Aniplex of America and Fathom Entertainment have announced that Puella Magi Madoka Magica -Walpurgisnacht: Rising- is heading to theaters in subtitled and English dubbed formats January 16 through January 19, 2027. A U.S.-exclusive collaboration visual by artist Namie was also revealed.
In addition to the English theatrical premiere announcement of Puella Magi Madoka Magica -Walpurgisnacht: Rising-, Aniplex of America has confirmed that Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings, Part 2: Eternal, and -Rebellion- will debut on Crunchyroll on November 8 and on Netflix on January 2. These movies will be available for the first time in LATAM Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese dubs starting November 15. Further, the trilogy will also be available as an UltraHD Blu-ray package, with pre-orders available now on Crunchyroll Store and MediaOCD for $149.98.
Puella Magi Madoka Magica -Walpurgisnacht: Rising- previously opened in theaters on August 28 with IMAX screenings in Japan.
The cast and staff 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
- Shion Wakayama as Shichōka
- Tomoyo Kurosawa as Selma Therese
- Maaya Sakamoto as unnamed upperclassman
Staff
- 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
- Chief Animation Directors: Junichirō Taniguchi, Hiroki Yamamura
- Storyboard/Visual Concept Design: Tomohiro Furukawa
- Visual Concept Design: Kazuki Kawada
- Color Key Artist: Jin Hibino
- Art: Ken Naitō, Shūichi Kusamori
- Art Setting: Morihito Ōhara
- Compositing Director of Photography: Takayuki Aizu
- Editing: Rie Matsubara
- Sound Director: Yōta Tsuruoka
Here’s an overview of the series, 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-
