For the people who recommended Mirai Nikki and Elfen Lied, oi. Maybe it's just me, but I really can't stand either of them, for various reasons.
(All below is personal opinion.)Elfen Lied especially is a show with no likable characters, no interesting plot, and nothing but a glut of excessive violence, rape, and forced harem bullshit.
Mirai Nikki is a bit better (since it actually HAS a plot of some sort) but as of what I saw of it I really didn't like anyone, and it contains much of the above issues. They both come off extremely tryhard to appeal to angsty teenagers who want to feel mature by seeing tits and gore. These should probably be prefaced by saying I stopped watching both halfway through. Does it suddenly become amazing by the end? I doubt it, but you never know.
Since I'm complaining anyway, Madoka really isn't a mindfuck, in any sense of the word. Both the twists and conclusion are rather predictable if you know anything of Faust. A "mindfuck", would be something that leaves the watcher unsure of what is real or not, not just something told out of sequence and with a degree of vagueness.
I guess maybe the third movie has a bit of that, but by lords...
That final "twist" was both awful and out of character, and really seemed to only be there because they wanted something dramatic to end on.
Nevertheless, Madoka is alright. A fair show but nothing something I'd put on my favorites list, or as an off-the-cuff recommendation.
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I wish anime didn't feel the need to inject "comedy" into serious franchises in such damaging ways. Planetes, Hellsing Ultimate, Darker Than Black, Black Lagoon, and Berserk are all fantastic series that would be even better if they didn't include that. Double that sentiment towards fanservice.