The upcoming Puella Magi Madoka Magica -Walpurgisnacht Rising- anime movie, the newest in the Puella Magi Madoka Magica series, published the first official piece of key art for the movie featuring dramatic artwork of Homura Akemi and Madoka Kaname.
The visual features artwork by Junichiro Taniguchi, backgrounds by Shuichi Kusamori, finishing work by studio SHAFT and Kazuki Kawada as the Visual Director. The movie is currently scheduled to open in winter 2025 in Japan.
Puella Magi Madoka Magica -Walpurgisnacht Rising- key art
All the staff from Rebellion return at SHAFT; with Akiyuki Shimbo as the chief director, Yukihiro Miyamoto directing the film, Nitroplus’s Gen Urobuchi writing the script, aokiume designing the characters with Junichiro Taniguchi taking those designs and making them fit for animation, Yuki Kajiura as the composer on the film, and Gekidan Inu Curry returning to design the Witches Spaces. The original cast is also set to reprise their roles from the third film and Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story spin-off series.
Crunchyroll currently streams Puella Magi Madoka Magica as well the Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story spin-off series, and describes the former as follows:
She has a loving family and best friends, laughs and cries from time to time… Madoka Kaname, an eighth grader of Mitakihara middle school, is one of those who lives such a life. One day, she had a very magical encounter. She doesn’t know if it happened by chance or by fate yet. This is a fateful encounter that can change her destiny- This is a beginning of the new story of the magical witch girls-
