User blog comment:Gundam Legilis/Philosophy in RWBY/@comment-24333330-20150208233235/@comment-3146930-20150211104219

Madoka Magica is a 12 episode anime. It was somewhat marketed as a happy run-of-the-mill magical girl series, like Sailor Moon but more moe. The first few episodes are somewhat standard, but then everything goes to hell by episode 3-4. They also made 3 movies, 2 serve as recaps for the series and then the movie Rebellion serves as the true sequel. If you plan on watching it, go with the series as the movies show less focus to certain characters and are about as long as the series anyway.