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Puella Magi Madoka Magica | |
Promotional poster for the third movie, Rebellion, featuring main character Homura Akemi. | |
劇場版 魔法少女まどか☆マギカ (Gekijōban Mahō Shōjo Madoka Magika) | |
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Anime film | |
Beginnings | |
Directed by | Akiyuki Shinbo(Chief) Yukihiro Miyamoto |
Produced by | Atsuhiro Iwakami Yoshinao Doi Osamu Hosokawa Kozue Kaneniwa Hiroyuki Kobayashi Hirō Maruyama |
Written by | Gen Urobuchi |
Music by | Yuki Kajiura |
Studio | Shaft |
Licensed by | |
Released | October 6, 2012 |
Runtime | 130 minutes |
Anime film | |
Eternal | |
Directed by | Akiyuki Shinbo (Chief) Yukihiro Miyamoto |
Produced by | Atsuhiro Iwakami Yoshinao Doi Osamu Hosokawa Kozue Kaneniwa Hiroyuki Kobayashi Hirō Maruyama |
Written by | Gen Urobuchi |
Music by | Yuki Kajiura |
Studio | Shaft |
Licensed by | Madman Entertainment Aniplex of America Manga Entertainment |
Released | October 13, 2012 |
Runtime | 110 minutes |
Anime film | |
Rebellion | |
Directed by | Akiyuki Shinbo (Chief) Yukihiro Miyamoto |
Produced by | Atsuhiro Iwakami Mitsutoshi Kubota |
Written by | Gen Urobuchi |
Music by | Yuki Kajiura |
Studio | Shaft |
Licensed by | Madman Entertainment Aniplex of America Manga Entertainment |
Released | October 26, 2013 |
Runtime | 116 minutes[1] |
Manga | |
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Rebellion | |
Written by | Gen Urobuchi |
Illustrated by | Hanokage |
Published by | Houbunsha |
English publisher | |
Demographic | Seinen |
Imprint | Manga Time KR Comics |
Original run | November 12, 2013 – January 10, 2014 |
Volumes | 3 (List of volumes) |
Puella Magi Madoka Magica: The Movie (劇場版 魔法少女まどか☆マギカGekijōban Mahō Shōjo Madoka Magika) is a series of Japanese animated films produced by Aniplex and Shaft based on the 2011 anime television series of the same name. The first two films, Beginnings (始まりの物語Hajimari no Monogatari) and Eternal (永遠の物語Eien no Monogatari), were released in October 2012 and serve as a recap of the television series with redone voice acting and some newly animated footage. The third film, Rebellion (叛逆の物語Hangyaku no Monogatari), is an all-new original work released on October 26, 2013, with a manga adaptation by Hanokage released by Houbunsha between November 2013 and January 2014. The films are distributed in North America by Aniplex of America. Rebellion was nominated for the Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year and won the Best Theatrical Film Award at the 19th Animation Kobe Awards.
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Plot[edit]
In Puella Magi Madoka Magica, there are certain creatures that can grant a chosen girl any wish they may desire. In exchange for that wish, however, that girl must become a magical girl who must fight against witches, creatures born from despair that are responsible for accidents, disease, and suicide. In the city of Mitakihara, a girl named Madoka Kaname is approached by a creature named Kyubey with the offer of becoming a magical girl. Meanwhile, another magical girl named Homura Akemi seeks to do everything in her power to stop Madoka from becoming one. Madoka soon learns that the life of a magical girl is not the dreamlike fantasy she imagined and is instead filled with tragedy and despair.
