By far the best quote i've seen in anime by far (im not telling you who said it cause it would be spoilers everywhere.)
But before you watch this series PLEAASE PLEASE don't let the PICTURE FOOL YOU. This by no means is some stereotypical Mahou Shoujo anime if anything it is almost the opposite.
Story-10
It's been a long time since I've watched something that has left me a strong impression and it reminds me of why I watched anime in the first place. Mahou SHoujo Madoka Magica is INSANELY good and basically feeds off of the audiences misunderstanding of what the anime was supposed to be. There are a few minor plot holes but nothing really major. That's all I can really say now without giving any spoilers.. I really don't even want to give the Synopsis because even that is misleading.
Story Comparison: Steins Gate
Art-10
The art is beautiful and the character designs are decently original. The art style is unique compared to other anime. Also as usual in anime the background and scenery are beautiful and match the situations almost to well....But what will impress you the most is the art style they went with to represent witches it's almost like a hallucination but even that has a bigger meaning to it then it seems.
Art style comparison: Soul Eater
Sound-10
The soundtrack is very VERY well done. Although in this anime they don't really use the music that much to add drama to dramatic scenes or reinforce the "feels" of the sadness. However in my opinion it is because they didn't need to. There was only One opening and 5 different endings. The opening is connect by ClariS. I can't really think of another kind of song that would have suited the anime any better.
Sound comparison: Guilty Crown
Character-10
I have no clue where to being with this.... all i can say is 3d. 3d characters everywhere. This i feel is where the anime shined the most is not only in character dynamic but character development. It is almost INSANE how well they did it. People may say OMG SO UNREALISTIC THERE IS NO WAY THEY WOULD ACT LIKE THAT IF I WERE THEM I'D ALREADY SUCKED IT UP AND MOVED ON AND THERE IS NO WAY THAT THEY WOULD REACT LIKE THAT THIS IS SO UNREALISTIC. To that.. I really try not to face palm. The character and plot is more realistic than it seems. Yes I am saying that in reality most people would react like the way the characters did to situations. Not only that but the characters almost serve the purpose of being "stereotypical" anime personalities just so they can show the audience what happens if they were put under a traumatic situation.
Character Comparison: hmmm...this is a hard one the closest so far would be Guilty Crown and probably a few others that are better examples.
Enjoyment-10
I would be lying if I didn't say my heart was racing while watching the anime. But my god. I did go into the anime with the misunderstanding that it was your "stereotypical" Mahou Shoujo anime. However I did enjoy it. I haven't enjoyed an anime this much since watching my first Studio Ghibli movie.
Overall-10
I would not recommend this to a friend/person who is just starting to watch anime or can breakdown easily. This will either for the person who is new to anime is what will get them to stop watching anime because of how intense it is or it will be total confusion for them because throughout the whole entire series they would be confused as to why the girls hair colour is pink, blue, red and why the heck is there a talking animal. However if your one of the people who is "sick" of moe anime please watch this. It will destroy your distaste to anime in the 20th century.
