Madoka Magica Articles
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Note: Please note that the speculations and theories have moved and have now their own page here.
This page serves as an archive for fan-created articles documenting analysis of Madoka Magica. The content below has been roughly ordered by topic. This section should only contain general, objective articles. For the subjective/hypothetical ones, please refer to Theories.
We welcome you to submit new articles as you deem necessary.
Plot and Setting
- Ending Analysis
- An in-depth analysis of the Ending Animation.
- Magic
- Detailed explanations and observations about magic in the Magica universe.
- Walpurgis Night
- Explanations on what is Walpurgis Night (in real-life and in canon), references to it, etc.
Natural Sciences
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QB explaining science
- Architecture
- Comparison between Architecture within the anime and real life landmarks.
- Astronomy
- Witches and Familiars as asteroids, Kyubey as an alien, ...
- Mathematics
- A page dedicated to solving the 'middle school level' Math questions that appears throughout the series.
- Population dynamics
- "Magical Girls are born from wishes. Witches are born from curses" (Kyubey, Episode 2). Let us see how both populations evolve over time, and whether or not the Earth has a chance of surviving against witches in the end.
- Thermodynamics
- Kyubey's speech about Entropy in Episode 9 led to an uproar among fans for its inacurracy. Let us see why.
Intertextuality and Literature
- Faust
- An analysis of the link between the anime series and the famous tragedy by Goethe.
- Der Steppenwolf
- a short comparison between madoka and Harry Haller, the protagonist of "Der Steppenwolf", a novel by Hermann Hesse.
- John Gabriel Borkman
- An unlikely but interresting analysis of the links between Madoka Magica and Henrik Ibsen's "John Gabriel Borkman".