Forum - View topicINTEREST: Madoka Magica Fans Get Ready for Anime Series Finale
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atunderdogk
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Well, I was quite serious. But I doubled checked and it was actually 3 1/2. I think the reason episode 3 didn't grab me was because spoiler[I didn't think the death would stick. It did catch me off guard but I thought someone would become a magical girl to wish her back. I guess thats what I get for growing up watching Dragonball Z. haha]
But I finished episode 4 and the 2nd half was intense. The show isn't what I initially expected and so far has been pretty good. And I like how it's not taking the obvious road like I thought above. I think the combination of magic girl and serious tone with the animation has me thrown for a loop. But I'm all for something a little different. I'm intrigued to see how this all ends. |
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jmaeshawn
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Lol...
Only in Japan can the excuse "I'm opening my store late so I can watch TV" be acceptable. In contrast, a US business can be permanently shut down if they aren't open during posted business hours for any reason. |
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Echo_City
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That's like saying I can be put into jail if I don't follow my Google Calendar schedule. More on topic, it looks like I was right to wait on getting into this show. |
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Godaistudios
Posts: 2075 Location: Albuquerque, NM (the land of entrapment) |
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Seen the final episodes and all I can say is:
spoiler[I'm glad to see a non cop-out ending where the title heroine doesn't come back - where a sacrifice really is a sacrifice.] |
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Spotlesseden
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In Americans too, not for TV shows, but for other TV events(world cup) and no they don't get shut down in my city. this just show you guys moe shows own the anime world. If the characters are not moe or cute, it won't be this popular. |
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enurtsol
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Like sports fans who bodypaint themselves in team colors/letters outside in the stadium in the middle of winter during subfreezing snow with no shirts on! 
Remember when shows like Seinfeld and Friends were getting all the acclaim? And then you'd have partypoopers who'd say it's just a show about nothing!
Don't hold on to that yet. Remember how the original "Day of Destiny" ended.......... and continued.
Unfortunately true. If it looked like the classic anime cyberpunk look, it's doubtful as many people would care.
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Anton Chigurh
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As big a defender of Madoka as I am - my favorite series of the year and, so far, also of the still-young decade -, it irks me a little to read and re-read the whole spiel of "wait until episode 3, that's when it gets good." I feel as if the message were that the series sorely needed that one episode's developments to get its wings and as if what came before and after paled in comparison.
IMO, the ending of episode 4 hits harder once the audience learns more about becoming a Magical Girl in this world. And episodes 5 and 6 nicely set up the scene for the whoopers that episodes 7-9 reveal. Yes, I did find spoiler[ Mami's horrible death ] disturbing, but learning that spoiler[ the monsters the girls were fighting and killing used to be magical girls themselves, and the protagonist's best friend signed her death sentence with very little to show for it and the one attempt to rescue her soul failed miserably ] thrust the story into a whole new echelon of psychological horror, and the pacing had no little role in effectively conveying spoiler[ the world of crap the protagonists had gotten into.] I won't get into what makes episode 10 even more important than all of the others combined. I will say that, long story short, the series did not resonate with so many fans because of one single twist near the beginning or for playing the concept of magical girls for darkness without paying attention to character development and pacing. Clocking in at 12 episodes, people on the fence should take some time out to check it out and see how and why the story gained such a following in such short time.
IMO spoiler[it brought rather bad memories of My-Hime's horrible cop-out of an ending, although it came at a very high price. But the bit with Homura and Madoka's brother made it all worth it. Hell of a heartbreaking, beautiful scene there.] |
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