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Puella Magi Madoka Magica is most certainly not children's television. ／人◕ ‿‿ ◕人＼

• 14111411 11y ago
  What about bokurano? There are at least 15 children there! It must be good for them!
• fennecfoxen 11y ago
  It most certainly is! Maybe not little children, but have you seen the marketing on that thing? The main character is 14, but it will easily pick up the whole 8-to-16 set with that, especially if some 13-year-old watching it in middle school has a little sister who looks up to her and they watch shows together. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTeM68aOpMM&t=30 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTeM68aOpMM&t=30 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CTHwEZK2JA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CTHwEZK2JA Or the Madoka-inspired Yuki Yuna Is a Hero, which doubles down on the happy fun times (investing a full five episodes instead of Madoka's two-and-a-half): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35ljIjdf0Vg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35ljIjdf0Vg More importantly, even if American audiences shouldn't expect such overtly dark shows in front of small children any time soon, creators are definitely paying attention, and Madoka is exactly the sort of phenomenon which gets creators of all sorts thinking about how to up their game and make something that's meaningful (dark or otherwise). Everybody wins.
• fluxquanta 11y ago
  Get the hell out of here Kyubey. I'm not signing your goddamn contract.