During the event Aniplex Online Fest A new promotional video was revealed for the sequel film, “Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica: Walpurgis no Kaiten“. The video confirms that The release remains scheduled for winter 2025 in Japanese theaters (i.e. the last few months of next year), after having been recently delayed.
The original anime premiered during the season Winter-2021 (January-March) and had twelve episodes. After two compilation films, the third, titled “Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica: Hangyaku no Monogatari” served as a direct sequel upon its release in October 2013.
Seven years later the spin-off “Magic Record: Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica Gaiden“, in Winter-2020 with a total of thirteen episodes. It was followed by a second season of eight episodes in Summer-2021and a third season of four episodes in Spring-2022However, this was all a spin-off, not a direct sequel.
Production team
- Yukihiro Miyamoto (Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Arakawa Under the Bridge) is responsible for project management in the studios SHAFT.
- Gen Urobuchi (Psycho-Pass, Suisei no Gargantia) is responsible for 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 that all changes when they meet Kyuubey, a cat-like magical creature, and Homura Akemi, the new transfer student. Kyuubey offers them a proposition: he will grant any of their wishes, and in exchange, each of them will become a magical girl (mahou shoujo), gaining the power to fulfill their 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. This is a story of hope, despair, and friendship, dealing with 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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