Punie is no dream-filled innocent, she's a cold, calculating death machine with all the human warmth of dagger in the back, and her homeland, despite its gaudy magical trappings, is an autocracy maintained by raw power. And this is why I love Dai Mahou Touge. The unrestrained cruelty in this series is what makes it so vastly different than other comedies out there, who get laughs from panty shots and romantic misunderstandings. And as I've said in the Dokoro-chan responses, this series is so much better in content and overall wit. I liked Dokuro-chan a lot. It was a fun perverse violence filled ride, but it still had an underlying niceness to it.
― This 12-episode series is an original anime production by P.A. Works and Masahiro Ando, whose previous directorial credits are as varied as Hanasaku Iroha, Snow White with the Red Hair,.
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I loved Punie-Chan much more. The humor and parody here wil stand up a lot longer due to being better, completely remorseless, and a heck of a lot smarter. I would say for the price, both series are worth having, but if you had to pick one, make it this one. Punie's 'transformation' phrase (which the review strangely did not mention) that she brighly says while smiling tells you all you need to know: 'Lyrical Tokarev, Kill Them All' MH Knights. 'Lyrical Tokarev, Kill Them All' This actually adorns the DVD packaging MB's disc is pretty nifty, and the sinister tone of the show while still adhering to magical girl formula makes for a great show. I loved how quickly Punie's VA could switch from cutesy to sinister FOTNS villan giving a speech- while lowbudget, they did some really effective things with her expressions, and it adds to the fun. The fact that the supporting characters acknowledge and give into her evil adds extra to it, as Tetsuko realizes the horror of her best friend, but then just sort of goes along with it.
There's also some great references to other 'Majokko' magical girl shows ie- shows where a Princess from Magic Land goes to earth to train, like Majokko Meguchan or Minky Momo. Let's just say, Punie's mom must be a good van driver Ghstmtrx.