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|[[File:High rise 2.png|500px]] | |||
|<center>High rise building</center> | |||
|<center>[[Walpurgis Night]]'s favorite means of destruction involves lifting structures off their foundations as if they were weightless. While usually dispatching its familiars to deal with any opponent, it can also freely control these structures and toss them at an opponent.</center> | |||
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|<center>Rose branch bow</center> | |<center>Rose branch bow</center> | ||
|<center>A bow resembling a rose branch ([[:File:Rose bow 1.png|detail of the design]]), [[Madoka]]'s trusted weapon. Fires magical arrows that home in on the foe, and is also capable of firing multiple arrows in one shot | |<center>A bow resembling a rose branch ([[:File:Rose bow 1.png|detail of the design]]), [[Madoka]]'s trusted weapon. Fires magical arrows that home in on the foe, and is also capable of firing multiple arrows in one shot.</center> | ||
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|[[File:Mami bullet strings 3.png|500px]] | |[[File:Mami bullet strings 3.png|500px]] | ||
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|<center>[[wikipedia:M26 grenade|M26 grenade]]</center> | |<center>[[wikipedia:M26 grenade|M26 grenade]]</center> | ||
|<center>A post-WW2 American [[wikipedia:Fragmentation grenade|fragmentation grenade]], affectionately known as the "lemon grenade", due to its shape. However, the one used by [[Homura]] against [[Roberta]] appears to be a high explosive (HE) version, due to its large blast. Likely stolen from [[wikipedia:United States Forces Japan|a US base in Japan]].<br><br>Interestingly, the homonymous Roberta from [[wikipedia:Black Lagoon|Black Lagoon]] is known to use exactly this model, being able to deploy several of them from her skirt.</center> | |<center>A post-WW2 American [[wikipedia:Fragmentation grenade|fragmentation grenade]], affectionately known as the "lemon grenade", due to its shape. However, the one used by [[Homura]] against [[Roberta]] appears to be a high explosive (HE) version, due to its large blast. Likely stolen from [[wikipedia:United States Forces Japan|a US base in Japan]].<br><br>Interestingly, the homonymous Roberta from [[wikipedia:Black Lagoon|Black Lagoon]] is known to use exactly this model, being able to deploy several of them from her skirt.</center> | ||
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|<center>High rise building</center> | |||
|<center>[[Walpurgis Night]]'s favorite means of destruction involves lifting structures off their foundations as if they were weightless. While usually dispatching its familiars to deal with any opponent, it can also freely control these structures and toss them at an opponent.</center> | |||
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|<center> | |<center>High rise building</center> | ||
|<center>[[Walpurgis Night]]'s favorite means of destruction involves lifting structures off their foundations as if they were weightless. While usually dispatching its familiars to deal with any opponent, it can also freely control these structures and toss them at an opponent.</center> | |<center>[[Walpurgis Night]]'s favorite means of destruction involves lifting structures off their foundations as if they were weightless. While usually dispatching its familiars to deal with any opponent, it can also freely control these structures and toss them at an opponent.</center> | ||
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| | |<center>Rose branch bow</center> | ||
| | |<center>A bow resembling a rose branch ([[:File:Rose bow 1.png|detail of the design]]), [[Madoka]]'s trusted weapon. Fires magical arrows that home in on the foe, and is also capable of firing multiple arrows in one shot.</center> | ||
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|[[File:Viking girl 1.png|500px]] | |||
|<center>[[wikipedia:Viking sword|Viking sword]] and [[wikipedia:Viking_Age_arms_and_armour#Armour|shield]]</center> | |||
|<center>A broken set of [[wikipedia:Viking Age|Viking Age]] sword and shield. The sword, in partiular, resembles the [[wikipedia:Cawood sword|Cawood sword]], the best preserved piece of the age in existence. Swords of the age were quite long, measuring almost one meter in length, yet were single-handed, and not two-handed as modern legends state.</center> | |||
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|[[File:Viking girl 2.png|500px]] | |||
|<center>[[wikipedia:Dane Axe|Viking battle axe]]</center> | |||
|<center>A broken axe. Although with a design reminiscent from [[wikipedia:Viking Age|Viking Age]] battle axes, the double-bitted axes depicted in modern "Viking" art are likely pure fantasy.</center> | |||
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|[[File:Battlefield tank.png|500px]] | |||
|<center>Armored combat vehicle</center> | |||
|<center>A [[wikipedia:Continuous track|tracked]] vehicle with a main gun and possibly [[wikipedia:Reactive armour|explosive reactive armor]]. Probably an [[wikipedia:Main battle tank|MBT]] of unknown model, but might also be a piece of [[wikipedia:Self-propelled artillery|self-propelled artillery]].</center> | |||
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|[[File:Joan pikemen.png|500px]] | |||
|<center>[[wikipedia:Pike (weapon)|Pike]]</center> | |||
