Aniplex has announced that the Puella Magi Madoka Magica -Walpurgisnacht: Rising- anime film has been delayed due to “production circumstances.” Before being delayed, Puella Magi Madoka Magica -Walpurgisnacht: Rising- was slated for a February 2026 theatrical premiere in Japan. A new opening date for the film will be announced this February.
The series’ returning cast and crew members for Puella Magi Madoka Magica -Walpurgisnacht: Rising include:
Cast
- Aoi Yūki as Madoka Kaname
- Chiwa Saito as Homura Akemi
- Kaori Mizuhashi as Mami Tomoe
- Eri Kitamura as Sayaka Miki
- Ai Nonaka as Kyōko Sakura
- Kana Asumi as Nagisa Momoe
- Emiri Katō as Kyubey
Crew
- Original Creator: Magica Quartet
- Chief Director: Akiyuki Simbo
- Scriptwriter: Gen Urobuchi
- Character Designer: Ume Aoki
- Animation Charter Designer: Junichirō Taniguchi
- Composer: Yuki Kajiura
- Alternate Space Designer: Gekidan Inu Curry
- Studio: SHAFT
Aniplex initially released the horror fantasy anime in 2011, and over the years, it has received several anime, movie, and video game spin-offs. One recent example is the Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story anime, which aired with three seasons from 2020 to 2022. The entire series is streaming now on Crunchyroll.
Lastly, here’s an overview, via Crunchyroll:
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-
