The final episode of Puella Magi Madoka Magica aired 13 years ago in about a week’s time—on April 21, 2011. It remains every bit a classic today as it was back then when it instantly earned that status. ★ 【PugWit】 「 仰视 」 ☆
It’s final day of the first round of AniMarch Madness 2024! These are the final eight matches left to determine who moves onto round two, which kicks off next week. Below are two matches from each of our four regions: Emerging and Recent; Classics; Action/Sci-Fi/Horror; and Romance/Comedy/Sports. Just as with the entire tournament, you can… Read More AniMarch Madness 2024: Round 1, Day 4
Just a reminder that the next Madoka movie, Puella Magi Madoka Magica The Movie: Walpurgisnacht: Rising-, releases sometime this year… ★ 【mio // X】 「 homura // madoka 」 ☆
Chiwa Saito is one of anime’s most notable and skilled seiyuu, with a career spanning more than twenty years. But as she sat in front of press at Anime Frontier 2023, finally appearing at the con after originally being scheduled in 2020 and unable to attend because of the pandemic, Chiwa showed us something unexpected.… Read More Interview with Chiwa Saito at Anime Frontier 2023: On Homura’s Return, Harrison Ford, and Finding Time for Yourself
Stakes are high and the action is intense in offerings on this week’s Reader’s Corner, which include the latest volume of Issak, Solo Leveling, and Kaiju No. 8, as well as the omnibus manga adaptation of the Madoka Rebellion movies. But if those are too suspenseful for your liking, we’ve got calmer fare, too, like… Read More Reader’s Corner: Kaiju No. 8 (Vol. 9), No Longer Heroine (Vol. 5), and Solo Leveling (Vol. 8)
A trailer for the latest Madoka movie (Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie -Walpurgisnacht: Rising) dropped the other day (more on that in our latest Doki Doki News, posting later this morning!) and it is just as anxiety-inducing as you’d expect, including its imagery of Sayaka all bandaged up and looking like a mummy. Sayakaaaaa!… Read More Fanart Friday: Sayaka’s New Look
Of all the Puella Magi Madoka Magica girls from the main cast, it’s Sayaka Miki that seems to get the least love. Self-sacrificial, loyal, and pugnacious, she’s an MVP without all the hoopla. We love Sayaka! ★ 【hg6】「 sayaka // pmmm 」 ☆
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