コネクト

     Last but not least, this one is the OP of Mahoushojo_Madoka_Magica.

     The singers are Claris who also sing the OP of 俺の妹こんな可愛いわけがない . In fact, コネクト is their second album and they are just junior high school students! I was very surprised when I fisrt heard of this informaiton, beacuse their voices sound mature. If you were just hearing the song without knowing about them, you would not think of that they are so young.

      But what I would talk about is the lyrics of the song, it conveys Madoka's feeling  to Homura. You would not be aware of it at the fisrt place. To tell you the truth, I realized the true meaning of the lyrics after watching the final eposide.  At the end of the eposide, it was playing this song. At that time I was moved by the song; also at that time I started thinking this animation is the best one as well I have ever watched. I will not regret that I stayed up for watching  the work and that browsed thorugh people's comments and view points about it on the Internet every week.

    Thourgh the song, I witnessed the start and the end of the story. That's why I shared the song after ED and BGM.

Magia

     Like I said before, because of the animation I knew the composer, 梶浦由記, but she was not the only one I knew about through Madoka. Now please click on the play button below and keep on reading my post while you're listening to the song.

This song was also written by梶浦由記. But I the persons who I want to talk about are the singers. They are Kalafiana. You could find that this song sounds mature and consists of different registers. Like in this film, Hikaru was singing the main part, Keiko was taking charge of the lower register, and Wakana was responsible for the higher register.

Not all their songs sound gloomy and dark like this one, but this one somehow appears to people. Maybe like its name; there is some magic power in the song which can attract everyone’s attentions, so … leave off, I forgot to say, this song is the ED of Madoka. When I first heard of the song, it made a drastic impression on me. I don’t know if that’s because I was influenced by the plot of Madoka at that point. Perhaps.

Anyway, I think this song suit to the animation in all respects. And if you please, you can try Kalafina's other songs on Youtube.

The ending of a story

Since winter vacation, I’ve been watching Mahoushoujo_Madoka_Magica every week. And the animation finally finished four days ago. To tell you the truth, that was the first time I stayed up until 3 a.m. for watching an animation which was ending. I would not forget what I felt at that night, since, no matter what comments people will make on the animation, in my mind it is the best work I have watched in the animation world.

At the end of story, Madoka finally got rid of her weakness and received Homura’s real intention and then, made a hopeful wish to change the rule of the world. That was a miracle, which redeemed all the Mahoushoujo form despair. Madoka dispersed from the world, and became a goddess. Although Homura was left alone, I think they will meet (or have met) again in the future. I hope so.

I seldom thank an author of any books or staff of any games or animations, but this time I think I have to do that, because that is only way I can show my appreciation to them. Thank the staff of Madoka; without you, I couldn’t watch such a masterpiece.   

I would say more, but I can’t express myself very well in English. Here is my comment written right after watching the final episode. I have expressed myself by written that article, completely.

http://forum.gamer.com.tw/Co.php?bsn=43592&sn=8728&sum=11&min=3966&this=10&author=davidwu0123

Two-episode finale for Madoka on 4/24

     We don't have to post new articles this week, but there is the only chance for me to post the article, because our Madoka is going to come back next week on 4/24 26:40( It stands for 4/25 02:40 in Japanese time zone. ) with final two episodes at a time.

     It's kind of good luck for me because my mid-term exams will end on 4/24 as well, so I can wait for the end of the story without worrying about exams.

     By the way, when I was thinking about what topic I'd like to talk on this blog, Mahoushoujo_Madoka_Magica came into my mind first.

     At that time, I had considered that what if Madoka is finished, how can I keep my blog without changing the topic? In fact, I've finally decided that I would not change my topic. In other words, I will let the animation stay with me until I finish the appointments of blogging.

BGM time

 

     In this entry I'd like to introduce the BGM(background music) of Madoka to you.

     Please click the play button and keep the BGM(this one includes all of BGM used in Madoka for now) playing and then, read my post.

     The composer of the BGM is Kajiura Yuki (梶浦由紀) . She is famous in animation world, creating lots of music of different animations.

     I've also listened to many pieces of music by Kajiura Yuki since I started watching animations, but in fact, the first time I knew about her was through Madoka.I had never so immersed in the music of an animation before watching Madoka. Although I like singing songs, I am not into music at all. However even I could be moved by the BGM.

     To tell you a truth, this is the first time I'd like to buy an album for collection. So at the time I'm waiting for 11th episode of Madoka, I'm waiting for the album of Madoka's BGM as well.

     Thanks for Kajiura Yuki's music for Madoka. It is one of reasons makes Madoka a masterpiece.

     By the way, I got news that Madoka's OST will be released on 5/25. I don't know if that's true.

A derivative aciton game of Mahoshoujo_madoca_magica

I am going to introduce a derivative game about Mahoshoujo_madoka_magica.

Then, why would I like to choose an game made by a unknown person who also like this animation for the entry, rather than talk more about my comments or something like that on the animation?

The reason is right that the producer of the game do love the animation, I think.

Here is the producer's blog: http://d.hatena.ne.jp/he-noki/

After clicking the link, look for the first post and choose a link written below ダウンロード. Then you can found the download page of the game, and you will get it by clicking 魔法討伐隊 またぎ☆マギカ Ver.1.0X. (letter X means I don't know the latest version will be, because the producer is keeping updating.)

I know many of you who come here are not interested in animations and that watching an entire animation takes you too much time, so it might be a little difficult for you to respond to my entries if I only write about my comments about the animation.

Therefore, you should just download the game and play it( Be careful. If you have a plan to watch Mahoshoujo, please try the game after watching the latest episode or you will find the game reveals some of the plot of  Mahoshoujo) , then you will know why there would be a viewer of Mahoshoujo who produced the game, because the animation is actually memorable!

You can choose one of four characters to clear stages. The rest of the main character is still on the progress of producing. Choose anyone catches your eye and then know her attributes by manipulating.

One of the most distinctive points of the game is that it is faithful to the animation, so the bosses of the stages are "Majo"(meaning witches in English) appearing in Mahoshoujo. Every Majo itself is an admirable object of art just like they are displayed in the animation.

Last but not least, because the game might be not so easy for you, if you truly want to clear all of the stages, here is a thread of the discussion you can refer to:http://forum.gamer.com.tw/C.php?bsn=43592&snA=553&tnum=56.

Enjoy it!

A piece of tragic news

Here is the saddest news after I watched the animation: http://www.madoka-magica.com/news/

As you can see (on 3/23), the official of Mahoushoujo has decided to (or been forced to) interrupt the performance of next two episodes on the Internet and TV for a while. No one knows when the animation will re-broadcast.

How torturing it is.

Well, that may not so bad because it gives me a chance to write the post which you are reading.

In fact, that’s the first time I feel so depressed (I am not making this up) because I can’t watch an animation on time, especially on the time when it’s coming to climax.
I thought I have only little feeling so I would not  be moved by any works in literature, movie, music or ACG or so.

But now I realize that I was wrong.

Just this animation reminds me that I am a real human, not a robtot without any emotions.I think this point is one of the reason why I am so immersed in the animation.

Anyway, now the only thing I could do is keep on waiting until the second to last episode and the episode give a profmance on Internet.

I wish it would come true as soon as possible.