Did you know Japanese blu-rays sometimes have English subtitles? It eliminates the need for fansubs. In fact, if I didn't mind paying for an expensive import, I could own the first Nanoha movie and still be able to understand it!
Oh wait, did I just give away the newest anime I reviewed on MAL?
Yeah, I revisited Nanoha. Even though it's really Fate Testarossa's series. The movie is definitely better than the tv series, but it falls short of masterpiece. My review on MAL goes into more detail.
Naturally, this caught the ear of Archon Wing. Now he and I are waiting for the second Nanoha movie. At the very least, I only found one typo on the subs for the movie; good job!
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But while AW and I chatted, guess what we brought up? Madoka. And listen to what he told me:
"Madoka I'd say was a wave of fresh air to this genre, keeping with a small cast and trying to get each character to have some purpose and meaning. Plot events are like that too, not just to throw in there for the hell of that and look cool."
Wait, are you saying . . . that Madoka obeys . . . The Almighty Narrative!?
Now I'm more hyped than ever! AW also has more detailed reviews on Animesuki. They contain spoilers, provided you read more than the numerical scores. Check his scores for Madoka:
Visuals: 7/10. (I can live with that. Just look at Castle in the Sky; okay visuals, amazing film.)
Audio: 10/10. (The Japanese voices sounded pretty good in the Aniplex trailer.)
Story: 9/10. (YOU GUYS BETTER BE RIGHT ABOUT THIS!)
Characterization: 10/10. (Remember, he has Homura on his favorite characters list . . . whoever that is.)
Enjoyment: 10/10. (Definitely higher than my enjoyment score for Nanoha.)
Overall: 10/10. (Wait, this is at least as good as Eden of the East, if you go by my reviews? Whoa.)
Oh yeah, I also know of a Madoka doujin game out (that didn't take long!) called Grief Syndrome. I saw playthroughs of the first level on Youtube. It looks like a pretty basic game; you just run around on a 2D plane and kill things. But I think I discovered why people say Madoka is a subversion; that same girl, Homura, uses firearms. Since when did magical girls use guns!? Huh, I wonder why no one ever thought of that before. I mean, how long have Sailor Moon-styled magical girls have been around? Nearly twenty years now? And only now are you finally realizing the technological wonders of the gun? More hype for me, that's for sure.
Say, I wonder if those girls will appear in Magical Battle Arena eventually . . .
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.... 'Cause those chicks from Magic Knight Rayearth now did.
Yes, a patch came out . . . . after I deleted the game. Too bad my interest is dead for that game. No matter, I saw a video for them. (I don't know their names; bear with me.) There's three of them, but they're all one character; you switch between them during the fight.
Also. THANK. GOOOOOOD. they don't look like how they do in the manga and older MKR anime. They look like how they do in the OVA and their brief cameo in Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle. (Oh yeah, I figured out which one I said was cute; it was the one with red hair in a braid.) Well, nice to see some more content for fans to enjoy.
