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OtherFritz
There is a certain genre of Magical Girl anime with darker themes that arose in the wake of Puella Magi Madoka Magica's success; a genre that has developed a reputation for being shallow, derivative, overly edgy and generally lacking in quality. Magical Girl Raising Project is one such anime and it must be said that it very much lives up to the genre's less-than-favourable reputation. The anime has a fairly simple premise, centred on a death game which (as the title suggests) features a cast of magical girls. Unfortunately, the creators evidently failed to understand the appeal of either genre, resulting in a joyless unfocused meander of an anime that fails to take advantage of its own ideas and presenting its audience with disappointment after disappointment.
One of Raising Project's big…
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Magical Girl Raising Project (2016) Mostly Spoiler Free Review:
I checked this out after suggestions from friends in response to looking for a new death game anime to watch. I have not read the manga or novels.
Ultimately I have mixed feelings. I went into this without high hopes as I usually am pretty eh about the magical girl genre, however this anime deconstructed the genre pretty fast (similar to Madoka in a way but less trippy).
The good: The show managed to have some pretty unpredictable moments. The premise was pretty interesting, starting off as one kind of show before quickly transforming into something very dark and disturbing. There were quite a few interesting kills and some of the abilities of the girls and how they were utilized was very cool. There is a trans character (…
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It's okay. A "killing game" type show that seemed to be all the rage back when Danganronpa was popular, and you will definitely see the influences there, but this time it's got a magical girl aesthetic. It's standard fare if you understand that going into it, so there isn't much to say about it.
However, watching it strictly from the perspective as a "magical girl" show is rather interesting in it's world building. The characters get powers because they played a magical girl themed mobile game for way too long, which is pretty funny. They all have enhanced physical abilities and their magic is expressed through one unique ability of theirs. The main character's power is to hear the sound of people in need, which is pretty protagonist-y, but then you got weird powers like the girl who can…
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For all those that are wondering exactly why the reviews for this show are so low, I'll tell you exactly why: the show doesn't have enough episodes for the amount of characters it has.
It is a magical girl show with a dark twist, and 12 episodea are not enough to make me feel any type of way towards any of the characters. In fact, the amount of episodes is so bad that the main character (Snow White) actually barely has screen time. I practicially don't know anything about the main character except that she's nice and likes magical girls. That's pretty much it.
TL;DR: It is not that this show is terrible, it just doesn't have enough episodes to make me feel sad for any of the characters.
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To preface: I love the survival death game genre. Was Mahou Shoujo Ikusei Keikaku enjoyable to me? Yes, since it's the type of show I like. However, even if you don't like it, you might want to give the show at shot. Mahou Shoujo Ikusei Keikaku is one of the few survival death games shows where the participants involved actually had enough characterization for the show make me care about some of the characters.
I think that this show had some potential to be as good as something like Puella Madoka. The reason why it doesn't comes down to a few factors: the pacing, art style, animation, and execution of a lot of the scenes in the show.
These problems kind of intertwine with each other. The main reason why I liked this show to begin with had to definitely be because of the…
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You know, madoka magica came with a curse, and that is: all other similar shows just feel like rehashes of the same concept and ideas. Oooh the magical girls are all killing each other!!
I thought this anime was just another madoka magica ripoff, same as most other people who left reviews, and yet, a few years later, I start to realize how decent this anime is beneath it's premise.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it's original with it's way of handling the exact same idea, but it just executes it in a FAR superior way. Maybe it's the characters, or the situations they put them in, but I'm damn sure this anime can perfectly classify as an horror show because you actually TENSE UP when watching it. Something about the way it's built made me come out of most episodes with a serious case o…
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Okay i give this one an 7. This was maybe the most mean spirited anime I have ever seen, but at least they were consistent to the end. I think it was valid in its own rights without having a major key element that's common to the magical girl genre.
The art was good quality, not above or below the ones I can compare it to, and not too moe (which for me is usually off-putting). The fight scenes are well done, but i think they could have gone a little harder with the splatter at some points.
The sound was really good and I kept picking up on the soundtrack throughout the show which really heightened the fighting and gore.
