hidamari_sketch hiro miyako nazuna nori sae ume yuno

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Never noticed before, but the animation of this reminds me a lot of mahou_shoujo_madoka_magica. Any relation of this series to that?
Both were animated by Shaft.
Cade said:
Both were animated by Shaft.
But so was Bakemonogatari, which looks nothing like this, so I will put it down to basics:

Both feature characters designed by Ume. She has also written Hidamari Sketch (this), and did a few 4koma strips for Madoka as a bonus material with similar (although darker and somewhat mean-spirited) humor.
Troggyman said:
But so was Bakemonogatari, which looks nothing like this
Can't say this.. Shaft style can always be seen
PAIIS said:
Never noticed before, but the animation of this reminds me a lot of mahou_shoujo_madoka_magica. Any relation of this series to that?
For both series the original character designs were done by Ume-sensei herself, Ms. Ume Aoki.
FYI, Hidamari came first, so the more accurate statement would be, "Madoka looks like Hidamari." ^_~

But yes, Hidamari is authored and drawn by Aoki Ume. She was subsequently hired to do the char designs for the massive collaboration that is Madoka:

  • Ume - Char design
  • SHAFT - Animation
  • Nitro+ - Writing
  • Kajiura Yuuki - Soundtrack
I associated Ume's char style more with Hidamari though. I keep thinking Mami is a blonde version of Hiro. Though Hiro is missing her trademark hair "buns" in this image. She rarely has her hair down. In fact, even Nori has her hair down as well.
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