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Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings
劇場版 魔法少女まどか☆マギカ 始まりの物語
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Synopsis
Madoka Kaname and her best friend Sayaka Miki are ordinary middle school students in the city of Mitakihara. But one day, they encounter a strange cat-like creature named Kyuubey, who claims he can grant them one wish. In exchange, they would become magical girls and fight against evil perpetrated by witches. A veteran magical girl in the area, Mami Tomoe, decides to show them how to hunt witches, while the mysterious transfer student Homura Akemi warns them to not take Kyuubey's deal, though sh...
Background
Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica Movie 1: Hajimari no Monogatari covers the first eight episodes of the parent series. It grossed 570 million yen at the Japanese box office.
Audience Guidance
AIRecommended age: 15+
strong
ViolenceMagical combat includes a sudden, graphic on-screen death of a major character (decapitation implied) and surreal witch labyrinths with unsettling body-horror imagery.
strong
Disturbing themesDeconstructs the magical-girl genre with existential dread, manipulation of children by an amoral entity, suicide ideation, and the revelation that the heroines' souls are physically removed from their bodies.
mild
LanguageOccasional moderate profanity in subtitles (e.g., 'damn', 'hell') during high-stress scenes.
This film re-tells the first half of the TV series, following two middle-school girls who are offered magical powers in exchange for fighting nightmarish witches. It looks like a colorful fantasy but quickly becomes a psychological horror story about exploitation, grief, and the cost of wishes, with one famously shocking death and heavy emotional fallout.
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Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings has 1 episodes.
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings is currently finished airing.
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings was produced by Shaft.
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings aired Oct 6, 2012.
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings is based on a Original.
This film re-tells the first half of the TV series, following two middle-school girls who are offered magical powers in exchange for fighting nightmarish witches. It looks like a colorful fantasy but quickly becomes a psychological horror story about exploitation, grief, and the cost of wishes, with one famously shocking death and heavy emotional fallout.
