The rose garden witch with a distrustful nature. She holds roses dearer than anything else. She expends all of her power for the sake of beautiful roses. Despite stealing the life-force of humans who wander into her barrier to give to her roses, she loathes the thought of them trampling the inside of her barrier.
The rose garden witch with a distrustful nature. She holds roses dearer than anything else. She expends all of her power for the sake of beautiful roses. Despite stealing the life-force of humans who wander into her barrier to give to her roses, she loathes the thought of them trampling the inside of her barrier.
Rose Garden Witch. Nature: Suspicion.
This Witch treasures its roses above anything else. All of its power is used for the benefit of its beautiful flowers. When people get lost in its Labyrinth, it steals their life force to feed to its roses. It hates intruders, though, and would rather they didn't trample everything inside the Labyrinth.
Rose Garden Witch. Nature: Suspicion.
Once a year, she dons a Santa guise to deliver her precious roses. However, seeing families, friends, and lovers on her rounds fills her with envy. Petals twist into thorny suffering, and unwilling recipients suddenly find themselves on the menu. In the end, she finds comfort in a quiet banquet at home-minions by her side, and victims on the plate.
Witches Artwork: Servants of the rose garden witch (Rental ver.). They take the role of gardeners. As they are relatively docile and numerous, as far as familiars go, the rose garden witch dispatched them as the main combat force for saving Homura. As they are under the direct command of the mermaid witch, the influence of her magic has changed their appearances. The medals on their chests are a treasure added by the rose garden witch. Rebellion Production Note: Minions of the Rose Garden Witch (Rental ver.). The gardeners' minions were the main fighting force, fighting the Nutcrackers' army under Sayaka's command.
魔女図鑑：薔薇園の魔女の手下（レンタルver.）。その役割は造園。魔女の手下達の中ではかなり従順で数も多いため、ほむら救出の主戦力として薔薇園の魔女から派遣されて来た。直接的に人魚の魔女の指揮下へ入っているため、その魔女の影響で以前とは容姿が少し異なる。胸に付けた勲章は薔薇園の魔女から付けてもらった宝物。 叛逆の物語 PRODUCTION NOTE：薔薇園の魔女の手下（レンタルver.）。 造園役の手下は主戦力としてさやかの指揮下でくるみ割りの軍勢と戦った。
Minions of the witch of rose gardens. Their role is to do landscaping. The witch styles their mustaches for them. They originally resided in a place called Mitakihara, but due to their wholehearted desire to grow more beautiful roses in rich, fertile soil for their master, they unleashed their pioneering spirit and marched right on over to Kamihama. They happily carry on gardening even in barriers besides their master's, so some witches see them as a huge nuisance. Incidentally, due to the sheer density of witch barriers fighting each other for space in Kamihama, it's hardly unusual to see a given witch's minions wandering around other witches' barriers.
Rose Garden Witch Minion. Role: Landscaper. It maintains the rose bushes of its mistress's Labyrinth. It will lash out at intruding humans with its shears, eager to chop them up and turn them into compost. It is loyal and devoted to its Witch, who happens to style its whiskers.
The rose garden witch's minion. His duty is to act as lookout. Upon seeing a human, he will sound a warning bell and headbutt him mercilessly. They have 2.5 (20/8) vision. The smaller type can change into rose vines to hinder intruders.
Minions of the Witch of the Rose Garden. Their role is lookout. Upon seeing a human, They will sound a warning bell and headbutt him mercilessly. They have 2.5 (20/8) vision. The smaller type can change into rose vines to hinder intruders. They came to Kamihama from a place called Mitakihara as guards for the landscaping minions who also works for the Witch of the Rose Garden. On the way there, they were almost wiped out by a red-haired magical girl with double teeth, but fortunately they were let off the hook because there were no witches in the group, only her minions.
Rose Garden Witch Minion. Role: Alarm. The Witch it serves hates humans, and so it patrols the Labyrinth to keep them at bay. A siren that rings upon finding humans, then charges at them headfirst. They have 20/20 Vision. Small ones can even turn into rose vines to catch intruders.
