Alright, so it's time for a blind watch. Here's what I know about this show before pulling it up on Crunchyroll:1)It's called Puella Magi Madoka Magica2)It's a 'magical girl' show, like Sailor Moon (which I have also never seen, I just know general facts about it)And that's it! Oh, and I occasionally see WiWs for it pop up around here, so I guess people like it? Only one way to find out. I'll watch the first ten minutes or until a title of some sort, get an initial impression.I've pulled up Crunchyroll now and am looking at the poster, looks like there are four girls (two of which have improbably-colored anime hair, and even the Blonde has crazy corkscrew pigtails), and I assume Pink being at the front of the group, wearing afrilly dress and holding a white ferret... thing? What is that, it looks like a cross between a rabbit and a weasel. Anyways, I'm leaning towards her being the main character. Puella, or am I completely misreading the title?Starting episode!Ooh, Aniplex! Given my like of Gurren Lagann, I'm optimistic.A 2-D theater curtain effect straight out of Monty Python's Flying Circus, and we're... in Wonderland? Some sort of twisted checkerboard environment and oh hey there's somebody running. Pink hair? So is this Puella, and why is she running through this monochrome place in a school uniform?Well, she's found an exit... and I think Monochrome Anime City has seen better days given the floating ruined buildings, the giant tree and WHOA ok sudden awesome music. There's some sort of winged thing up in the sky with a magic aura, going to assume it's responsible for the property damage.Puella's looking around and sees one of the other girls on the poster (Black Hair), looks like she's in a school uniform too but has a small shield-thing on her left arm. And off she goes to fight the flying thing until she gets a skyscraper to the face, ouch. Wait, no she's ok and blocking red energy blasts with a purple force-field. (Animation is really impressing me so far.)We get a better look at Puella here as she says that this is horrible, she does indeed have pink hair, two red ribbons forming small ponytails and a large red bow tie. I guess she likes ribbons? Oh someone else is talking- hey, it's the rabbit-thing. So that's the show's familiar, or some-such?Whatever it is, it's not optimistic about Black Hair's chances, and seeing as she just got knocked into another building I'm inclined to agree. Puella does not like this, and now Black Hair's noticed that Puella's here, tries to say something but is too far away to make out.Sudden closeup of Rabbit-thing, which is a little bit creepy with the red eyes and all. It's continuing the pessimist talk... but says Puella has 'the power to change fate itself', stop this from happening. So this is a vision of the future? Puella's not sure she can actually help, and now Black Hair's falling, and Rabbit-thing offers her a contract to become a magical girl.And then Puella wakes up. So this is what the '... or Something' refers to?Oh, title sequence. Ok, we've got Puella in her frilly dress seeming really nervous, and a very poppy song as the title comes up. Then we have Puella daydreaming about several magical mishaps until Rabbit-thing gets fed up and wanders off, Sleepy Puella refusing to get out of bed (I feel your pain). Then she's... hugged by long-haired version of herself? And I'm suddenly wondering what this show is rated, are there going to be any awkward moments? Seriously, I'd appreciate warning before anyone walks by and gets the wrong impression.We're on to a quick sequence of 'slice-of-life' scenes, passed by too fast to get any details. And we're back to Puella running before she wakes up in a tree holding a black cat. I thought Rabbit-thing was the familiar? And after a rooftop at sunset we end with Puella and two of the girls from the poster (Blue and Blonde) hanging out on top of a radio tower.Well, I said ten minutes or title sequence, so I guess I'll stop here for now. Intitial thoughts are that this looks interesting, the first fight and the environments are impressively animated and the music was surprisingly engaging. Seemed a bit of a contrast with the poppy title sequence, but if it was a vision of the future or whatever it's understandable the end boss is grim by comparison.Best I can tell this show is about Puella and the others as magical girls, but I guess they aren't there yet as Puella thinks it was just a dream. Something to do with Rabbit-thing? How does that work? And what are the unseen villains trying to do, that results in a Bad Day for Anime City?Lots of questions and interest with what I've seen, I guess I'll keep watching and find out. Please let me know if I mispelled anything or tell me some basic (nonspoilery) info, like what the title even means. See you later for the rest of Episode 1!