Real-life professional ice skating and anime collide… and for once, it has nothing to do with Yuri on Ice! Alina Zagitova, Russian ice skater and winner of a gold medal in the 2018 Olympics, has debuted in an ad for the Madoka Magica smartphone game, …Read more »
Puella Magi Madoka Magica, one of modern anime’s most popular magical girl series, turns seven this year. In fact, the final two episodes of the series aired on April 21, 2011, exactly seven years ago this Saturday. The moment was marked by a fan on …Read more »
Puella Magi Madoka Magica turns six this year, and the latest piece in the series, Rebellion , came out back in 2013. But the popularity of Madoka appears to be evergreen. An album of music from the series released August 9 sold enough copies in …Read more »
Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story is an RPG that's coming to iOS and Android in Japan this spring, and has the girls heading to Kamihama to battle new powerful witches. A promotional video debuted this week, showing off some animation set to …Read more »
You're already bound to be watching a ton of anime in college, so why not make it part of the actual curriculum? That's what recently went down at the University of South Carolina, which offered "Reading and Writing About Magical Girls" as an English 101 …Read more »
The magical girls of Puella Magi Madoka Magica are staying busy thanks to a newly announced free-to-play smartphone game from developer f4samurai ( Hortensia Saga , Ange Vierge ). New girls will make their debut in Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story [Magia Record] , …Read more »
No one can resist a good ponytail. That’s true for both the male and female respondents to the latest poll from Charapedia, which asked its readers to choose the anime girls who look best with the classic horse tail-resembling ‘do. Who wields anime’s best ponytails? …Read more »
Capcom's Monster Hunter Explore mobile game has a crossover with Puella Magi Madoka Magica on the way, with the event set to kick off on December 3. The collaboration includes Madoka and Homura-themed armor for female characters and Kyubey and Charlotte costumes for male characters. …Read more »
Fairy Tail 's Happy. You know the ones. Those anime and manga characters where you can’t help thinking, “man, that is some high-level kawaii.” If you’ve ever wondered if your taste in cute mascot characters – be they animal, fairy, robot, god, whatever – matches …Read more »
Believe it or not, this didn't even make the top 10. If there’s one thing more important than how an anime or manga begins, it’s how it ends. That final impression that lingers after the final episode or chapter does a lot to shape how …Read more »
You know, I know it, and manga and anime creators sure know it: there’s nothing better than a good rivalry. Be it sports, shonen or virtually any genre, there’s few things that keep viewers watching than two equally-matched rivals fighting for the same prize, or …Read more »
Looking for some fresh anime to watch on Netflix? The streaming service ended May and kicked off June with a little bit of shuffling, knocking off five anime titles and adding six new ones, including the Puella Magi Madoka Magica film trilogy. Now you can …Read more »
The acting bug bit Ai Nonaka from an early age, when Yu Yu Hakusho convinced her that being a voice actress was pretty much the coolest thing ever. From there, she dove into the world of acting, becoming head of her school’s acting club, striving …Read more »
Death! Morbid as it may be, it’s a frequent enough conversation between friends and family: what’s the last thing you want to eat? The last person you want to see? The last anime you want to watch? Okay, I’ve never thought about that last one. …Read more »
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