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.
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): This was likely done by the same person who did the final episode after-recording report.]
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....
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)
General Gallery
- Guidebook Variety compilation.jpg
Compilation of pages shows the variety of material
Prior Illustrations
Early Character Designs
- Guidebook Early Character design 1.jpg
- Guidebook Early Character design 2.jpg
Comics
- Guidebook Sample 01.jpg
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 Scan 01.jpg
Production Materials
- Guidebook Production Designs.jpg
- Guidebook witch design 1.jpg
Staff Discussion
- Guidebook Staff Discussion 01.jpg
External links
- Description with sample pages (japanese)