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Harmonik at 21:52, 15 August 2021 2021-08-15T21:52:02Z <p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 21:52, 15 August 2021</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{Infobox_episode</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{Infobox_episode</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|name      = <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Both </del>Miracles and Magic <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Exist</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|name      = Miracles and Magic <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Are Real</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|jname      = 奇跡も、魔法も、あるんだよ</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|jname      = 奇跡も、魔法も、あるんだよ</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|commentary=[[Aoi Yuuki]] &lt;br /&gt; [[Chiwa Saitou]] &lt;br /&gt; [[Gen Urobuchi]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|commentary=[[Aoi Yuuki]] &lt;br /&gt; [[Chiwa Saitou]] &lt;br /&gt; [[Gen Urobuchi]]</div></td></tr> </table> N. Harmonik https://wiki.puella-magi.net/w/index.php?title=Audio_Commentary/Episode_4&diff=65666&oldid=prev CarVac at 02:49, 18 August 2015 2015-08-18T02:49:39Z <p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 02:49, 18 August 2015</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l5">Line 5:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 5:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>}}</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>}}</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The commentary for episode 4 features the infamous mastermind [[Gen <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Urobuchi</del>]], also known as the UroButcher, who is known for his {{spoiler|torturous treatment of heroes of justice}} and overall brutality.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The commentary for episode 4 features the infamous mastermind [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Urobuchi </ins>Gen]], also known as the UroButcher, who is known for his {{spoiler|torturous treatment of heroes of justice}} and overall brutality.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>What was he thinking when he wrote the story, they asked. He was told by the producer Iwakami that they wanted to do a &#039;deceptive&#039; anime featuring Urobuchi and Aoki Ume. They decided from the beginning to make the series serious. It was originally conceived as {{spoiler|mahou shoujo battle royale, where in each episode someone would die}} but they wouldn&#039;t have enough time or characters for that, so it turned out how it is today.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>What was he thinking when he wrote the story, they asked. He was told by the producer Iwakami that they wanted to do a &#039;deceptive&#039; anime featuring Urobuchi and Aoki Ume. They decided from the beginning to make the series serious. It was originally conceived as {{spoiler|mahou shoujo battle royale, where in each episode someone would die}} but they wouldn&#039;t have enough time or characters for that, so it turned out how it is today.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l11">Line 11:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 11:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>They then asked about the auditions. Urobuchi himself was the one who recommended the role of Homura to Saitou Chiwa, and he said that she really fit the &quot;cool beauty&quot; style of the character. He was actually the only person who knew the entire scenario in full at the time of the auditions. Regarding Madoka, he felt that Yuuki was the most natural, not forcing the role.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>They then asked about the auditions. Urobuchi himself was the one who recommended the role of Homura to Saitou Chiwa, and he said that she really fit the &quot;cool beauty&quot; style of the character. He was actually the only person who knew the entire scenario in full at the time of the auditions. Regarding Madoka, he felt that Yuuki was the most natural, not forcing the role.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Next they talked about is the impression of the characters upon guys versus girls. Last episode with Mizuhashi Kaori they noted that the characters are really relatable to by girls, even though the writer is a guy? Is Urobuchi secretly a girl? His response <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">is </del>that &quot;Well, if I couldn&#039;t write a girl&#039;s viewpoint, I couldn&#039;t do my job.&quot; His thoughts on whether male and female viewpoints are different...he said he didn&#039;t actually write it with males as the target audience; for guys, it&#039;s enough for there to be just a bunch of cute girls talking but you have to focus on the female viewers to draw them in. He tried to make it intentionally not too cute, or else it affects how well the characters can seem to be real people.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Next they talked about is the impression of the characters upon guys versus girls. Last episode with Mizuhashi Kaori they noted that the characters are really relatable to by girls, even though the writer is a guy? Is Urobuchi secretly a girl? His response <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">was </ins>that &quot;Well, if I couldn&#039;t write a girl&#039;s viewpoint, I couldn&#039;t do my job.&quot; His thoughts on whether male and female viewpoints are different...he said he didn&#039;t actually write it with males as the target audience; for guys, it&#039;s enough for there to be just a bunch of cute girls talking but you have to focus on the female viewers to draw them in. He tried to make it intentionally not too cute, or else it affects how well the characters can seem to be real people.