Magia Record: Mahou Shoujo Madoka☆Magica Gaiden 2nd Season - Kakusei Zenya

After a daring escape from the Memory Museum, Sayaka Miki returns to Mitakihara City with unsettling news. Troubled by what she has learned, Sayaka reveals to Madoka Kaname and Homura Akemi the whereabouts of Mami Tomoe—but more importantly—the disturbing truth behind the existence of magical girls. Despite knowing the cruel fate that awaits them, the three quickly resolve to work together and save Mami once and for all.

Meanwhile in Kamihama City, Yachiyo Nanami hunts various "rumors" in search of Hotel Fendt Hope, the headquarters for the Wings of Magius. The magical girl organization is Yachiyo's only lead in finding Iroha Tamaki, whose disappearance remains shrouded in uncertainty. Determined to reunite Team Mikazuki Villa, Yachiyo swears to destroy the Wings of Magius and put a stop to their insidious plans.

Amid the turbulent situations, a calamitous threat approaches, presenting a dire conflict set to jeopardize the entire world.

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Nanami, Yachiyo Main

Amamiya, Sora Japanese

Tamaki, Iroha Main

Asakura, Momo Japanese

Akemi, Homura Supporting

Saitou, Chiwa Japanese

Kaname, Madoka Supporting

Yuuki, Aoi Japanese

Sakura, Kyouko Supporting

Nonaka, Ai Japanese

Miki, Sayaka Supporting

Kitamura, Eri Japanese

Tomoe, Mami Supporting

Mizuhashi, Kaori Japanese

Kyuubey Supporting

Gray, Alina Supporting

Taketatsu, Ayana Japanese

Yui, Tsuruno Supporting

Natsukawa, Shiina Japanese

Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Producer

Ishikawa, Tatsuya Producer

Matsukawa, Yuuya Producer

Nishikawa, Sae Assistant Producer

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Sep 25, 2021

Marinate1016

Recommended

MagiReco was one of my favourite shows of 2020, so when I heard we were getting another season I was ecstatic. While I enjoyed the show a lot, it was undeniably lacking in some areas. Mainly in pacing and animation. The second season has rectified all of those issues and deviated substantially from the game’s story, for the better in my opinion.

MagiReco season 1 heavily followed the game’s storyline, at times to the detriment of the anime. It’s rare that games perfectly translate to anime adaptations, so it presented some issues with pacing at times. For this season, SHAFT decided to do their own thing ... and deviate, while keeping the overall direction of the story pretty similar. I think it worked very well and felt faithful to MagiReco the game, yet also fresh. I loved that they were able to incorporate the cast of the original TV anime with game’s girls and their chemistry on screen was really nice.

SHAFT upped the production values for the show substantially since season 1. I don’t know if it was due to staff, budget, time or some combination of all, but this season looked amazing. The fight scenes are some of the best I’ve ever seen from SHAFT. The transformations which are key to any Mahou Shojo series were great too. In general, this season felt way more SHAFT-y. Those traditional high quality sequences and direction that we’ve come to know and love from the Monogatari series make a return and they really added to the overall ambiance of the show. Speaking of ambiance, the season does feel considerably darker than the first. As more clues are revealed about the wings of magius and their goals, the story begins to feel a lot more like OG Madoka.

I think the decision to go with 8 episodes in this cour and split the story into one more season coming in Fall, was brilliant. A reduced episode count means more time to work on episodes and allows you to have good pacing. I really hope this continues into the next season.

MagiReco Season 2 builds on a series that I already loved a lot and sures up a lot of the problems I had with it. If you thought MagiReco season 1 was interesting, but didn’t like the pacing or direction, I encourage you to give at least an episode of this a try. I think you’ll find it to be quite different, for the better.

MagiReco Season 2 gets 10 grief seeds out of 10.

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Nov 23, 2022

Justykanna

Mixed Feelings

Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story Season 2 - The Eve of Awakening (which I'll refer to Magia Record Season 2) continues our story when Touka, the leader of the Wings of Magius, basically gathers up all the magical girls in the area, and unveils her grand plan. When we notice not just Iroha's group, but also Madoka's group get mixed into this mess, audiences should be intrigued. The original characters from Puella Magi Modaka brings much hope, after what was a pretty mediocre showing in the first season of this alternative world.

