Puella Magi Madoka Magica information

Puella Magi Madoka Magica
	Volume 1 Blu-ray cover, featuring the two protagonists, Madoka Kaname (right) and Homura Akemi (left)
魔法少女まどか☆マギカ; (Mahō Shōjo Madoka Magika)
Genre	Dark fantasy; Magical girl; Psychological thriller;
Created by	Magica Quartet
Anime television series
Directed by	Akiyuki Shinbo; Yukihiro Miyamoto;
Produced by	Atsuhiro Iwakami (Aniplex); Yoshinao Doi (Nitroplus); Osamu Hosokawa (Hakuhodo DY); Kozue Kaneniwa (Movic); Ikuo Katō (Houbunsha); Hiroo Maruyama (MBS);
Written by	Gen Urobuchi
Music by	Yuki Kajiura
Studio	Shaft
Licensed by	Crunchyroll; NA: Aniplex of America; ;
Original network	JNN (MBS, TBS, CBC)
English network	NA: Neon Alley;
Original run	January 7, 2011 – April 21, 2011
Episodes	12 (List of episodes)
Manga
	Puella Magi Madoka Magica; Puella Magi Kazumi Magica: The Innocent Malice; Puella Magi Oriko Magica; Puella Magi Madoka Magica: The Different Story; Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Homura's Revenge!; Puella Magi Oriko Magica: Extra Story; Puella Magi Homura Tamura; Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Rebellion; Puella Magi Suzune Magica; Puella Magi Tart Magica: The Legend of Jeanne d'Arc; Puella Magi Oriko Magica: Sadness Prayer; Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Wraith Arc;
Novel
Written by	Hajime Ninomae
Illustrated by	Yūpon
Published by	Nitroplus Books
Published	August 14, 2011
Game
Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable
Developer	Banpresto
Publisher	Namco Bandai Games, Nitroplus
Genre	Adventure game, RPG
Platform	PlayStation Portable
Released	March 15, 2012
Game
Puella Magi Madoka Magica: The Battle Pentagram
Developer	Artdink
Publisher	Namco Bandai Games
Genre	Action game
Platform	PlayStation Vita
Released	December 19, 2013
Anime film series
	Puella Magi Madoka Magica: The Movie (2012–present);
Other media
	Magia Record (spin-off);

Puella Magi Madoka Magica (Japanese: 魔法少女まどか☆マギカ, Hepburn: Mahō Shōjo Madoka Magika), also known simply as Madoka Magica, is a Japanese anime television series created by Magica Quartet;^[b] and animated by Shaft. The story follows a group of middle school girls, led by protagonist Madoka Kaname, who make supernatural contracts to become magical girls. In battling surreal enemies known as "witches", they learn of the anguish and peril associated with their new roles. The first ten episodes of the series aired on TBS and MBS between January and March 2011, while the final two episodes were delayed until April of the same year due to the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.

A manga adaptation of the anime and various spin-off manga have been published by Houbunsha and licensed in North America by Yen Press. A novelization by Nitroplus was released in August 2011, and a dedicated magazine, Manga Time Kirara Magica, was launched by Houbunsha in June 2012. A video game for the PlayStation Portable was released in March 2012 and another for PlayStation Vita was released in December 2013. A mobile game, Magia Record, launched in August 2017, and a three-season anime adaptation produced by Shaft aired from January 2020 to April 2022. An anime film series, beginning with two films recapping the television series, was released in October 2012. A third film featuring an original story, Rebellion, was released in October 2013. A sequel film to Rebellion, titled Walpurgisnacht: Rising, is scheduled to be released in 2024.

Puella Magi Madoka Magica has received widespread critical acclaim, with praise for its complex narrative, visuals, themes, and soundtrack as well as its unconventional approach to the magical girl subgenre. It became a commercial success; each Blu-ray Disc volume sold more than 50,000 copies in Japan. The series garnered a variety of awards, such as the Television Award at the 16th Animation Kobe Award, as well as 12 Newtype Anime Awards and the Grand Prize for the Animation Division at the 15th Japan Media Arts Festival in 2011.

^ まどか☆マギカ：ヒット生んだ緻密な計算「魔法少女」の常識覆す (in Japanese). Mainichi Shimbun Digital. April 27, 2011. Archived from the original on April 29, 2013.
^ Silverman, Rebecca (June 19, 2012). "Puella Magi Madoka Magica GN 1 - Review". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on June 20, 2012. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
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^ "アニメ質問状：「魔法少女まどか☆マギカ」新たな切り口の魔法少女に「賭けでした」" (in Japanese). Mainichi Shimbun. April 21, 2011. Archived from the original on July 16, 2012. Retrieved June 8, 2021. 監督の新房昭之さん、脚本の虚淵玄さん、キャラクター原案の蒼樹うめさん、そしてアニメ制作スタジオのシャフト。この4者が原作集団「Magica Quartet」となり制作したアニメオリジナルのテレビシリーズです。

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[1] まどか☆マギカ：ヒット生んだ緻密な計算「魔法少女」の常識覆す (in Japanese). Mainichi Shimbun Digital. April 27, 2011. Archived from the original on April 29, 2013.

[2] Silverman, Rebecca (June 19, 2012). "Puella Magi Madoka Magica GN 1 - Review". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on June 20, 2012. Retrieved June 25, 2020.

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[MQ_reference-5] "アニメ質問状：「魔法少女まどか☆マギカ」新たな切り口の魔法少女に「賭けでした」" (in Japanese). Mainichi Shimbun. April 21, 2011. Archived from the original on July 16, 2012. Retrieved June 8, 2021. 監督の新房昭之さん、脚本の虚淵玄さん、キャラクター原案の蒼樹うめさん、そしてアニメ制作スタジオのシャフト。この4者が原作集団「Magica Quartet」となり制作したアニメオリジナルのテレビシリーズです。

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