Beginnings[edit]
In Mitakihara city, a girl named Madoka Kaname meets a new transfer student, Homura Akemi, who warns her to remain as she is lest she risk losing everything. Later that day, Madoka and her friend Sayaka Miki are shopping when they find themselves protecting a strange cat-like creature named Kyubey from Homura. They are caught in a mystical barrier and approached by strange monsters, but are rescued by Mami Tomoe. Madoka and Sayaka learn Mami is a magical girl who fights monstrous beings called witches, and Kyubey offers the two girls the opportunity to also become magical girls, and tells them that if they do they can have any wish granted. Homura is strongly against Madoka making the contract, and Madoka, wanting to help others, almost does after being inspired by Mami. However, Madoka doesn't go through it after watching Mami get brutally killed by the witch Charlotte, while Sayaka becomes a magical girl to heal the hands of her childhood friend, Kyosuke Kamijo. Sayaka soon comes into conflict with another magical girl named Kyoko Sakura, whom Homura talked into an alliance to deal with a witch named Walpurgisnacht arriving to Mitakihara in two weeks.
When Madoka learns that Sayaka and Kyoko are to fight on a highway bridge, she intervenes by throwing Sayaka's Soul Gem, the source of a Magical Girl's power, into a speeding truck. This results in everyone (with the exception of Homura and Kyubey, who already knew) learning the shocking truth that the Soul Gems are the Magical Girls' souls, and that their souls have been removed from their bodies by Kyubey, making Magical girls in some sense zombies. Sayaka is horrified that she is essentially no longer a person. As Madoka questions Homura as to why Kyubey kept everyone in the dark, Kyoko tries to help Sayaka cope by telling the girl of her own experience, in which her family fell apart essentially because of her wish in a dark twist. However, Sayaka resists these attempts and isolates herself from others while falling deeper into despair after learning that her classmate and friend, Hitomi Shizuki, plans to confess her own love to Kyosuke. Madoka nearly makes a wish to help Sayaka but does not because Homura kills Kyubey in the moments before the contract is made, telling Madoka not to be so selfless before Madoka runs off to find Sayaka. As Madoka leaves, another Kyubey appears and devours the dead Kyubey as Homura identifies it by its true name: Incubator. Meanwhile, Kyoko finds Sayaka, who admits she was being an idiot before her Soul Gem completely darkens and explodes into a Grief Seed. As darkness flows out of the Grief seed, Kyubey muses how a 'magical girl' is only a 'witch' yet to fully mature.
Eternal[edit]
Homura saves Kyoko and Sayaka's lifeless body from the witch Oktavia von Seckendorff, revealing it to be Sayaka herself as the result of her Soul Gem turning into a Grief Seed from having succumbed to despair. Kyubey explains that he and his fellow 'Incubators' have chosen to turn human teenage girls into magical girls to harvest the energy output from their transformations into witches to prolong the inevitable heat death of the universe. Kyoko, hoping for a chance to restore Sayaka's humanity, takes Madoka with her to try and reach Oktavia. But the attempt ultimately fails, with Kyoko sacrificing herself to end Sayaka's suffering. Kyubey, having known that reversing the process was impossible, taunts Homura, saying that without Sayaka and Kyoko she has no chance of stopping Walpurgisnacht without Madoka also becoming a magical girl, a fate that Homura had been attempting to spare Madoka from. It is then revealed that Homura had re-experienced the one month period leading up to Walpurgisnacht many times in the hopes of saving Madoka from Walpurgisnacht, using her time-manipulation powers granted during her pact with Kyubey to become a magical girl. With this new information, Kyubey deduces that Homura's actions have caused Madoka to possess the potential energy to become a witch whose power dwarfs Walpurgisnacht.
Homura attempts to face Walpurgisnacht alone, despite Madoka's protests, but is ultimately defeated and pushed to the brink of despair. Madoka arrives and inevitably becomes a magical girl, the wish granted to her by the pact with Kyubey resulting in Madoka transcending into a godlike psychopomp. Madoka establishes a new 'Law of Cycles' in which magical girls disappear into a higher plane instead of becoming witches. The result of the action causes Madoka's existence to become erased from reality, with only Homura remembering her. Homura awakens to find herself in a world where Mami and Kyoko are still alive, as the three of them now hunt new monsters called 'Wraiths'.
