Unthinkable

[branchandroot]

I never thought I would do this, but here it is:

Watch Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica.

Do not read anything at all about it beforehand. Just watch it.

Grab the files off Nyaa. I can recommend the MahouShoujo+yesy translation; they might even be as good as they think they are. There are three weeks left to run, so you get the best of both worlds.

I will say this: Utena had a love-child with Card Captor Sakura, and it grew up to date Mononoke. And that's all I'll say.

Just watch it.

(And then hit up the wiki for this show, because wow. I mean... wow.)


(Mac users will need the latest VLC to play these. If you have trouble with that, you may actually want to set up Movist; once it's set up you can right-click > open with > Movist individual files and you get a nice, regular app window.)

MOOD SPOILERS IN THE COMMENTS

Comments

[midorigirl]

I've been watching on hidden-anime.com, all 10 episodes released so far. I don't know that I LOVE it but I certainly do appreciate it for what it is. Beyond the freaky and beautiful animation, its got a griping story. And it flips a giant middle finger to the magical girl trope, which I do love.

I did like watching the character progressions in episode 10. Its an interesting break down.

[branchandroot]

Yeah, it's not thrilling action or anything, but I love watching what it does. Well, that and waiting for the next twist.