Some thoughts that popped up while reading various commentary/meta about Madoka, re: talk about the "male gaze"

This isn't something I notice a great deal.  There are occasional moments that I could call out as "FAAAAAAAN SEEEERVICE" (pretty much any straight cleavage or panty shot) but a some of the things people note as "male gaze", specifically ( Read more... )

So I visited madonnalal this past weekend, and among (surprisingly many) other things we watched all of Puella Magi Madoka Magica.  Thoughts, in no particular order:

!)  They clearly live in the city of We Have Too Many Graphic Design Majors on Staff.  Gorgeous but decidedly uncanny, appropriately for the series.  In general I could flail over how fantastic ( Read more... )