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Kougeru



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 23, 2026 3:54 pm Reply with quote
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Shaft did not rest on its laurels with the success of Puella Magi Madoka Magica. The animation studio found major success with the Monogatari series starting in 2009


gonna nitpick here... Monogatari is irrelevant in Shaft resting on laurels because it came out BEFORE Madoka.Very odd way to write...
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Gem-Bug



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 24, 2026 1:55 am Reply with quote
Glad Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru got at least a couple posters on a stairwell wall...
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JustMonika



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 24, 2026 4:07 am Reply with quote
Kougeru wrote:
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Shaft did not rest on its laurels with the success of Puella Magi Madoka Magica. The animation studio found major success with the Monogatari series starting in 2009


gonna nitpick here... Monogatari is irrelevant in Shaft resting on laurels because it came out BEFORE Madoka.Very odd way to write...


Yeah, you're right, lol .. Monogatari is my all-time favorite series.
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MarshalBanana



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 24, 2026 5:20 pm Reply with quote
I might be misremembering, as I was unable to locate it, but didn't Shaft make a sort of music video anime series in the late 80s, as their first independent title?
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tsog



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 26, 2026 2:53 pm Reply with quote
Kougeru wrote:

gonna nitpick here... Monogatari is irrelevant in Shaft resting on laurels because it came out BEFORE Madoka.Very odd way to write...

Exactly my thought too!

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One of Shaft's first major original anime successes is 2011s Puella Magi Madoka Magica.

I can't think of any other of their original anime, aside from Madoka franchise, that was successful...

Maybe it's more like a wish for them to have more original anime successes in the future?
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