3 Puella Magi Madoka Magica Movies Announced
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Nov 8, 2011 13:34 JST
- Tags: Announcements, Mahou Shoujo, Movies, NewType, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Shaft
Top magical puella anime Puella Magi Madoka Magica is apparently to receive a brand new movie edition, much to the delight of fans and, doubtless, QB.
The sole basis for the announcement is a leaked image of what is purported to be the cover of the December edition of Newtype. The general consensus is that it appears to be genuine.
Details are as yet lacking, but utterly groundless speculation as to its content ranges from it being a mere recap of the TV series to it being a tale of mahou shoujo from another age.
The online reaction has been quite enthusiastic – although not always in the conventional sense, as frightening amounts of effort have been expended in trying to prove the cover is a fake (if so, it is at least a very good one), that it was leaked by Aniplex (based largely on a piece of paper visible under the cover), and (most plausibly) that Shaft is likely to be in trouble producing both Madoka and Kizumonogatari movies at the same time.
Update:
As expected, the announcement is genuine:
According to these reports, there will be three movies, 2 of which will rehash the TV series and with one being a completely new production.
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Hey, as long I get more Homu Homu, I'm alright with this.
Oh I hope one of those movies will have a happy ending where Madoka and Sayaka get resurrected and then reunites with Homura, Kyouko, and Mami. I am still heart-broken with the anime's ending.
You were heartbroken at the anime's ending? It was by leaps and bounds happier than many of us expected. The series was written by GEN UROBUCHI! Be glad that they (for the most part) came out of it with their souls and sanity intact.
You're not the only one, believe me.
The ending was not what we expected.
Hopefully the 3rd movie will remedy this.
Wrong, the ending was not 100% perfect (i.e. what we WANTED, but it was indeed "good"). Just because a show doesn't end "Happy" doesn't by default make it not "good."
Too much "Hollywood" corrupts the mind >.<
more homu (+ mami i hope!) dmn straight
Fake, ANN broke the story first but then their source said confirmed that thats not the newest Newtype cover.
First was the leak. Then was the twitter post apologizing over unconfirmed news. Now, it's been twittered again into real proof.
I'm hoping for a sequel, considering some of the obvious hints in the series that it would be ongoing. But it better be directed/written by Shinbo and Butch. I want something as meaningful as the series itself...
More proof, for the heck of it: http://www.flickr.com/photos/earlbox/6325129000/
New picture from the earl.box website maintainer.
Also, HMV "retracted their dismissal"
This:
http://twitter.com/#!/SHIO_TARO/status/133566999191240704
And this:
http://twitter.com/#!/SHIO_TARO/status/133579307292430336
It's confirmed. =P
Go check back at ANN, there's a link to the amazon page for the magazine, it's official now, SHIT JUST GOT REAL.
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Cover shows a lot of finger prints and fingernail creases for being a fake?
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There still might be a chance, since they only apologized about spreading unconfirmed information. Though I'm pretty sceptical.
And it turned out to be real. NDK NDK~?
Awesome, I heard about a movie, didn't know there'd be three though. They're milking it but I don't mind, can't wait till they come out. Even the rehashes, I've been meaning to rewatch the series.
I think those two will focus more on the other timelines of the series and the last one at the manga.
GEE, THAT REDLINE MOVIE SURE MADE BANK. AMIRIGHT!? HAHAHAHA!
There are 3 manga versions existing (Mahō Shōjo Madoka Magica, Mahō Shōjo Kazumi Magica – The innocent malice,Mahō Shōjo Oriko Magica) and 3 movies planned.
Somebody else thinking the same as me?
I wonder if Shaft and the whole crew can repeat the blow delivered by the anime.
I'm not interested in the recap movies (the increasing trend in Japan), but certainly I have some hopes for the new story (the Urobuchi ridiculous scifish stuff). And Akiyuki Shinbo better stay out of slice-of-life stuff.
From the update: Urobuchi had already pretty much finished the final draft for the new film, and production is proceeding next. According to Shinbo, the subtitle of the new film is still undecided, but he really wanted to call it "Incubator no Gyakushū" ("Incubator Strikes Back" or "Incubator's Counterattack")
So if the new movie's title will be called as the first translation states, can we expect Incubators in starships to hunt Homu Homu in the Dagobah System?
someone gonna get her head chopped again
Mumi why
the Rebuild of Madoka
I'm guessing:
Madoka Magicia: Life and Death
The End of Madoka
The Rebuild of Puella Magi
Madoka Quickening: Rapid Fire Redux XD
Maybe no more cake wedge heads?
I am delighted alright.
rehash movies arent movies but new productions are good so theres one movie woot
Homura's bow makes me think of Archer.
Yes MOVIES !!!!
don't want a movie,only what i want to see is the slice of life madoka anime
Yea. I'd rather see something NEW. Something that gives the characters a better chance to develop.
Fuck Yeah! Tiger & Bunny!
So apparently someone took a picture of the actual cover...and this IS the actual cover. Awesomesauce.
Would definitely watch if it's true. On a similar note, when are we going to have an article about a certain blonde mahou shoujo winning Saimoe?
Can't say I will not watch it, because I will if it were to be true. I'll take it that it would be a re-imagining of the series.
I personally hope it's an alternate route that was taken by Homu Homu. Let's see a all-happy ending. Or maybe a Homulust ending.
Wasn't the supposedly witch-wings of Homura at the end foreshadowing something?
I guess it could tell the story of the very first timeline. That could be kinda interesting couldn't it?...
No. We already have a pretty good idea of what would happen and we know how it ends.
Oh, yes, I like that.
HomuHomu full stalker modo canon? FUCK YEAH!! :D
Since 2 of the movies are indeed going to be retellings of the story, perhaps we'll see some of the alternate timelines that we got a glimpse of in the series, but never really got to experience.
I want the first(?) timeline, with Homu Homu meeting Madoka for the first time; I want to see what it was like for Homura to go through the series with no powers yet, just watching Badass!Madoka do her thing
Then let it be so, but TBH what I want now it for Mami to have a bigger role! I've always enjoyed putting myself in any(and all if possible)of the character's shoes but the punch in the gut, I practically felt as Mami died just after finding happiness in Madoka's words seriously made me feel like crying.
I agree; Mami needs to be a more headstrong character. She needs to stop sticking her neck out for others though as it seems to came back to bite her. Given the chance I think she can be the 'grand chompian' of the characters.
>a more headstrong character
>stop sticking her neck out
>"grand chompian"
Obvious cliché is obvious
You know, I think she fulfilled her role, after all we know Mami had been doing this for longer than any of them, and therefore we saw things as much as Madoka did. I had that feeling too, sometimes it is best to limit our knowledge on certain things. The simple fact that we were able to felt something like that makes it a great decision.
I fear it to be a re-make of the series just like Shakugan no Shana's OVA but please let it not be so
Doesn't the article already confirm this?
Prepare to be SHAFTed
Recap movie is not always bad. Remember Gurren-hen and Lagann-hen ? They're movie base from TV series of TTGL and they're actually improve the series, especially Lagann-hen.
The only doubt is Shaft's ability, can they top themselves like what Gainax did?
Improved? Don't be ridiculous, you wouldn't even be able to grasp the meaning from the movies if you never watched the TV series in the first place. The movies were more action packed, but they didn't add anything to the actual story except for the slight glimpse in the previous spiral war.
I wonder why even bother about the other 2 since they are just recap