The Mahou Shoujo Madoka☆Magica Fanclub ◕ ‿‿ ◕

[Chairman Kaga]

A club for the 2011 anime Mahou Shoujo Madoka☆Magica on PC. A dark subversion of the mahou shoujo genre, the series follows young girl Kaname Madoka as she is thrust into a dangerous conflict between magical girls and witches, creatures born from the darkness of the human heart. Constantly pressured to join the ranks of the magical girls by the mysterious creature Kyubey, Madoka must grapple with the question of whether Kyubey's ability to grant any one wish in exchange for becoming a magical girl is worth consigning herself to a fate of battle.

The series is animated by Studio SHAFT (Bakemonogatari, ef, Sayonara Zetsubou-sensei), directed by Shinbo Akiyuki (Maria+Holic, Pani Poni Dash, Sayonara Zetsubou-sensei), written by Urobuchi Gen (Saya no Uta) and has character designs by Aoki Ume (Hidamari Sketch). The series was an explosive hit in Japan, on track to break all records for blu-ray/dvd sales of an anime series and has already produced spinoff manga, innumerable collector products, and a vast quantity of fanworks.




Rules:

1.) All PC rules, of course, still apply in this club.
2.) For the benefit of those who have not yet finished the show, all spoilers (which are defined here as text or images that refer to specific plot points) must be in spoiler tags.




A member list can be provided in this space if requested, but this club is less about hierarchy and more about enjoyable discussion.


















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Is that a wish you would sell your soul for?

[Lily]

Lily, reporting in for contrac- I mean, duty.

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[Chairman Kaga]

Weeeeell, without further ado let's get this party started with some fanart. Fresh from danbooru:



It's a hard decision whether my favorite kind of Madoka fanart is Kyubey suffering horrible violence or Homurun-chan stalking Madoka/stealing her pantsu/etc.

[-Lapras-]

In, and very happy to see a Madoka club up.

As for my favourite fanart it has to be the HidiSketch crossovers, Ume Aoki fans have a good sense of humour.

[Drew]

That picture will haunt my dreams tonight.. XD

Also, this fanclub.. I must join it!

Granted, that's what I wanted to do to Kyuubeh a few times.

[~Ryukaa]

I'm in. xDD;;
I've only seen the first 4 episodes of Madoka so far, but I'm loving it.
I haven't searched any fanart at all, yet. But Kyubey is creepily awesome, I guess.
...Especially when being beaten up. :U

[Chairman Kaga]

Just say the word and I can get you hundreds of Kyubey violence pics :p

Oh, and Lily, it's a small internet, apparently. Kind of surprising what you can find by following a series of random suggestions on youtube ◕ ‿‿ ◕

[Lily]

^ OH wow, it IS a small internet. ◕ ‿‿ ◕;;

I recorded that for motivation. You know. Just in case we forget.

Also, it occurred to me this club is now the perfect place to upload my plethora of Madoka yuri doodles I draw in class. :D

edit: My Homura cosplay came in!!21111

[Drew]

Lily, you draw fanart? We must see it!

Also totally jealous that you get to cosplay a Madoka character right now, omg.

[Lily]

Not fanart, per se, just stupid doodles in class when I'm bored. XD

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It's gonna be soooo hot wearing this but I'm excited. :D

[jigglyppuff8]

Closeted Meduca fan reporting in. Make me a Puella Magi and all that.

Nice cosplay there Lily. I have a bad feeling my friend is going to attack you if he sees you at AnimeNEXT.

[Chairman Kaga]

Okay, that cosplay is incredible. You need to practice running your hand through your hair condescendingly.

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I'd go to a con as Mami given the chance, all hairy six feet and four inches of me.

[Lily]

@jigglypuff - if you're going, I wanna totally say hi to you!

@kaga - no, you need to be MORNING LESCUE!

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[Chairman Kaga]

Oh yeah, I'd totally be down with rappelling into buildings and such. Of course, it'd also be pretty fun to get a bunch of people to make and operate a Chinese dragon-like Charlotte

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with a mouth big enough to pull people in.

[Jack O'Neill]

The charlatan has come to make amends for whatever wrongs he may have committed.

I'm only roughly halfway through the series, but I must say, it really does live up to the hype. It's one thing to just read about it, but it's completely something else to actually see what happens with one's own eyes.

[Chairman Kaga]

Madoka contains some of the greatest anime visual spectacle of all time. I only urged you to actually watch the series ASAP because I knew you would absolutely love it.

So, I have a few comics I've been wanting to link to, but is it completely against the rules to link to Danbooru at all here even when it's a harmless, G-rated image? Just thought I'd ask those in the know first.

