Aniplex has released a new trailer for Puella Magi Madoka Magica -Walpurgisnacht: Rising- anime film and revealed two new cast members. The new cast members are Shion Wakayama as Shichōka and Tomoyo Kurosawa as Selma Therese.
Puella Magi Madoka Magica -Walpurgisnacht: Rising-will open on August 28 in theaters in Japan. Previously, the film was delayed from its original February 2026 release timing to an unannounced date due to “production circumstances.”
The series’ returning cast and crew members 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-
