Albertine
Albertine (ALBERTINE) is a witch that does not appear in the anime but does in the Madoka Magica Portable game. Her familiar Anja makes a brief appearance at the end of Episode 5 as well as quickly appearing in The Rebellion Story. She finally makes her anime debut at the end of Episode 5 of Magia Record.
Witch Card
The scribbling witch, with an ignorant nature. She loves Hide and Seek. However, because none of her minions are very intelligent, none of them seek her out. |
Minions
The scribbling witch's minion, whose duty is to be naïve. She is a lost familiar who was separated from the witch while playing alone, absorbed in her daydreams. She possesses the ability to transform humans into balls; a human who has been transformed into a ball cannot revert to human form until he bounces against the ground once for each lie that he has ever uttered. |
History
Madoka Magica Portable
Albertine makes her first appearance in Madoka Magica Portable. An official article from Dengeki Playstation suggests that she could have come from the Anja familiar from Episode 5. While her Anja appear in numerous routes along with her barrier, she only makes an appearance in the mysterious witches barrier "Fool's Barrier," which is unlocked by completing Sayaka's route.
During her boss fight she is shown to be able to create different Anja by drawing them on the ground. She occasionally hides herself in building blocks. To make her reappear, just attack the building blocks in her barrier. She may begin to cry when suffered attack. Your magical girl can't attack her when she cries without Negate Spec. Stat Effects(精神系異常状態無効) ability.
Her barrier resembles Anja's barrier from Episode 5 however the boss room has an entirely new design. Information from the Madogatari event describe her barrier in greater detail: Once you enter, you become smaller while everything around you seems big. This is shown during Albertine's boss fight and is shown again in the Magia Record anime. The boss room is described as a planetarium-like space with eyes, eyebrows and mouths on the ceiling. Only the eyes seem to appear in the final version however.
Magia Record
Albertine makes an appearance in Magia Record after her appearance in the anime. Her description stays the same as her original anime description.
Magia Record Anime
Albertine appears in Episode 5 against Momoko Togame, Rena Minami and Kaede Akino. She grows to an enormous size to fight Kaede, however Kaede defeats her with her doppel attack. She appears to have black and rainbow coloured blood.
Madogatari
Descriptions
Albertine
"The witch of scribbles. Her nature is ignorance. She loves hide-and-seek. Her minions strive to play hide-and-seek every day, but because none of her minions are very intelligent, none of them seek her out. When this solitary witch sees a human, she runs up to them and tries to invite them to play. If you're unwise enough to humor her, she'll playfully pull your heart out, but if you ignore her, she'll try to get your attention by stealing something precious of yours."
Barrier
Some notes on her barrier were shared during the exhibition. A summary is presented below:
-Things that enter her Labyrinth become tiny.
-This causes her minions to look large, and the witch to look gigantic, which cancels out the "little girl" impression you'd otherwise get.
-The deepest part is a "planetarium-like area," with the bottom part resembling the minions' corridor areas.
-Big, fluffy yellow blobs move around on the walls. Bouncy balls (like Anja's?) come out of them.
-There's eyes, eyebrows and mouths on the ceiling.
Song
Crayon Rainbow
Original text | Translation |
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*機嫌よく適当な節で叫びましょう |
*To be cheerfully screamed in some tune or another |
Observations
- It is highly likely Albertine was a young child, judging by her mannerisms and how she is a scribbling witch as scribbling is something commonly associated with children all the same.
- Albertine's name may come from Charlotte Albertine Ernestine von Stein, a close friend of Goethe who inspired several of his works, or Therese Albertine Luise Robinson, with whom Goethe shared many correspondences about translating Serbian folk songs.
- Anja may be named after a titular character of the play Anja und Esther by writer Klaus Mann, whose most famous work was Mephisto, an adaptation of the legend of Faust. In the play, Anja and Esther along with two men live in a strange house, where they "indulge in melancholy thoughs, projects, and hopes". When a male dancer arrives at the home, Esther falls in love and leaves with him, while Anja stays behind and "remains 'trapped and safe in the place of the old'." Anja and Esther's intimate, homoerotic relationship before Esther leaves caused a sensation when the play was first released.
- Albertine's minion Anja has a crown on it's head whilst the name Anja comes from German origin meaning 'grace' which may fit its royal imagery.
- The name Albertine is also of German origin. Meaning 'bright' or 'noble' it is an ironic name for the witch. As she is someone who feeds off despair instead of being someone noble.
- After Walpurgisnacht, she is the second witch featured in an anime whose name was not introduced in runes at her debut.
- Her crayons read "Anja" (ANJA) and "wachsmalstift" (WACHSMALSTIFT). Wachsmalstift is German for crayon.
Trivia
- In BD commentary for Episode 5, it was explained that Anja was voiced by Aoi Yuuki (the voice actor for Madoka)
- Albertine has two different designs, with one coming from Madoka Magica Portable and the other from Magia Record (which takes inspiration from her concept art in Portable).
Gallery
Official Art
Art of Anja from the Puella Magi Production Note
Art of Anja's labyrinth from Key Animation Note 3
Art featuring Albertine and Anja by Gekidan Inu Curry's S from the Rakugaki Note
Screenshots
Original Anime
Anja from Episode 5 with a plane body
Anja's brief appearance in The Rebellion Story
Magia Record Anime
Albertine's labyrinth from Episode 5
Manga
Anja in the manga
Anja's brief appearance in the Rebellion Manga
Games
Madoka Magica Mobage
Anja card in Madoka Magica Mobage
Madoka Magica Portable
Albertine's name in Runes from Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable
Albertine's barrier, based off Anja's barrier from Episode 5
A type of Anja from Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable
A type of Anja from Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable
Albertine's Grief Seed, from Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable
Albertine's kiss, as seen on a loading screen in Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable
Madoka Magica Plus
Madoka Magica Online
Anja from Madoka Magica Online
Magia Record
Magia Exedra
Merchandise
Memoria Cards
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Graffiti Witch Minion. Role: Eternal Child. Separated from their Witch while playing alone. A human transformed into a ball by its powers must bounce as many times as lies they have told in their life, if they want to regain their lost form. | 落書きの魔女の手下。その役割は童心。 ひとり遊びに夢中になっているうち魔女とはぐれてしまった迷子の手下。 |
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See Also
External links
- Albertine card at official website (Japanese)
- Anja card at official website (Japanese)