During the event Aniplex Online Fest 2023 The first promotional video was revealed for the next film in the franchise, titled Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica: Walpurgis no Kaiten. The video confirms that Its release is scheduled for winter 2024 in theaters in Japan.revealing that SHAFT studios will be in charge of animation. The production team was also confirmed.
The franchise is based on a smartphone game released for mobile devices in Japan in August 2017 and available in the catalog of QooApp.
The original twelve episode anime Puella Magi Madoka Magica was released in January 2011. The films Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings and Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 2: Eternal were released in Japan in October 2012, and the sequel Puella Magi Madoka Magica The Movie Part 3: Rebellion premiered in October 2013. The second season, officially titled as Magia Record: Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica Gaiden – 2nd Season: Kakusei Zenya, premiered on July 31, 2021 in Japan and had a total of eight episodes. The final season Gaiden Final Season – Asaki Yume no Akatsuki It premiered on April 3, 2022 in Japan and had a total of four episodes.
Production team
- Yukihiro Miyamoto (Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Arakawa Under the Bridge) is in charge of project management in the studies SHAFT.
- Gen Urobuchi (Psycho-Pass, Suisei no Gargantia) is in charge of writing and supervising the scripts.
- Junichirou Taniguchi (Kimi no Na wa, Prison School, Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun) is in charge of chief animation direction and character design, under the supervision of Akiyuki Shinbo.
- Yuki Kajiura (Sword Art Online, Kimetsu no Yaiba) is in charge of composing the soundtrack.
Synopsis of Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica
Madoka Kanami and Sayaka Miki are regular high school girls with regular lives, but all that changes when they encounter Kyuubey, a magical cat-like creature, and Homura Akemi, the new transfer student. Kyuubey offers them a proposal: he will grant any of her wishes and, in exchange, each of them will become a magical girl (mahou shoujo), gaining the power to fulfill her dreams.
However, Homura Akemi, who is already a magical girl, urges them not to accept the offer, stating that it is not as good as it sounds. Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica is a story of hope, desperation and friendship, about the difficulties of becoming and being a magical girl, and the great price that must be paid to make a dream come true.
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