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Context is often necessary to fully experience what a work has to offer. Although a skilled writer/director should be able to craft a product that is enjoyable to all; every single piece of media, whether that be print or film or anime, can be improved with the benefit of context.
That isn't to say something can't be great in and of itself, and obviously Madoka Magica falls under this umbrella. But I believe without read having Faust, a piece that Madoka constantly alludes to time and time again, your potential for enjoyment reaches a limit far below what is possible.
Thankfully you can "fill the gap" between the enjoyment a priori provides and the enjoyment a posteriori knowledge provides by influencing what you know beforehand. This is true for more than Madoka-knowing the background of Angel's Egg's creation and Christianity makes it a wholly less confusing experience, Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun becomes somehow funnier knowing shoujo tropes, and one could have a full-time job picking out the little idiosyncrasies of Japanese culture that Westerners can't pick up on.
So please. Read more things, watch more anime. I promise it's worth it.
References and Additional Reading:
This video was partially inspired by this one by Joe of Pause and Select fame: • Rant on starting Anime...
A Priori and A Posteriori: www.iep.utm.edu/apriori/
Atelier Emily's post that I cited: formeinfullbloom.wordpress.co...
Another one from Atelier Emily, again comparing Madoka with Sailor Moon: formeinfullbloom.wordpress.co...
A comparison between Faust and Madoka: steemit.com/anime/@medicineme...
This one examines more intertexuality between Madoka and Faust, and tries to argue against Rebellion from that viewpoint: www.booksie.com/520654-puella...
Zeria's "Stop Calling Everything a Madoka Rip-off!" script: floatingintobliss.wordpress.c...
Caffeinated Telescope's video: • Akko, Yoshinari and th...
Wiki for the Trolley Problem: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolley...
VSauce actually recreated the Trolley Problem with some interesting reactions: • The Trolley Problem in...
Kor Review's "How Old Anime Makes New Anime Better": • How Old Anime Makes Ne...
Joe from Pause and Select runs a book club where one can read and discuss with others various texts relating to anime, here is a discord link: / discord
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