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Puella Magi Madoka Magica (TV)

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Alternative title:
Madoka Magica
Mahō Shōjo Madoka Magica (Japanese)
Девочка-волшебница Мадока (Russian)
الفتاة الساحرة مادوكا ماجيكا (Arabic)
魔法少女まどか★マギカ (Japanese)
魔法少女小圓 (Chinese (Taiwan))
마법소녀 마도카 마기카 (Korean)
Genres: thriller
Themes: witches
Objectionable content: Significant
Copyright notice: © Magica Quartet/Aniplex, Madoka Partners, MBS
Plot Summary: After experiencing a bizarre dream, Madoka Kaname, a kind 14-year-old girl, encounters a magical creature named Kyube. Madoka and her friend Sayaka Miki are offered the opportunity of gaining magical powers if they agree to make a contract with the strange little being. He will also grant them one wish, but in exchange they shall risk their lives by accepting the responsibility of fighting witches. Invisible to human eyes, witches are catalysts of despair in the areas they inhabit. An ally of Kyube, a magical girl named Mami Tomoe, befriends and encourages the two girls to accept the contract. For an unknown reason, another magical girl named Homura Akemi is determined to prevent Madoka from accepting the deal.
Ratings: 3641 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 1343 votes (sub:1092, dub:166, raw:23, ?:6, edit.dub:1, others:55
28 Spanish subtitled
7 Portuguese subtitled
5 Russian subtitled
4 French subtitled
3 Italian subtitled
2 Italian dubbed
1 Latin American Spanish subtitled
1 Italian edited dub
1 Korean subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Spanish dubbed
1 German dubbed
)
 Excellent: 1021 votes (sub:823, dub:143, raw:7, ?:3, edit.dub:1, others:44
19 Spanish subtitled
6 Russian subtitled
5 Portuguese subtitled
3 French subtitled
2 Mandarin subtitled
2 German subtitled
2 Korean subtitled
1 Finnish subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
1 Italian subtitled
1 German dubbed
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Very good: 578 votes (sub:467, dub:80, raw:4, ?:2, others:25
16 Spanish subtitled
2 Italian subtitled
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Spanish edited dub
1 Russian subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Good: 391 votes (sub:331, dub:52, ?:1, raw:1, others:6
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Tagalog dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Decent: 124 votes (sub:99, dub:20, raw:1, others:4
1 German dubbed
1 Italian subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 73 votes (sub:63, dub:9, others:1
1 German subtitled
)
 Not really good: 33 votes (sub:28, dub:5)
 Weak: 22 votes (sub:20, dub:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Bad: 24 votes (sub:20, dub:3, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Awful: 11 votes (sub:9, dub:2)
 Worst ever: 21 votes (sub:15, dub:6)
Seen in part or in whole by 5393 s, rank: #142 (of 9996)
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.609 (Excellent−), std. dev.: 1.691, rank: #140 (of 10153)
Weighted mean: 8.521 (Excellent−), rank: #148 (of 10153) (seen all: 8.57 / seen some: 7.80 / won't finish: 4.36)
Bayesian estimate: 8.518 (Excellent−), rank: #58 (of 7635)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage:
2011-01-06 to 2011-04-21
2012-02-05 to 2012-04-22 (Italy - Rai 4)
2013-06-29 (Australia - ABC3)
2014-01-05 ( - Animax )
Release dates: We have 10
Opening Theme:
"Connect" (コネクト) by ClariS
Ending Theme:
#1: "See You Tomorrow" by Aoi Yūki (eps 1-2)
#2: "Magia" by Kalafina (eps 3-8)
#3: "And I'm Home" by Eri Kitamura & Ai Nonaka (ep 9)
#4: "Connect" (コネクト) by ClariS (eps 10, 12)
Insert song:
"Ave Maria" by Bach/Gounod (ep 5)
"La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair)" by Claude Debussy (ep 6)
"Magia" by Kalafina (eps 1-2,10)
Links: We have 2
Trivia: We have 4
News: Show:
Weekly Wrapup 9/5 - 14/5 (May 15, 2011)
Interest: Show:
Other articles: Show:
Shelf Life - Dead Leaves (Apr 30, 2012)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Puella Magi Madoka Magica (Blu-ray 1) 2012-02-14 (from $99.99)
    Puella Magi Madoka Magica (Blu-ray 2) 2012-04-10
    Puella Magi Madoka Magica (Blu-ray 3) 2012-06-12 (from $48.00)
    Puella Magi Madoka Magica - TV Series Complete Box Set (Blu-ray 1-3) 2016-09-27 (from $168.95)
Blu-ray (Region B)
    Puella Magi Madoka Magica - Complete Series Collection [UK] (Blu-ray) 2012-10-29
    Puella Magi Madoka Magica [AU] (Blu-ray 1) 2012-04-18
    Puella Magi Madoka Magica [AU] (Blu-ray 2) 2012-06-06
    Puella Magi Madoka Magica [AU] (Blu-ray 3) 2012-08-01
    Puella Magi Madoka Magica [Limited Edition with box] [AU] (Blu-ray 1) 2012-04-18
Blu-ray + DVD combo
    Puella Magi Madoka Magica [Limited Edition with CD] (BD+DVD 1) 2012-02-14 (from $90.00)
    Puella Magi Madoka Magica [Limited Edition with CD] (BD+DVD 2) 2012-04-10 (from $299.00)
    Puella Magi Madoka Magica [Limited Edition with CD] (BD+DVD 3) 2012-06-12
DVD (Region 1)
    Puella Magi Madoka Magica (DVD 1) 2012-02-14 (from $88.98)
    Puella Magi Madoka Magica (DVD 2) 2012-04-10 (from $12.40)
    Puella Magi Madoka Magica (DVD 3) 2012-06-12
DVD (Region 2)
    Puella Magi Madoka Magica - Complete Series Collection (DVD) 2012-10-29
DVD (Region 4)
    Puella Magi Madoka Magica (DVD 1) 2012-04-18
    Puella Magi Madoka Magica (DVD 2) 2012-06-06
    Puella Magi Madoka Magica (DVD 3) 2012-08-01
    Puella Magi Madoka Magica [Limited Edition with box] (DVD 1) 2012-04-18