Rebellion[edit]
In the seemingly carefree city of Mitakihara, Homura transfers into school and joins Madoka, Sayaka, Mami, and Kyoko, along with a familiar named Bebe, as they become magical girls and fight against creatures known as 'Nightmares' (ナイトメアNaitomea). Following them defeating a Nightmare embodiment of Hitomi's frustrations over not being able to see Kyosuke, Homura realizes something is amiss in their memories as she and Kyoko learn they are trapped in a fake Mitakihara inside a witch's labyrinth. Homura proceeds to interrogate Bebe, remembering her as the witch Charlotte, only to end up fighting Mami, who remembered they fought something different from Nightmares.
Homura is spirited away by Sayaka while Mami is kept from pursuing them by a mysterious Magical Girl: Sayaka, revealing she possesses her memories along with manifesting her Oktavia incarnation while warning Homura to reconsider uncovering the truth. Meeting with Madoka helps Homura clear her head and reach the conclusion that she is the witch who created the barrier, Kyubey confirming himself and his fellow Incubators to have masterminded it. Kyubey explains that hearing Homura speaking of a reality predating the Law of Cycles timeline inspired them to isolate her Soul Gem from the rest of the universe for observation with a labyrinth created within which Homura subconsciously used to bring in specific people like Madoka. While Kyubey admits that Madoka's memory loss was unexpected, he decided to observe her until they devised the means to contain her and restore the previous timeline so they can better amass energy from magical girls transforming into witches again.
Kyubey's intentions provoke Homura into completing her transformation into the witch Homulilly to have her familiars kill every Incubator within the labyrinth, while resolute to destroy herself rather than be saved. But Sayaka and Charlotte's original self Nagisa Momoe, both reborn as Madoka's guardians of the Law of Cycles, update the others on what is happening as they fight their way through Homulilly's familiars to save Homura from herself, before she and Madoka destroy the barrier separating Homura's real body from the rest of the universe. Madoka recovers her memories and power as she proceeds to cleanse Homura of her curse and bring her into the Law of Cycles, only to be grabbed by a prepared Homura who reveals the curse consuming her is love rather than despair. Homura separates Madoka from her divinity while her curse enables her to transcend into a 'demon' to rewrite reality so Madoka and their friends can return to a normal life, forcing the Incubators to take Madoka's place in bearing the collective misery of magical girls across time. Homura revels in her new world while accepting that she may become Madoka's enemy should she regain her godly powers and oppose her. A post-credits scene shows Homura seated in a chair while watching over Mitakihara with a badly-beaten and mentally scarred Kyubey nearby before she leans over a cliff and falls.
Production[edit]
The original anime television series of Puella Magi Madoka Magica was a collaboration between Aniplex, Shaft and MBS. The series was written by Gen Urobuchi and directed by Akiyuki Shinbo with original character designs by Ume Aoki and music by Yuki Kajiura.
