Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie -Walpurgisnacht Rising- Set for February 2026 Release in Japan

The release date for “Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie -Walpurgisnacht Rising-” has been officially set for February 2026 in Japan. A second key visual and a new trailer have also been revealed.

New Trailer:

New Key Visual:

The beloved Puella Magi Madoka Magica franchise is returning to television in Japan this fall. The first two compilation films, Beginnings and Eternal, will be re-released as a specially edited TV edition titled “Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Beginnings / Eternal [TV Edition]”.

This new TV edition will begin airing in Japan on Sundays at 5:00 PM JST, starting in October 2025.

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: Comic Natalie

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