Magia Record Madoka Magica Is A Refreshing Change of Pace

Coming back to a beloved property isn't without its risks, yet Magia Record for me hit the notes I loved about Madoka Magica while paving its own path all in the process.
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[sailor]

i liked how they mixed modern day normal magical girl series while keeping some of what made madoka special

[sailorlily]

Magia Record is like a breathe of fresh air for the magical girl genre where there's usually either just precure aimed at 5 year olds or series that try to imitate the og Madoka in going from cute to dark (which usually feels cheap). It's tone kinda reminds me of the Sailor Moon manga in feeling more traditional but still having serious/eerie moments without being completely dark fantasy. I hope Tsuruno gets something in the 2nd season as there doesn't seem to be much for me to latch to her right now.

[koke]

Something that I liked about the series is that it takes a new perspective on salvation and hope, while in the madoka series the main conflict was homura trying to save madoka from being a magical girl, basically saving someone from condemnation here the main conflict it's Touka trying to save all the magical girls or in other words, save those who are already condemned and as the final episode showed, the conflict relies on "what's the cost of this salvation?"

[MelonTartVA]

I loved Magia Record. Felt it was a breath of fresh air, especially given the rampant amount of dark magical girls that came out after Madoka Magica.

And I am excited for the second and third seasons

[aruraven]

I watched the anime before playing the game and then rewatched having played some of the game's main story (the credit card hasn't fallen into despair yet) and I can say it was way cooler the 2nd time! All the little things and people they added! I mean, part of the reason game anime gets made is to serve as promotion for the game anyway, but this one felt similar yet different as they are adjusting the story to fit its medium and not just copy paste the game's vn parts. I'm loving it so far.

[Iamthunderchild]

I read a review comparing it to an was like WTF this isn't even....did we watch the same thing!?!?!?!
I love this and hope they keep it up for the 2nd season, though i do still wish that they had animated some of the spin off comics like Kasumi or the other ones

[maytalacedo]

I was honestly on board with new characters of madoka since I was curious of what magical girls were like before they become witches to see the original cast murdered those witches were once magical girls and to see these girls who are naive girls don't know the darker truth and how it plays out was so refreshing to watch since we know what happens to their fate but curious about how they'll find out the darker truth and it's fascinating.

[rubiepie]

I think Shaft is Experimenting about madoka series so if Magia record is Successful they can do Oriko, jeanne d'arc, suzune, And the other Spin off series.


Edit: is actually Aniplex so oof

[Craydily]

I watched madoka ages ago and magia record while not the same is helped by how fascinating i found the world it built and im okay with that, this is my comfort anime

[turiniti]

I love this take! People seem to either only focus on the main cast who do appear in the show or the supposed “heads fly” bit as you say and don’t care for anything else. Some say the show is too bloated and it’s just a lot of complaints which some I get, some I don’t.

Magia Record expands on the universe and by adding some cameos even from the game makes the anime more alive and not hollow. I love it so much because of its slow-burn down time and for it to flip on your head in the last couple episodes is a real shock. It’s great and I can’t wait for the second season 💖

[acidk]

I like how rebellion basically gave people an ending many didn't realize makes sense when you realize the joke it came from....
Kuubi became scrhödinger's cat at the end of rebellion out of its own curiosity.
Very poetic and profound when between madoka God's ending and rebellion one, both endings are placed as the ultimate diametrically opposed paradox of infinity.
Kuubi can't grant either wish as granting either wish means that the system kuubi uses would self implode as neither girl would fall to depression. ..
As such when exploring or expanding this series every option is viable as long as it remains around the middle of those two...

[Quartz_]

I feel they greatly improved the story in the anime compared to the game, relaying on visual story telling which is one pillar that made madoka what it wad

[goIdmouf]

Tbh, I didn't really enjoy it as much as I thought I would, but i'm going to rewatch it before season 2 comes out, and hopefully my opinion changes. But can we all agree that that mami vs sayaka fight was pretty damn good xD!

[Comic.]

So after finishing the first season I will admit this. I enjoyed the main cast of this anime. I didn’t mind the overall town not being completely the same as OG Madoka, but I personally do feel like the OG cast were a bit better written. Not to say that these characters in Magia record are bad because they are far from it. It’s just even with 13 episodes I wasn’t able to completely connect with all of them to point where I would be sad if they died or fell into despair. I did connect with Iroha and Yachiyo, since their dynamic reminded me a lot of Madoka and Homura but with a different feel to it. I also kinda liked the idea of their being other magical girls that are antagonists in the show. I hope S2 can expand on these new cast of characters too, because I want to love them just as much as I love the old cast.

[UltimateGenosyko]

Great review! I loved Magia Record, its so underrated. I like it has much as the original anime, if not a little more, because this anime was engaging through out, where as the original had a lot of slow, even boring, moments.And the visuals are 10x more beautiful this time around. There is always something to look at

[soulmaster]

I finished the final season recently. It is awesome and has the craziest twists, such as [SPOILER] being the true villain. I don’t see why people don’t like it. It feels good enough for a 10/10 rating.

[rajvirmalhans]

This popped up on my feed and excited for the new madoka movie and also Magia record final season which seems to be releasing in spring. Spring, summer and fall 2022 are packed

[BerylMorgan]

I love this review- It's also just great to see a little bit of the "status quo" for magical girls in this universe as a change of pace from the literal birth of a god storyline in madoka

[clintonbehrends]

my favorite thing about tthis anime is that we get to see the heavily underutilized enchantment system which was only used twice in the original anime that being the sheild generating baseball bat and the super zoom periscope albiet we only see one use of it in this show (not counting link and the doppel stuff) but at least it's on a bazooka

[iceluvndiva]

Personally? I love record because we got deeper charaters & much more crazy villians.