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NEWS: Madoka Magica Concept Movie Will Be Core of New Project

OK, "enlighten me" as some say. I legitimately saw no foreshadowing....

my jaw hit the floor and stayed there for the entire rest of the day... And then I spent the next several months trying to make up my mind about the thing.

You can't really say that the TV series foreshadowed it since the movie wasn't planned until after the TV series. Urobuchi said in an interview that he originally planned to end with the TV series so there's no way he could have foreshadowed something he hadn't even planned on. He also said that his original plan for the movie was to end with spoiler[Goddess Madoka taking Homura away], which would have made a much better ending. The ending we got felt like it only existed for shock value and opening the franchise up for more sequels. I don't mind dark endings, but an ending should be conclusive, not sequel bait for a franchise that never needed more than the TV series in the first place.

While Urobuchi hasn't had the best reputation recently, I would rather have him return to write this, rather than let someone else tell the story.

Many of us saw what happened with those two series, and I'd rather not go through that, again, with Madoka.

Correct me if I'm mistaken but I was under the impression that Urobuchi had very little to do with both of those shows. His only credit on PP2 was "story concept"--he didn't write the screenplay, direct, or have any role of substance. It's like his name got credited simply because he was involved with the original PP. On Aldnoah.Zero he was credited as the "original creator" and he wrote the screenplay for the first 3 episodes but other than that, no involvement. That's very different from the level of involvement he had with PMMM.

I would rather not have a new screenwriter show up for this new Madoka project. It has to be Urobuchi doing his thing for the whole project, or else I'll be really worried.

Agreed! It seems that "Urobuchi" shows work well when he is intimately involved but the ones where it's "name only"...well...don't.

I'd extend that to say that Simbo really needs to be the director as well. IMHO there's a lot more to PMMM than the script alone. It needs the directorial style of Simbo, the SHAFT artwork, etc.

Although hardly surprising, it is good to hear confirmation of more Madoka. I assume Urobuchi is on board.

As someone who liked Rebellion more than the TV series, I hope this new project is linked with Rebellion.

I have always seen Homura as a strong character. Who do you want as a friend. Someone who will walk 500 miles to get you medicine, or someone who gives up after 100 miles because its just too hard.
What would you do to save your girl friend or wife. Would you give up, sorry just couldn't do it.

Yet, this very trait somehow makes Homura a socipathic stalker in the eyes of some.

The real reason Homura was written this way and why Rebellion was not a direct sequel of the TV series, was because the powers that be wanted a reset.

I love Madoka Magica, and I did like the beginning and middle of Rebellion. If I had to, I could have made myself accept Rebellion's turn of Homura, because of what the Kyubeys DID. NOT though, some character flaw in Homura.

But the writers failed to prove their case, but not only that, they failed spectacularly when it came to the battle of the egg. Homura's strong character showed through. She was not broken. She wouldn't have gone from that, to a betrayal, like flipping a coin.

I look forward to this next movie, in which I hope they resolve Rebellion's sequel bait. Though I still hope we get a direct sequel to the TV series, but probably it won't happen.