In November 2011, it was announced in the December issue of Kadokawa Shoten's Newtype magazine that a three-part theatrical film project was in development by Shaft.[2] The first film, Puella Magi Madoka Magica Part 1: Beginnings (劇場版 魔法少女まどか☆マギカ[前編] 始まりの物語Gekijōban Mahō Shōjo Madoka Magika (Zenpen): Hajimari no Monogatari), covers the first eight episodes of the anime series.[3] The film was released in Japanese theaters on October 6, 2012.[4] The second film, Puella Magi Madoka Magica Part 2: Eternal (劇場版 魔法少女まどか☆マギカ[後編] 永遠の物語Gekijōban Mahō Shōjo Madoka Magika (Kōhen): Eien no Monogatari), covers the final four episodes of the anime series. The film was released in Japanese theaters on October 13, 2012.[4] The first two films feature redone voices and some scenes with new animation. They were screened in selected locations in the United States and seven other countries between October 2012 and February 2013,[5][6] as well as screened at Anime Festival Asia between November 10–11, 2012 in Singapore.[7] The first two films were released on Blu-ray Disc and DVD on July 30, 2013 in standard and collector's edition sets and is available for import by Aniplex of America.[8] The films were re-released by Aniplex USA with an English dub on Blu-ray Disc and DVD on July 15, 2014.[9]
The third film, Puella Magi Madoka Magica New Feature: Rebellion (劇場版 魔法少女まどか☆マギカ[新編] 叛逆の物語Gekijōban Mahō Shōjo Madoka Magika (Shinpen): Hangyaku no Monogatari), is an original story which takes place following the events of the previous films. The film was released in Japanese theaters by Warner Bros. Pictures on October 26, 2013.[10][11] Special skits featuring characters from the Monogatari series aired prior to the film, with a different skit shown during each week of its screening.[12] The film was screened in North America by Aniplex of America in December 2013.[13][14] The film was released on Blu-ray Disc and DVD with English subtitles on April 2, 2014 in Japan and was released by Aniplex of America as an import title in North America on April 8, 2014.[15][16][17] A re-release with an English dub was released in North America on April 7, 2015.[18]
The opening theme for the first two films is 'Luminous' (ルミナスRuminasu) by ClariS, which was released on October 10, 2012.[19] The ending theme for the first film is 'Magia (quattro)' by Kalafina, and the second film's ending theme is 'Hikari Furu' (ひかりふる, 'Light Falling') by Kalafina, which was released on October 24, 2012.[20] For the third film, the opening theme is 'Colorful' (カラフルKarafuru) by ClariS, which was released on October 30, 2013,[21] and the ending theme is 'Kimi no Gin no Niwa' (君の銀の庭, 'Your Silver Garden') by Kalafina, which was released on November 6, 2013.[22]
Other media[edit]
A film comic adaptation of the first two films, titled Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Film Memories, went on sale on May 26, 2012.[23] A manga adaptation of Rebellion illustrated by Hanokage, who previously did the television series' manga adaptation and The Different Story spin-off manga, was published by Houbunsha in three tankōbon volumes between November 12, 2013 and January 10, 2014.[24]Yen Press began releasing the series in English starting December 15, 2015.[25]
An action-adventure video game based on the films, Puella Magi Madoka Magica: The Battle Pentagram, was released in Japan on December 12, 2013 for the PlayStation Vita. The game follows an alternate plotline to the first two films, in which Madoka makes a wish that all the magical girls could work together and defeat Walpurgisnacht.[26]
Reception[edit]
Beginnings grossed more than ¥500 million at the Japanese box office.[27] The Blu-ray Disc edition of the first two films sold over 80,000 in its first week.[28]Rebellion was one of 19 animated films submitted for Best Animated Feature for the 86th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.[29] The film has earned 2.08 billion yen in the Japanese box office, breaking the previous record of 1.93 billion yen, held by K-On! the Movie for a film based on a late-night anime television series.[30] The first week sales of the Rebellion limited and regular edition Blu-rays placed first and second in the weekly Oricon chart, having reached 127,501 and 9,872 units.[31]Rebellion was nominated for the Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year at the 37th Japan Academy Prize[32] and won the Best Theatrical Film Award at the 19th Animation Kobe Awards,[33] and a Notable Entry Award at the 2014 Tokyo Anime Award Festival.[34]
Jacob Hope Chapman of Anime News Network gave Rebellion a B rating, praising its gorgeous visuals and creativity, but citing the film's last-minute twist as 'mean-spirited and ludicrously out-of-character.'[35] Richard Eisenbeis and Toshi Nakamura at Kotaku reviewed the film positively. Toshi's final thoughts being, 'Aside from my aforementioned problems with the pace of the initial mystery, I loved everything else about the movie. It plays with your emotions like crazy, but at the same time, it’s emotionally fluid. While you might not agree with characters' choices and actions, they all make sense and are never forced.' Richard's final thoughts were, 'Personally, I loved it. It's a great character piece and a worthy addition to the franchise, but it is far from an uplifting cap to the series.'[36]
Geoff Berkshire of Variety gave a mixed review, stating 'Rebellion delivers a convoluted conclusion sure to prove beyond baffling to any franchise newcomers.' Berkshire praised other aspects such as the visuals of Gekidan Inu Curry.[37]
Accolades[edit]
Year | Name of Competition | Category | Result | Recipient |
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2014 | 37th Japan Academy Prize | Animation of the Year | Nominated | Rebellion |
13th Tokyo Anime Award | Anime of the Year (Film Category) | Notable Entry | Rebellion | |
19th Animation Kobe | Theatrical Film Award | Won | Rebellion | |
2015 | 2015 UK Anime Network Awards | Best action anime[38] | Nominated | Rebellion |
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- ^ルミナス [Luminous] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
- ^ひかりふるス [Hikari Furu] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved November 10, 2012.
