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Madoka Kaname is an Ordinary Middle School Student with a loving family and a close circle of friends. One day, an enigmatic girl named Homura Akemi transfers into her class, setting off a chain of events that will completely change Madoka's life.

For you see, bizarre creatures called “witches” have been attacking Earth, killing innocent humans. In the shadows of the city of Mitakihara, a war is being waged between the grotesque witches and the magical girls who fight to limit their destructive influences. It is said that a mysterious witch, known only as Walpurgisnacht, will appear and destroy the world. A small cat-like creature called Kyubey appears before Madoka, and offers to grant a single wish in exchange for her services as a magical girl. It turns out that Kyubey has a plan to Save the World by destroying the witches, but the little creature will need Madoka’s help — and Kyubey sees great potential in her. The idealistic Madoka wants to accept the contract so she can help people in need, but Homura — who reveals herself to be a Dark Magical Girl — seems determined to stop Madoka for unknown reasons.

Who is Homura, and what is her deal? Just what are the witches? What is Kyubey’s plan, and why does it require Madoka specifically? And what is Madoka’s destiny — can she truly save the world? Or will she fall to despair?

One thing becomes clear early on, though; things are not as they seem. What appears to be a straightforward Magical Girl Warrior tale becomes a twisted, morally complex, and surprisingly terrifying exploration of concepts like hope, despair, entropy, utilitarianism, and the psychological issues of the Magical girls, and it does not pull punches in regards to the horror the girls have to endure. The series is, in fact, the Trope Codifier for Magical Girl Genre Deconstruction, and has been perceived (how true this is is up for debate) to be the primary inspiration of a whole slew of imitators, each with their own spin on the concept, like Magical Girl Raising Project, Il Sole penetra le illusioni, Yuki Yuna is a Hero, and the 2013 tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Gaim (also written by Urobuchi).

Bringing together an all-star staff, Puella Magi Madoka Magica has Studio Shaft animating, Shaft's primary director Akiyuki Shinbo directing, Yuki Kajiura producing the music, nitro+'s Gen Urobuchi writing and Ume Aoki designing the characters for Shaft's first original series in a decade. The show started airing in January as part of the Winter 2011 season, though it was put on a temporary hiatus due to the Sendai earthquakes in Japan. The final two episodes were broadcast back-to-back on April 21st; the initial announcement was met with much rejoicing. When it was aired on Nico Nico Douga, over one million people watched. Compare this to Lucky Star's similar stream, which had over half a million.

The series has been dubbed and released in North America by Aniplex USA and Manga Entertainment in the UK. The series was aired on Australian TV on ABC3 starting on June 29. The series can be found on Crunchyroll, Hulu, Daisuki (all subbed), and dubbed on Netflix.

In November 2011, a theatrical film trilogy was announced. It is composed of the following:

1. Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Beginnings: Part one of a Compilation Movie, released on October 6, 2012.
2. Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Eternal: Part two of the Compilation Movie, released on October 13, 2012.
3. Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Rebellion: Part three of the movie trilogy, released on October 26, 2013. A true sequel to the anime, originally intended to be its second season. The movie also introduces a new magical girl, Nagisa Momoe, to the team.

In December 2015, a trailer for a new Puella 'project' was released. Because of previous announcements that the studio was considering making a Rebellion sequel, this may be confirmation of such a sequel.

In October 2016, it was revealed that the anime will be crossing over with The Battle Cats, featuring characters from the anime as Cat units and enemies. It has not yet been revealed what content will land on Madoka Magica's side.^Note

The anime has several spin-offs, such as manga and games, which can be found in detail on the franchise page.

Compare Neon Genesis Evangelion, Bokurano, Narutaru, Berserk, Injustice: Gods Among Us, Princess Tutu, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Spec Ops: The Line, A Song of Ice and Fire, Warhammer 40,000, and many other no-holds-barred Genre Deconstructions.

Contrast Cardcaptor Sakura, which serves as the show's most obvious antecedent; Claymore and Lyrical Nanoha which are examples of relatively adult and drama-laden treatment of the genre that are, however, played straight; and Kill la Kill for a series that is the Spiritual Antithesis to this show, as well as Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt for the comedic version of this show.

NOTE: Please put tropes for Rebellion and Wraith Arc on their own pages.

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Originally a critically acclaimed and commercially successful magical girl anime, the Puella Magi Madoka Magica franchise has branched out to include a number of manga, movies, and video games.

The franchise is the creation of Magica Quartet, made up of writer Gen Urobuchi, director Akiyuki Shinbo, character designer Ume Aoki, and producer Atsuhiro Iwakami. The original series is produced by Aniplex and Studio Shaft.

The franchise contains the following series:

Main Series

• Puella Magi Madoka Magica - the original anime. (Released 2011 in Japan and 2012 in the US)

• Puella Magi Madoka Magica The Movie — a trilogy of animated movies:
  • Beginnings — the first part of a film adaptation for the anime. (Shown internationally in 2012)
  • Eternal — the second part of the anime's film adaptation. (Shown internationally in 2012)
  • Rebellion — the true sequel to the anime. (Shown internationally in 2013)

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• A third animated act continuing the story was announced in late 2015, though whether it's a movie or show was not stated, and as of 2018 nothing more has come from it.

Manga adaptations and Expanded UniverseSpin-Offs

• Puella Magi Madoka Magica — the anime's manga adaptation. (3 volumes, released 2011 in Japan and 2012 in the US)

• Puella Magi Kazumi Magica — the anime's first spin-off, featuring a different cast of characters in the same universe. (Originally serialized from 2011-2012. Collected into 5 volumes and released 2011-2013 in Japan and 2013-2014 in the US)
• Puella Magi Oriko Magica — the anime's second spin-off, featuring both new characters and characters from the anime. (2 volumes, released 2011 in Japan and 2013 in the US)
  • Puella Magi Oriko Magica: Extra Story — a collection of bonus stories, two of which were originally published in Manga Time Kirara Magica. (Originally serialized from 2012-2013. Single volume collection released 2013 in Japan and 2015 in the US.)