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Series Director: Yukihiro Miyamoto
Director: Akiyuki Simbo
Series Composition: Gen Urobuchi
Script: Gen Urobuchi (eps 1-12)
Storyboard:
Naoyuki Tatsuwa (1 episodes
ep 7 BD/DVD version only
)

Shinsaku Sasaki (4 episodes
eps 4, 6, 10, 12
)

Yoshiharu Ashino (eps 1-3)
Episode Director:
Yukihiro Miyamoto (eps 1, 12)
Music: Yuki Kajiura
Original Character Design: Ume Aoki
Character Design: Takahiro Kishida
Art Director: Kunihiko Inaba
Chief Animation Director:
Mika Takahashi (高橋美香)
Animation Director:
Yūji Kondō (ep 8)
Sound Director: Yōta Tsuruoka
Director of Photography: Shinichiro Eto
Producer:
Yoshinao Doi

2nd Key Animation:
Kenta Nagaya (6 episodes
eps 1-3, 6, 10, 12
)

Yasue Katori (6 episodes
eps 1-3, 6, 10, 12
)

Zhai Zhai Wang (ep 9)
Action Director:
Tomohiro Kamitani
Advertising Producer: Manabu Jingūji
Animation Director Cooperation: Naoto Nakamura (ep 11)
Animation producer:
Tadao Iwashiro 
Art Setting: Morihito Ōhara
Assistant Animation Director:
Yoshiaki Itō (eps 1, 3, 10)
Assistant Episode Director:
Takashi Kawabata (ep 11)
Associate producer:
Toshihiro Maeda
Background Art:
Yutaka Hamamatsu (Studio Tulip)
CG Production: Satoshi Tsukagawa
Chief Animation Director Cooperation: Naoto Nakamura (ep 7)
Color design:
Jin Hibino
Color Key:
Yoriko Matsumori
Compilation:
Yūsuke Sekitani
Editing: Rie Matsubara
Editing Assistant:
Keiko Kadokawa
Ending Animation: Hirofumi Suzuki
Finish Animation:
Youko Matsubara
Illustration: Aoi Yūki (Madoka's sketch; ep 2)
In-Between Animation:
Yuka Tanabe
In-Between Check:
Rina Takenawa
Key Animation:
Zen Nagata (eps 1, 9-10, 12)
Layout Design: Takao Maki
Logo Design: Yōhei Someya (BALCOLONY)
Music producer: Yasunori Mori
Music Vocals:
Yuriko Kaida (Credens justitiam)
Photography:
Takayuki Aizu (DIGITAL@SHAFT)
Planning:
Seiji Takeda
Planning Assistant: Hiroki Kubota
Preview Illustration:
Yu-pon (Nitroplus; ep 5)
Production Advancement:
Yūsuke Kimura (ep 5)
Production Assistant: Tomoyo Ueji
Production Design: Gekidan Inu Curry
Production Desk: Yasuhiro Okada
Publicity:
Sōji Shiotani
Recording: Satoshi Yano
Recording Assistant: Mai Sunaniwa
Setting Production: Kazuteru Sōmiya
Sound Effects: Hidemi Tanaka
Sound Production Manager: Yoshimi Sugiyama
Theme Song Arrangement:
Yuki Kajiura (ED)
Theme Song Composition:
Yuki Kajiura (ED)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Yuki Kajiura (ED)
