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Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part II: Eternal (2012) poster

2012 · thriller · animation · fantasy

Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part II: Eternal

Directed by Yukihiro Miyamoto, Akiyuki Shinbo1h 49m2012

As the young girls have discovered the truth about the cruel fate of a magical girl, one magical girl after another is destroyed. Throughout it all, there is one magical girl who continues to fight alone - Homura Akemi. Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part II: Eternal is a retelling of the second half of the TV anime series.

Our read: Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part II: Eternal (2012) reads as a heavy, kinetic, surreal thriller · animation · fantasy entry — extreme in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.

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Heavy, kinetic, extreme thriller / animation, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, epic, measured.

ElsewhereIMDb7.92k
  • heavy
  • brisk
  • extreme
  • surreal
  • twisty
  • epic-stakes
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How Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part II feels to watch.

Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.

MoodHeavy ↔ Cosy
PacingSlow-burn ↔ Kinetic
IntensityGentle ↔ Extreme
WeirdnessConventional ↔ Surreal
HopeNihilistic ↔ Redemptive
StakesIntimate ↔ Epic
HumourNone ↔ Broad
RealityGrounded ↔ Fantastical
DensitySparse ↔ Twisty
WarmthCold ↔ Tender
AuteurTransparent ↔ Signature
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“You want dark deconstructive magical girl anime with gut punches on fate and despair.”

ends devastatingit will wreck youa rollercoastergrips by minute 8attention 4/5earns its lengthsubtitles: full
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upbody horrorgraphic violencechild peril

Skip it tonight — You want cheerful magical girl adventures or stories without tragedy.

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