Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part I: Beginnings (2012)
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.
Directors:
Yukihiro Miyamoto, Akiyuki Shinbo.
Writer:
Gen Urobuchi
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Aoi Yuuki as Madoka Kaname (voice) |
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Chiwa Saito as Homura Akemi (voice) |
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Eri Kitamura as Sayaka Miki (voice) |
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Kaori Mizuhashi as Mami Tomoe / Tatsuya Kaname (voice) |
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Ai Nonaka as Kyoko Sakura (voice) |
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Emiri Kato as Kyubey (voice) |
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Ryoko Shintani as Hitomi Shizuki (voice) |
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Yuko Goto as Junko Kaname (voice) |
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Tetsuya Iwanaga as Tomohisa Kaname (voice) |
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Junko Iwao as Kazuko Saotome (voice) |
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Seiko Yoshida as Kyousuke Kamijou (voice) |
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Nobuo Tobita as Host (voice) |
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Shin-ichiro Miki as Host (voice) |
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Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Nakazawa (voice) |
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Hideki Tasaka as Kyosuke's Father (voice) |
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Tomoko Nakamura as Nurse (voice) |
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Seiro Ogino as Factory Manager (voice) |
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Rumi Okubo as Girl (voice) |
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Rei Matsuzaki as Girl (voice) |
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Ayane Sakura as Girl (voice) |
| Visual Effects | Takahiro Sasaki | Animation Director |
| Directing | Yukihiro Miyamoto | Director |
| Writing | Gen Urobuchi | Screenplay |
| Production | Yoshinao Doi | Producer |
| Production | Osamu Hosokawa | Producer |
| Production | Atsuhiro Iwakami | Producer |
| Production | Kozue Kananiwa | Producer |
| Production | Hiroo Maruyama | Producer |
| Sound | Yuki Kajiura | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Rie Matsubara | Editor |
| Art | Ken Naito | Art Direction |
| Sound | Satoshi Yano | Sound Recordist |
| Art | Yosuke Anai | Production Design |
| Art | Ayumi Shiraishi | Production Design |
| Writing | Gen Urobuchi | Original Story |
| Directing | Akiyuki Shinbo | Co-Director |
| Visual Effects | Junichiro Taniguchi | Character Designer |
| Visual Effects | Takahiro Kishida | Character Designer |
| Sound | Yota Tsuruoka | Sound Director |
| Camera | Shinichiro Eto | Director of Photography |
| Art | Erika Kawashima | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Tomonari Suzuki | Assistant Art Director |
| Directing | Hiroyuki Terao | Assistant Director |
| Production | Akiko Yodo | Associate Producer |
| Production | Hirotsugu Ogisu | Associate Producer |
| Production | Miku Oshima | Associate Producer |
| Production | Norio Komori | Associate Producer |
| Production | Toshihiro Maeda | Associate Producer |
| Visual Effects | Izumi Takizawa | Color Designer |
| Visual Effects | Hitoshi Hibino | Color Designer |
| Editing | Hiromi Sasaki | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Hidemi Tanaka | Sound Effects |
| Sound | Alice | Theme Song Performance |
| Sound | Clara | Theme Song Performance |
| Production | Hiroyuki Kobayashi | Producer |
| Visual Effects | Isao Hayashi | Opening/Ending Animation |
| Visual Effects | Ume Aoki | Character Designer |
| Writing | Akiyuki Shinbo | Original Story |
| Writing | Ume Aoki | Original Story |
| Writing | Atsuhiro Iwakami | Original Story |
| Directing | Akiyuki Shinbo | Director |