn't quite get, why is the anime named Mahou Shouko Madoka Magica? What does Madoka mean? >.> ... It's the name of the main character... |
| Just finished watching this and damn, I'm blown away. I'm glad someone posted that ending analysis on the first page or else I'd be racking my brain right now trying to connect the dots myself. I loved the ending and the anime in general, which is funny, cause after the first ep thought that it might not be for me, what with all the inital cheeryness (hah, I feel stupid using the word cheery to describe this anime, such deception) and weird art style in the witch barriers and stuff, and then, by like episode 4 or 5, I was completely hooked. Good thing I don't drop anime, well at least not yet. Now I'm sad it's over, I mean, I only started watching anime again about a month or two ago, and I haven't seen much yet, but this takes my top spot so far. Absolutely amazing. |
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