Discussion thread for Puella Magi Madoka Magica. This anime has been completed, so expect unmarked spoilers.
Anime Overview:
Quote from: TV Tropes[img float=left]http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a314/acidadept/madoka-magica_9819.jpg[/img]Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Madoka Kaname is an Ordinary Middle School Student with a working mother, a stay-at-home dad and a close circle of friends. Other than a strange dream about a black-haired girl fighting off a huge monster in a ruined city, her life is a peaceful one. Then, one day, that black-haired girl, Homura Akemi, transfers to their class.
Things begin to change when, after school, Madoka hears someone's voice calling out to her. This voice belongs to Kyubey, a small ferret-like creature. She and her best friend, Sayaka Miki, then find themselves in a bizarre dream world where they witness an upperclassman, Mami Tomoe, transform into a magical girl and save them from otherwordly monsters. Kyubey then asks Madoka and Sayaka to become magical girls, too...
Too bad things simply are not as they seem to be.
Bringing together an all-star staff, Puella Magi Madoka Magica has Studio Shaft animating, Shaft's primary director Akiyuki Shinbo directing, Yuki Kajiura producing the music, Nitro+'s Gen Urobuchi writing and Ume Aoki designing the characters for Shaft's first original series. The show started airing in January as part of the Winter 2011 season.
Currently has two ongoing manga series: a manga adaption of the anime, and a spin-off entitled Puella Magi Kazumi Magica: The Innocent Malice, which focuses on a different cast. A third manga series, Puella Magi Oriko Magica, will be released after the anime's conclusion; it will be a prequel featuring the eponymous Oriko along with Kyoko and Mami.
Link to JAAA General thread:
http://forum.goldensunhacking.net/index.php?topic=1275.0
Okay so...everyone should be around episode 10 so I'm just going to outright say, the witch world is trippy and I LOVE the opening and ending themes for this show. They just fit so perfectly IMO.