Translated Official Documents/Redesign

Note: This page is about articles and interviews from staff members. Readers might also be interrested by the Tweets section.

Pre-broadcast interviews

These were interviews that were published either before the series started airing, or when it was. They are kept for the viewers' curiosity ... And to witness how the staff tried to fool us

About the show in general

	Source article		Translation or summary	Additional information
	#1	Megami Magazine, pre-broadcast	Akiyuki Shinbo: Once it ends, I want [the viewers] to watch again one more time. I want to make it a show that you can enjoy watching 12 episodes straight. There might even be some parts that is not understandable without watching it that way. I think it is fun if you watch it once you know how it ends. You can empathize the characters that way, and you can discover something new by watching it from different viewpoint.	Interview with Akiyuki Shinbo (series director), prior to the show
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	#2	Animedia, January 2011	Every word from Homura has meaning. We will deliver a certain theme throughout the series. Mahou shoujo does not equal heroine. It doesn't have to follow the defeating-one-enemy-a-week pattern. Weapons of magical girls and the concept of enemy are different from standard. Each character has a strong attachment to their past or present.	Interview with Atsuhiro Iwakami
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	#6	Niewtype, March 2011	Interview with Gen Urobuchi in NewType Magazine 2011/03 regarding the story from now on: "Hey everyone, have you enjoyed it until episode 5? Well, the roller coaster is now at its peak, time for guidance has ended! What's left is to leave the body to go along with the story. I'm writing it so that you want to watch the next episode, so if you didn't quit it by episode 3, and were able to watch it until episode 6, I believe you'll be able to enjoy it until the end "	Interview with Gen Urobuchi in NewType Magazine 2011/03
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	#7	NewType, March 2011	Miyamoto: I like it better when fight scenes are not only tough, but also have their own merits and demerits and depends on each individual's tactics. For example, Mami can bring out a giant gun, but it is single-loaded, that's why she lost to the witch… NewType: If she's able to rapid-fire, then she might not lose. Miyamoto: Yes. Magical girls are not strong. Homura is only strong because of her special ability, but she's weak as a magical girl.	Interview with series director Yukihiro Miyamoto in NewType 2011/03 regarding fighting styles
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About the story and setting in particular

	Source article		Translation or summary	Additional information
	#3	Animage, January 2011	Mahou Shoujo in this show are not united as a single group. Main element of the story is how everyone from a different standpoint understands each other. Everything about Homura is mysterious, unlike other characters whose parts and motivation are clear. Mami knows the mechanism of the world to a certain degree, so her part is a guide to Madoka and Sayaka. Madoka and Sayaka will follow the way Mami leads, but at a certain point they might choose their own paths. Urobuchi "this is my first time I have been entrusted with a big task that is scenario for all episodes, I feel like I can say I'm an anime scenario writer now (laughs). Can I go ahead from this point is up to "Madoka."	Interview with Gen Urobuchi
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	#4	NewType, January 2011	Gen Urobuchi, regarding Mami: If this were a 26-episode show there would be more of Mami. Someone that looks exactly like Mami in a traditional hotspring maid outfit. Or something that looks like Mami in a life guard vest. That would be nice, wouldn't it? Except that I am lying. Sorry. (Urobuchi) Regarding the story: Mahou shoujo is a cruel task, that kind of story is what the producer believed is needed. So he asked someone who's good at stories like that. The reason he chose me was because of Fate/Zero; the style he seeks was clear to me from that point.	Interview with Gen Urobuchi in NewType 2011/03. Regarding Mami's death
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About the characters

	Source article		Translation or summary	Additional information
	#5	Megami, January 2011	About the opening: At this point the opening looks like an amazing fraud (laughs). How they're not taking the decision to become magical girls lightly adds weight to it. After all, it's the story until they make that choice. The viewers might be confused by that, but it's possible because we don't need to sell any toys. If this were a project with many sponsors, we'd get slapped around if we didn't make her transform in the first episode (laughs). But since we're not stuck with that type of project, we'll just do anything we can get away this time. Regarding Kyouko: She appears as a character that covers values of battle after the premise of the series has been established. How her sense of values differs from other characters, as a character that changes the viewpoint [of the premise], that there's someone with this way of thinking. After Mami's death, the viewpoint is changed to Kyouko; the way each Mahou Shoujo treats her is how each character's nature becomes clear. Regarding Homura: Homura's position is that she's another veteran Mahou Shoujo apart from Mami, since it's clear that she knows something Sayaka and Madoka don't know. After Mami's death, she's going to become the one who holds the key about various mysteries in the show. She's going to be the one that pulls out the truth together with Kyubey.	Interview with Gen Urobuchi
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	#9	NewType, March 2011	NewType: As a last question, please say something to Kyubey. Y?ki: I want to know what you're thinking. Sait?: Please never come to me. NewType: That's cruel! Kyubey looks so cute (laughs). Y?ki: In the recording room, everyone was excited when Kyubey appeared on the screen. At first Kat? Emiri-san (Kyubey's VA) defended him, but recently she started saying Kyubey is scary. Sait?: Kyubey is always in an interesting position. Y?ki: Kyubey is the most mysterious character. Please pay attention to him.	Interview with Sait? Chiwa (Homura Akemi) and Y?ki Aoi (Madoka Kaname) regarding Kyubey
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