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  • Puella Magi Oriko Magica: Sadness Prayer — a prequel to the first Oriko installment, and the first spin-off released after the premiere of the Rebellion movie. (Originally serialized fron 2013-2017. Four volumes, 2015-2017 in Japan and 2016-2018 in the US).

• Puella Magi Madoka Magica: The Different Story — a spin-off for the first two movies that begins as a Comic-Book Adaptation of one of the Drama CDs^note before it expands into a What If? story. (3 volumes, released 2012 in Japan and 2014 in the US).
• Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie -Rebellion- — the manga adaptation of the Rebellion movie. (3 volumes, 2013 - 2014 in Japan and 2015 - 2016 in the US).

• Puella Magi Tart Magica: The Legend of 'Jeanne d'Arc' — a spin-off released after the premiere of the Rebellion movie featuring Jeanne d'Arc. (Originally serialized fron 2013-2017. 5 volumes, released 2014-2017 in Japan and 2015-2017 in the US.)
• Puella Magi Suzune Magica — the third spin-off released after the premiere of the Rebellion movie, starring another cast of characters. (3 volumes, released 2013-2014 in Japan and 2015-2016 in the US. Content from volumes 2 and 3 was originally released in serial format; serialization lasted from 2013 to 2014.)

• Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Homura's Revenge! — a spin-off that takes place during one of the anime's timelines, a What If? story that shows what would happen if Madoka and Kyubey both remembered the events of one of Homura's failed timelines. (2 volumes, released 2013 in Japan and 2015 in the US)
• Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Wraith Arc — the seventh manga spin-off, an interquel depicting the events between the anime and Rebellion. (Originally serialized fron 2015-2016. Three volumes, 2015-2016 in Japan.)

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Additional Manga

• Puella Magi Madoka Magica Anthology (5 volumes, released 2011-2014)
• Puella Magi Madoka Magica 4Koma Anthology (4 volumes, released 2012-2013).
• Manga Time Kirara Magica, a magazine that serialized some of the Expanded UniverseSpin-Offs. It ran from 2012-2017. The following series were re-released separately:
  • The Veranda of Madoka (3 volumes, 2013-2016)
  • Sute Ma! (3 volumes, 2013-2016)
  • Mami Tomoe's Everyday Life (5 volumes, 2013 - 2018) Note that this series would be continued in Manga Time Kirara Forward after the effective cancellation of Kirara Magica
  • Mitakihara Anti-Materials (2 volumes, 2013 - 2015)
  • Puella Magi Homura Tamura (3 volumes, 2013-2016 in Japan and 2015-2017 in the US)
  • Welcome to Cafe Grief Seed! (1 volume, 2013)
  • Pomu Magi (3 volumes, 2013-2016)
  • Mitakihara Kindergarten Mahougumi (3 volumes, 2013-2016)
  • Mahou Shoujobu Madoka Magica (3 volumes, 2013-2017)
  • Floating Madoka (3 volumes, 2013-2016)
  • Kanameke (2 volumes, 2015-2016)
  • Homura Akemi Will Try Harder Tomorrow! (1 volume, 2017)
  • Come in! Magica Bookstore (1 volume, 2017)

• Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable, a game for the PSP that is based off the original anime. Considered part of the Expanded Universe as it has a large degree of involvement from the original anime's staff. (2012)
  • Puella Magi Madoka Magica: The Battle Pentagram: A successor to Portable for the Playstation Vita. (2013)
• Puella Magi Madoka Magica Online, a browser based MMORPG notable for including characters and witches from the Expanded Universe. (2012-2015)
• Various Mobile Phone Games:
  • Mobage's Puella Magi Madoka Magica mobile phone game, which gained some notice for including new witches and a bonus story featuring four new magical girls. (2011-2012)
    • Puella Magi Madoka Magica Plus, the sequel to the above.
  • Mami's Heart-Pounding Tiro Finale, a tie-in for Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable. (2011)
  • Puella Magi Madoka Magica TPS, a series of third-person shooter games. (2011-2012)
  • Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Puzzle of Memories, a Match-Three Game. (2013)
  • SLOT Puella Magi Madoka Magica, a mobile adaptation of a digital slot machine, with never before seen animation. (2015, with a sequel in 2016)
  • Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story, a smartphone game starring new characters designed by the original character designer. (Started 2017, ongoing)

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• The original anime has four Drama CDs. They are as follows:
  • 'Memories of You', which came with the first volume of the anime's Blu-Ray/DVD release in Japan. It is an Adaptation Expansion to the first part of the anime's tenth episode, and also explains where the cat in the anime's opening came from.
  • 'Sunny Day Life', which came with the third volume of the anime's Blu-Ray/DVD release in Japan. It is a humorous Slice of Life story and generally considered to be non-canon.
  • 'Farewell Story', which came with the fifth volume of the anime's Blu-Ray/DVD release in Japan. It reveals the shared backstory of two of the anime's characters. The first volume of the manga Puella Magi Madoka Magica: The Different Storyis an adaptation of this Drama CD.
  • 'Summer Magical Girl Training Camp!!', which was sold at a Japanese convention. It is a Beach Episode and is also considered to be non-canon.
• A two volume Light Novel adaptation of the original anime by nitro+.
• A boatload of artbooks, guidebooks, Side-Story Bonus Art and other materials.

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