Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie -Walpurgisnacht Rising- has been postponed from its previously planned February 2026 release in Japan. According to the official announcement, the delay is due to production circumstances. This marks the second postponement for the film.
A new Japanese release date has not yet been confirmed, but it is expected to be announced next month.
Official announcement:
Official Trailer:
Key Visual:
CAST:
Madoka Kaname: Aoi Yuki
Homura Akemi: Chiwa Saito
Mami Tomoe: Kaori Mizuhashi
Sayaka Miki: Eri Kitamura
Kyoko Sakura: Ai Nonaka
Nagisa Momoe: Kana Asumi
Kyubey: Emiri Kato
STAFF:
Original Story: Magica Quartet
Chief Director: Akiyuki Shimbou
Screenplay: Gen Urobuchi (Nitroplus)
Original Character Design: aokiume
Director: Yukihiro Miyamoto
Character Design: Junichiro Taniguchi
Parallel World Design: Gekidan InuCurry (Doroinu)
Music: Yuki Kajiura
Animation Production: SHAFT
The original 2011 TV anime series Puella Magi Madoka Magica and the 2020 spin-off series Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story are both available for streaming on Crunchyroll. Here’s how Crunchyroll describes the original series:
She has a loving family and best friends, laughs and cries from time to time… Madoka Kaname, an eighth grader of Mitakihara middle school, is one of those who lives such a life. One day, she had a very magical encounter. She doesn’t know if it happened by chance or by fate yet. This is a fateful encounter that can change her destiny- This is a beginning of the new story of the magical witch girls-
Source: @MadokaMagicaUSA
© Magica Quartet/ Aniplex, WR
————
AnimeTV チェーン bringing you the latest anime news direct from Japan ~ anytime! — Your new source of information!
