Why Madoka Magica Still Matters, or In Defence of Sayaka Miki

An extended essay on the themes of Madoka Magica, with a particular focus on the character of Sayaka Miki.


This video suffered extensively from youtube's restrictions on including clips from anime; the visuals are to prevent spurious takedown requests, as this video essay falls clearly under Fair Use.


There are some discrepancies between the subtitles and the voice acting in parts; the subtitles are the original dialogue, the voice acting has been slightly altered in parts to prevent further restriction. I apologise if the subtitles are sometimes a little off in timing - this was again to manage takedown issues.


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Voice Actors
Skylarxene as Sayaka [ Ссылка ]
VoiceQuills as Kyouko [ Ссылка ]
M.J. Collins as Madoka
Rhiannon Moushall as Mami [ Ссылка ]
Playhead North as Homura [ Ссылка ]
RagnarRox as Kyubey [ Ссылка ]

Codex Entry [ Ссылка ]


Copy Editing and Captions: Matt Cox [ Ссылка ]


Bibliography


Butler, Catherine. 2018. "Shoujo Versus Seinen? Address And Reception In Puella Magi Madoka Magica (2011)". Children's Literature In Education 50 (4): 400-416. doi:10.1007/s10583-018-9355-9.


Cleto, Sara, and Erin Bahl. 2016. "Becoming The Labyrinth: Negotiating Magical Space And Identity In Puella Magi Madoka Magica". Humanities 5 (2): 20. doi:10.3390/h5020020.


Cooley. 2020. "A Cycle, Not A Phase: Love Between Magical Girls Amidst The Trauma Of Puella Magi Madoka Magica". Mechademia: Second Arc 13 (1): 24. doi:10.5749/mech.13.1.0024.


Tate, James. 2017. "Magical Girl Martyrs: Puella Magi Madoka Magica And Purity, Beauty, And Passivity". Oregon Undergraduate Research Journal 11 (1). doi:10.5399/uo/ourj.11.1.4.


Hemmann, Kathryn 2015 "Short Skirts and Superpowers: The Evolution of the Beautiful Fighting Girl." U.S.-Japan Women's Journal, vol. 47 no. 1, 2015, pp. 45-72, doi:10.1353/jwj.2015.0001.


Warren-Crow. 2011. "Vocational Aesthetics: Voice, Affect, and Energy in Puella Magi Madoka Magica." Mechademia 13 (2) [ Ссылка ].


Sun Prickett, Tony. 2020. "Against The World: Madoka Rebellion, Saviorism, And Abolitionist Schooling - Anime Feminist". Anime Feminist. [ Ссылка ].


Saito K. Magic,Shōjo, and Metamorphosis: Magical Girl Anime and the Challenges of Changing Gender Identities in Japanese Society. J Asian Stud. 2014;73(1):143-164. doi:10.1017/s0021911813001708


Gough, S. (2020) Media mix and character marketing in Madoka Magica. East Asian Journal of Popular Culture, 6 (1). 59-76.


Further bibliography can be found publicly available on my patreon




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