

I once read the following tidbit about the development of _Mahou Shoujo Madoka
Magica_ , but I cannot recall the other anime involved, and I cannot find a
source mentioning this.

As I recall, one of the writers or producers of _Madoka_ was watching a
certain anime as it was being broadcast, and it influenced them when they
either wrote the script for _Madoka_ or just got a certain key idea between
two episodes. This person later remarked that, had they finished watching the
anime before writing anything, the plot of _Madoka_ would have been much
different (possibly less dark?).

Is this true, and, if so, what was that other anime?


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Was a/the writer of Madoka Magica influenced by a specific anime that was broadcasting at the time?


If you're talking about the lead writer, Gen Orobuchi, then yes. He was
[influenced](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2012-01-29/madoka-
magica-writer-inspired-by-stephen-king-hidamari-sketch-nanoha-cossette) by the
works of American author Stephen King and Japanese director Akiyuki Shinbo (in
particular _Hidamari Sketch, Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha_ , and _Le Portrait
de Petite Cossette_ ).


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