Gertrud's barrier appears in Episode 1 along with her Anthony. Gertrud makes her first appearance in Episode 2 along with Adelbert.
In Episode 1, Madoka and Sayaka are ambushed by Gertrud's barrier after saving Kyubey from Homura. They're surrounded by Anthony but are quickly saved by Mami. All three girls later hunt down Gertrud in Episode 2. They find a woman attempting to commit suicide after having Gertrud's witch kiss placed on her but Mami saves her in time. Mami defeats numerous Anthony and Adelbert before finishing off Gertrud at the deepest part of her labyrinth.
Anthony are shown to attack with black scissors and their faces change drastically when doing so, they seem to have high pitched voices. Adelbert appear in two forms, large and small - the latter often coming in groups of three. They seem to only attack by flying towards their enemy. Gertrud is seen attacking with her red chair and using scissors like Anthony.
The Rebellion Story
Anthony make a reappearance in The Rebellion Story as rental versions, leant out to Sayaka and Oktavia. They appear more like Oktavia with a mermaid tail instead of their butterfly wings. Adelbert also make a brief appearance along side Nagisa. Gertrud also makes a cameo appearance during Homura's explanation of witches as well as in the ending where a bottle full of flowers has her name on in Runes. Aside from the Anthony's description in the Witches Artwork, they also have a different description in the Ulla's Rental concept page from the Rebellion Production Note.
Anthony & Adelbert
Minions of the Rose Garden Witch. The gardeners' minions were the main fighting force, fighting the Nutcrackers' army under Sayaka's command. The guards' minions worked with Nagisa to scatter as hordes on an island. (薔薇園の魔女の手下。 造園役の手下は主戦力としてさやかの指揮下でくるみ割りの軍勢と戦った。 警戒役の手下は、なぎさと一緒に島の群れを蹴散らした。)
Magia Record Anime
Gertrud makes a brief appearance in Magia Record Episode 11. The labyrinth created from Gertrud's appearance steals Sana Futaba's coaster and her, Iroha Tamaki, Tsuruno Yui and Felicia Mitsuki travel into the labyrinth to find it. The Anthony take their findings to the top of the labyrinth, noticeably taking Sana's coaster. They destroy any finding that isn't a rose so the girls quickly reach the top to save the coaster. Quickly after, a stone rose at the top of the labyrinth breaks to reveal Gertrud herself. The girls aren't shown fighting the witch but are shown holding her Grief Seed afterwards.
Books
Manga
Gertrud appears in the original manga just the same as she does in the anime. However she, her familiars and witch kiss don a slightly different appearance and her labyrinth is much more simple. Despite this, her Grief Seed retains the same appearance.
Rental Anthony reappear in the Rebellion Manga fighting alongside the magical girls. They also appear in the new world and Gertrud makes her cameo while Homura reminisces about witches.
Gertrud and Anthony appear in the spin-off The Veranda of Madoka briefly. Mami and Kyoko enter Gertrud's labyrinth on an extremely hot day and Kyoko thinks it's better to stay in the labyrinth since it's much cooler than outside.
During her fight, Gertrud sits at the back of the boss room and summons Anthony to fight the magical girl. Once the magical girl gets too close for too long, Gertrud will fly to another edge of the arena. She only attacks herself when a magical girl is directly in front of her. Once defeated she falls down and butterflies cover the screen just like her anime death. Her Grief Seed can be collected to cleanse a magical girl's Soul Gem during battle.
Magia Record
Gertrud and Anthony make an appearance in Magia Record, with Adelbert also appears much later on. Gertrud's description stays the same as her original anime description, however both Anthony and Adelbert's descriptions differs.
Anthony
Minions of the witch of rose gardens. Their role is to do landscaping.
The witch styles their mustaches for them.
They originally resided in a place called Mitakihara, but due to their wholehearted desire to grow more beautiful roses in rich, fertile soil for their master, they unleashed their pioneering spirit and marched right on over to Kamihama. They happily carry on gardening even in barriers besides their master's, so some witches see them as a huge nuisance.