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>(I really think that&#039;s one of the best parts of the series. Tears come out because a real person might actually cry, not to be &quot;cry cute&quot;. Real crying is not cute. By consciously avoiding that, it feels so much more natural.)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>(I really think that&#039;s one of the best parts of the series. Tears come out because a real person might actually cry, not to be &quot;cry cute&quot;. Real crying is not cute. By consciously avoiding that, it feels so much more natural.)</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l17">Line 17:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 17:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>They also talked about how Madoka as a character is quite realistic; she hasn&#039;t toughened up yet and taken on everything. But instead, she has the most sympathy for the other characters. Yuuki commented that that felt like a really good fit for her; Saitou says that it&#039;s just like how Sayaka was a perfect fit for Kitamura Eri.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>They also talked about how Madoka as a character is quite realistic; she hasn&#039;t toughened up yet and taken on everything. But instead, she has the most sympathy for the other characters. Yuuki commented that that felt like a really good fit for her; Saitou says that it&#039;s just like how Sayaka was a perfect fit for Kitamura Eri.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>They eventually moved onto how every character has such a fleshed out situation that guides their behavior, like Mami&#039;s surprising depth {{spoiler|<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </del>and Kyubey&#039;s reason for what he does}}. Urobuchi said that whenever he would focus down on writing from each character&#039;s point of view, he would end up with more lines than was in the end necessary because he&#039;s more used to writing novels and VN&#039;s and this was his first anime script; lots of the context is filled in by the art and the voice acting. You don&#039;t need as many words in anime; you can show instead of telling.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>They eventually moved onto how every character has such a fleshed out situation that guides their behavior, like Mami&#039;s surprising depth {{spoiler|and Kyubey&#039;s reason for what he does}}. Urobuchi said that whenever he would focus down on writing from each character&#039;s point of view, he would end up with more lines than was in the end necessary because he&#039;s more used to writing novels and VN&#039;s and this was his first anime script; lots of the context is filled in by the art and the voice acting. You don&#039;t need as many words in anime; you can show instead of telling.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>When writing, he hadn&#039;t actually put much thought into what the acting would do to the characters; he was surprised at how well Mami was fleshed out in only 3 episodes, for example. He said that the sense of loss after her death was much greater than he had expected. He couldn&#039;t believe how convincing it was to watch {{spoiler|what happened to Mami affect Madoka&#039;s and Sayaka&#039;s friendship as their reactions were different}}.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>When writing, he hadn&#039;t actually put much thought into what the acting would do to the characters; he was surprised at how well Mami was fleshed out in only 3 episodes, for example. He said that the sense of loss after her death was much greater than he had expected. He couldn&#039;t believe how convincing it was to watch {{spoiler|what happened to Mami affect Madoka&#039;s and Sayaka&#039;s friendship as their reactions were different}}.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Saitou then commented that for her, this really was an extremely interesting work to act in. Much more involving, much more investment; they had to trust each other. Yuuki added that without being surrounded by people she trusts, she wouldn&#039;t be able to really put forth her most honest acting; as an actor you&#039;re showing every part of yourself, even the most dark corners of your personality, when playing a character in these stressful situations. For example, when Madoka&#039;s trying to run away from the zombified people in the warehouse, Yuuki is really showing us her most honest abject terror, and that means she has to trust and be comfortable with the people around her. Personally, I find this to be one of the biggest differences between the acting in this show and others; the way the characters behave under pressure is so realistic and so convincing... <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(</del>There&#039;s more of that to come in later episodes.)</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Saitou then commented that for her, this really was an extremely interesting work to act in. Much more involving, much more investment; they had to trust each other. Yuuki added that without being surrounded by people she trusts, she wouldn&#039;t be able to really put forth her most honest acting; as an actor you&#039;re showing every part of yourself, even the most dark corners of your personality, when playing a character in these stressful situations. For example, when Madoka&#039;s trying to run away from the zombified people in the warehouse, Yuuki is really showing us her most honest abject terror, and that means she has to trust and be comfortable with the people around her. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(</ins>Personally, I find this to be one of the biggest differences between the acting in this show and others; the way the characters behave under pressure is so realistic and so convincing... There&#039;s more of that to come in later episodes.)