Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica delays its return until 2025

On the official site for the "Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica" franchise, it was announced that the sequel film, "Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica: Walpurgis no Kaiten", will be delayed until the end of 2025 due to production problems. The film, which was originally announced in April 2021, was scheduled to be released this year in Japan, and it's a sequel that fans have been waiting for since 2013.

The original anime premiered during the Winter-2021 season (January-March) and featured twelve episodes. After two compilation films, the third, titled "Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica: Hangyaku no Monogatari" served as a direct sequel upon its release in October-2013.

Seven years later, the spin-off "Magia Record: Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica Gaiden" was adapted in Winter-2020 with a total of thirteen episodes. It was followed by an eight-episode second season in Summer-2021, and a four-episode third season in Spring-2022. However, this was all a spin-off, not a direct sequel.

Production Equipment

Yukihiro Miyamoto (Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Arakawa Under the Bridge) is in charge of directing the project at SHAFT studios.
Gen Urobuchi (Psycho-Pass, Suisei no Gargantia) is in charge of writing and supervising the scripts.
Junichirou Taniguchi (Kimi no Na wa, Prison School, Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun) is in charge of the chief animation direction and character design, under the supervision of Akiyuki Shinbo.
Yuki Kajiura (Sword Art Online, Kimetsu no Yaiba) is in charge of composing the soundtrack.

Synopsis of Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica

Madoka Kanami and Sayaka Miki are regular high school girls with regular lives, but that all changes when they encounter Kyuubey, a magical cat-like creature, and Homura Akemi, the new transfer student. Kyuubey offers them a proposal: she will grant any of their wishes and, in return, each of them will become a magical girl (mahou shoujo), gaining the power to fulfill their dreams.

However, Homura Akemi, who is already a magical girl, urges them not to accept the offer, stating that it is not as good as it sounds. This is a story of hope, despair and friendship, which is about the difficulties of becoming and being a magical girl, and the great price that must be paid to make a dream come true.

Source: Comic Natalie

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