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Puella Magi Madoka Magica (or Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica) is a 2011 magical girl anime by the animation studio SHAFT. It has various adaptations and side-stories as well.

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Puella Magi Madoka Magica (also 魔法少女まどか☆マギカ, Mahō Shōjo Madoka Magika) is an original anime from 2011 of the magical girl genre by animation studio SHAFT, directed by Shinbo Akiyuki and written by Urobuchi Gen. It is well known for its dark themes and references, unlike most traditional magical girl shows.

Kaname Madoka gets involved in a battle between witches, evil beings which bring despair to humanity, and magical girls who are tasked with defeating them. According to Kyuubey, the small companion of the magical girls, Madoka has the greatest potential of any magical girl. But not everything is as it seems...

This tag includes the original anime, the various film, manga, and game adaptations, and any other miscellaneous related things.

For more information, see Wikipedia, the official English language page, and Puella Magi Wiki.

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Are all wishes actually possible?

In the beginning episodes of Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Kyubey offers the teenage girls in the series the chance to have a wish come true in exchange for becoming a magical girl, and moreover seems to imply that any wish can be made…
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How powerful is Homura's shield?

In the anime, Homura is only seen using her shield to reset or rewind time until the first time she met Madoka. Can't she rewind time for a minute, or an hour? If she could do it, I think it would be easier for her to fight against…
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Why is "Puella Magi" equivalent to "Mahou Shoujo"?

From my understanding, Mahou Shoujo = Magical Girl as the latter is normally used when turning the Japanese title to English, i.e. Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha = Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Sasami: Mahō Shōjo Club = Sasami: Magical Girls Club Mahou…
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Are the other Puella Magi mangas separate stories?

I discovered some other titles in the Puella Magi series today, Kazumi Magica and Oriko Magica: Are these completely separate stories, or is there some overlap with Puella Magi Madoka Magica?
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How did Homura strip Madoka's divine powers in Rebellion?

Madoka came down to bring Homura into the Law of Cycles by taking her soul gem (or whatever Madoka does), and then Homura grabbed Madoka's hands. Suddenly, her soul gem filled with "love," apparently, and her soul gem exploded and she became a…
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How is Walpurgisnacht's appearance predicted?

We know that throughout the series the Puella Magi can only search for witches and don't actually know where they will appear ahead of time (Mami named places she searched and had to trace the witch with her Soul Gem), unless they get lucky and find…
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Do gangster-themed Madoka subtitles really exist?

I've often come across gangster-themed Madoka subtitled screenshots, but I haven't been able to find any solid evidence that they exist. Sometimes the characters are referred to as Swagdoka and Homubro instead of their actual names Madoka and…
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What happen at the end of the third Madoka Magica movie?

I just watched the third movie (Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 3: Rebellion) and I have a doubt about the fact that although Madoka wish in the second movie, which prevented the birth of any witch, both in the past and in the future. Why…
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What are the consequences of ignoring Kyubey's contract?

Girls make contracts with Kyubey - they will have a wish granted in exchange of fighting witches using their new powers. But, what is the consequence of simply not doing it? What if magical girls simply ignore Kyubey? It somehow doesn't seem like…
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What did Madoka wish for in the original timeline?

I just watched the show - Madoka spends most of it trying to figure out a good wish to make. One episode shows Homura in presumably the original timeline, where she's just a shy new kid and Madoka is already a magical girl along with Mami, which…
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How come the events of Rebellion are possible, with Madoka's wish?

It seems to me that, no matter how you look at it, the events of the Rebellion movie are impossible due to Madoka's wish. Her wish-speech can roughly be split into five distinct parts (significant differences between Meguca's and Doki's translation…
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Why was there an apparent violation of the law of cycles in Rebellion?

In the Rebellion film, we see Homura turn into what she realises is a witch (after she discovers some oddities about the version of Mitakihara city she's supposedly living in) because of her despair. This reason for her turning into a witch makes…
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What do Homura's runes in Rebellion say?

Well, if you saw the third Madoka movie, then you know that… Homura turns into a witch at some point of the movie. Knowing that, I'm trying to decipher what her runes say: Some runes are pretty obvious and others not so much: This is the rune…
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Why does Sayaka stab herself?

On a few occasions throughout the series, we see Sayaka thrusting her own sword through her chest, cutting her own heart out: It looks as though in Rebellion she does this to invoke her own witch form when the girls are fighting Homura's witch…
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What song is Kyoko dancing to in Puella Magi / Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica?

I've just been re-watching Puella Magi Madoka Magica / Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica (episodes, movie, doesn't change this situation). I noticed a song that sounded quite nice, that Kyoko was dancing to (playing Dance Dance Revolution, if you're happy…
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