|<center>A very long pole weapon, used for defense against cavalry and for attacking over and through enemy formations. Experienced soldiers may used them in "hedgehog" formation, presenting a menacing forest of pikeheads to the enemy. However, due to their length, they are extremely unwieldy for close combat, and thus pikemen usually carried a secondary weapon, such as a sword.<br> Here used by several pikemen, guarding [[wikipedia:Joan of Arc|Joan of Arc]]'s execution by [[wikipedia:Death by burning|burning at the stake]].</center> | |||
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|[[File:Goddess bow 1.png|500px]] | |||
|<center>Holy bow</center> | |||
|<center>[[Madoka]]'s bow in her "Goddess" form. The design is similar to her regular bow, but it is longer and the extremities are immaterial.</center> | |||
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|[[File:Homura deagle 3.png|500px]] | |||
|<center>[[wikipedia:IMI_Desert_Eagle#Variants|Desert Eagle Mark XIX]]</center> | |||
|<center>A very large caliber handgun, chambered for [[wikipedia:.50 Action Express|.50AE]]. Risen to fame by its use in roughly 500 motion pictures and TV films, most notably as [[wikipedia:Agent (The Matrix)|The Agents]]' weapon in the [[wikipedia:The Matrix (franchise)|Matrix triology]]. It is very powerful, on par with most magnum revolvers, but possesses little value on the battlefield: it is very unwieldy, being exceedingly large and heavy, inaccurate, and its magazine hold only seven rounds, due to their large size. Furthermore, it produces a monstrous recoil, making it very difficult to control. [[Homura]]'s switch from to the Beretta 92 can be seen as a sign of maturity and weapon expertise.<br>Stolen from Shafuto Industries.</center> | |||
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|[[File:Kyouko spear 7.png|500px]] | |||
|<center>Modular spear</center> | |||
|<center>[[Kyouko]]'s trademark weapon, a modular spear. While steel hard, it is extremely flexible, and can extend or bend easily. The handle can be broken down into numerous pieces, connected by a chain, allowing her to attack or defend over a wide area. The chain runs along the handle, ending in a heavy ball at the blunt side. The ball's weight is used to easily wrap the chain around foes, restricting them.</center> | |||
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|[[File:Homura bow 2.png|500px]] | |||
|<center>Ebony bow</center> | |||
|<center>A bow wielded by [[Homura]], in the new universe. Bears a great similarity to [[Madoka]]'s bow, but the shaft is made of much darker wood, and the gems are purple, akin to her Soul Gem. The shaft is also symmetric, with [[:File:Homura bow 1.png|no adornments, such as Madoka's rose]].</center> | |||
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Revision as of 23:48, 1 May 2011
One of the typical "magical girl" anime characteristics that Madoka Magica stands out from is weaponry. While most such series feature weapons such as magical staffs and rods (when they show weapons at all), all heavily magic-related, weaponry in Madoka is far more mundane, with the main characters using weapons such as bows, swords and spears.
Homura Akemi is particularly notable for using real-life firearms and explosives to great effect, lacking weapons of her own.
Appearance
Weapons listed by order of appearance in the episode: images do no necessarily follow this order.
Episode 1
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Episode 2
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Episode 3
Image | Name | Description |
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File:Mami twin cannons.jpg | ||
Episode 4
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Episode 5
Image | Name | Description |
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Episode 6
Image | Name | Description |
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Episode 7
Image | Name | Description |
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Episode 8
Image | Name | Description |
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With it, Homura is pinpoint accurate: she connected exactly fifteen shots, a standard full magazine of the Beretta M9, a US military variant. As she empties the magazine, it lead to speculation that it might have been stolen from a US base in Japan. |
Episode 9
Image | Name | Description |
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Episode 10
Image | Name | Description |
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Stolen from Shafuto Industries. | ||
Stolen from Shafuto Industries. | ||
Stolen from Shafuto Industries. Note that fact that neither weapon stolen from the locker is chambered for this round: the only weapon in the series that uses it is the Beretta 92, which Homura likely did not possess yet. | ||
Stolen from a JSDF base. | ||
Stolen from a JSDF base. | ||
Interestingly, the homonymous Roberta from Black Lagoon is known to use exactly this model, being able to deploy several of them from her skirt. | ||
Episode 11
Image | Name | Description |
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Stolen from Shafuto Industries. | ||
Likely stolen from a JSDF base. | ||
Stolen from a JSDF base. | ||
Episode 12
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Here used by several pikemen, guarding Joan of Arc's execution by burning at the stake. | ||
Stolen from Shafuto Industries. | ||