I’ve been thinking a lot about fanworks lately. More specifically, I’ve been thinking a lot about fanfiction and how frequently it’s written off or denigrated publicly, but this also somewhat applies to fanart and other methods of engaging with a media property outside of the recognized canon. Part of this is because of the recent […]
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A few thoughts after watching Magia Record
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Welcome back to the mega post of Magia Record. After the stellar episode that was episode 9, the following three have been… unremarkable to me. There are some…
Magia Record | Needle in the Air
It’s been almost ten years since Puella Magi Madoka Magica punched through the placid atmosphere of magical girl anime as we once knew it, scorching a still-expanding crater…
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Earlier today, Aniplex of America announced that upcoming anime Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story will stream on FunimationNow, Crunchyroll, and HIDIVE. The series will launch…
12 Days 2020, Day 11: Magia Record and the Shadow of the Predecessor
Magia Record’s first season ends with a visually impressive fight between two characters from a different story. This unfortunately feels emblematic of the show as a whole, it…
Magia Record – 15 – Sakura Forever
Sorry to go right into a metaphor, but Magia Record reminds me of a traditional American fruitcake. Incredibly dense and rich, and beautiful with its golden brown color and speckled…
Magia Record – 18 – The Future They Chose
Not content to sleep beside Kaede’s isolation bubble, Iroha sneaks out to meet with Nemu, not wanting to further burden the others with her problems. Once more, it’s…
Magia Record – 23 – Sticking to the Plan
Outside, Yachiyo, Mifuyu, and the other girls are confronted by the Amane twins and Magius acolytes, and it looks like a magical girl-on-magical girl battle is about to…
Magia Record – 13 (Fin) – Disbanding the Team
Yeesh…that was rough. Even though I felt my expectations for a Puella Magi Madoka Magica “side story” were sufficiently tempered, I wasn’t prepared for an ending this awkward…
Magia Record – 04 [This Isn’t the Past]
I can certainly see the game mechanics in new episode: a whole new cast, a new rumor/ mystery, with Iroha’s quest to find Ui as a central plot.…
Magia Record 2 – It’s Proof of the End of a Friendship
The second episode of Magia Record starts to feel like a real horror movie, with strange urban legends and something called the Chain Monster that will forcibly end…
Magia Record – 25 (Fin) – A Record No One Knows
Step One of the Magia Record finale: dig poor Tamaki Iroha out of the yawning chasm of despair into which she was cast by losing both Ui and…
Magia Record – 20 – Giving Their Best
In what are not their first rumblings of disagreement by any stretch, considering their very different personalities, Nemu voices her concern that she and Touka are hurting Magical…
Magia Record Episode 20: Uwaguca Crisis
The co-captains of Team Iroha and Team Meduka teamed up to free their brainwashed comrades. Easier said than done.
Magia Record – 13 [A Faint Hope]
And so Magia Record ends – at least for now since the second season is confirmed – on a sad note. Not only am I disappointed (but not…
Magia Record Anime Review – 65/100
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Madoka Magica Side Story Magia Record, Episode 10: Magia Mami
As the episodes progress, little surprises are dropped each week, but I was not anticipating the one in episode ten. With Alina waiting outside of the Endless Solitude…
Magia Record Episode 4 – “This Isn’t The Past”
The last episode saw Kaede’s safe return after she was captured by the Chain Witch, and Iroha and her new allies have effectively solved the mystery of the…
Magia Record – 17 – Back Into the Lions Den
In a usual cour, there’d be time and space for a cooling off episode, but with only eight episodes to work with, this lean, mean second season of Magia…
[Ten] “Have you heard?” — patterns and history in Magia Record
Have you heard? I’m a sucker for a good Greek chorus element in anime.
Madoka Side Story Magia Record, Episode 12: Friends and Choices
Puella Magi Madoka Magica was a tortuous series: It took viewers into the darkest night before pulling out a hopeful, if heartbreaking, ending. Magia Record from the very…
Magia Record – 24 – No Choice at All
As Alina Gray revels in the chaos Touka and Nemu have resumed (and paints a picture of it) and Yachiyo chases after Embryo Eye, Kyuubey calmly waxes philosophic…
Magia Record – 19 – Not a Bad Fate
While Kuroe struggles with trying to keep her Doppel under control so she can get back to Iroha, Yachiyo encounters Madoka, Sayaka, and Akemi…and it’s just an extremely…
Magia Record: Worth your Time or Not?
Magia Record, a spin-off of the famous Madoka Magica is soon to air. But is it worth your time, or a simple cash grab? Read the two of…
Chaos;Head NoAH – A play on perception!