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Saitou <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">did say </del>that she <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">was helped </del>because she<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">&#039;s </del>worked with Shaft many times before, so she<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">&#039;s </del>used to working with the recording staff and director and such. She was comfortable <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">saying </del>things a new person wouldn&#039;t, like &quot;Why can&#039;t we see the whole script?&quot; and &quot;Why don&#039;t we get the script until the day of the recording?&quot; and so on.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Saitou <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">said </ins>that she <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">had it easier </ins>because she <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">had </ins>worked with Shaft many times before, so she <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">was </ins>used to working with the recording staff and director and such. She was comfortable <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">asking </ins>things a new person wouldn&#039;t, like &quot;Why can&#039;t we see the whole script?&quot; and &quot;Why don&#039;t we get the script until the day of the recording?&quot; and so on.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Another interesting thing came up in conversation. Apparently, Inu Curry did pretty much everything related to the witch barriers; Urobuchi&#039;s script didn&#039;t have any of the events from inside. So it must have been pretty complicated getting everything to flow together.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Another interesting thing came up in conversation. Apparently, Inu Curry did pretty much everything related to the witch barriers; Urobuchi&#039;s script didn&#039;t have any of the events from inside. So it must have been pretty complicated getting everything to flow together.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Finally, both Yuuki and Saitou both finished up by expressing their love for the new character Sakura Kyouko... [[Ume Aoki]]-sensei really hadn&#039;t made any &#039;bad girl&#039; style character before, but she turned out quite nicely.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Finally, both Yuuki and Saitou both finished up by expressing their love for the new character Sakura Kyouko... [[Ume Aoki]]-sensei really hadn&#039;t made any &#039;bad girl&#039; style character before, but she turned out quite nicely.</div></td></tr> </table> CarVac https://wiki.puella-magi.net/w/index.php?title=Audio_Commentary/Episode_4&diff=65428&oldid=prev CarVac: I'm the original author, editing this commentary summary. 2015-08-09T13:34:42Z <p>I&#039;m the original author, editing this commentary summary.</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 13:34, 9 August 2015</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l7">Line 7:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 7:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The commentary for episode 4 features the infamous mastermind [[Gen Urobuchi]], also known as the UroButcher, who is known for his {{spoiler|torturous treatment of heroes of justice}} and overall brutality.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The commentary for episode 4 features the infamous mastermind [[Gen Urobuchi]], also known as the UroButcher, who is known for his {{spoiler|torturous treatment of heroes of justice}} and overall brutality.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>What was he thinking when he wrote the story, they <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">ask</del>. He was told by the producer Iwakami that they wanted to do a &#039;deceptive&#039; anime featuring Urobuchi and Aoki Ume. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">It was </del>decided <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">to be serious </del>from the beginning. It was originally conceived as {{spoiler|mahou shoujo battle royale, where each episode someone would die}} but they wouldn&#039;t have enough time or characters for that, so it turned out how it <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">did</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>What was he thinking when he wrote the story, they <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">asked</ins>. He was told by the producer Iwakami that they wanted to do a &#039;deceptive&#039; anime featuring Urobuchi and Aoki Ume. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">They </ins>decided from the beginning <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">to make the series serious</ins>. It was originally conceived as {{spoiler|mahou shoujo battle royale, where <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in </ins>each episode someone would die}} but they wouldn&#039;t have enough time or characters for that, so it turned out how it <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">is today</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>They then asked about the auditions. Urobuchi himself was the one who recommended the role of Homura to Saitou Chiwa, and he said that she really fit the &quot;cool beauty&quot; style of the character. He was actually the only person who knew the entire scenario in full at the time of the auditions. Regarding Madoka, he felt that Yuuki was the most natural, not forcing the role.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>They then asked about the auditions. Urobuchi himself was the one who recommended the role of Homura to Saitou Chiwa, and he said that she really fit the &quot;cool beauty&quot; style of the character. He was actually the only person who knew the entire scenario in full at the time of the auditions. Regarding Madoka, he felt that Yuuki was the most natural, not forcing the role.