Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Rebellion Photos + Giveaway

Just caught the Puella Magi Madoka Magica's newest movie; Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Rebellion!

Madoka Magica The Movie–Rebellion- Trailer

The show only opened 4 shows on 2 weekends in Singapore at Orchard Cineleisure. With very limited seats up for grabs you can be sure it was hard to get it xD. Presale tickets opened last week at 12pm and according to my friend who bought our tickets, near 80% was already sold out by 12:30pm.

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The fans eagerly queuing to enter the theatre. Oh look! Madoka cosplay!!

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The movie begun with a short commentary video by the seiyuus. They greeted and cheered on the overseas launch of the PMMM movie. They then proceed to give their comment one by one. Kyoko’s seiyuu came across as the quirkiest as the main takeaway from her speech was asking the fans to look forward to the movie because Kyouko will be in a School Uniform 8D. Even though I've met some Japanese seiyuus before, it still felt queer to see humans talk with anime-ish voices xD

The movie was 112 minutes long and I'd have to say I enjoyed it greatly. It isn't the sort of movies that keeps you at the edge of your seat but the visual spectacle, plot twists and character dynamics does keep you very entertained.  

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The movie continues the distinctively PMMM art style in this movie and gives the audience a visual treat on the big scale (literally LOL). I never quite got the Artsy Fatsy Marchen style in the anime but by the time I got to this movie, I think I've pretty much become accustomed to it. I guess even the handling of the graphics seemed to be a 'rebellious' attempt at distancing itself from the Magical Girl mould.

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One distinct difference in the treatment of the Movie from the Anime was the inclusion of song and dance and very elaborate henshin (transformation). Somewhere around the beginning of the movie, there was a part where all 5 of the girls transformed one after another each featuring a different style of dance. Mami was expectedly dancing the graceful ballet , Madoka was doing modern pop dance, Kyoko was doing something like a passionate sort of tap dance (or maybe tango!), Sayaka was doing breakdance and Homura…… I think she was just swinging around LOL.

The beginning of the movie showed the 5 girls working seamlessly to defeat their enemy and it featured this cake song at a round table. The girls were singing this one after another in a Game chant sort of way. A friend thought this part was very difficult to watch and I admit, I didn’t get it at all but then it is PMMM and it is weird because it likes being weird.

A new character called Bebe is introduced into the group and Sayaka gets a much bigger role this time. I must admit, I was pretty against Sayaka in the anime but this movie turned my vote a little. In fact, this movie has made me rediscover the real Sayaka , a kind and active girl that is actually really nice before Kyosuke.

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Akin to the Gen Urobuchi's style in the anime series, the movie also features plot twists in the movie that seemed to pile on top of one another like pancakes. Like my friend commented, the intensity of the story and its many twists did made it hard to immerse yourself entirely into the movie as you are constantly trying to link the Anime with what just happened on screen at the back of your mind. Kinda like inception lol.

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It doesn't help either that the twists tend to happen quickly one after the other at the end.

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Attack on Kyubehs xD

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Overall, this is a pretty good piece of work with entirely new content and stunning graphics. Take heart though, diehard PMMM fans might find the ending hard to stomach. The effort of the production crew really showed as the animation quality are top notch and viewing on the big screen made all the difference! HD to the max XD !!!

I have a lot of rambles and complains and fangirl wimbles I want to say about the movie but to not spoil anyone who hasn’t watched it yet, I shall blog that at my personal/beauty blog (http://elpheal.blogspot.sg).

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Now for some event photographs!

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It’s not often for Anime Movies to make it to the big screens in Singapore so the local distributors usually make it into an exclusive screening event of some sort. For the PMMM movie, a small booth was set up at level 5 (Orchard Cineleisure) to sell movie merchandise to the fans. In the photo above you see fans from after the movie, gathering at the booth. It was so hard to get a decent photograph!

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Phoot credit: AFAChan.asia

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Avid fans also gathered around the poster for a photo opportunity! I wanted to take a photo with it too but ended up forgetting T_T And why didn’t Cineleisure print a full wall poster for this movie T_T?

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What’s an exclusive screening without cosplays? Here’s a Kaname Madoka cosplayer, isn’t she lovely? From what I saw on my facebook feed, someone cosplayed as Sayaka in the morning screening XD!

 

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The tickets cost $20 and with each ticket comes a special Shikishi (Replica) autographed by the voice actresses. My friend and I got the above two!

I’m really bad at keeping stuffs so I think it’s better for me to just give them away. So yes, I’m holding a giveaway! I haven’t decided whether to give one or both of them away but If you are interested to get it, leave a comment on this blog entry and tell me why you should get it.