[Jack O'Neill]

Originally Posted by Chairman Kaga

Madoka contains some of the greatest anime visual spectacle of all time. I only urged you to actually watch the series ASAP because I knew you would absolutely love it.

So, I have a few comics I've been wanting to link to, but is it completely against the rules to link to Danbooru at all here even when it's a harmless, G-rated image? Just thought I'd ask those in the know first.

I've linked to Danbooru in the past, but even for safe images I've always made sure to tack on NSFW warnings due to the ads. Better safe than sorry.

On that note, if there is a way to filter images from the pools, I'd certainly like to know. It's pretty hard to look for Madoka pics (or anything else, for that matter) when one is inundated with Touhou crap on every damn page.

In other news, delicious Sayaka cosplay is delicious (WARNING: Ads may be NSFW).

[Chairman Kaga]

You can always add the Touhou tag to your blacklist when searching pools. I'll never understand Japan's obsession with those frilly shmup characters, although I do still enjoy Hakurei Reimu fanart for whatever reason.

That's an excellent cosplay.

[Jack O'Neill]

Originally Posted by Chairman Kaga

You can always add the Touhou tag to your blacklist when searching pools. I'll never understand Japan's obsession with those frilly shmup characters, although I do still enjoy Hakurei Reimu fanart for whatever reason.

That's an excellent cosplay.

I found a good enough work-around for that: Just searching for Madoka directly in the pool. What can I say, I'm a real sucker for Mami and Charlotte actually getting along with each other.

If you're interested in more cosplay, feel free to look here for something you may like. Do feel free to share your favorites.

[Lily]

Ahaha 3dbooru. I literally went through every single Madoka cosplay they had.

Some were amazing, some were...creepy. Like, the photoshopped, perfect, Azn face creepy. A lot of them would look cuter if they just smiled. ;_;

[Chairman Kaga]

Time for a MADOKA MAGICA FANART EXPLOOOOOSION. ◕ ‿‿ ◕ Just stuff picked off of Danbooru this week but I will attempt to toil in the Pixiv mines from time to time to unearth hidden gems.

Madoka:

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Homura:

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Check the spoiler section. No one can seem to draw her without a....certain piece of attire :p

Sayaka:

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Mami:

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Kyouko:

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Groups:

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Other characters:

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13+/slightly NSFW:

note

The following may not be suitable to all ages.
The following is suitable for ages 13+

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[Jack O'Neill]

A thought came to me recently while I was busy reading the speculation pages on the Madoka Wiki and pondering about whether I was going to resume playing Persona 4. Witches' Labyrinths and the Persona 4 dungeons seem to be awfully similar concepts.

People stranded in the TV world form dungeons around themselves based on their individual neuroses; Yukiko's castle represents a desire to be saved by a Prince Charming-like figure, Rise's burlesque house represents a desire to not be seen as a sex object, Mitsuo's dungeon represents the fact that he's a worthless NEET whose life revolves around video games, et cetera, et cetera. Witches' Labyrinths are speculated to be based on motifs associated with the Witches' past lives as Puella Magi; for instance, Charlotte's labyrinth with its hospital and dessert motif implies that she was a terminal cancer patient who wanted to eat her favorite foods, and she wished to get well so she could enjoy life again. The only real differences are that MC/Souji thankfully never had to sign a contract with Kyuubey in order to gain the Wild Card ability, Persona users don't spontaneously transform into eldritch abominations, and Madoka and company never had the benefit of working for largely benevolent overseers like Igor and Margaret.

And now I have an idea for a Persona 4/Madoka Magica crossover that will never leave my head. Damn it.

EDIT: And apparently TV Tropes already beat me to it. Oh, well. Some of the other theories they've come up with really are quite amusing, though. Asides from the "Witches = Shadows" theory (which I basically restated in a more obtuse manner here), my personal favorites are "Madoka Magica is set in the same universe as Inception," "Rebecca Black made a contract with Kyuubey," the various Nanoha- and Gurren Lagann-related theories, "Kyuubey is the bastard son of Tzeench and Slaanesh," "Mitakihara is an offshoot of the Matrix," and "Homura's Witch form = Bayonetta."

[Lily]

At AnimeNext right now. I only saw one other Homura and one Madoka (who was a little chubby but I still took a picture with her).

There's a Madoka photoshoot tomorrow, I'm hoping more show up. And I met jigglypuff.

[Kairi]

I want to join, guys! To start off, let's all sing along with Lily:

(The song has spoilers if you think about it) Still alive...

[Lily]

Kairi, will you be Madoka and can I be Homura?