The character development was upsetting in some areas because the main character didn't really grow until it was way too late. I think the show would have been more co…
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This is going to be a pretty unpopular opinion. Still, I have to say that Ikusei Keikaku is one of the greatest examples of a subcategory of the "Magical Girl" genre, "Dark Magical Girl".
First of all, the concept is simple, a group of girls from all ages became magical girls and needed to do good actions, and then they start killing each other until the winner remains. I think it is interesting that the characters' death may not be gory or bloody, but they hurt and have a deep meaning.
Additionally, the opening and ending are bangers, especially the latter, which is sang by Nano, who never disappoints.
Finally, I understand that this anime is not a masterpiece, even though I almost rate it like one, but I think it is a fresh premise and can be a good start for an anime franchise based…
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Honestly this is one of my favorite magical girl series I've seen so far. It's very unique and different than usual magical concepts. This anime started like a normal magical story would look like then it went to a battle to the death type story. It's not like Puella Magi Madoka Magica at all, so please stop comparing them with each other.
I loved how Each character magical girl had their own personalities and their outfits were just beautiful.
If you are fragile about death, blood and suicide. I recommend not watching this then.
but if you aren't please watch this.
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Surprisingly dark, each episode had a minor twist or two in it. I liked how it went into each girl's life to make a bit more of an emotional impact. However, I feel like this anime might be one of those "the manga is better, since it goes more in depth" shows.
I would have liked to see more background and had more time to connect to the characters, but I understand that's limited due to the smaller number of episodes. The girls' outfit designs were fun and interesting, as every one was different and none really stood out as a "classic magical girl" outfit. I appreciated the creativity.
The ending was...ok. Nothing extravagant, but not entirely what I expected.
Not a bad anime nevertheless.
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Character deaths done right are one of my favourite things in fiction. The absolute gut punch of losing a character I cared about, the ways the story's cast will play off of it and develop, and the impactful, irreparable tone shifts.
You've already read the score I'm giving this, so I'm sure you realize none of that applies to Mahou Shoujo Ikusei Keikaku.
It isn't hard to look at Ikusei Keikaku and see exactly what will go wrong with it. It's a one-cour show trying to tell the story of sixteen different magical girls -- and if that wasn't already a difficult enough task, it's a battle royale where this expansive cast get butchered.
In other words, the show rides or dies on one specific thing: making me care about these characters and the tragedy that befalls them. It has far less than…
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This anime felt like a huge waste of potential, mostly caused by it having a way too big cast of characters and a terrible protagonist.
Lets start with the characters, Mahou Shoujo Ikusei Keikaku offers a cast of 18 characters, each one with their power, personality, etc. Thats good right? Not at all, similar shows manage to develop everyone properlym Mahou Shoujo Ikusei Keikaku fails at this terribly, to the point where you dont feel bad for anyone when they die, and if you do its either because the character has a disability (saying this to not spoil), or because it looked like they were gonna develop the character further and make the plot interesting, oh, he died, welp, rip, there goes the only interesting character. And thats how the entire thing goes, they never really develop any c…
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This is the worst magical girl anime I have ever seen.
Atrocious voice acting in the English dub from fake British accent girl to fake US cowgirl and others. Immature, obnoxious, aimed at a very young audience writing. Cringe-inducing names for the magical girls with such gems as "Swim Swim", "Top Speed" and "Hardgore Alice" (NOT a typo for "hardcore").
The show, as a whole, is a blatant ripoff of Madoka Magica top to bottom (cute unassuming mascot that actually has devious intentions that grants the girls the ability to be magical girls but doesn't tell them the full extent of what that entails or what the consequences are, "dark" plot hidden behind lighthearted and cutesy, innocent and pure-hearted main character, etc) only very much dumbed down and made for a younger audience. I'd sa…
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Magical Girl Raising Project looks at Madoka for inspiration, and then strips all the nuance and subtlety and imagination, leaving nothing but bloodshed behind. It's little more than the Hunger Games with magical girls. That's it. That's the show.
