Man, I wish the cons over here had interesting panels like this.
Madoka Magica's in a really weird place between 'not pandering' and 'definitely pandering' imo. The show isn't bad, but the merchandise definitely is because, like you say, love pillows and figures/posters of the girls in skimpy clothes, usually doing mundane stuff that ignores the darker aspects of the series (like in this this poster, I'm sure somebody out there would claim all the swimsuit stuff is 'ironic' but...yeah, no).
Having said that though, I think all companies will sell pandering merchandise if they think there's a market for it, regardless of the content of the show itself.
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Date: 2012-11-11 09:25 am (UTC)From:Madoka Magica's in a really weird place between 'not pandering' and 'definitely pandering' imo. The show isn't bad, but the merchandise definitely is because, like you say, love pillows and figures/posters of the girls in skimpy clothes, usually doing mundane stuff that ignores the darker aspects of the series (like in this this poster, I'm sure somebody out there would claim all the swimsuit stuff is 'ironic' but...yeah, no).
Having said that though, I think all companies will sell pandering merchandise if they think there's a market for it, regardless of the content of the show itself.