The ending to the original Madoka series, as well as the first two in this film trilogy was incredible. It was fantastic and moving and impossibly grand in scale. It ended an amazing show in the most amazing way possible.
It really didn't need a continuation.
This film didn't need to happen.
It's a great attempt, and is probably the best you can possibly do if you absolutely had to follow up the great ending that the original Madoka had, but that doesn't mean it was for the best. It shifts the tone of the entire series and pushes everything further into the weird...
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Nov 3, 2014
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What a terrible, terrible waste. A-1 took a fascinating story and utterly ruined it with terrible production. The animation after episode four took a nose dive into low budget garbage and took the entire series down with it. It was nearly perfect in episodes one through four. From five and thereafter, though, it just becomes depressing.
The first anime to come along with such an interesting story since Madoka gets ruined by trash can art. A part of me died with the art in this series. 
Nov 6, 2011
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I was excited when a fansub of this film was finally released. The first film remake of Macross Frontier was actually not that bad. It was enjoyable, and the changes they made from the original anime were interesting. This film follows the first. It's immediately clear that a considerable amount of money went into the production of this film. The CGI effects are a step above what we saw in the original anime. There's more detail, the fights are faster and more frenetic, and the animations are all much more convincing. The battles are fantastic. The music's quality continues to be near ... |
