

Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part I: Beginnings 2012
Directed by Yukihiro Miyamoto
- Thriller, Animation, Fantasy
- 131 min
- PG-13
Madoka Kaname, an ordinary middle-schooler, along with her best friend Sayaka Miki, are offered the chance to have any wish they want granted by the mysterious Kyubey, and become magical girls and fight witches. However, fellow magical girl Homura Akemi seems intent on stopping Madoka from becoming a magical girl at any cost. Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part I: Beginnings is a retelling of the first half of the TV anime series.
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- classical in formformally daring
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Cast
- Aoi YuukiMadoka Kaname (voice)
- Chiwa SaitoHomura Akemi (voice)
- Eri KitamuraSayaka Miki (voice)
- Kaori MizuhashiMami Tomoe / Tatsuya Kaname (voice)
- Ai NonakaKyoko Sakura (voice)
- Emiri KatoKyubey (voice)
- Ryoko ShintaniHitomi Shizuki (voice)
- Yuko GotoJunko Kaname (voice)
- Tetsuya IwanagaTomohisa Kaname (voice)
- Junko IwaoKazuko Saotome (voice)
Crew
- Yukihiro MiyamotoDirector
- Gen UrobuchiScreenplay
- Shinichiro EtoDirector of Photography
- Yuki KajiuraOriginal Music Composer
- Rie MatsubaraEditor
- Yoshinao DoiProducer
- Atsuhiro IwakamiProducer
- Kozue KananiwaProducer
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