Puella Magi Madoka Magica
2011 · Miniseries · TV-14 · 25 min · ★ 8.0
A regular middle-school girl’s ordinary days are shaken by a mysterious magical encounter that offers a new path—and a heavy price. As she and other girls are drawn into battling witches, friendship, hope, and fear collide, and every choice begins to reshape what their lives can become.
Also known as Magical Girl Madoka☆Magica · Puella Magi Madoka☆Magica · MadoMagi
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5 hours to watch · 12 episodes.
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Details
- Original title
- 魔法少女まどか☆マギカ
- Years
- 2011
- Release date
- 2011-01-07
- Network
- MBS
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
- TV-14
- Runtime
- 25 min
- Max quality
- HD
- TMDB rating
- 8.0/10 (373 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a cute-on-the-surface story that turns tense and emotionally heavy, with big questions about wishes and sacrifice; Not for you if you want light, simple fun—try Penguindrum for similarly mind-bending drama.
Pros: bold genre twist; intense emotions; striking, surreal visuals | Cons: slow early episodes; confusing plot turns; uneven engagement
Themes
- witch
- magic
- wish
- surrealism
- teenage girl
- schoolgirl
- schoolmates
- dark fantasy
- subversive
- transfer student
- anime
- psychological
- +3 more
Cast & crew
Aoi Yuuki
as Madoka Kaname (voice)
Chiwa Saito
as Homura Akemi (voice)
Eri Kitamura
as Sayaka Miki (voice)
Ai Nonaka
as Kyoko Sakura (voice)
Emiri Kato
as Kyubey (voice)
- TI
Tetsuya Iwanaga
as Tomohisa Kaname (voice)
- YG
Yuko Goto
as Junko Kaname (voice)
- RS
Ryoko Shintani
as Hitomi Shizuki (voice)
- JI
Junko Iwao
as Kazuko Saotome (voice)
- SY
Seiko Yoshida
as Kyousuke Kamijou (voice)
Directed by Masahiro Mukai, Yuki Yase, Takashi Kawabata +7 more
Episodes1 season · 12 episodes
Season 112 episodes
- S1E1I First Met Her in a Dream... or Something25mDisney+CrunchyrollAmazon Prime VideoHuluNetflix
- S1E2That Would Be Truly Wonderful25mDisney+CrunchyrollAmazon Prime VideoHuluNetflix
- S1E3I'm Not Afraid of Anything Anymore25mDisney+CrunchyrollAmazon Prime VideoHuluNetflix
- S1E4Miracles and Magic Are Real25mDisney+CrunchyrollAmazon Prime VideoHuluNetflix
- S1E5There's No Way I'll Ever Regret It25mDisney+CrunchyrollAmazon Prime VideoHuluNetflix
- S1E6This Just Can't Be Right25mDisney+CrunchyrollAmazon Prime VideoHuluNetflix
- S1E7Can You Face Your True Feelings?25mDisney+CrunchyrollAmazon Prime VideoHuluNetflix
- S1E8I Was Stupid... So Stupid25mDisney+CrunchyrollAmazon Prime VideoHuluNetflix
- S1E9I'd Never Allow That to Happen25mDisney+CrunchyrollAmazon Prime VideoHuluNetflix
- S1E10I Won't Rely on Anyone Anymore25mDisney+CrunchyrollAmazon Prime VideoHuluNetflix
- S1E11The Only Thing I Have Left to Guide Me25mDisney+CrunchyrollAmazon Prime VideoHuluNetflix
- S1E12My Very Best Friend25mDisney+CrunchyrollAmazon Prime VideoHuluNetflix