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Next <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">thing </del>they <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">talk </del>about is the impression of the characters <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">for </del>guys versus girls. Last episode with Mizuhashi Kaori they noted that the characters are really relatable to by girls, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">but yet </del>the writer is a guy? Is Urobuchi secretly a girl? His response is that &quot;Well, if I couldn&#039;t write a girl&#039;s viewpoint, I couldn&#039;t do my job.&quot; His thoughts on whether male and female viewpoints are different...he said he didn&#039;t actually <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">make </del>it <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">for guys</del>; for guys, it&#039;s enough for there to be just a bunch of cute girls talking. He tried to make it intentionally not too cute, or else it affects how <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">naturally they behave as </del>people.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Next they <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">talked </ins>about is the impression of the characters <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">upon </ins>guys versus girls. Last episode with Mizuhashi Kaori they noted that the characters are really relatable to by girls, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">even though </ins>the writer is a guy? Is Urobuchi secretly a girl? His response is that &quot;Well, if I couldn&#039;t write a girl&#039;s viewpoint, I couldn&#039;t do my job.&quot; His thoughts on whether male and female viewpoints are different...he said he didn&#039;t actually <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">write </ins>it <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">with males as the target audience</ins>; for guys, it&#039;s enough for there to be just a bunch of cute girls talking <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">but you have to focus on the female viewers to draw them in</ins>. He tried to make it intentionally not too cute, or else it affects how <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">well the characters can seem to be real </ins>people.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>(I really think that&#039;s one of the best parts of the series. Tears come out because a real person might actually cry, not to be &quot;cry cute&quot;. Real crying is not cute. By consciously avoiding that, it feels so much more natural.)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>(I really think that&#039;s one of the best parts of the series. Tears come out because a real person might actually cry, not to be &quot;cry cute&quot;. Real crying is not cute. By consciously avoiding that, it feels so much more natural.)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>They also <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">talk </del>about how Madoka is quite realistic; she hasn&#039;t toughened up yet and taken on everything. But instead, she has the most sympathy for the other characters. Yuuki <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">comments </del>that that felt like a really good fit for her; Saitou says that it&#039;s just like how Sayaka was a perfect fit for Kitamura Eri.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>They also <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">talked </ins>about how Madoka <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">as a character </ins>is quite realistic; she hasn&#039;t toughened up yet and taken on everything. But instead, she has the most sympathy for the other characters. Yuuki <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">commented </ins>that that felt like a really good fit for her; Saitou says that it&#039;s just like how Sayaka was a perfect fit for Kitamura Eri.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>They eventually <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">get </del>onto how every character has such a fleshed out situation that guides <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the </del>behavior, like Mami&#039;s surprising depth {{spoiler|, and Kyubey&#039;s reason for what <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">it </del>does}}. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">He </del>said that whenever he would focus down on writing from each character&#039;s point of view, he would end up with more lines than was in the end necessary because he&#039;s more used to writing novels and VN&#039;s and this <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">is an </del>anime script; lots of the context is filled in by the art and the voice <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">actor playing the part</del>. You don&#039;t need as many words in anime.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>They eventually <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">moved </ins>onto how every character has such a fleshed out situation that guides <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">their </ins>behavior, like Mami&#039;s surprising depth {{spoiler|, and Kyubey&#039;s reason for what <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">he </ins>does}}. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Urobuchi </ins>said that whenever he would focus down on writing from each character&#039;s point of view, he would end up with more lines than was in the end necessary because he&#039;s more used to writing novels and VN&#039;s and this <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">was his first </ins>anime script; lots of the context is filled in by the art and the voice <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">acting</ins>. You don&#039;t need as many words in anime<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">; you can show instead of telling</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">He </del>hadn&#039;t actually put much thought into what the acting would do to the characters; he was surprised at how well Mami was fleshed out in only 3 episodes, for example. He said that the sense of loss after her death was much greater than he had expected. He couldn&#039;t believe how convincing it was to watch {{spoiler|<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">What </del>happened to Mami affect Madoka&#039;s and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Saya</del>&#039;s friendship}}.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">When writing, he </ins>hadn&#039;t actually put much thought into what the acting would do to the characters; he was surprised at how well Mami was fleshed out in only 3 episodes, for example. He said that the sense of loss after her death was much greater than he had expected. He couldn&#039;t believe how convincing it was to watch {{spoiler|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">what </ins>happened to Mami affect Madoka&#039;s and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sayaka</ins>&#039;s friendship <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">as their reactions were different</ins>}}.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Saitou then commented that for her, this really was an extremely interesting work to act in. Much more involving, much more investment; they <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">have </del>to trust each other. Yuuki added that without being surrounded by people she trusts, she wouldn&#039;t be able to really put forth her most honest acting; as an actor you&#039;re showing every part of yourself, even the most dark corners of your personality, when playing a character in these stressful situations. For example, when Madoka&#039;s trying to run away from the zombified people in the warehouse, Yuuki is really showing us her most honest abject terror, and that means she has to trust and be comfortable with the people around her. Personally, I find this to be one of the biggest differences between the acting in this show and others; the way the characters behave under pressure is so realistic and so convincing... <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">you</del>&#039;<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">ll see </del>more of that to come in later episodes.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Saitou then commented that for her, this really was an extremely interesting work to act in. Much more involving, much more investment; they <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">had </ins>to trust each other. Yuuki added that without being surrounded by people she trusts, she wouldn&#039;t be able to really put forth her most honest acting; as an actor you&#039;re showing every part of yourself, even the most dark corners of your personality, when playing a character in these stressful situations. For example, when Madoka&#039;s trying to run away from the zombified people in the warehouse, Yuuki is really showing us her most honest abject terror, and that means she has to trust and be comfortable with the people around her. Personally, I find this to be one of the biggest differences between the acting in this show and others; the way the characters behave under pressure is so realistic and so convincing... <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(There</ins>&#039;<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">s </ins>more of that to come in later episodes.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">)</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Saitou did say that she was helped because she&#039;s worked with Shaft many times before, so she&#039;s used to working with the recording staff and director and such. She was comfortable saying things like &quot;Why can&#039;t we see the whole script?&quot; &quot;Why don&#039;t we get the script until the day of the recording?&quot; and so on.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Saitou did say that she was helped because she&#039;s worked with Shaft many times before, so she&#039;s used to working with the recording staff and director and such. She was comfortable saying things <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a new person wouldn&#039;t, </ins>like &quot;Why can&#039;t we see the whole script?&quot; <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and </ins>&quot;Why don&#039;t we get the script until the day of the recording?&quot; and so on.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Another interesting thing came up in conversation. Apparently, Inu Curry did pretty much everything related to the witch barriers; <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the </del>script didn&#039;t have any of the events from inside. So it must have been pretty complicated getting everything to flow together.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Another interesting thing came up in conversation. Apparently, Inu Curry did pretty much everything related to the witch barriers; <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Urobuchi&#039;s </ins>script didn&#039;t have any of the events from inside. So it must have been pretty complicated getting everything to flow together.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Finally, both Yuuki and Saitou both <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">finish </del>up by expressing their love for the new character Sakura Kyouko... [[Ume Aoki]]-sensei really hadn&#039;t made any &#039;bad girl&#039; style character before, but <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">it </del>turned out quite <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">nice</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Finally, both Yuuki and Saitou both <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">finished </ins>up by expressing their love for the new character Sakura Kyouko... [[Ume Aoki]]-sensei really hadn&#039;t made any &#039;bad girl&#039; style character before, but <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">she </ins>turned out quite <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">nicely</ins>.