Puella Magi Madoka Magica Art Book

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The Puella Magi Madoka Magica art book is an official 64-page Madoka Magica production art book released on June 28, 2011. It covers various early production designs for the anime, including sketches and renderings for characters, battle moves, equipment and selected locations. Also included are notes, guidelines and other background material on the anime.

Note: Because the content is identical, some scans are actually from the Production Note. Only the border information is different.

Homura

Early Timeline Homura "Moemura"

みつあみメガネほむら - braided bespectacled Homura
通常はリボン - regular time there is ribbon
マホー少女時 - in mahou shoujo time
毛先カタク - the tip of hair looks hard
ハイライト - highlight
メガネ - eyeglasses
つり目 - slanted eyes
ひかえめに - moderately

Homura

ホホタッチ、スカートのラインは色トレスです。 - "color trace" for the extra touches on the cheeks and the lines of the skirt
魔法少女なので、- Since she is a mahou shoujo
左手に指輪、模様有り。 - she wears a ring on her left hand with pattern on it
変身後は無くなります。 - it disappears after transformation
（詳細は指輪設定参照） - (details - refer to the ring design)
模様色トレス - pattern - color trace
暁美ほむら_全身_表情　(清書決定稿） - Homura Akemi - full body - facial expression (the finalized draft after clean-up)

Sayaka

宝石ハラに直でついてる - The jewel stone attached to abdomen directly
フツーにパンツ - ordinary pants
身長少し高くなってる - height a little bit increased
まほうしょうじょさやか - mahou shoujo Sayaka
美樹さやか_変身　(ラフ決定稿）- Sayaka Miki – transformed (rough finalized draft)

Mami

巴マミ　変身（ラフ決定稿） - Mami Tomoe - Transformation (rough final draft)

フツーにパンツ - standard panty
宝石は右ガワ - jewel stone on right hand side
宝石は頭部に直でくっついてる - jewel stone attached on her head directly
左ガワのカミ止メ - left hand side hairpin

ソックスのライン　イロトレスウェスタンブーツ風 - outline of socks - color trace in style of western boots
せなかのリボン - ribbon on her body
まほう少女　マミ - mahou shoujo Mami
ハネはボーシについてる - feather attached on her cap

身長高くなってます - body height got higher

Kyubey

指示がないがきり - Without specific instructions
表情はかわらない - no change in expression
クチも開かない - mouth also stay closed
色トレス - color trace
せなかのモヨウ - back of body pattern (i.e. the red ring on his back)
ニワトリのタマゴのイメージ - look like a chicken's egg
ニクキューはない - Not NikQ (you can google to see what NikQ is)
キュウべえ　(ラフ決定稿） - Kyubey (rough finalized draft)

Madoka's Family

Kaname Household

カナメ家 - House of Kaname
パジャマ - Pajamas

Tatsuya

鹿目タツヤ　（ラフ決定稿） - Tatsuya Kaname (rough final draft)

タツヤ - Tatsuya
クツシタ - socks
クツ - shoes

Classmates and Teachers

Kazuko Saotome

かずこせんせい - Kazuko-sensei
ホホタッチ - cheek touches
表情によって - depending on the expression
有ったり - sometimes are there
なかったり - sometimes not there
メガネフレーム - eyeglasses frame
下イロトレス - bottom "color trace"
早乙女和子　（ラフ決定稿） - Kazuko Saotome (rough finalized draft)

Classmates

クラスメイト　（ラフ決定稿） - classmate (rough final draft)

クラスメイト　参 - classmate 3
ホムラ - Homura
サヤカ - Sayaka
マドカ - Madoka
ナカザワ - Nakazawa [symbv: who is Nakazawa?]

Production Guidance/Directions

Guidelines on Madoka's Expressions

こちらの表現は、どーしても必要な局面以外は避けて下さい - the following expressions, please try to avoid as much as possible except in necessary circumstances
ダメージの表現でよくあるタッチ - touches that are common in expressions of damage
なぞの白い玉 - mysterious white bubbles
巨大なアセ - huge sweat drop
空に浮くしたじき - mat flowing in sky
ダメージは出来るはんいで具体的に表現する - express damages in concrete way within reasonable scope

Guidelines on Drawing Madoka

作画注意事項 - Things to watch out in sakuga (drawing animation frame)
[roughly from left to right and top to bottom]

アップ時マブタのショリ黒でぬりつぶす - Treatment for eyelids during close-up
ｘｘは作らない - do not draw xx [TN: xx is illegible to me]
実線をタッチ状に重ねて - use touches of solid lines on top of each other
その下ハダのカゲ色でぬる - below that fill with the flesh shadow color

ヒトミも基本同様 - pupils basically same

特にバストショット以上で - in particular, any shot above busts
リンカク２重線で太く - use thick double lines to draw the outline
ゆき暗い色でぬりつぶします - fill up with dark color

[TN: the one below, pointing to the small black dot in the eye, are too blurred and small to be readable]

ｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘはここにも小さいｘｘ - here also small xxx

ヨコガオ - side look of face
基本ヨコクチですが - basically mouth on the side
実線ではつながずに - the solid lines do not link up [look at the bad example to the right]
イロトレスにて - use color trace

ホホのタッチ - the touches on the cheek
イロトレス - use color trace
太いリンカクからはみ出す - jutting out from the think profile

