And there’s even a cute cat!
I don’t know the anime, sor I don’t get the joke…
What anime is this and what is the joke if there is one?
The anime is Madoka Magika. I recommend watching up to the 3rd/4th chapter without spoilers, then decide if you want to continue watching it.
The joke (spoilers)
The studio advertised it as a generic slice of life magical girl show, and when it was leaked that its writer was Gen Urobuchi, who was known for his horror stories, they tried to do “damage control” by claiming that he was trying to get into new genres and styles. The show does indeed turn pretty dark fairly soon, and you should definitely not watch it if you need something mild. In any case, it’s top stuff and I recommend it.
All joking aside, please go and watch it immediately without looking up anything else about it. It’s genuinely one of the best shows you will ever watch, I’m not even slightly exaggerating here, and it’s soooo much better if you can go in blind.
If I had a men in black memory zapper I would erase the entirety of this show from my memory and leave myself a Memento style note to go watch it again, just so I could relive that experience.
Hi, elderly rookie anime-liker here: the version on Crunchyroll is a side-story from 2020. Do you perhaps know where I can watch the 2011 version?
And perhaps a bit forward, but do you have some reccomendations for me?
I watched and liked (order of watchdate):
Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood Steins Gate Demonslayer (started with mugen train movie with my daugter, binged back and following) Chainsaw Man One Punch Man Mushi-shi Made in Abyss Way of the househusband Jujutsu Kaisen and while not anime per se Blue Eye Samurai (binged this weekend with husband and daughter)
And I recently watched Suzume wich made me cry.
thanks in advance!
(sorry for typos, cat really wants to sit on the keyboard.)
Hey. If you want you can also ask in !anime@lemmy.ml
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For films I reccomend “your name” “spirited away” “princess mononoke” “howls moving castle” “my neighbour totoro” “akira” “ghost in the shell”
For TV shows I reccomend:
- similar to mushishi: “girls last tour” “kinos journey”
- action: “jujutsu kaisen” “mob psycho”
- tragedy: “cyberpunk: edgerunners”
- slice of life: “miss kobayashi dragon maid” “spy x family”
- comedy “nichijou”
- mystery: “odd taxi” “planetes”
- avan-garde “melancholy of haruhi suzumiya” not great but culturally significant. Especially season 2.
- drama “violet evergarden” <- real tear jerker
Depending on your tolerance on sexual themes “mushoku tensei”. The main character has perversion as a major character trait and behaves acordingly. It is off putting for majority of people but defienetely worth a watch for experienced anime weeb.
It’s western animation, but I just finished Pantheon and thought it was an absolute blast.
Gurren Lagann if you like it truly over the top
Code Geass I want to call another mecha anime, but it’s so much more than that.
Samurai Champloo
Cowboy Bebop
Tower of God
Silent Voice, if you want to cry more
Mob Psycho 100
The Tatami Galaxy
Parasyte (same vein as Chainsaw Man)
I second Ludrol as for where to watch it. But if you don’t want to resort to piracy, I think you can also watch the show on Netflix.
I haven’t watched that much anime, but if I had to make a top 3, it’d be FMA:B, Madoka, and Code Geass.
Madoka Magica, and the joke is
spoiler
The first two episodes start off pretty standard for magical girl anime: weird creature comes to protagonist offering magical super powers in exchange for vanquishing weird demons and whatnot. However, by the end of episode three, the dangers of this lifestyle become extremely apparent and the whole anime takes a HUGE tonal shift as a result. I don’t really want to go further into it as I’d fully recommend you see it yourself.
Yes, ignore the people explaining it, Madoka is totally a chill magical girl anime. It’s made for kids and very safe to watch, total comfort food. Best watched when you’re feeling down about anything, like if you’re feeling down about work or getting over the death of a loved one. Will really lift you up.
“Madoka Magica is actually a deconstruction of the magical girl genre because unlike most magical girl shows it’s really dark and revolutionized the genre imo” sayers be like: “no I haven’t actually watched any other magical girl anime but I really want to :)”
Oh she seems so cute, she must be protected at any cost!
Being meguca… Is suffering
