Synonyms: Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magika, Magical Girl Madoka★Magika, Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Japanese: 魔法少女まどか★マギカ
Madoka is an kind, friendly, but ordinary second-year middle school girl. She wonders aloud what she should do if she can grant whatever you may wish through magic.
Fafner
DVD 1: Arcadian Project
Ah, to live in the shadow of Evangephon. Or is it RahXelion? It takes a lot of nerve to produce a dramatic giant robot anime these days, when every attempt at the genre is instantly compared to the masterworks of BONES and Gainax. (Gundam gets a free ride because it's a subculture unto itself.) On its own, Fafner presents an interesting enough story in a slick package, but seasoned fans will know it all too well. Here's an anime that does such a good job following the template set by its predecessors that it becomes exactly that—a copy of something greater, and one that's not as easily accessible, either. Can it go beyond that after this opening story arc?
