"Teacher Qin Han said before that he wanted to make an unprecedented magical girl animation. Now it seems that he really did what he said. In fact, the sudden death of Sister Ma Mei is just one of the most prominent plot flashpoints. If we pay close attention, we will find that there are many chilling details. ”

"After the death of Sister Mamei, Kewpie immediately asked Madoka and Sayaka to sign a contract with her to become a magical girl to fight against the witch. Don't you think, this guy is very dark-bellied? not at all like the cuteness and innocence of those contract beasts in traditional magical girl animations. ”

"I noticed it too. Now that I think about it, Sister Mamei's death may even be its conspiracy. The purpose is to create a crisis and force Madoka and the two to sign a contract with it and become magical girls. ”

"Looking at Xiao Meiyan's previous behavior of chasing and killing Cuppy, she should know a lot of things, right? ”

"It's really unacceptable that Sister Ma Mei, who has created such a plump and vivid character, actually died like this. Could it be that Madoka's wish to become a magical girl is to resurrect her senior sister?"

"It's possible, but don't get your hopes up too much. I think that Mr. Qin Han, as a screenwriter, will definitely not use this kind of easy-to-guess plot ......"

Shimizu Zhongguang's heart, although because of the death of Sister Mamei, is still in a faint pain. However, he still involuntarily participated in the discussion of the plot.

No way, who called the plot, characters, foreshadowing, and world view settings of this animation so fascinating? If it was just a gimmick of a dead man turning around, it would never cause such a big response.

This different magical girl animation, or rather, is an "anti-magical girl animation", which does give people a refreshing and unstoppable feeling.

"This is about the so-called 'Daigo taste'. Qing Shui Zhongguang admired Qin Han in his heart.

"Madoka Magical Girl" has sold the animation rights all over the world before it was broadcast. Huaxia's B station, Animego and other video sites in Europe and the United States will broadcast this animation synchronously with Dongying.

So, after the third episode aired, it's not just 2ch. 4CH in the United States, Reddit, Tieba in China, etc., social platforms related to ACG culture around the world have launched heated discussions about "Madoka Magical Girl".

The previous controversy over the promotional methods of "Madoka Magical Girl" quickly dissipated, and in its place, there was a craze for "Madoka Magi" that swept the entire Internet.

Almost every online community related to animation is talking about this animation.

And the data that is easiest to see at a glance in the feedback is that on Amazon, the number of BD/DVD reservations for "Madoka Magical Girl" has skyrocketed like eating a rocket, not only sitting firmly on the first place in the new reservation list in January, but also, the gap with the second place is getting wider and wider.

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This Saturday, Hiroshi Okada did not go to work. After the premiere of "Sailor Moon", there was no need for him to run to the company every day off.

Shaft has not responded to the criticism of public opinion. It's impossible for such a sluggish animation club to survive in this Internet age. I estimate that this week, the sales growth of "Madoka Magical Girl" will start to slow down significantly......"

The criticism of the promotional methods of "Madoka Magical Girl" formed on the Internet before, although Hiroshi Okada was not the initiator, was also the one who contributed to the trouble.

When the well-known independent animation critic Hayabusa Ryumaru published the commentary, he immediately understood that this was a great opportunity to hit his opponents, so he quickly followed up and paid off a group of online media and freelance critics to criticize Shaft.

After a period of gestation, the effects should soon be apparent.

"In the early hours of this morning, the third episode of "Madoka Magical Girl" has already been broadcast, right? The audience should be tired of this kind of work that has no highlights in the plot and will only make a fuss. ”

Hiroshi Okada still has a very serious prejudice against this anime produced by his old rival Hiroshi Wakao. He didn't believe at all that the pre-order sales of "Madoka Magical Girl" would continue to go strong. Even, because of the previous bad reviews that were too commercial, there will be many people who have already ordered the disc and choose to unsubscribe.

Hiroshi Okada opened the Sakura website with the mentality of watching the joke.

As soon as he inquired, he was immediately stunned by the terrible PT value of "Madoka Magical Girl". The whole person stood in front of the computer as if he had been petrified.

After a while, Hiroshi Okada reacted and said to himself in disbelief: "How is it possible? Could it be that the statistics are wrong? According to the PT value, after the third episode of "Madoka Magical Girl" was broadcast, only twelve hours later, the sales of reservations increased by 3,000! If this trend continues, I am afraid that the average sales of this anime will eventually exceed 100,000 ......."

Okada Hao's state of mind at this time, just like a monk in the Zhongjin Dan period, suddenly encountered the big guy of the Yuan Infant Stage, except for gasping and saying "terrifying", it was difficult to have any other reaction for a while.

That's an average of 100,000 sales!

Historically, only milestone anime works such as "Space Battleship Yamato 2279" and "Akira" have achieved such sales. The average volume sales of those popular manga adaptations may reach 34,000, which is also Hiroshi Okada's expectation for the animated version of "Sailor Moon". But the number of 100,000, for animators, is like the wall of sighs in "Saint Seiya", which is simply insurmountable.

"No way, how can Madoka Magical Girl be on par with those great animes?

Hiroshi Okada suddenly felt restless.

He was about to smoke a cigarette to calm down, but found that the cigarette case was already empty.

So Hiroshi Okada went to a convenience store near his home. Just as he took a box of cigarettes and was about to go to the checkout, the conversation between the two young men next to him caught his attention.

"Hey, have you watched Madoka Magical Girl? I'll tell you, it's amazing. After reading the third episode in the early hours of this morning, I was so excited that I couldn't sleep, and I kept discussing it with others on the Internet. ”

"I read the first episode and felt that "Madoka Magical Girl" was no different from other magical girl animations, so I gave up. Is it really as good as you say?"

"Of course, I'm not going to give you spoilers here. Don't read the comments on the Internet, go back and read it!"

The two young people walked farther and farther away, and Hiroshi Okada could only hear interjections with little content such as "Si Guoyi" and "Yabai".

The doubts in his heart grew deeper and deeper.

Although reluctantly, Hiroshi Okada decided to take a look at what this anime is really good about.