A deep dive by Rulu into Chaos;Head NoAH's themes of "reality" and "perception", beware spoilers for the title! The post Chaos;Head NoAH – A play on perception! appeared first…
(REVIEW) Reckoning with MAGIA RECORD: DAWN OF A SHALLOW DREAM
Last night a magical girl saved my life.
Thoughts on Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story Volume 3
Iroha’s search for her sister continues in the third volume of the Magia Record manga adaptation. A rumour about being able to meet loved ones sparks her interest,…
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Thoughts on Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story Volume 6
A fight comes to its conclusion in the sixth volume of Fujino Fuji’s Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story manga adaptation. Then Iroha and company are…
Thoughts on Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story Volume 7
In every Puella Magi Madoka Magica story, there comes a time that the magical girls involved must learn about a certain crucial piece of information regarding their existence.…
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Thoughts on Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Another Story Volume 2
Despite Mami’s warning, Kyouko makes her way to Kamihama City in the second volume of U35’s Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Another Story. This volume contains chapters…
Thoughts on Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Another Story Volume 1
Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Another Story is… well, another story set in the Magia Record continuity. Our main character for this particular manga is Mami Tomoe.…
Thoughts on Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story Volume 5
Iroha and Yachiyo go after a new Rumour in the fifth volume of Fujino Fuji’s Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story manga adaptation. They set their…
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Thoughts on Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story Volume 4
Iroha and Yachiyo continue chasing after Rumours in the fourth volume of Fujino Fuji’s Magia Record manga adaptation. They pick up new allies, but also meet some new…
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Record of Ragnarok (Episode 12) – And Ragnarok Goes On
Poseidon is done playing and unleashes a furious torrent of attacks on Kojiro. It’s almost too much, but then he hears his friends chanting his name. Kojiro finally…
Magia Record – 16 – Will the Real Iroha Please Wake Up?
Shortly after entering the Eternal Sakura, Yachiyo finds herself being woken up in her bed in Mikazuki Villa by Felicia, Sana, and Tsuruno. As soon as they mention…
Madoka Side Story Magia Record Episode 5: The Demon Within
Much like its predecessor, Magia Record has so very much to relate, layers unraveling what should be a simple tale. Episode five of Puella Magi Madoka Side Story…
Magia Record Second Season – Episode 4 – The Truth About Doppels
Episode impressions of Magia Record Second Season Episode 4 as Iroha is back, she wants to meet Nemu for some reason.
Madoka Side Story Magia Record, Episode 13: Just the Beginning
Why didn’t y’all tell me that we were only halfway through the story? As season one of Magia Record has progressed (season two was announced at the end…
Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story
Remember how triangles can be similar or congruent? Anime side stories should be neither, in my opinion, but closer to the former if anything. Magia Record is far…
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Magia Record takes the world you know from Madoka and shows us how it would be like in a bigger city full of networking Magical Girls. There is…
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「それが絶交証明書」 (Sore ga Zekkou Shoumei-sho) "It's Proof of the End of a Friendship" If eyes are the windows to a wish, what happens when you stop looking?
Magia Record – 14 (S02 E01) – Don’t Let Go
We begin this second season of the Madoka spinof in media res with what else, a battle against a weird and unsettling witch. This one has a general…
Magia Record: Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica Gaiden S2
After the unimpressive and lukewarm Assault Lily: Bouquet (at least from my point of view), I guess SHAFT returned and continued to animate Magia Record: Mahou Shoujo Madoka…
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「友達にしてごめんね」 (Tomodachi ni Shite Gomen ne) "Sorry For Making You My Friend" Rumours, if repeated enough, become truth.
Magia Record Episode 14: New Timeline, Similar Meguca
It’s technically Season 2, Episode 1 but the main story continued right where S1 left off so, yeah.
Magia Record – 09 [A World With Just Me]
Magia Record has been hit and miss so far, but I’m happy to say that the latest episode was pretty solid. In fact, it’s my second favorite episode…
Oshibuda 10-11, Rikekoi finale, Magia Record 12
Oshi ga Budoukan Itte Kuretara Shinu 10 is the usual mix of idol-worship and hard luck. ChamJam announces a surprise live show in January, but this time Eripiyo…
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I want to stress that this adaptation is NOT a continuation in any way, shape, or form to either the original Madoka Magica or the Rebellion movies. This…
Magia Record – 21 (S2 Fin) – Nor the Battle to the Strong
At first, Yachiyo and Iroha believe they failed to Connect with Tsuruno, but they end up basically inside her head, which takes the form of a theater where…