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Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings

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Alternative title:
Gekijō-ban Mahō Shōjo Madoka Magica Zenpen: Hajimari no Monogatari (Japanese)
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Au commencement (French)
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part I: The Beginning Story
Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Parte 1 - L'inizio della storia (Italian)
劇場版 魔法少女まどか☆マギカ 前編: 始まりの物語 (Japanese)
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: In the city of Mitakihara, a girl named Madoka Kaname, along with her friend, Sayaka Miki, encounter a creature named Kyubey and are saved from witches by a magical girl named Mami Tomoe. Kyubey offers Madoka and Sayaka the chance to have any one wish granted in exchange for becoming a magical girl and fighting witches, whilst Homura Akemi, another magical girl who recently transferred into Madoka's class, is strongly against Madoka becoming one. Before Madoka can make a decision, however, Mami is killed by a witch, leaving Madoka too afraid to become a magical girl. Sayaka, however, decides to become a magical girl herself in order to heal the hand of her childhood friend, Kyosuke Kamijou. As Sayaka soon comes into conflict with another magical girl named Kyouko Sakura, they, along with Madoka, learn the shocking truth that their soul gems, the source of their magical powers, literally contain their souls.
User Ratings: 450 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 98 votes (sub:80, dub:9, raw:4, others:5
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 French subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Excellent: 133 votes (sub:113, dub:10, raw:2, ?:1, others:7
2 Portuguese subtitled
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Chinese (Taiwan) subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Very good: 100 votes (sub:79, dub:18, others:3
1 Polish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Good: 59 votes (sub:49, dub:8, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Decent: 30 votes (sub:26, dub:2, raw:1, ?:1)
 So-so: 11 votes (sub:9, raw:1, dub:1)
 Not really good: 9 votes (sub:8, dub:1)
 Weak: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Bad: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Awful: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (sub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 698 users, rank: #1677 (of 9583)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.176 (Very good+), std. dev.: 1.7199, rank: #399 (of 9705)
Weighted mean: 8.135 (Very good), rank: #395 (of 9705) (seen all: 8.14)
Bayesian estimate: 8.116 (Very good), rank: #267 (of 7286)
Running time: 130 minutes
Vintage: 2012-10-06
Premiere date:
2012-10-06 (Japan)
2012-10-19 (Los Angeles, USA)
2012-10-20 (Chicago, USA)
2012-10-20 (New York, USA)
2012-10-20 (San Francisco, USA)
2012-10-20 (Taiwan)
2012-12-09 (Australia)
2013-03-14 (Canada)
2013-05-18 (Mexico)
Opening Theme:
"Luminous (ルミナス)" by ClariS
Ending Theme:
"Magia [quattro]" by Kalafina
Insert song:
"Mirai (未来)" by Kalafina
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Puella Magi Madoka Magica - The Movie Trilogy (Blu-ray) 2021-07-20 (from $95.65)
    Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie - Part 1: Beginnings / Part 2: Eternal (Blu-ray) 2016-07-19 (from $37.25)
    Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Beginnings/Eternal [Import] (Sub.Blu-ray) 2013-07-30
    Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Beginnings/Eternal [LE + CD] [Import] (Sub.Blu-ray) 2013-07-30
Blu-ray (Region B)
    Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie - Part 1: Beginnings / Part 2: Eternal [UK] (Blu-ray) 2015-10-12
    Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movies: Beginnings / Eternal [Limited Edition][AU] (Blu-ray) 2014-10-15 (from $66.01)
Blu-ray + DVD combo
    Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1 & 2 [Limited Edition] (BD+DVD) 2014-07-15
DVD (Region 1)
    Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings (DVD) 2014-07-15 (from $23.87)
DVD (Region 2)
    Puella Magi Madoka Magica The Movie - Part 1: Beginnings (DVD) 2015-10-12
DVD (Region 4)
    Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings (DVD) 2014-10-15

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Chief Director: Akiyuki Simbo
Director: Yukihiro Miyamoto
Screenplay: Gen Urobuchi (Nitroplus)
Storyboard: Tomoyuki Itamura (OP)
Unit Director:
Tomoyuki Itamura (OP)
Yukihiro Miyamoto
Yuuki Hachise 
Music: Yuki Kajiura
Original Character Design: Ume Aoki
Character Design:
Junichirō Taniguchi
Takahiro Kishida
Art Director: Ken Naito
Chief Animation Director:
Hiroki Yamamura
Junichirō Taniguchi
Animation Director:
Haruka Tanaka
Hiroki Yamamura (OP+movie)
Hiroyuki Terao
Kazuya Shiotsuki
Keiji Ishihara
Kosuke Murayama
Ryūtarō Minagawa
Shuichi Hara
Takahiro Sasaki
Tomohiro Kamitani
Yūya Geshi
Sound Director: Yota Tsuruoka
Director of Photography: Shinichiro Eto
Producer:
Atsuhiro Iwakami (Aniplex)
Hiroo Maruyama (MBS)
Hiroyuki Kobayashi (Houbunsha)
Kozue Kananiwa (MOVIC)
Osamu Hosokawa (Hakuhodo DY Media Partners)
Yoshinao Doi (Nitro+)

