Reddit reviews Puella Magi Madoka Magica Complete Series Collection [Blu-ray]

here's a cheaper variant or you could move to england. in my opinion it's worth shelling out the money for a series you consider a masterpiece.


before you go wild pirating stuff.. check out Daisuki and Crunchyroll. both have (some)free, legal, hq streaming options. Daisuki i know for sure to have Madoka in full+free and they're 100% legit japanese distributors that work directly with producers.

You may know this already, but the high US costs are partially driven by the risk of reverse importation back to Japan (since the US and Japan are the same blu-ray region). By raising the price close to Japan's you mitigate the risk, so low cost versions will never be released until the shows stop selling in Japan. This is also why the UK gets cheaper versions (Madoka Blu-ray complete @~£20=$34) but with almost no bonus features. Things are changing with the recent Gurren Lagann acquisition in the UK, but we mostly get cheap and cheerful

Of course, the fact people buy it at a high price in the US has also got to make them want to keep costs high, and that mostly occurs due to such a large population for a single license region, so they can afford to do it.

Literally found it in two seconds...

If you want to "finally support my favorite series" then there's no way around buying them new. They don't earn a single cent from your used purchase.

The Japanese series Blu-rays don't have english subtitles, only the 3 movies do.
So if you insist on having english subtitles on the Blu-ray then you'll have to get the US or UK version.

The UK version is available cheap as a complete set but it won't work on US players:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Puella-Madoka-Complete-Collection-Blu-ray/dp/B008MJRO6O/

The US version is only available as 3 separate Blu-rays, each twice as expensive as the complete UK version:

http://www.amazon.com/Puella-Magi-Madoka-Magica-Blu-ray/dp/B00771V6OY/

http://www.amazon.com/Puella-Magi-Madoka-Magica-Blu-Ray/dp/B007S0PJTW/

http://www.amazon.com/Puella-Magi-Madoka-Magica-Blu-ray/dp/B0089X92LI/

It's simpler with Rebellion. There's only the Japanese Blu-ray available yet so you only have two decisions to make. Standard or limited and where to purchase from.

http://www.amazon.co.jp/劇場版-魔法少女まどか☆マギカ-叛逆の物語-通常版-Blu-ray/dp/B00I9YND9E/

http://www.amazon.co.jp/劇場版-魔法少女まどか☆マギカ-叛逆の物語-完全生産限定版-Blu-ray/dp/B00I9YNB4Q/

http://www.madokamagicausa.com/rebellion/


You can also search on play-asia, yesasia and the likes to see if they offer it and what they charge. Don't forget to inform yourself about possible import taxes of your country.

I belive it has, otherwise there wouldn't be dub. I only found a UK release, however.

Regarding Rebellion, I just bought the first of the two links you posted. Haven't watched it yet, but it looks like it will be good. From the description of your other link, that import looks a bit meatier than what I got though.

For the series, I bought a Region B of the series for like 35 bucks from the uk Amazon. It's great, but has no real special features or anything.

Man, just looking over all these fancier, more limited hardcore editions is making me feel like I need to shell out absurd amounts of cash right now

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Puella-Madoka-Complete-Collection-Blu-ray/dp/B008MJRO6O/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1382371819&sr=8-2&keywords=madoka+magica

Madoka magica blu-ray, UK. 20 quid

> The Region B for Madoka Magica is the complete series for £23.17, that's about $37.01 USD for the whole series

I have this one. It's really nice and indeed much more reasonable. I believe the labels look different, I'll check tomorrow. Amsterdam time tomorrow.

/edit: Disc 2 has a complete different picture as label, disc 3 has the same picture but with other colors (white background).

>You end up needlessly worrying people who have the Region B version.

Not my intention, but UK shoppers should be wary too if buying from eBay. I made this primarily for US shoppers because the bootlegs are on the US eBay and they are bootlegs of the Region A sets (the Region B sets have different logos).

>about what Region you were talking about...

Basically I'm saying the bootlegs can't be UK versions, as not to confuse anyone. They are US bootlegs. The disc covers the bootlegs use may be from the UK version though, now that you mention it.

>Also on the topic of not being able to play a UK version in the US, you can.

I'm more concerned about people using a regular region-locked Blu Ray player or US PS3/4/Xbone. If anyone has the know-how on using multi-region Blu Rays and can then I'm sure they would import their Region B sets (which are cheaper than the Region A for Madoka Magica) and use them rather than buy Region A bootlegs. But perhaps this information can be useful to people who do have that capability but don't use it. The Region B for Madoka Magica is the complete series for £23.17, that's about $37.01 USD for the whole series (much, much, much more reasonable).

Edit: formatting

Amazon-£21

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Puella-Madoka-Complete-Collection-Blu-ray/dp/B008MJRO6O/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1463809705&sr=8-1&keywords=madoka