Puella Magi Madoka Magica Official Guidebook "You Are Not Alone"

Summary

Puella Magi Madoka Magica Official Guidebook "You Are Not Alone", a compilation on a wide variety of information on Madoka Magica, was released on August 27th, 2011. The table of contents reveals these categories of information: Illustrations, Episode and Characters, Cast Interviews, Materials, and Staff Interviews.

Table of Contents

A look at the sample pages from the Guidebook reveals it contains a wide range of information, including:

• Prior illustrations from magazines and other sources
• Early character designs of initial concepts
• Comics related to production that are both informative and entertaining
• Character pages for not only the main characters but witches too
• Episode coverage including commentary
• Interviews with many cast and staff members
• Design, sketches and other production-related material similar to Production Note or Art Book
• Staff behind-the-scenes discussion

Translations

All translations courtesy of symbv from evageeks forum.

Walpurgis Comic

[Editor's note (EN): The quality of the picture caused the translator problems, which is why there's some gaps in the translations and notes.]

Top frame:
After a full session of recording, the sounds of familiars and Walpurgis Nacht used in the fight scenes were also recorded.
HA HA HA HA HA HA
The laughing sounds from the female seiyuu were taken.

Middle frame:
Tatsuya~~!!! Mami-sa~~n!!?

• picture in imagination

And then Walpurgis is...no kidding... Kaori Mizubashi-san!! [EN: Mami's seiyuu]
In the anime, the voice was modified so I did not notice. I was shocked to know this! Ahahahahahahah....

Bottom Right:
During the break at the middle Yuuki-san and Kato-san came to talk to me! It was a valuable experience. [EN: seiyuu for Madoka and Kyubey]

• I am not going to talk about this picture (lol)
  

(TN: I cannot read the text next to eyeglasses girl)
They read the manga Madoka which I finished and presented only today. Thank you so much!

Bottom Middle:
QB (with director Shinbo written on it) - Kyubey from anime, cool?
Beat ??? Walpurgis
- It is the best !
During the break, I felt that the seiyuu and the staff created a gentle mood around the recording studio....

Bottom Left:
(TN: not entirely legible but it is about being able to visit the after-recording session and give thanks to everyone)

Very bottom:
Finally, my thanks to the seiyuu, production staff, editors!!

** Temporary title is “Mahou Shoujo Apocalypse” **

File:Guidebook Scan 01.jpg

[EN: Ume Aoki is original character designer and Atsuhiro Iwagami is the main producer]

Aoki – Later when I watched it again from ep.1, I got the impression that the heroine kept changing from one to one. From ep.4 it is the story about Sayaka and Kyouko, and when it is near the last part Homura starts to get more noticeable. At the end Madoka becomes the proper protagonist.

Iwagami – About the characters, to be honest at the time when I read the screenplay I could not read this far. Indeed it became like an omnibus where there is Mami arc, Sayaka arc, Kyouko arc etc. In one sense it is like Bakemonogatari in which the composition is to showcase the appeal of each heroine by turn, and then I thought “I see, so it is what it has become.”

Interviewer – By the way, how about making the protagonist Madoka and other girls junior high students?

Iwagami – Primary school student, if in 3D form, will give the impression of child actor, not idol. However, if it is junior high student, people will recognize her as an idol, and I thought it may get easier to get people to watch it. So even before Urobuchi-san finished writing the plot, [I gave ?] the condition of “make [???] mahou shoujo of junior high students..... [more text on the next page]

General Gallery

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  Poster

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  Advertisement

• Guidebook Variety compilation.jpg

  Compilation of pages shows the variety of material

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  Japan-exclusive extras

Prior Illustrations

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Early Character Designs

• Guidebook Early Character design 1.jpg
• Guidebook Early Character design 2.jpg

Comics

• Guidebook Sample 01.jpg
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Character Pages

• Guuidebook Character 01.jpg
• Guidebook Character 02.jpg
• Guidebook Character 03.jpg

Episode Coverage

• Guidebook Episode coverage 01.jpg
• Guidebook Episode coverage 02 Commentary Ep 3.jpg
• Guidebook Episode coverage 03 Ep 11.jpg

Interviews

• Guidebook Interview Gen Urobuchi.jpg
• Guidebook Interview 02.jpg
• Guidebook Interview 03.jpg

Production Materials

• Guidebook Production Designs.jpg
• Guidebook Production Related Material 02.jpg
• Guidebook witch design 1.jpg
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Staff Discussion

• Guidebook Staff Discussion 01.jpg

External links

• Description with sample pages (japanese)