2nd Key Animation:
Emi Tamura
Eriko Miwa
Guonian Wang
Manami Minakata
Manami Umeshita
Miho Ayabe
Miho Sekimoto
Mitsuru Sasaki
Moeka Kuga
Motonori Nishibe
Nana Koinuma
Naoko Masui
Rina Takenawa
Sawako Shigematsu
Shōko Yakita
Tatsurō Kawano
Yōichirō Katayama
Yōsuke Aburaya
Action Director:
Nozomu Abe
Tomohiro Kamitani
Alternate Space Design: Gekidan Inu Curry
Animation producer: Yasuhiro Okada
Art Setting: Morihito Ohara
Assistant Animation Director: Seiya Numata
Assistant Art Director:
Erika Kawashima
Tomonari Suzuki
Assistant Director: Hiroyuki Terao
Associate producer:
Akiko Yodo
Hirotsugu Ogisu
Miku Ōshima
Norio Komori
Toshihiro Maeda
Background Art:
Kazuhiro Inoue
Ken Naito (OP)
Color design:
Izumi Takizawa
Jin Hibino
Color setting:
Kensuke Katsu
Yasuko Watanabe
Editing: Rie Matsubara
Editing Assistant: Hiromi Sasaki
Ending Animation: Hirofumi Suzuki
In-Between Animation:
Aki Komori
Akinou Kojima
Ayana Hori
Ayumi Nakabe
Chiho Suezuru
Chika Tamura
Eimi Terashima
Emi Hirota
Emi Tamura
Eri Nakajima
Eri Tatezono
Erisa Tomita
Haruka Itou
Haruka Yamagata
Hayao Kanou
Hikaru Miyazaki
Hiromi Niwa
Hiromi Yako
Hirotoshi Akiyama
Hitomi Shimodaira
Ikumi Kakiuchi
Kana Inao
Kanako Oikawa
Keiko Miyano
Kenzō Yamazaki
Kimiko Hoshi
Kiyomi Ishiwatari
Kōki Hirano
Maiko Abe
Manami Minakata
Megumi Okazaki
Miho Ayabe
Miki Ogino
Minami Konagai
Mio Yamakawa
Mitsuru Sasaki
Miyuki Abe
Miyuki Yano
Moeka Kuga
Momoko Takahashi
Nana Hashiguchi
Nana Koinuma
Nao Nakamura
Naoaki Shibuta
Naoki Sugiyama
Naomichi Yamaguchi
Natsuki Yamashita
Noboru Chigiri
Rina Takenawa
Risa Kameoka
Ryōta Usui
Ryū Nakayama
Sachiyo Hiraide
Saki Hagino
Saki Konishi
Saki Noguchi
Saki Yoshimura
Sakiyo Yamazaki
Saori Suruki
Satomi Arayama
Satoshi Senba
Sayaka Maruyama
Sayaka Ueno
Sayoko Ono
Shiori Araki
Shōko Yakita
Shōta Ōnishi
Shota Serizawa
Shotaro Genma
Shūichi Inoue
Shunki Ofuji
Sumio Ogawa
Taiki Konno
Takahiro Eguchi
Takahiro Tajima
Takumi Koudaira
Tatsurō Kawano
Teruyuki Nakayama
Tetsutarō Yui
Tomoko Miyata
Tomomasa Kashiwashima
Tomoyo Hata
Tōru Akiba
Toshiaki Kimura
Yasue Katori
Yoshiya Yasaku
Yōsuke Aburaya
Yū Yoshiyama
Yui Kanou
Yui Kusakabe
Yuka Miyoshi
Yuka Yamori
Yūko Tanahara
Yusako Minami
In-Between Check: Rina Takenawa
Key Animation:
Chiyō Nishikawa
Gen'ichirou Abe
Genki Matsumoto (OP+movie)
Haruka Tanaka
Hiroyuki Terao (OP+movie)
Isao Hayashi (OP)
Kazuo Watanabe (OP)
Kazuya Shiotsuki
Kenta Nagaya
Masaaki Takiyama (OP)
Miho Ayabe (OP)
Misako Izumi
Ryo Imamura
Ryūtarō Minagawa
Satomi Kurita (OP)
Sawako Yamamoto (OP)
Seiya Numata
Takao Maki (OP)
Takashi Kojima
Tatsuyuki Maeda
Tomohiro Kamitani
Toshiyuki Satō (OP)
Yasue Katori
Yasuomi Umetsu (OP)
Yoshio Kosakai (OP)
Yūya Geshi (OP+movie)
Madoka Illustration: Aoi Yūki
Music producer:
Keiichi Sotomura
Yasunori Mori
Photography: Takayuki Aizu (OP)
Planning:
Digitarou
Hiroshi Kozaki
Kōichirō Natsume
Mitsutoshi Kubota
Naohiro Tafu
Seiji Takeda
Takashi Kōju
Production Assistant:
Akihiro Shinohara
Yuka Abiko
Yuki Komada
Production Desk:
Kazuteru Sōmiya
Ryūsuke Suzuki
Recording: Satoshi Yano
Recording Assistant:
Fumiaki Tanaka
Mai Sunaniwa
Setting Manager: Tomoyo Ueji
Setting Production: Yota Ono
Sound Effects: Hidemi Tanaka
Sound Production Manager: Yoshimi Sugiyama
Theatrical Version Composition:
Akiyuki Simbo
Fuyashi Tou
Rie Matsubara (assistant)
Theme Song Arrangement:
Atsushi Yuasa (OP/IN)
Yuki Kajiura (ED/IN)
Theme Song Composition:
Shō Watanabe (OP)
Yuki Kajiura (ED/IN)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Shō Watanabe (OP)
Yuki Kajiura (OP/IN)
Theme Song Performance:
ClariS (OP)
Kalafina (ED/IN)
Visual Effects: Motoi Sakai
Aoi Yūki as Madoka Kaname
Chiwa Saito as Homura Akemi

