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汉语：魔法少女小圆

日语：魔法少女まどか☆マギカ

拉丁语：Puella Magi Madoka Magica

 

《魔法少女小圆》（日语：魔法少女まどか☆マギカ；拉丁语：Puella Magi Madoka Magica‎）是一部由日本动画公司SHAFT制作，于2011年1月起开始在MBS电视台播放的日本深夜动画。

本作电视动画开播之后，即以压倒性实力横扫各大评选、排行，日本三大动画奖与巴黎动画展皆一致给予最高评价。而其荣膺第15回日本文化厅媒体艺术祭的“动画大赏”，也奠定了艺术价值为日本政府认可的地位。

本作缔造了多项日本ACG历史纪录，包括电视动画蓝光光碟首周销售历史的最佳成绩（5.4万份）。^[1]

2012年10月13日，剧场版后篇片尾预告了第3部剧场版“叛逆の物语”， 新作是延续原作结局的全新故事，预定于2013年夏季公开上映。^[2]

【视频】《魔法少女小圆》第1集（日语发音、中文字幕）

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下面的内容请大概地读一读：

Puella Magi Madoka Magica (魔法少女まどか☆マギカ, Mahō Shōjo Madoka Magika^?, "Magical Girl Madoka of the Magus") is a Japanese anime television series produced by Shaft and Aniplex.

魔法少女(まほうしょうじょ)まどか☆マギカ(まぎか)

Puella Magi Madoka Magica

 

魔法(まほう)   少女(しょうじょ)

Puella  Magi

拉丁语中puer表“男孩”，puella表“女孩”。请参考《Puer aeternu——永恒的男孩（背单词是一条死路）》。

Madoka (まどか, マドカ)是日语女性的名字。

Madoka (まどか, マドカ) is a common Japanese feminine given name which can also be used as a surname.

ma(ま, マ)—do(ど，ド)—ka (か, カ)

Possible Writings

Madoka can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

as a given name

• 円, "circle"
• 円花, "circle, flower"
• 窓香, "window, incense/aroma"
• 窓花, "window, flower"

The given name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

as a surname

• 円, "circle"

如果您已经熟悉英语中的circle可能就会明白为什么汉语中会翻译成《魔法少女小圆》了。

 

Magica(マギカ)——Ma(マ)gi(ギ)ca(カ)，您复习一下magic可能就基本上可以熟悉它：

magic[5mAdVik]n.魔法, 巫术, 戏法adj.魔术的, 有魔力的, 不可思议的

区别只在结尾的-a（拉丁语中表“阴性、单数”后缀）

联想记忆：

logic[5lCdVik]n.逻辑, 逻辑学, 逻辑性

The series is directed by Akiyuki Shinbo and written by Gen Urobuchi with original character designs by Ume Aoki, character design adaptation by Takahiro Kishida and music by Yuki Kajiura.^[2]

 

The first ten episodes aired in Japan on TBS and MBS between January and March 2011, while the final two episodes were delayed until April 2011 due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.

earthquake[5E:Wkweik]n.地震（earth+quake）

earth[E:W]n.地球

如果您已经熟悉ear（耳朵），再加上th就是earth。

quake[kweik]vi.摇动, 震动; 颤动

英语中的q几乎总是和u在一起使用，我们可以把它看成是固定组合。请复习quit, queen, quick, quickly, quest, question, quiet, quite。

quake结尾的e不发音，倒数第三位的元音字母a读其字母音[ei]。请复习cake, take, make, wake, shake（milk shake）。

tsunami[tsju:5nB:mi]n.海啸

tsunami实际上是日语汉字“津波”的读音tsu（つ）na（な）mi（み）：

津波(つなみ)

我们可以大概地了解英语中的tsu(cat的复数cats中有ts，大概地发音类似于日语中的“つ”（日语输入法是tu）) ，而英语中的ts的读音类似于汉语拼音中的c。

 

A tsunami (plural: tsunamis or tsunami; from Japanese: 津波, lit. "harbour wave";^[1] English pronunciation: /suːˈnɑːmi/ soo-NAH-mee or /tsuːˈnɑːmi/ tsoo-NAH-mee^[2]) is a series of water waves caused by the displacement of a large volume of a body of water, typically an ocean or a large lake. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and other underwater explosions (including detonations of underwater nuclear devices), landslides, glacier calvings, meteorite impacts and other disturbances above or below water all have the potential to generate a tsunami.^[3]

volcanic eruption 火山爆发

nuclear device 核装置

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A manga adaptation of the series and three spin-off manga series, Puella Magi Kazumi Magica: The Innocent Malice, Puella Magi Oriko Magica and Puella Magi Madoka Magica: A Different Story, have been published by Houbunsha.