</div></td></tr> </table> CarVac https://wiki.puella-magi.net/w/index.php?title=Audio_Commentary/Episode_4&diff=65392&oldid=prev Prima: add episode 4 2015-08-07T23:11:39Z <p>add episode 4</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox_episode<br /> |name = Both Miracles and Magic Exist<br /> |jname = 奇跡も、魔法も、あるんだよ<br /> |commentary=[[Aoi Yuuki]] &lt;br /&gt; [[Chiwa Saitou]] &lt;br /&gt; [[Gen Urobuchi]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> The commentary for episode 4 features the infamous mastermind [[Gen Urobuchi]], also known as the UroButcher, who is known for his {{spoiler|torturous treatment of heroes of justice}} and overall brutality.<br /> <br /> What was he thinking when he wrote the story, they ask. He was told by the producer Iwakami that they wanted to do a &#039;deceptive&#039; anime featuring Urobuchi and Aoki Ume. It was decided to be serious from the beginning. It was originally conceived as {{spoiler|mahou shoujo battle royale, where each episode someone would die}} but they wouldn&#039;t have enough time or characters for that, so it turned out how it did.<br /> <br /> They then asked about the auditions. Urobuchi himself was the one who recommended the role of Homura to Saitou Chiwa, and he said that she really fit the &quot;cool beauty&quot; style of the character. He was actually the only person who knew the entire scenario in full at the time of the auditions. Regarding Madoka, he felt that Yuuki was the most natural, not forcing the role.<br /> <br /> Next thing they talk about is the impression of the characters for guys versus girls. Last episode with Mizuhashi Kaori they noted that the characters are really relatable to by girls, but yet the writer is a guy? Is Urobuchi secretly a girl? His response is that &quot;Well, if I couldn&#039;t write a girl&#039;s viewpoint, I couldn&#039;t do my job.&quot; His thoughts on whether male and female viewpoints are different...he said he didn&#039;t actually make it for guys; for guys, it&#039;s enough for there to be just a bunch of cute girls talking. He tried to make it intentionally not too cute, or else it affects how naturally they behave as people.<br /> <br /> (I really think that&#039;s one of the best parts of the series. Tears come out because a real person might actually cry, not to be &quot;cry cute&quot;. Real crying is not cute. By consciously avoiding that, it feels so much more natural.)<br /> <br /> They also talk about how Madoka is quite realistic; she hasn&#039;t toughened up yet and taken on everything. But instead, she has the most sympathy for the other characters. Yuuki comments that that felt like a really good fit for her; Saitou says that it&#039;s just like how Sayaka was a perfect fit for Kitamura Eri.<br /> <br /> They eventually get onto how every character has such a fleshed out situation that guides the behavior, like Mami&#039;s surprising depth {{spoiler|, and Kyubey&#039;s reason for what it does}}. He said that whenever he would focus down on writing from each character&#039;s point of view, he would end up with more lines than was in the end necessary because he&#039;s more used to writing novels and VN&#039;s and this is an anime script; lots of the context is filled in by the art and the voice actor playing the part. You don&#039;t need as many words in anime.<br /> <br /> He hadn&#039;t actually put much thought into what the acting would do to the characters; he was surprised at how well Mami was fleshed out in only 3 episodes, for example. He said that the sense of loss after her death was much greater than he had expected. He couldn&#039;t believe how convincing it was to watch {{spoiler|What happened to Mami affect Madoka&#039;s and Saya&#039;s friendship}}.<br /> <br /> Saitou then commented that for her, this really was an extremely interesting work to act in. Much more involving, much more investment; they have to trust each other. Yuuki added that without being surrounded by people she trusts, she wouldn&#039;t be able to really put forth her most honest acting; as an actor you&#039;re showing every part of yourself, even the most dark corners of your personality, when playing a character in these stressful situations. For example, when Madoka&#039;s trying to run away from the zombified people in the warehouse, Yuuki is really showing us her most honest abject terror, and that means she has to trust and be comfortable with the people around her. Personally, I find this to be one of the biggest differences between the acting in this show and others; the way the characters behave under pressure is so realistic and so convincing... you&#039;ll see more of that to come in later episodes.<br /> <br /> Saitou did say that she was helped because she&#039;s worked with Shaft many times before, so she&#039;s used to working with the recording staff and director and such. She was comfortable saying things like &quot;Why can&#039;t we see the whole script?&quot; &quot;Why don&#039;t we get the script until the day of the recording?&quot; and so on.<br /> Another interesting thing came up in conversation. Apparently, Inu Curry did pretty much everything related to the witch barriers; the script didn&#039;t have any of the events from inside. So it must have been pretty complicated getting everything to flow together.<br /> <br /> Finally, both Yuuki and Saitou both finish up by expressing their love for the new character Sakura Kyouko... [[Ume Aoki]]-sensei really hadn&#039;t made any &#039;bad girl&#039; style character before, but it turned out quite nice.</div> Prima