Ai Nonaka as Kyōko Sakura
Emiri Katō as Kyubey
Eri Kitamura as Sayaka Miki
Kaori Mizuhashi as Mami Tomoe

Hideki Tasaka as Kyōsuke's father
Junko Iwao as Kazuko Saotome
Kaori Mizuhashi as Tatsuya Kaname
Nobuo Tobita as host A
Ryoko Shintani as Hitomi Shizuki
Seiko Yoshida as Kyōsuke Kamijō
Seirō Ogino as factory manager
Shinichirō Miki as host B
Tetsuya Iwanaga as Tomohisa Kaname
Tomoko Nakamura as nurse
Yuko Goto as Junko Kaname
Japanese companies
English staff
English cast
Translation: Su Mon Han
ADR Script: Alex Von David
Producer:
Eric P. Sherman
Kaeko Sakamoto

Casting Director: Mami Okada
Co-Producer: Mami Okada
Voice Direction: Alex Von David
Christine Marie Cabanos as Madoka Kaname
Cristina Vee as Homura Akemi

Carrie Keranen as Mami Tomoe
Cassandra Lee as Kyubey
Lauren Landa as Kyoko Sakura
Sarah Anne Williams as Sayaka Miki

Carrie Savage as Junko Kaname
Karen Strassman as Kazuko Satome
Kyle Hebert as Tomohisa Kaname
Marianne Miller as Kyosuke Kamijo
Shelby Lindley as Hitomi Shizuki
English companies
ADR Production: Bang Zoom! Entertainment
Blu-Ray Authoring: Imagica
Distributor:
Aniplex of America
Eleven Arts
Madman Entertainment (Australia)
Internet Streaming:
AnimeLab (Australia and New Zealand)
Netflix
Licensed by:
Aniplex of America
Manga Entertainment (UK)
Production Subsidy: J-LOP
French staff
French cast
Dubbing Director: Jessie Lambotte
Translation: Stéphane Lapie

Adaptation: Eric Lajoie
Caroline Combes as Madoka Kaname
Nathalie Bienaime as Homura Akemi
Pascale Chemin as Kyubey

Emma Darmon as Mami Tomoe
Gwenäelle Julien as Sayaka Miki
Jessie Lambotte as
Hitomi Shizuki
Kyôsuke Kamijô
Nathalie Bienaime as Junko Kaname
Nayeli Forest as Kyôko Sakura
Pascale Chemin as Kazuko Saotome
Yann Pichon as Tomohisa Kaname
French companies
Broadcaster:
Grand Rex (From 19 Oct. 2012)
J-One
Distributor:
@Anime (DVD & Blu-Ray)
Wakanim
Dubbing: Les studios de Saint Maur
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Executive producer: Jorge Gabarró Frau (Selecta Visión)
(none)
Spanish companies
Distributor: Selecta Visión (Spain; subtitled)
Italian staff
Italian cast
(none)
Alessia Amendola as Homura Akemi
Joy Saltarelli as Madoka Kaname
Loretta Di Pisa as Kyubey

Deborah Morese as Hitomi Shizuki
Gea Riva as Sayaka Miki
Maria Letizia Scifoni as Mami Tomoe
Renato Novara as Kyōsuke Kamijō
Veronica Puccio as Kyōko Sakura

Debora Magnaghi as Kazuko Saotome
Luca Ghignone as Tomohisa Kaname
Maddalena Vadacca as Junko Kaname
Italian companies
Distributor:
Dynit
Nexo Digital
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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