Incidentally, due to the sheer density of witch barriers fighting each other for space in Kamihama, it's hardly unusual to see a given witch's minions wandering around other witches' barriers.
Minions of the Witch of the Rose Garden. Their role is lookout.
Upon seeing a human, They will sound a warning bell and headbutt him mercilessly. They have 2.5 (20/8) vision. The smaller type can change into rose vines to hinder intruders.
They came to Kamihama from a place called Mitakihara as guards for the landscaping minions who also works for the Witch of the Rose Garden.
On the way there, they were almost wiped out by a red-haired magical girl with double teeth, but fortunately they were let off the hook because there were no witches in the group, only her minions.
Gertrud, Anthony and Adelbert appear in Magia Exedra. Anthony and Adelbert appear in the Main Quest Rose Garden Witch Part I with all three appearing in Rose Garden Witch Part II.
Gertrud
Elemental Weakness(es)
Skills
Forest DMG [S] / Poison [S] (Proximity)
Deals forest DMG [S] to a single enemy and enemies in proximity.
60% chance to poison [S] for 3 turns.
Forest DMG [M] (All)
Deals forest DMG [M] to all enemies.
Forest DMG [L] (All)
Deals forest DMG [L] to all enemies.
DMG Dealt DOWN (Single)
Decreases a single enemy's DMG dealt for 2 turns.
Anthony
Elemental Weakness(es)
Skills
Forest DMG [M] (Proximity)
Deals forest DMG [M] to a single enemy and forest DMG [S] to enemies in proximity.
Forest DMG [M] (All)
Deals forest DMG [M] to all enemies.
DMG Dealt UP
Increases own DMG dealt for 2 turns.
Anthony (Triple moustache)
Elemental Weakness(es)
Skills
Forest DMG [M] (All) (DMG Up: Poisoned)
Deals forest DMG [M] to all enemies. Damage increases on poisoned targets.
Forest DMG [L] (Single) / ATK UP (Self)
Deals forest DMG [L] to a single enemy. Increases own ATK for 2 turns.
Adelbert
Elemental Weakness(es)
Skills
Forest DMG [M] (Proximity)
Deals forest DMG [M] to a single enemy and forest DMG [S] to enemies in proximity.
DMG Taken DOWN
Decreases own DMG taken for 2 turns.
SPD Up [S] (Single)
Slightly increases a single ally's SPD for 2 turns.
Adelbert (Blue)
Elemental Weakness(es)
Skills
Ailment Hit Rate UP (All)
Increases all allies' ailment hit rate for 2 turns.
DMG Taken DOWN (All)
Decreases all allies' DMG taken for 2 turns.
Poison [S]
60% chance to poison [S] all enemies for 3 turns.
Adelbert (Pink)
Elemental Weakness(es)
Skills
Forest DMG [M] (Proximity)
Deals forest DMG [M] to a single enemy and forest DMG [S] to enemies in proximity.
DMG Taken DOWN
Decreases own DMG taken for 2 turns.
SPD UP [S] (Single)
Slightly increases a single ally's SPD for 2 turns.
Note
In Episode 1, Anthonys are seen surrounding Sayaka and Madoka and yelling the following German phrases in a distorted manner:
Original
English Translation
Das sind mir unbekannte Blumen. Ja. Sie sind mir auch unbekannt. Schneiden wir sie ab? Ja. Schneiden wir sie ab! Die Rosen schenken wir unsrer Königin. Und die schlechten Blumen steigen auf die Guillotine. Ja. Schneide sie ab! Ja. Schneide sie heraus!
Those flowers are unknown to me. Yes. They are also unknown to me. Shall we cut them off? Yes. Let us cut them off. We present the roses to our queen. And the bad flowers go to the guillotine. Yes. Cut them off! Yes. Cut them out!
Observations
A red rose is commonly associated with romance, passion, humility and romance, however, a rotten rose could signify the corruption of these values.
