2012 · thriller · animation · fantasy
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part I: Beginnings
Directed by Yukihiro Miyamoto, Akiyuki Shinbo2h 11m2012
Madoka Kaname, an ordinary middle-schooler, along with her best friend Sayaka Miki, are offered the chance to have any wish they want granted by the mysterious Kyubey, and become magical girls and fight witches. However, fellow magical girl Homura Akemi seems intent on stopping Madoka from becoming a magical girl at any cost. Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part I: Beginnings is a retelling of the first half of the TV anime series.
Our read: Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part I: Beginnings (2012) reads as a heavy, kinetic, surreal thriller · animation · fantasy entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, kinetic, measured thriller / animation, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- heavy
- brisk
- intense
- surreal
- twisty
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