- ^'カラフル' [Colorful] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
- ^'君の銀の庭' [Kimi no Gin no Niwa] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
- ^'Madoka Magica Anime Gets Its Own Dedicated Magazine'. Anime News Network. April 23, 2012. Retrieved April 23, 2012.
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- ^'Yen Press Slates Madoka Magica Rebellion Film's Manga Version for December'. Anime News Network. May 7, 2015. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
- ^'Puella Magi Madoka Magica: The Battle Pentagram Set For Vita On December 12'. Siliconera. September 18, 2013. Retrieved December 22, 2013.
- ^'Idolm@ster Movie Debuts at #5 With 150 Million Yen'. Anime News Network. January 27, 2014. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
- ^'Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, July 22–28'. Anime News Network. July 30, 2013. Retrieved July 30, 2013.
- ^'Wind Rises, Madoka Magica, Momo Submitted for Oscar Nominations'. Anime News Network. November 5, 2013. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
- ^'3rd Madoka Magica Film Tops K-ON! Film's Box Office'. Anime News Network. December 22, 2013. Retrieved December 22, 2013.
- ^'Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, March 31-April 6'. Anime News Network. April 8, 2014. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
- ^'Wind Rises, Madoka, Lupin vs. Conan, Harlock, Kaguya Earn Japan Academy Prize Nods'. Anime News Network. January 16, 2014. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
- ^'Seiji Kishi, 3rd Madoka Magica Film, Love Live! Win Anime Kobe Awards'. Anime News Network. October 23, 2014. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
- ^'Announcement of The Tokyo Anime Award Festival 2014 Anime Of The Year Winning Programs And Winners'. Tokyo Anime Award. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
- ^Chapman, Jacob Hope (December 12, 2013). 'Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 3: Rebellion'. Anime News Network. Retrieved February 27, 2016.
- ^'The New Madoka Magica Movie is the Sequel You Never Knew Was Needed'. Kotaku. October 29, 2013. Retrieved December 31, 2013.
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- ^'The 2015 UK Anime Network Awards'. UK Anime Network. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
External links[edit]
- Puella Magi Madoka Magica Part 1: Beginnings (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Puella Magi Madoka Magica Part 2: Eternal (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Rebellion (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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Puella Mamam...... Pulla Maga... Plama Maka... PMMM Portable is a Licensed Game for Puella Magi Madoka Magica. It was released on the PSP March 15th, 2012, and was published by Namco Bandai. It has heavy involvement from the anime cast; Gen Urobuchi is supervising the scenario, while Studio SHAFT and Gekidan InuCurry are providing visual designs.
The game is part first-person Roguelike dungeon crawler and part Visual Novel. The player controls the magical girls while they navigate witches' labyrinths and fight off familiars. In between dungeons, the choices made by the player can affect the characters' fighting abilities and alter the anime's story. For example, it is possible to change the events of Episode 3. The player can select commands for both Kyubey and Homura and play from the viewpoint of both characters.
