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Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part I: Beginnings · PBox

Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part I: Beginnings

Movie2012 7.6

Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part I: Beginnings

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7.6/10

2h 11mSHAFT

ThrillerAnimationFantasy

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Aoi Yuuki

Madoka Kaname (voice)

Chiwa Saito

Homura Akemi (voice)

Eri Kitamura

Sayaka Miki (voice)

Kaori Mizuhashi

Kaori Mizuhashi

Mami Tomoe / Tatsuya Kaname (voice)

Ai Nonaka

Kyoko Sakura (voice)

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Emiri Kato

Emiri Kato

Kyubey (voice)

Ryoko Shintani

Hitomi Shizuki (voice)

Yuko Goto

Junko Kaname (voice)

Tetsuya Iwanaga

Tetsuya Iwanaga

Tomohisa Kaname (voice)

Junko Iwao

Kazuko Saotome (voice)

Seiko Yoshida

Kyousuke Kamijou (voice)

Nobuo Tobita

Shin-ichiro Miki

Shin-ichiro Miki

Yoshitsugu Matsuoka

Yoshitsugu Matsuoka

Nakazawa (voice)

Hideki Tasaka

Kyosuke's Father (voice)

Tomoko Nakamura

Tomoko Nakamura

Seiro Ogino

Factory Manager (voice)

Rumi Okubo

Rei Matsuzaki

Ayane Sakura

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Madoka Kaname, an ordinary middle-schooler, along with her best friend Sayaka Miki, are offered the chance to have any wish they want granted by the mysterious Kyubey, and become magical girls and fight witches. However, fellow magical girl Homura Akemi seems intent on stopping Madoka from becoming a magical girl at any cost. Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part I: Beginnings is a retelling of the first half of the TV anime series.

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About

Released: 5 October 2012
Certificate: PG-13
Status: Released
Director: Yukihiro Miyamoto
Writers: Gen Urobuchi, Akiyuki Shinbo, Ume Aoki, Atsuhiro Iwakami
Original title: 劇場版魔法少女まどか☆マギカ [前編] 始まりの物語
Genres: Thriller, Animation, Fantasy
Original language: Japanese
Country: Japan
Production: SHAFT
Collection: Puella Magi Madoka Magica: The Movie Collection
Runtime: 2h 11m
Box office: $5.8M