But then I had to give it a second look. And now that I've completed it within a day I just have to say: It's a masterpiece.
The producers take the genre magical girl and create something much more.
It's an anime full of death, pain, sadness and the question "What's the value of a single human life?"
Don't be shocked from the first impression. The anime isn't what he may look like the first time you see it.
To the art: It's impressive, the girls themselves look like any girls from another magical girl anime, but the enviroment (especially the other "world") looks like it's taken from a newspaper and being put in this anime. The enemies look like from a horror anime or movie as well. When I saw the first witch I knew that I want to watch the anime till the end.
To the story: I don't want to spoiler anyone so I'll try not to do. Like I said before, it's like a very very dark version of a magical girl anime. The girls have to suffer great physical and even psychological damage through the anime. They have to learn the value of their own and other people's lifes.
To the sound: I just love the soundtrack chosen for this anime. It's just like the soundtrack in a good horror movie: They chose the right music for the right situation. The only thing I didn't like was the opening, cause because of the opening I thought it would be another crappy anime again.
To the characters: Well, the only thing I'll give a 9. The characters are well developed, but I think the bound between some of them are too great. Some of them know each other for a month or less and even so they think of each other as good friends. It's a bit too much, but except for this ..the characters are great too.
To the enjoyment: I watched the anime on one day. I just had too...after the first three episodes I was excited. I really enjoyed it till the very end and I would recommend everyone to watch this anime.
Overall: Well 10/10 points for sure. I think it's genius to make such a philosophical anime out of a genre like magical girls.
