Madoka Magica: Walpurgisnacht Rising Reveals New Trailer and Third Key Visual by Ume Aoki

Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Walpurgisnacht Rising revealed a new key visual and trailer. The film surpassed 1 billion yen at the Japanese box office within its first four days following its August 28 debut in Japan and is currently showing in the country

The four-day result put Walpurgisnacht Rising ahead of the initial pace of the franchise’s previous movie, Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Rebellion. Released in 2013, Rebellion ultimately earned more than 2 billion yen at the Japanese box office.

Walpurgisnacht Rising is the first new movie in the main Madoka Magica series in 13 years and serves as a continuation of Rebellion. Studio SHAFT animated the movie, with Akiyuki Shinbo as chief director and Yukihiro Miyamato as the director. You can watch the new trailer below.

A third key visual illustrated by original character designer Ume Aoki was also revealed.

Puella Magi Madoka Magica, created by the Magica Quartet (Akiyuki Shinbo, Ume Aoki, Gen Urobuchi, and producer Atsuhiro Iwakami) first premiered in January 2011. The series ran for 12 episodes, concluding in April of the same year, although the final two episodes were delayed due to the Great East Japan Earthquake.

While the TV anime wrapped up the main story, the Puella Magi Madoka Magica franchise has since expanded into various media, including several manga adaptations, a novel by Nitroplus, a dedicated magazine, and video games. In October 2012, two recap films, Beginnings and Eternal, were released, which condensed the anime’s events with some new material. A third film, Rebellion, was released in October 2013, continuing the story with a fresh story that served as a prequel to Walpurgisnacht. These movies got an Ultra HD Blu-ray release on January 29, 2025.

In addition to the main series, the Magia Record spin-off story has its own anime adaptation, produced by Studio SHAFT, along with a mobile game. The new mobile game, Magia Exedra, launched on March 27, 2025 on multiple platforms (iOS, Android, and Windows).

Source: Dream Land Anime
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Source: Dream Land Anime