Mahō Shōjo Magical Destroyers (Magical Girl Magical Destroyers)

[Stark700]

Creator Jun Inagawa is launching an original anime titled Mahō Shōjo Magical Destroyers (Magical Girl Magical Destroyers). The teaser visual features an "otaku hero" and a "magical girl anarchist" as the main characters.

ANN source

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...-anime/.172781

[Cosmic Eagle]

https://magical-mad.com/


Site looks good

[Frontier]

So an Otaku teams up with the redhead to kill all magical girls ?

[Stark700]

New visual

https://twitter.com/magical_mad/stat...68490823454727

[Nachtwandler]

A PV.

YouTube

https://youtu.be/5IOhCXBDH_g

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[Frontier]

Dark magical girls are back on the menu .

[Huh...?]

Airs in 2023

YouTube

https://youtu.be/krhtc5J3XAo

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[Frontier]

Originally Posted by Huh...?

Airs in 2023

YouTube

https://youtu.be/krhtc5J3XAo

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Got a strong punk rock vibe .

[Nachtwandler]

I hope it won't turn into another Garandoll where the staff just could not decide if they want to go full ham or social commentary drama.

[Huh...?]

April 2023

YouTube

https://youtu.be/jHQeJYw6yF8

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[Frontier]

Originally Posted by Huh...?

April 2023

YouTube

https://youtu.be/jHQeJYw6yF8

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I feel like I've seen this show but with Mecha before .

[Nachtwandler]

Originally Posted by Frontier

I feel like I've seen this show but with Mecha before .

Yep, there was Rumble Garanndoll last year. And as I said above, I really hope this one goes either full comedy or full action instead of trying to balance being serious and being ham like that one did.

[Stark700]

OP song:

[stray]

I'm cautiously optimistic so far that was a really fun first episode.

[Alchemist007]

Very cautious myself, the quality is a bit concerning, but there's sure a lot of cuts and story seems to be moving at 100mph. ED was really something else too.

[serenade_beta]

Spoiler for ep1:

I have two major problems with the episode

1. Despite centering around getting Otaku Hero back up on his feet, even after watching the entire thing, I don't see why he is so important. I guess charisma? But that's kinda hard to get into when this is... you know, the first episode?
Why should I care these characters are crying or something?

2. I don't know what the OP is trying to be. Especially the later half that is psychodelic.
Is this tripping gonna be part of the story somehow? The visuals look old. Okay, this takes place several years back. Magical girls? Okay, magical girls indeed.
Some weird tripping? I... don't get it.

So yeah, the first episode totally left me behind, with none of the characters likeable. Definitely a tough start.

[frubam]

This was..... passible. I dig the aesthetics of the animation(kinda reminds me of Ganiax), but the over-the-top humor wasn't something I was expecting. I supposed that is to be expected when all of the antagonists' armies have cat heads and cat faces for some reason. The general flow of the show feels inconsistent to me, like it doesn't quite know what it wants to be. I don't think I'll be keeping this one... we'll see.

Originally Posted by serenade_beta

Spoiler for ep1:

I have two major problems with the episode

1. Despite centering around getting Otaku Hero back up on his feet, even after watching the entire thing, I don't see why he is so important. I guess charisma? But that's kinda hard to get into when this is... you know, the first episode?
Why should I care these characters are crying or something?

....Definitely a tough start.

I feel fairly similar. This felt like I was watching a series where stuff happens to people and, as a viewer, I have no context on which to draw the emotions that the characters are feeling. Like, for example, at the beginning, Otaku Hero is exhausted at being the head of the resistance, but this is only like 4 mins into the 1st ep. It's hard to sympathize with this feeling when we barely know the guy.

Later in the episode, Anarchy is crying because OH finally comes out of his rut. This feels like it should be a powerful moment between the two, and shows vulnerability in Anarchy's usual tough girl façade(a "cute" feature, for some), but I couldn't help but think that with all the things going on(she's always tough, then the attack on their zone) it felt like it was out of nowhere. It just didn't feel built up right. And it probably could have worked as-is, if this was a few eps in, where we get to understand the characters and their quirks(the scene itself, in a vacuum, is pretty solid), but nope. Makes me wonder if this was a mobile game, what, with the way they set up the characters( like you should have known them already).

[grecefar]

that was crazier than the first chapter.

the ending is spoiling that otaku hero is going to die?, and how sad that all pink fans just turned quickly for another idol.

[Magewolf]

This strikes me as a show that is desperate to be style over substance excepts that it fails at having style as well.

Has it even tried to give us any reason to care about anyone in the cast yet? And what is so great about "getting the band back together" when the best they could do when they were together is live like rats in a dump?

[Alchemist007]

I'm seeing a lot of references, seems that is its style.