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- Absurdly High Level Cap: You can reach level 99 with the girls, but the only benefit of it is making the Bonus Dungeons easier.
- Adaptation Expansion: And quite a bit of it. For example, remember the inflatable Madoka from the anime's opening? The game reveals where it came from. It's one of Madoka's special moves.
- All There in the Manual: The game itself looks like it will become a manual for the anime.
- Alternate Timeline: Actually a gameplay mechanic, see New Game+ below. This also means it's possible to play as Homura with glasses.
- Anachronic Order: One of Homura's most powerful attacks, The Black Wings of Corrosion, is lifted from the anime's epilogue, yet she's able to use it alongside her temporal powers and can attain it before fighting Walpurgisnacht.
- Another Side, Another Story: Each route focuses on a different girl, provided you don't turn them into witches (in which you automatically get Homura's route)
- Balloonacy: Remember Madoka blowing herself up like a pufferfish in the Anime OP? In the game, she weaponizes it by flying into the enemy like a balloon with an open end (the skill is called 'Pannier Rocket').
- Book-Ends: Gertrud and Candeloro share the same battle theme. This might not seem significant, until you realize that the former is the first witch we ever see Mami fight, and the latter is Mami herself.
- Bonus Boss: The witches Quitterie, Albertine and Itzli are only seen in the bonus dungeons.
- But Thou Must!: In Homura's bonus route, you can either choose to tell Mami to get a dog or become an idol (a sort of pop star). Either way, Mami's going to end up with the latter.
- Call-Back: Homulilly's wings look the same as the ones Homura sprouted in the anime's epilogue.
- Developers' Foresight: The game has allowances for every single possible variation in the timeline, including additional witches.
- They even allowed for people who want, desperately, to avert the bad fates of half the Puella Magi Holy Quintet, and even have a special ending cutscene for saving everyone, that acknowledges how you, and Homura, got what they wanted all along.
- Driven to Suicide:
- In Sayaka's route, Kyubey suggests that Kyousuke could be one of 'those types of artists' that may decide to kill themselves. Sayaka rejects the possibility. She's wrong.
- If informed of the Awful Truth by Homura, Mami may opt for this.
- In the past, following her Pater Familicide, Kyoko gets into an argument concerning this, claiming that anyone who wants to kill themselves will do so regardless of whether or not they're being influenced by a witch.
- Earn Your Bad Ending: From Kyubey's point of view, pushing the girls further into despair is a good thing.
- Earn Your Happy Ending: Apparently, there are only TWO of them:
- Just like the anime, Madoka sacrifices herself and retcons the entire universe. OR
- Madoka doesn't make a contract, the party (Mami, Sayaka, Kyoko and Homura) become best buds and defeat Walpurgisnacht, and the five of them make plans for shopping trips in Mami's room.
- Notably, this is considered to be the only time, including Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Rebellion, where Madoka AND Homura aren't sacrificed to save everyone else, and Everybody Lives.
- Everybody Lives: The best ending is purely this, as well as the typical tea party of the group.
- Failure Is the Only Option: Homura's route can end in a happy note if you choose your actions wisely, but all other routes end in disaster and Homura having to rewind time no matter what you do.
- Fandom Nod: In many flavors, from the amount of Ship Tease to the plots of some of the girls' routes taking nods from popular portrayal of characters.
- Feelies: Apparently the limited edition of the game will include a Madoka figurine, a handkerchief, and a Kyubey pouch, among other things.
- Five-Man Band: In the Extra Route:
- The Hero/ The Smart Girl: Homura
- The Lancer: Sayaka and Kyouko.
- The Big Girl: Mami.
- The Chick: Madoka.
- For Want of a Nail: The only difference between various routes is a single choice.
- In Spite of a Nail: ...but the result is almost always the same.