While the plot itself is somewhat an interesting premise, and the connection between Fav and a certain magical girl (which ends up becoming a somewhat significant plot reveal) is fascinating, it's all too little, too late. At the end of the day, the only interest in this show is seeing who will be the last one (or ones) standing, and wondering if the most despicable characters will get their comeuppance. Learning the various girls' powers and how they interact or battle against each other does a somewhat good job to maintain interest, but it's n…
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I spent 288 minutes watching magical girls killing each other. It was a confounding experience.
Mahou Shoujo Ikusei Keikaku is a series about random girls getting selected as a candidate to become a magical girl. What you'd expect afterwards is them working together in order to repel evil from their world which is stained by evil demons and monsters. But no. Instead, you get to see them kill each other relentlessly for pretty much no valid and/or appealing reason at all.
A normal anime watcher would probably find this anime shit. However, I am abnormal. This level of edginess is just about right for me. But the story wasn't that good so the edginess alone doesn't really impress me enough. Still, seeing retarded kids die once in a while isn't so bad. Therefore this anime was perfect for…
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To be brief, this was a very enjoyable watch if you want a thrilling death game with cute characters.Surprisingly, the story doesn't fall into the trap of being too edgy and some actual tension was built and the ending very satisfying. But about halfway through the characters do faulter and the editing was all over the place. i do appreciate the gore and the intensity yet at the same time there was some sense of a facade that the show had with its overall cute tone and art style. Its like Mirai Nikki, but not AS trash and its waaaaaay better than Magical Fucking Girl Site.
Overall-7
(A pretty low 7,but a 7 nonetheless)
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I knew nothing about this show going in, and I was really hoping it would it good.. but it fell way short of being anywhere near good. This is a magical girl anime with a "dark twist", that feels incredibly rushed and poorly written.
Story:
The story had so much promise in the beginning, but as it progressed it started to degrade into complete nonsense. Character backstories are briefly touched on either as the character is about to die or after their death, leaving you with really no attachment to anyone who dies and essentially making all deaths completely meaningless. The story does try and attempt to have heartfelt scenes, but with little to no reasons to care about any of the characters, they really just don't land. The ending is anticlimactic as well.
Art:
The art is not so bad,…
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Magical Girl Raising Project Review
The magical girl genre has changed dramatically over the years. While there are still the light and fun shows that have been around since Sailor Moon, the dark magical girl genre has taken hold since the release and success of Madoka Magica. Predictably, this critical success created to several Madoka-type anime clones throughout the past few years. Some of these ranged from cringe-worthy and awful to good anime on their ow rights. Where does Magical Girl Raising Project stand in comparison? Well, I thought it was a good show... but it could have been better with some tweaking.
Story: 7
The story of MGRP is fairy straightforward. The plot combines your typical battle royale type anime with the magical girl genre and delivers a lot edgier of a magical…
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It's an okay Madoka wanna be, not even close to that quality tho, but still entertaining.
To describe it quickly, it's a death battle between magical girls, and some of them fall in despair.
To start with the qualities:
- It's fun, if you're in the mood for some gore, psycho and murder, it's a good one.
- The combats are cool and some of them have good strategies
- and surprisingly the best part of the series, the characters they're all unique with interesting motive and backstory. The power they're given are also cool none of them being boring and teamwork plays a huge role in a lot of fight.
Now on the problem, there's a number of them but most are rather minor, like the fact that the goal of the whole project stays rather undefined. The real problems can be sum up in 2 points:
- The…
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1st impression : YEY! another madoka magika.
After finish the series : FXXK. I waste my time
Story : The main story is quite intriguing at first. It make you to question what actually happen. But all the excitement been destroyed by shitty development and character. The story is so messy. Try so hard to be dark and "EDGY". End up become laughing stock.
Art : I dont mind with the art. Everything in the series look OK. It just work for the series.
Sound : Also nothing worth to mention here. It OK. It just work.
Character : The standard unlikable MC usually end up become likeable or at least bearable. But not in this series. But usually there is one or two good side character? Also not in this series. The other character in the series doesnt help the story. All the character feel one/two…
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