Theme Song Performance:
Kalafina (ED)
Video Editing:
Jin Kiami
Visual Effects:
Su Jeong Song
Web Manager:
Yūki Kagamoto
Ai Nonaka as Kyōko Sakura
Aoi Yūki as Madoka Kaname
Chiwa Saitō as Homura Akemi
Emiri Katō as Kyubey
Eri Kitamura as Sayaka Miki
Kaori Mizuhashi as Mami Tomoe

Ayane Sakura as
Female student (ep 10)
Girl (ep 1)
Dai Matsumoto as Math teacher (eps 9-10)
Hideki Tasaka as Kyōsuke's father (ep 5)
Hideyuki Umezu as Newscaster (ep 11)
Junko Iwao as Kazuko Saotome
Kaori Mizuhashi as Tatsuya Kaname
Mizuki Nakamura as City hall public relations vehicle (ep 11)
Nobuo Tobita as Host A (ep 8)
Rei Matsuzaki as
Female student (ep 10)
Girl (ep 1)
Rumi Okubo as
Female student (eps 9-10)
Girl (eps 1-2)
Magical girl (ep 12)
Nurse A (ep 6)
Nurse B (ep 4)
Ryoko Shintani as Hitomi Shizuki
Seiko Yoshida as Kyōsuke Kamijō
Seirō Ogino as Factory manager (ep 4)
Shinichirō Miki as Host B (ep 8)
Tetsuya Iwanaga as Tomohisa Kaname
Tomoko Nakamura as Nurse A (ep 4)
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Nakazawa (eps 1, 7)
Yūko Gotō as Junko Kaname
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
Xebec
Animation Assistance:
Studio Zaendou (ep 8)
Animation Production: SHAFT
AVID Editing: Seyama Editing Room
Backgrounds:
Tezuka Productions
Broadcaster:
Tokyo Broadcasting System (2011-01-07)
Editing: Sony PCL
Finish:
xenron
HD Editing: Sony PCL
In-Between Animation:
xenron
Key Animation:
Studio Mu
Music Production: Aniplex
Photography: DIGITAL@SHAFT
Production:
SHAFT
Production Assistance:
Tezuka Productions (ep 9)
Recording Studio: studio2010:
Sound Effects: Rakuonsha
Sound Production: Rakuonsha
English staff
English companies
Translation: Su Mon Han
Executive producer: Hideki 'Henry' Goto
Producer:
Kaeko Sakamoto

Casting Director: Kaeko Sakamoto
Co-Producer: Mami Okada
Licensing: Yosuke Kodaka
Marketing: Emmanuel Rivera
Script Adaptation: Alex Von David
Subtitle Timing: J. Collis
Voice Direction: Alex Von David
ADR Production: Bang Zoom! Entertainment
Blu-Ray Authoring: Imagica
Broadcaster:
Neon Alley
Distributor: Man Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
DVD Authoring: Imagica
Internet Streaming:
Netflix
Licensed by:
Manga Entertainment (UK)
English cast
Carrie Keranen as Mami Tomoe
Cassandra Lee as Kyubey
Christine Marie Cabanos as Madoka Kaname
Cristina Vee as Homura Akemi
Lauren Landa as Kyoko Sakura
Sarah Anne Williams as Sayaka Miki

