Puella Magi Madoka Magica

2011

Seasons & Episodes

  • 1

8.2| 0h30m| TV-14| en
Synopsis

She has a loving family and best friends, laughs and cries from time to time... Madoka Kaname, an eighth grader of Mitakihara middle school, is one of those who lives such a life. One day, she had a very magical encounter. She doesn't know if it happened by chance or by fate yet. This is a fateful encounter that can change her destiny. This is a beginning of the new story of the magical witch girls.

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Brightlyme i know i wasted 90 mins of my life.
Kaydan Christian A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.
Asad Almond A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.
Ortiz Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.
invisibleunicornninja I got exactly 14 minutes and 38 seconds into episode one before quitting. It extremely boring. There is no visual style other than everyone having a squashed face for some reason. I know that character development takes a while, but none of the characters are even the slightest bit interesting. The few conversations happening are boring. Everything about this nothing ball is just BORING!
cheekiechick88 This anime I truly believe is a masterpiece, however, it does not receive the review it deserves based on one misguided fact: that this is a series for children.Madoka Magica, is dark in its themes, it struggles with the definition of good and evil, right and wrong and even the existence of the human soul. It takes on tough issues and sadly these are thrust onto young pure-hearted girls, but their reactions are what give a main strength to the series. Though they are too young to deal with things that even adults run from that leads to an incredible amount of admiration from older audiences.However, though I said the series has dark themes, do not be mislead into thinking that it is not visually appealing, because it is. Oh god, it is.Adorable characters, wonderful weapons, skillful imagery as well as the battle scenes, even the bad guys we're meant to hate, draw us into masterpieces of art. The visual stimulus here is incredible and undoubtedly one of its major draw-cards.The story is skilfully done too, two young girls on the cusp of adulthood, open-minded and willing to do whatever they can to make the world a better place. But very soon they realise that 'give' results in 'take' and this new world they enter will give them a great gift, the power to fulfil any wish they desire, but in receiving the power to save the universe there is more sacrifice than they bargained for.If you like good looking animation, done up cute, and something that really draws you inside a well-constructed world - then give this a go! I recommend this to every single 16+ girl and guy that likes a bit of good-looking mind-bendiness. Younger audiences I give them caution, it's a great show, nothing sinister, however it deals with issues that the characters should not have to deal with in reality. There's a bit of psychology here that young audiences might not only find difficulty with understanding, but may find confronting.All in all - Ah - may - zing!!!
venusboys3 I started watching this knowing nothing except that it was a 'dark' magical girl series. I've never seen any of the magical girl stuff (unless Claymore counts?) so I had no idea of how it was using/subverting the usual tropes. Still, it was pretty amazing... and very dark. By the time I got to the 9th episode I was feeling pretty distraught over the fates of all the characters and how awful the whole system was. One thing that particularly stood out for me was the animation and the various styles to represent the bizarre Witches and the Labyrinths they create. While the main characters usually remain in regular anime mode everything else becomes a wild collage of symbols and strange creatures that symbolize the Witch and her obsessions. Each one seems to be a mysterious story unto itself. Don't let the cutesy character designs fool you though... this isn't for kids, both because it's so disturbing and also because I don't think they'd really understand it once the true nature of the magical girls starts to come out.
bonanue I didn't like it at all. The humor is for kids. Sailor moon came to my mind more than twice. The music wasn't for adults or even teenagers. I've seen nothing special in this series... and I prefer not to say anything about the "enemies" that appear... dear lord If you are tired of the new anime generation where there's a little girl that is reaaaally shy, the dialogs are meaningless and supposed to be funny, this is not for you. The plot may be interesting, but they have choose a very poor way to tell it. Also the powers are lame. The 5 first minutes looked good but then they started with the yelling, the "smiling to the camera", the huge pistol trick with shining rays.. no thank you