
Madoka fans will be sure to lose their heads (or empty their wallets at any rate) over the announcement of a slot machine to be constructed in honour of popular mahou shoujo series Madoka Magica, with the machine itself to be unleashed onto the populace next month.
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Madoka receives another figure by Good Smile Company based on Aoki Ume‘s illustration for the 2012 movies, which has been faithfully rendered into PVC. The figure will be released in January 2014.
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Magical puella fans have been out in force to celebrate Madoka’s birthday yet again, both her and the show’s popularity not having ebbed a bit it would seem.
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Magical puella lovers have been gawping at the sight of a fully sculpted Madoka itasha on the nation’s highways, with mahou shoujo fans as usual leading the way in painful car mods.
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Long esteemed as one of the foremost and most popular anime genres, and perhaps not coincidentally also long reviled as the one with the creepiest fans, magical girl anime are still providing a steady stream of both mega-hit anime and top classics, as this ranking well demonstrates…
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After a series of cosplay efforts which seemed more designed to provoke angry fans into a publicity inducing furore than win them over with cuteness, SKE48’s Rena Matsui and Nogizaka46’s Rina Ikoma have saved the day by earning much praise for their “too cute” portrayals of magical puellae Homura and Madoka.
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Good Smile Company is coming out with yet another figure edition of parallel world hopping mahou shoujo Homura Akemi, that comes complete with interchangeable hair styles and expressions, a modest arsenal (including a golf club should she need to take a trip to the local fairway), and is set to be released on June 2013.
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Amongst the plethora of anime released each year, fans have chosen the few classics that stand the test of time and which any self-respecting anime fan would be wasting their life by missing out on.
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New Year’s well wishes from otaku have taken a new twist – with an envelope printed with a manga of QB quizzing Madoka as to her heart’s desire, to wish she responds with the name and Hamamatsu city address of the person she wishes her New Year’s greetings delivered to. Needless to say, the letter was delivered without issue.
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The 2012 prize for the most devotedly lonely Christmas Eve spent with imaginary girlfriends looks to have been awarded to Madoka fans, for whom it seems no Christmas is complete without a festive shrine to the magical puella of their choice…
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Tearjerker anime being such a popular genre, it is no surprise to find fans have sought to find just who met what is generally the most sad and tragic fate of all…
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The prominent use of Madoka cosplayers at a political rally, and even on top of the campaign truck, has been attracting distaste from anime fans.
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