Scissors used to be placed next to beds in older times to ward off changelings from replacing human children.
Scissors are also commonly used as a symbol in relation to ending a life, cutting the thread of life which may refer to Gertrud dying and becoming a witch.
Gertrude Jekyll was a British horticulturalist and garden designer. Her younger brother was a friend of author Robert Louis Stevenson, who used his surname in his novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, about a scientist who transforms into an embodiment of all his negativity and evil after drinking a serum he created
Gertrud's name may be a reference to Queen Gertrude from Shakespeare's play Hamlet
Incidentally, she is also the patron saint of cats (and those who also loved them), travelers in search of lodgings, and insane people.[1]
In episode 2 there's a grotesque image of Napoleon right before the door to Gertrud's barrier opens. Gertrud may have been inspired by Joséphine de Beauharnais, wife of Napoleon Bonaparte. She was known as Rose until she married Napoleon, and she patronized the development of rose breeding at her gardens at Malmaison, collecting some 250 varieties
Anthony's name may be a reference to the incorrect claim in the 16th century that the name "Anthony" was derived from the Greek word "anthos", meaning "flower".
They may also be a reference to the character Anthy Himemiya, named for a similar reason, from the anime Revolutionary Girl Utena.
Adelbert is named after German poet and botanist Adelbert von Chamisso, author of the novella 'Peter Schlemihl's Miraculous Story, in which the titular character sells his shadow to the devil and eventually grows to regret his decision after being ousted from society.
The wings on Gertrud's back may be wings of Charaxinae (cf. subgenus Polyura), the butterfly on her head may be Papilio helenus, and the swarm of butterflies that fly away after she dies may be Charaxinae and genus Graphium (cf. subgenus Pathysa) or Protographium.
Also, butterfly on Anthony's body is probably Danaus genutia, or common tiger butterfly, not the monarch butterfly (D. plexippus). However, Antony's wings have been modified and added the tails of the swallowtail butterfly (Papilionidae).
Other butterflies can also be seen in Gertrud's Barrier.
The way the Anthony destroy foreign things with their scissors in episode 2 of the orignal anime and their cameo in the Magia Record Anime may be the 'guillotine' described in the song from their initial appearance in the original series.
Trivia
Seiyus called Anthony ひげおじさん (Higeojisan, Uncle Moustache) in the audio comentary tracks of BD/DVD.
They think he is cute.
The Anthony from Rebellion that appear in the new world are presumably the ones that were summoned by Sayaka, unable to return to the Law of Cycles.
In The Battle Pentagram, Gertrud has an alternate colour palette with a more blue tinge. Her hair is a bright green, the roses are pink and her wings are blue. Anthony and Adelbert also have blue colour schemes.
Anthony and Adelbert's color schemes return as enemy variants in Magia Exedra.
Adelbert's vision has lowered from 2.5 (20/8) vision to 20/20 in Magia Exedra's description. However, the Japanese version remains the same, which might be an error.
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Minion of the Rose Garden Witch (Anthony)
Normal
Attack Up [III] (Self / 1 Turn)
6 turns
Max Limit Break
Attack Up [IV] (Self / 1 Turn)
5 turns
Rose Garden Witch Minion: Role: Landscaper.
Its Witch styles its whiskers.
薔薇園の魔女の手下。その役割は造園。
おヒゲは魔女にセットしてもらう。
Minion of the Rose Garden Witch (Adelbert)
Normal
Defense Up [III] (Self / 1 Turn)
6 turns
Max Limit Break
Defense Up [IV] (Self / 1 Turn)
5 turns
Rose Garden Witch Minion. Role: Alarm.
A siren that rings upon finding humans, then charges at them headfirst. They have 20/20 vision. Small ones can even turn into rose vines to catch intruders.
薔薇園の魔女の手下。その役割は警戒。
人間を見つけると、ベルのような警戒音を鳴らし、容赦ない頭突きを食らわせる。
視力は2.5。小さなタイプは侵入者を阻む薔薇の蔓に変身可能。
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