STEP 1) To win the merchandise, do either of the below …

STEP 2) Leave a comment but start your comment with  “ Puella Magi Madoka Magica is seriously too long a title…”

Giveaway ends on 15th of February and will be announced here. I have decided it’s only fair for the winner to take the effort to check back at the blog instead of having myself chase after them for their address. Holding a giveaway is troublesome and not entirely free you know =\

If the winner doesn’t reply within the given deadline, the merchandise will be given to a next winner! I will bear SGD5 of the shipping and if there is anymore, the winner will have to pay for it him/herself. This giveaway is open to anyone worldwide \^_^/

Comments

Rachel Hino said…
Puella Magi Madoka Magica is seriously too long a title… Entering the contest :)
sofutoppai said…
Puella Magi Madoka Magica is seriously too long a title... And I didn't know that they were screening it here in Singapore OTL
Well, I guess I'll just have to see if they'll release a DVD or Blu-Ray version of the movie...
コスプレさん said…
I'd love to enter the contest as I am completely in love with Mami. She's one of the first characters I said I really want to cosplay.
Ingram Prisken said…
Puella Magi Madoka Magica is seriously too long a title…

...or is it ? It's only 11 syllables longs, quite average for an anime.


I saw the movie back in November when it was shown in Paris. If there's one thing I can say without spoiling it all, it's that it's everything we could expect from a Madomagi movie. And the animation is gorgeous.
Cristina Gil Ortiz said…
Puella Magi Madoka Magica is seriously too long a title…but it is not too long if you compare it to the title of some light novels or other anime like Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai.
I am waiting for this movie to come out in DVD and BluRay so that I can watch the tree movies in a row, I am very excited about them!
Isabel said…
Puella Magi Madoka Magica is seriously too long a title... But it's alright because it's really nice to watch! :) thank you so much for holding this giveaway; would really love to get the Homura shikishi!!
Shion Tan said…
Puella Magi Madoka Magica is seriously too long a title...I have liked your FB page =)
Paulina Quetzeri said…
Puella Magi Madoka Magica is seriously too long a title... that's why we just call it Madomagi, yaaay xD I'd like to win this giveaway because I'm such a fan of Madoka, makes me laugh, cry, and explode all my feelings xD
Mina Elizabeth said…
Puella Magi Madoka Magica is seriously too long a title… but they know we'll remember its oddness and easily know what someone is talking about even by a little. And they know they can easily change out a word for several other spinoff titles.
Kaelyn said…
Puella Magi Madoka Magica is seriously too long a title... but we forgive the creators for it because its such a great anime! :D I'd love to win this contest. I still remember waiting for Madoka Magica to come out, I was too excited! winning this contest would be too cool.
Cecilia Tran said…
Puella Magi Madoka Magica is seriously too long a title... But that's what acronyms are for! Pmmm :3
Agustina Azario said…
Puella Magi Madoka Magica is seriously too long a title... but it is ok :D I am suscribed to your youtube channel. I hope I can watch this movie soon >_< I watched the first and the second recently and although they are like the anime but improved I really liked them, specially the second one! I can`t wait to see the rest!
Annie Chan said…
Puella Magi Madoka Magica is seriously too long a title like every magical girl! the more they are the more appealing has to be the name!
Raini said…
Puella Magi Madoka Magica is seriously too long a title, but the acronym is really fun to say! PMMM ~! <3 Sounds like a delicious anime, regardless the flavor. ;)
Aline Cruz said…
Puella Magi Madoka Magica is seriously too long a title, that's why I only call it "Madoka" :P
Deo said…
Puella Magi Madoka Magica is seriously too long a title… AND THAT'S WHY WE ALL JUST CALL IT "Madoka Magica"
gabrielavalente said…
Puella Magi Madoka Magica is seriously too long a title… I want it <3
Abby Hickey said…
Puella Magi Madoka Magica Is seriously too long a title...LOL!
Hinata Neko Rockni said…
Puella Magi Madoka Magica is seriously too long a title…lmaoz
MekaMinx said…
Puella Magi Madoka Magica is seriously too long a title…but that doesn't matter because we watch the anime and movies anyway! ^•^
Usagi Chan said…
Puella Magi Madoka Magica is seriously too long a title, but that's okay. . b/c I love the anime…
Sokunthea Chan Soeun said…
Puella Magi Madoka Magica is seriously too long a title...Thank you for doing this giveaway ^^
Maipaluku Moua said…
Puella Magi Madoka Magica is seriously too long a title… But I'd still choose Puellas over fellas.
Kiichigo said…
Puella Magi Madoka Magica is seriously too long a title… What an awesome giveaway! My friend who is a big PMMM fan would love it <3
Panda said…
Puella Magi Madoka Magica is seriously too long a title... I like PMMM so much! The soundtrack is beautiful, the art is beautiful, so I really hope to win! ^^
donna cai said…
Puella Magi Madoka Magica is seriously too long a title… I'm so jealous!! It seems like you had a lot of fun and I can't wait to see it myself! > <
Chris said…
Puella Magi Madoka Magica is seriously too long a title...
FFFF I am a HUGE fan of Homura. I would absolutely love to win these. They would be put up in frames for sure!
Gem said…
Puella Magi Madoka Magica is seriously too long a title… Eep. These are so so awesome!

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