ホホのタッチによって - depending on the touches on cheek
リンカクが途切れて見える意図 - deliberately show interruption of profile lines

カミの毛のハイライトはこんなカンジで - the highlights of her hair looks like this

開きクチでの歯の描写は - for depiction of teeth when mouth opens
基本的にないですが描写が必要な局面で - basically there are not any situation when it is needed
下の歯の描写は避けて下さい特に若者 - avoid any depiction of lower teeth [look at the bad example to the left] especially young people

Background/Architecture

Homura's Home

ほむらアパート＿部屋　（清書決定稿）- Homura's apartment/room (final draft after clean-up)

パネルの厚み考えない - no need to consider the thickness of the panels
上下左右少しずつ動いてます - they all move slightly vertically and horizontally
パネルは全体でみると菱形に並んでいます - Taking all the panels together, they took a rhombus shape
色替えで模様 - pattern with changing color
俯瞰でみると時計盤に見えます - Looking from above it looks like the surface of a clock
中央、床面より低くなって凹んでいます - The center is sunken and is lower than the floor
座面はクッションになっています - the bench top is cushioned
外側の面は全て収納（引き出し） - all outer-facing sides are drawers for storage
階段ではなくスロープ - slope not steps
デザイン優先の段差 - raised step more for design

Weapons

Mami's Musket

マミの銃　マジカルマスケット銃 - Mami's gun Magical Musket
プレートＵＰ - Plate Up
通常な省略 - Standard omissions
コックと皿の結晶は色トレス - "color trace" for cock and flash pen crystal
対比 - comparison
水晶　色トレス　(フリントと火蓋)- crystal "color trace" (flint and touch-hole cover)
1 マミの掃討用の銃 - Mami's gun for mop-up actions
サーペンタイルタイプ - serpentine type
銃口 - muzzle

Sayaka's Sword

さかやの剣 - Sayaka's sword
鞘　（未使用） Scabbard (saya) (not used) [1]
反りあります - there is curvature
鍔 - guard (tsuba)[2]
刃、断面 - blade edge, cross-section
Ｕｐ時 - At close-up
刃紋有 - there is pattern on blade edge
安全装置 - Safety lock
止メ金　（はばき） - fastener (habaki)[3]
さやか武器　(清書決定稿） - Sayaka's weapon (finalized draft after clean-up)

Homura's Shield

ほむらの盾 - Homura's shield
時間静止逆行モードこちらで - Time freeze/backward mode is here
通常時　カバー有　- Usually it has cover
カバーＵＰ - uncovered
真横 - side look
ムーブメント(中央部分） - movement (central part)
砂時計(上下の球体）ＵＰ時別紙 - sand-timer (sphere at top and bottom) zoom-up on separate sheet
裏 - the other side
ほむらとの対比 - comparison with Homura
横 - side

Kyoko's Weapon

杏子武器＿補足 - Kyoko's Weapon - supplement

杏子の槍 - Kyoko's spear
多節棍モード - multi-section staff mode
鎖　UP - chain close-up
棍、鎖の長さはカット内で統一 - lengths of staff and chain to be consistent within one cut
短 - short
長(際限なし） - long (no limit)
ロング時や動きのゆれは - when it is long or when it is shaking in movement
鎖　色トレス　or 省略など - chain - use color trace or omit etc
槍の底分銅的なあつかい等 - the bottom of the spear is equipped with things like a counterweight

Soulgem

横から - from the side
ひらべったい - flat
マミ用飾り - For Mami, decoration
ほむら - Homura
さやか - Sayaka
杏子 - Kyoko
まどか - Madoka
銀色 - Silver color
メダル - Medal
各キャラでメダル部分違う - The medal part differs from character to character

まどか - Madoka
マミ - Mami
ほむら - Homura
さやか - Sayaka
杏子 - Kyoko

Gertrud's Grief Seed

バラ園の魔女　グリーフシード　前 - Witch of the Rose Garden - Grief Seed - Front
ケルトルート- Gertrud
影無し - no shadow
大きさソウルジェムこのくらい - size of Soul Gem is like this
うしろ - back
ソウルジェム - Soul Gem
フレーム残しつつ - while the frame remains as it is
メキメキと割れながら縮む - contracts as it rapidly breaks apart
一気にズボッと - In one go it pops and
棒部分生えてくる - the rod-shaped parts grow
（貫通するみたいに）- (like they go through it)

Sayaka's Room

奥行き７．５Ｍなら - ７．５＾２　ｍ＾２＝３３．９６畳？
If the depth is 7.5m,(7.5 x 7.5) = 56.5 m^2 = 33.96 Jou (mats) ? [this is really big for a room!]
さやか部屋　(清書決定稿） - Sayaka's room (finalized draft after clean-up)
(Translator note -[the details in the background are too blurred to translate])

Other

学校指定カバン - School bags mandated by school
留め金でとめられるがあんまり留めない - Fastened with a latch but it does not fasten that well

ポケット - Pocket

学生カバン（決定稿） - Student's bag (final draft)

Gallery

Production Guidance/Direction

Guidance on eye design
Grief Seeds

Madoka

Homura

Sayaka

Mami

Kyoko

色トレス means "color trace". In animation it's used for color pencil (pencil tool in CG) to trace the black outline so as to soften the shape and make it blur into the surrounding better.