Story: Magia Record Season 2 actually starts us off ... with Madoka's crew, off on a journey to find Mami, after we, as the audience, realize something's very off with her after what we saw of her from the end of the first season of Magia Record. What's causing her to relentlessly attack other magical girls and how are our original crew linked to all this? This are questions that are asked, especially after someone from Iroha's group starts succumbing to similar symptoms.

Magia Record Season 2 answers are a lot of unanswered questions from season 1, many of which in a pretty interesting way. It's very clear that the objective of this season is to shore up what's going out with the two magical girls that our group is now trying to save, and this season does that very well. With season 1 basically being all about setup, I'm actually pretty happy with what they did with much of those in this season. There are some pretty long-winded explanations going on that could bore audiences, but most of the series is just action, action and more action. One of the explanations that I appreciated was regarding the girls' doppels, which felt almost necessary because of how important to the girls' actions they are. Also included in this season was a brand new way for the magical girls' to use their abilities, and I really enjoyed watching the interesting combinations that arose from those.

There are still some holes here though. For starters, Iroha's sister's plotline is still barely touched. It's actually pretty obvious that they're planning to address that in the next season - or it better anyway - so leaving that entire plotline to the side seems like a bit of an unusual choice. Another problem, that's consistent with the previous season, is that many of the characters introduced in the first season are still kind of pointless. Giving us long character backstories in the first season makes us care more about them, but it still feels like they added way too many of them. The final point I'll make here is that while it's absolutely amazing that they integrated Madoka's group here, it's pretty obvious that it's just for added fan-service. Cool? Yes. Central to the plot? Probably not. (6/10)

Characters: Our same characters are still present, and still rocking together like glue. They're in this thing together, and when questions are asked about certain characters, it is often addressed. One character near the end clearly has doubts about her role, but this gives us a nice teaser about what could become of her next season. Iroha is much less central to this season than before, but rather the spotlight is shared among the rest of the magical girls. Yachiyo does get a bit more of the spotlight here because of her connection to another girl, but for the most part, no one character is risen above the rest. Madoka's crew is indeed back, and still amazing. Using this incarnation of Homura makes a lot of sense, seeing as how the one we saw in the original is pretty unique to her timeline.

I'm on the fence about our antagonists here, as it doesn't feel like they do much more than observe. Touka simply watches and makes comments as the series plays out, the Amane sisters and Alina barely make an appearance, and Nemu mostly tries to encourage Touka one way or the other. It's clear the latter will have a bigger role when the next season roles around, but I'm a little disappointed that we didn't see these magical girls do much, even if we know their grander plan now. (7/10)

Art: I don't recall Magia Record having this level of polish in the previous season, but I could be wrong. Regardless, this is a really nice series from an animation standpoint. Fights just look much more crisp, and it is nice that they gave us way more action than the previous season to capitalize on that. Much of this season takes place in one spot, but I enjoyed the entire setup and thought it felt pretty appropriate. (9/10)

Sound: I really enjoyed the OST here once again, and I'm pleased to say that it fits so well here. Both OP and ED are fantastic fits here, especially with how the ED starts - it just sounds so ominous when you hear it. VO cast remains a strong point for the series, with Erika Harlacher-Stone (Yachiyo) and Michelle Marie (Touka) leading the way here. Kira Buckland (Iroha) and Christine Marie Cabanos (Madoka) are still fantastic and are still the cheerful leaders that we know and love. (9/10)

Overall: This is a decent step up for Magia Record Season 2, answering many questions that were left unanswered from the first season, while also leaving us breadcrumbs about what could come in the next season. I'm a little worried because it feels like there's a lot left to go over with only four episodes in the final season, but only time will tell. This is a strong effort for the middle season and I hope the final four episodes shores that up. (7/10)

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Dec 25, 2021

sailorvinicius

Not Recommended

The story is as confusing as ever and we're left in the dark with a lot of questions. I know the writers did this in order to keep up the hype to another season, and to create interest in the game, but it's kinda harsh how we still don't know a LOT even if a lot has happened. The animation is still bad, with characters being poorly drawn and looking too ecstatic but at least the battle sequences are very well made. Still, the new characters aren't as charismatic and interesting as the girls we know and love from the first anime series, the original ... one, and Iroha is too much of a bad main character because she has no presence whatsoever. It's like she's a second Madoka without the appeal.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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