Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings
2012 · Movie · PG-13 · 131 min · ★ 7.5 · 75% critics
An ordinary middle-school student and her best friend are offered one wish in exchange for becoming magical girls who battle witches. As the tempting offer pulls them in, another magical girl urgently tries to keep one of them from making the choice.
Also known as Puella Magi Madoka☆Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings · Magical Girl Madoka☆Magica the Movie Part I: The Beginning Story
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Details
- Original title
- 劇場版 魔法少女まどか☆マギカ [前編] 始まりの物語
- Years
- 2012
- Release date
- 2012-10-05
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 131 min
- Critic score
- 75/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.5/10 (144 votes)
- Box office
- $5,816,330
About
If you liked Puella Magi Madoka Magica or Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie, this offers a more mysterious, heavier take on magical-girl fantasy; Not for you if you want a fully standalone story or a light, carefree tone.
Pros: intriguing wish premise; mysterious magical conflict; strong fantasy hook | Cons: first-half story only; setup-heavy pacing; better with series context
Themes
- saving the world
- parent child relationship
- magic
- wish
- surrealism
- female friendship
- teenage girl
- psychological thriller
- schoolgirl
- schoolmates
- dark fantasy
- anime
Cast & crew
Aoi Yuuki
as Madoka Kaname (voice)
Chiwa Saito
as Homura Akemi (voice)
Eri Kitamura
as Sayaka Miki (voice)
Kaori Mizuhashi
as Mami Tomoe / Tatsuya Kaname (voice)
Ai Nonaka
as Kyoko Sakura (voice)
Emiri Kato
as Kyubey (voice)
Ryoko Shintani
as Hitomi Shizuki (voice)
Yuko Goto
as Junko Kaname (voice)
Tetsuya Iwanaga
as Tomohisa Kaname (voice)
Junko Iwao
as Kazuko Saotome (voice)
Directed by Yukihiro Miyamoto, Akiyuki Shinbo