arcc said: Earlier I said to somebody that if Nanoha was the Gurren Lagann of Magical Girl shows, Madoka was the Evangelion (sans the fail). Looks like somebody beat me to the punch on that analogy.
Nah, GL is a reconstruction and a tribute to the rest of the Super Robot genre, Nanoha is a straight magical girl show with new stuff (megitech, transforming weapons, etc) tacked on. Best comparison I can think of is... hm... Eureka Seven, maybe?
arcc said: Earlier I said to somebody that if Nanoha was the Gurren Lagann of Magical Girl shows, Madoka was the Evangelion (sans the fail). Looks like somebody beat me to the punch on that analogy.
I know right? Madoka totally didn't include a bunch of metaphysical buffoonery to make it seem like it it was making a point. It also didn't have a bunch of emotionally manipulative nonsense at the end while brushing off important plot points by resorting to abstract scenes in the final episode. Yeah, it sure showed EVA...