A novelisation by Nitroplus was released in August 2011.

A video game for the PlayStation Portable was released in March 2012.

Two films recapping the story were released in October 2012, with a third film featuring an original story to be released in 2013.

A dedicated magazine, Manga Time Kirara Magica, launched in June 2012.

Plot（情节）

See also: List of Puella Magi Madoka Magica characters

In the city of Mitakihara, a 14-year old girl named Madoka Kaname and her best friend Sayaka Miki are approached by a strange familiar named Kyubey.

This creature offers a contract in which a girl can have any wish granted in exchange for becoming a magical girl tasked with fighting against Witches, manifestations of despair that are responsible for unexplained murders and suicides.

be responsible for 为...负责, 形成...的原因

 

Meanwhile, a transfer student named Homura Akemi tries to stop Madoka from becoming a magical girl at all costs.

transfer student 转校学生

at all costs adv.( =at any cost)不惜任何代价, 无论如何

As Madoka contemplates becoming a magical girl, she learns that a magical girl's life isn't as glamorous as she thought and is filled with anguish, suffering and despair.

be filled with 充满着

Soon coming to learn the dark secrets between magical girls and witches and the burden it places on her friends, Madoka struggles to decide if there really is a wish worth risking her life for.

 

The spin-off manga, Puella Magi Kazumi Magica: The Innocent Malice, takes place in Asunaru City and follows an amnesiac magical girl named Kazumi who, along with a band of other magical girls known as the Pleiades Saints, starts to discover the dark nature of magical girls as she regains her memories.

Puella Magi Oriko Magica takes place in an alternate timeline to the main series, in which Homura, Mami Tomoe and Kyōko Sakura, along with a young orphaned girl named Yuma Chitose who was abused as a child by her mother, find themselves up against a magical girl pair, Oriko Mikuni and Kirika Kure, who are hunting other magical girls.^[3]

The prequel story, Puella Magi Oriko Magica: Noisy Citrine, follows Kirka as she starts out being a magical girl and has an encounter with her old childhood friend, Erika.

Puella Magi Madoka Magica: The Different Story also takes place in an alternate timeline, mainly focusing on Mami's relationships with the other magical girls.

 

Magical girl (魔法少女, Mahō Shōjo^?)

A magical girl is an adolescent girl gifted with powers granted by making a contract with Kyubey. The terms of the contract are that Kyubey will grant the girl one wish, and in exchange, she will use magic to fight against witches. The powers she receives are often related to her wish. For example, a wish to cure someone will grant enhanced regenerative abilities. Offensive powers typically involve making copies of a personal weapon, such as arrows, muskets or bazookas. In Kazumi Magica, it is shown that, besides humans, anyone with a soul is capable of making a contract.

Soul Gem (ソウルジェム, Sōru Jemu^?)

A Soul Gem is an egg-shaped gem that holds a magical girl's power. It is created when a contract is made with an Incubator. Its size and brightness are relative to the amount of magical power residing in the girl. The gem is essential for hunting and fighting witches: it glows whenever a witch or one of its familiars is nearby, and it is also used to transform for battle. When not in gem form, it exists as a ring on the owner's finger. A Soul Gem is so named because it serves as a container for the soul, so that the body will be able to survive otherwise fatal wounds. Accordingly, if the Soul Gem is destroyed, the owner will die. If the body is moved too far away from the gem, it will lose its pulse and become lifeless. Whenever a magical girl uses her powers, her gem becomes darker, up to the point where her powers are exhausted. Before this happens, the gem must be purified by transferring the darkness into Grief Seeds.

Witches (魔女, Majo^?)

Witches are non-human entities generally perceived as evil. They inhabit hidden private worlds and are therefore not normally visible. If left alone, they affect humans by giving them marks known as "Witch's Kisses" (魔女の口づけ, Majo no Kuchizuke^?), which cause accidents, disease, or suicide. Witches often spawn lesser versions of themselves called familiars. Witches' worlds are called barriers. Each contains a unique labyrinth, manifesting the witch's subconscious. Witches are a product either of familiars or of magical girls that have failed to purify their Soul Gems, turning these gems into Grief Seeds in the process.

Grief Seed (グリーフシード, Gurīfu Shīdo^?)

Grief Seeds are black egg-shaped thorns created at the birth of a witch. Once planted, they form the barriers that hide the witch from the sight of regular humans. When a witch is defeated, the Grief Seed is left behind and can be used to cleanse and restore magical power to a Soul Gem. Kyubey is shown to consume Grief Seeds that have been used in this way.