Carrie Savage as Junko Kaname
Jason C. Miller as Nakazawa
Karen Strassman as Kazuko Saotome
Kyle Hebert as Tomohisa Kaname
Marianne Miller as Kyosuke Kamijo
Shelby Lindley as Hitomi Shizuki

Mark Allen Jr. (Uncredited)
French cast
French staff
Translation:
Stéphane Lapie (Wakanim eps 4-12)
(none)
French companies
Internet Streaming: Wakanim
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
ADR Director: Carlos Nogueras (Spain dub)
Executive producer: Jorge Gabarró Frau (Selecta Visión)

Screen Inserts: Alfonso Vallés (Spain dub)
Subtitle Translation: Carol López (Netflix; Spain)
Ariadna Giménez as Homura Akemi (Spain dub)
Carmen Ambrós as Madoka Kaname (Spain dub)
Inmaculada Villalonga as Kyubey (Spain dub)

Ariadna Giménez as Tatsuya Kaname (Spain dub)
Assumpta Massutí as Hitomi Shizuki (Spain dub)
Carles Lladó as Tomohisa Kaname (Spain dub)
Carmen Calvell as Sayaka Miki (Spain dub)
Cesc Martínez as Kyosuke Kamijo (Spain dub)
Marga López as Kyoko Sakura (Spain dub)
Maria Rosa Guillén as
Junko Kaname (Spain dub)
Kazuko Saotome (Spain dub)
Violeta Bibiloni as Mami Tomoe (Spain dub)

Alfonso Vallés as Kyosuke's Father (Spain dub)
Ariadna Giménez as Nakazawa (Spain dub; ep 1)
Jordi Nogueras as Nakazawa (Spain dub; ep 7)

Alfonso Vallés (Spain dub)
Carles Lladó (Spain dub)
Jordi Nogueras (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Dubbing Studio:
Takesound Studios (Spain dub)
Internet Streaming:
Wuaki.tv (Spain)
Licensed by: Selecta Visión (Spain)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director:
Fabrizio Mazzotta
Art Director: Paolo Torchetti

Assistant Director:
Chiara Berti
Dubbing Assistant:
Carlotta Parisi
Editorial Director: Anna Marani
Encoding And Authoring: Luca Franciosi
Executive Director: Carlo Cavazzoni
General Manager: Mandy Mometti
Graphic Design:
Luana Alessi
Mixing: Luca Porro
Post Production: Luca Franciosi
Product Manager:
Michele Stagni
Project Manager: Valentina Marini
Quality Control: Luca Franciosi
Video Department:
Luca Gandolfi
Alessia Amendola as Homura Akemi
Joy Saltarelli as Madoka Kaname
Loretta Di Pisa as Kyubei

Debora Magnaghi as Kazuko Saotome
Deborah Morese as Hitomi Shizuki
sca Bielli as Tatsuya Kaname
Gea Riva as Sayaka Miki
Luca Ghignone as Tomohisa Kaname
Maddalena Vadacca as Junko Kaname
Maria Letizia Scifoni as Mami Tomoe
Renato Novara as Kyosuke Kamijo
Veronica Puccio as Kyoko Sakura

Italian companies
Broadcaster: Rai 4
Dialogues: Ad Libitum
Distributor: Dynit
Dubbing: Studio PV
Internet Streaming:
VVVVID
German cast
German staff
ADR Director: Ulrike Lau
Kaya Möller as Homura Akemi
Lydia Morgenstern as Madoka Kaname
Rubina Kuraoka as Kyubey

Christian Zeiger as Kyousuke Kamijou
Esra Vural as Sayaka Miki
Ilona Otto as Kyouko Sakura
Jaron Löwenberg as Tomohisa Kaname
Josephine Schmidt as Hitomi Shizuki
Julia Meynen as Mami Tomoe
Katrin Zimmermann as Junko Kaname
Silvia Mißbach as Kazuko Saotome

Carmen Katt as Witch (ep 1)
Josefin Hagen as Student (ep 10)
Marcel Mann as Nakazawa (eps 1, 7)
Melanie Isakowitz as Victim (ep 2)
Steven Merting as Kyousuke's Father (ep 5)
German companies
Broadcaster: Animax
Distributor:
Universum-Films
Dubbing: EuroSync GmbH
Internet Streaming: Anime on Demand
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: FUNimation Entertainment (Brazil)
Portuguese cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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