- Freak Out!: In Sayaka's route, Kyousuke discovering Sayaka's Puella Magi powers (by finding her with half her face missing) will result in him panicking and calling her a monster and an impostor. This is not a good thing for Sayaka either.
- Gradual Regeneration: Characters can regenerate their health and magic by walking it off, but there are items available to restore set amounts of health.
- Hit Me, Dammit!: In the Bonus Route, Homura can convince Hitomi to duel Sayaka for Kyousuke's love. When the other girl hesitates, Hitomi goads her, then slaps her first to drive her into action.
- Hopeless Boss Fight: Battle against Gisela in Mami's Route.
- I Surrender, Suckers: When playing as Homura, Kyoko may pull this during the confrontation on the bridge, pretending to surrender in order to launch a sneak attack.
- It's a Wonderful Failure: Dying to Walpurgisnacht in Homura's route results in Homura being unable to turn back time, which THEN results in her becoming a witch. The Game Over screen shows Homura's witch form, Homulilly.
- Late-Arrival Spoiler: The game's website doesn't even bother trying to hide the various shocking revelations of the anime, such as witches being magical girls.
- Trailers Always Spoil: The trailer reveals that it is possible to have Mami become a witch. Further trailers and promotional material reveal Kyoko is also getting a witch form.
- Limited Special Collector's Ultimate Edition: Including such goodies as a figma of Madoka in her school uniform, a Kyubey-shaped coin purse, a special Blu-ray disc, and more! Some online retailers even included extra extras on top of that, such as t-shirts.
- Magic Idol Singer: Mami becomes one (thanks to Homura's pushing) in one of the special routes.
- Multiple Endings: To each of the routes, which is kind of to be expected.
- My Greatest Failure: Mami feels this way about not saving her parents, as well as failing to save a young boy from a witch.
- New Game+: Replaying the game will make the magical girls more powerful, in reference to Homura's time-travel abilities.
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!: In Kyoko's Route, to prevent her from making her Taking You with MeHeroic Sacrifice against Sayaka's witch, Homura kills Octavia before Kyoko and Madoka can try to talk her back to humanity. If Kyoko's Soul Gem is at a high level of corruption, then this results in Kyoko falling into despair at losing her last hope and turning into a witch.
- Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!: Because of Kyubey's inability to understand human empathy, some of his dialogue options can accidentally encourage the girls instead of breaking their spirits.
- Offscreen Moment of Awesome: Several! In fact, in the Extra Route, there were plenty of witches taken down by any of the magical girls there off screen.
- Off the Rails: Saving Mami from dying? Check. Saving Sayaka from becoming a witch? Check. Turning Mami or Kyoko into a witch?Check. But the off-railing already starts since the tutorial route. In Madoka's route that follows closely to anime, it ends with Homura failing to prevent Madoka's contract in Episode 8 and she has no choice but to repeat the timeloop.
- You can also go for saving Mami from dying, stopping Sayaka from becoming a witch, stopping Madoka from contracting at all, and having a situation where all but Madoka are fighting Walpurgistnacht. If you manage all that, you get an ending where they outright WON.
- One-Winged Angel: Wanna see what Mami, Kyoko, and Homura look like as Witches? Go right ahead.
- Clipped-Wing Angel: Mami's witch form isn't that strong compared to Kyoko's. And you don't get to fight Homura's one at all.
- Out-of-Character Moment: A picture from the website shows Kyubey's dialogue options while the other characters are watching Charlotte's Grief Seed. One of the options is 'Wanna go eat hamburgers?'
- This is the usual MO of the bonus route. When Homura urges Mami to become an idol so she won't be so lonely anymore, she literally asks Mami if she wants to become an idol or she wants to get a dog.
- Playable Epilogue: Homura fights Demons in the desert wasteland, just like The Stinger in the end of the anime, but the Demons can't attack and Homura can only use her arrow skill. She fights a literally endless horde of them until the ending theme finishes.
