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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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Do the lyrics of Madoka Magica's two movie OPs foreshadow Rebellion's ending?

To understand the question I'm asking, you will probably do need to watch the three Madoka Magica movies. I'll still try to avoid spoilers. In order to fully understand the ending of the movie or rather, what happens next, I went back to look at…
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How did Homura able to return to a past where Madoka isn't already a Magical Girl?

I just finished watching Puella Magi Madoka Magica and its movie, Rebellion. And there's something that's been bugging me. On episode 10, Homura's past was shown, and I will re-iterate it so you can understand my question. Loop 1: She was still a…
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What Madoka Magica poster is this?

Episode 4 of Gamers! has a scene where two characters go to an arcade. Off to the right side of the scene is a poster that is unmistakably from Madoka Magica: I consider myself something of a fan of Madoka Magica, but I don't think I've ever seen…
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Where do magical girls get money?

Magical Girls work a lot, and we never see them working. They all have a house and usually money to buy stuff too. Where do they find money to pay rent or buy food? Do they steal it?
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When Kyoko overloaded her soul gem to kill Sayaka's witch form, did Kyoko then also become a witch?

When Kyoko overloaded her soul gem to kill Sayaka's witch form, does Kyoko then also become a witch? Or since she overloaded her soul gem, does she just die "normally?" If the latter is true, then why don't all magical girls just overload their gems…
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Are the similarities between Homura Akemi and Kiritsugu Emiya intentional?

Puella Magi Madoka Magica's Homura Akemi and Fate/Zero's Kiritsugu Emiya were both written by Gen Urobuchi, although Kiritsugu was created by Type Moon's Kinoko Nasu. There are numerous similarities between them: Both are magic users with control…
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Who is that at the end of episode 2?

At the end of every episode of Puella Magi Madoka Magica there is an artist's drawing while one of where characters is narrating the next episode preview. In Episode 2 we see this: Who/what is that behind Homura? And why is he there?
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Where do the terms "Law of Wheels/Cycles" come from?

In Puella Magi Madoka Magica, before Ultimate Madoka's universe, I read that the system where a Magical Girl would become a Witch was referred to as the "Law of Wheels", while after that, the new system and Madoka herself is known as the "Law of…
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Why is there no official character song for Homura and Mami?

Madoka has a character song titled "See You Tomorrow" (またあした, Mata Ashita) while Sayaka and Kyoko have a duet song titled "And I'm Home". I just found out that Homura and Mami don't have a character song (from this Puella Magi wiki page) like…
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Why exactly does Kyoko attempt to save Sayaka?

In episode 8 of Puella Magi Madoka Magica, we see Sayaka transform into a witch, and in that episode and the subsequent one (at least in the second half of it) we see Kyouko's attempt to save her. Why exactly does she seem so determined to do this,…
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What are the colours of the Magical Girl's Rings?

I always thought the colour of the ring matched the Soul Gem. However after deciphering the runs on the ring I got with a Mami Soul Gem Necklace which said HOMURA, I looked up on the wiki and saw that Mami's is actually purple not yellow like her…
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Are Homura's wings witch wings in the end?

At the end of the anime where Homura is in a wasteland, she grows wings. The texture is almost the same as the art style that is used for witches and their lairs, so I'm wondering - at the end of the anime, was Homura becoming something of a…
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Where did the concept of fighting Nightmares come from?

I know that the Nightmares the Magical Girls fight as a substitute for the Wraiths and/or Witches are born from people's nightmares (as shown when Hitomi returns to normal but is asleep and she was about to go to bed when the her Nightmare first…
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Is there any connection between Madoka Magica and Monogatari series?

Apparently, both titles are produced by Shaft. The Madoka Magica Rebellion movies have short into animation that uses Monogatari characters to ask the viewers to behave in the cinema theaters. I'm interested if there are any other notable…
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What is Ms. Saotome referring to in her rant about the end of the world?

During Ms. Saotome's rather-unhinged rant about the end of the world towards the beginning of the Rebellion movie, she says the following: とある宗教の祭礼の日にあわせて、日食と月食が６回起こっちゃうという話です！ I'm talking about how on the festival days of a certain religion, six…
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