Are your favourite artistes all right? I'm still wondering what happened to Onitsuka Chihiro...but my worry is certainly nothing compared to what the victims in Japan are feeling. Here's just a few of the many ways to help:

Mercy Relief (Singapore)
Red Cross (US)
Global Giving
Help Japan (Fandom Auctions on LiveJournal)

So we all know by now that Madoka's airing for episode 11 has been delayed, not in the least because I am extremely late in mentioning this and it's usual timeslot has come and gone. "Self-restraint" is an incredibly vague reason, but whether it's due to content-related sensitivity in light of Japan's disaster or a difficulty in meeting the deadline due to having to deal with said disaster, let's not bitch about it, shall we?

From a purely selfish standpoint, we're likely to get a a more polished episode 11. As for humanitarian considerations...It's not hard to come up with some from the top of your head, now, is it? While I'm not sure how badly SHAFT's staff are hit by the disaster, someone there is going to appreciate the restraint. There'll be relatives to worry about, power outages, food shortage, the vision of carnage that Madoka's creators were probably planning to display potentially hitting too close to home...Give them a break. I get it, episode 10 was awesome, they can't just leave us hanging like that, oh the despair, blah blah blah but let's keep things in perspective. At least they've said they're working on it. I know we can't help being disappointed, but raging? Not cool. We'll survive without Madoka for a while. Let the country that gave it to us get back on its feet, and we can all go find something mildly productive to do in the meantime instead of bitching.

I admit, though, it's near impossible not to wonder how long it will take till we see episode 11. A popular theory is that they're timing it so that the last episode airs on or around the actual Walpurgis Night (which is on a Saturday, I think, while Madoka's usual timeslot is on Thursday). I haven't found any source I can trust that gives any confirmation as to when it'll air, if it'll air at all. It does not help that I don't read Japanese...But most people seem convinced that it won't air the following week either, so it looks like we're in for a wait. I have to say, though, the Walpurgis Night idea sounds cool.

And I should probably work on a summary for episode 10...but I want to watch it again, and I haven't found the time to get around to that. Apart from Homura's backstory, there were so many other things this episode revealed. But it's not like anyone's going crazy from waiting for my recap, right? ^_^ I'll still do my best anyway.