- Production Foreshadowing: In the BD/DVD release of Episode 9 of the anime, a pair of wind chimes with the shapes of a unicorn and a mermaid were added to an existing scene. Given that the latter clearly referred to Sayaka, it was believed that the unicorn referred to Kyoko. Portable reveals that Kyoko's witch form, Ophelia, rides a horned horse.
- Senseless Sacrifice: If Homura dies alone but kills Walpurginacht; Kyubey comments on how without a guardian Puella Magi for the city, eventually a witch will emerge again and he'll contract Madoka then.
- Ship Tease: There is at least one image of Sayaka and Kyousuke holding hands. There is also an image of Sayaka crying in Kyouko's arms.
- Junko comments on how Homura reminds her of herself when she was young. What would Madoka look for in a husband in the All There in the Manualquestionaire? 'Someone cool like her mama.'
- Between Sayaka and Kyoko in Homura's best ending:
Sayaka: [Mami] goes to school, does her Magical Girl duties, and still has time to take care of her house. She's perfect! I'd sure like to marry someone like Mami-san- - Shoot the Shaggy Dog: On one of the paths to Sayaka's bad ending, Kyoko uses up her entire stockpile of grief seeds fighting to get back her soul gem, and lets her own get corrupted.
- Shout-Out: Mami apparently has an attack named 'Unlimited Magic Bullet Works'
- Something We Forgot: There's no other way to describe the bonus route. Homura didn't bother to stop Madoka from contract, Mami becomes famous with her idol things, Sayaka's dating Kyousuke, Kyouko goes apeshit on local gangs and hogs all Grief Seeds... All well and dandy, right? Well, damn... here goes Walpurgisnacht. And this time, Homura doesn't prepare herself at all because she spent the month uniting the group through Power of Friendship.
- It's not like Homura forgot the fight against Walpurgisnacht though; she spent time uniting the group for this fight. She just leaps through time again even though the group may have a chance to win.
- The group CAN win without Madoka's help. This results in characters having a tea party together in Mami's room(with Kyoko forced into wearing school uniform by Sayaka).
- Superdickery: A CG of Homura hitting Madoka was released as part of the advertisement campaign, usually involving the question of how things could have gone so wrong between them. This is a scene from the fanservice bonus route, and Homura is interrupting Madoka's Heroic Self-Deprecation in order to give her a somewhat clumsy speech about how it's okay for her to not be perfect.
- Stylistic Suck: Some of the Witches like Gertrude have unusual art styles in the anime, so of course this applies to the game too. Gertrude has a terrible frame rate and looks like she has a low poly count.
- Taking You with Me: Kyoko's Cleansing Flame attack
- The Undead: The game really highlights this aspect of the Magical Girls, as if you fail to retrieve Sayaka's Soul Gem after she throws it off the bridge quickly enough, necrosis will set in and when you do get it back she'll apparently look like something out of a horror movie when she wakes up.
- Ungrateful Bastard: If Kyousuke and Hitomi are clear-headed when found in a witch's barrier, then rather than thanking their rescuer, they lash out at her, with Kyousuke calling her a monster.
- Unwanted Rescue: After fighting Gisela alone in Mami's route, Mami goes back to check on the Witch-kissed suicidal woman she'd encountered before... only to learn that the woman really was suicidal, and is none too happy with Mami for saving her. This contributes directly to Mami's bad ending.
- Video Game Caring Potential: Since you control both Kyubey and Homura, you can set things up so that other characters are saved...
- Video Game Cruelty Potential: ...but it looks like you can also make things even worse.
- Whole Episode Flashback: Kyouko's route contains one; it is an adaptation of the third Drama CD.
- Yank the Dog's Chain: In Sayaka's route, Kyousuke may offer her a CD with a song he wrote for her... before seeing how much her body's rotted and freaking out.