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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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Why does Homura have to die within her soul gem in "Movie Part III: Rebellion"?

In Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part III: Rebellion, why does Homura have to die within her soul gem in order not to betray Madoka as she said here? Even if Kyubey confirms the existence of God Madoka, it doesn't mean he has the power to…
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How was Sayaka able to retain her memories during Rebellion?

Everybody else within Homura's labyrinth had their memories altered, except for Sayaka and Bebe. Why was this?
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How was Homura able to lure all of the magical girls into her labyrinth in Rebellion?

Homura's witch's labyrinth was inside of her soul gem, and didn't actually occupy and physical space. How, then, were all of the magical girls and everybody else brought into her soul gem? How did everybody that was shown in her labyrinth get into…
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Why do the English dubbed Madoka movies have a static movie menu and not an animated one like the English subbed one?

When the Puella Magi Madoka Magica Movies first came out, they were only Japanese with English subtitles, but the DVD/Blu-ray menus were animated. I remembered that they had small clips from the movie and the background music was that of the music…
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Why were Sayaka and Kyoko fighting in the beginning, and what caused them to eventually end up as friends?

Why were Sayaka and Kyoko fighting in the beginning, and what caused them to eventually end up as friends? (Related: Why exactly does Kyoko attempt to save Sayaka?)
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Why does Kyoko come to the city in Madoka Magica?

Why does Kyoko come to the city in Madoka Magica? There is probably a very simple answer for this, but I'm too lazy to go back and rewatch or to skim through a wiki.
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How was Sayaka able to join Madoka in the Law of Cycles after her death?

Adding onto this question, right after Madoka recreated the entire universe to accommodate with the Law of Cycles, why was everybody placed back in time right after the event where Sayaka gets killed in battle? Why were they placed specifically…
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How did Madoka essentially become the universe when all she wished for was to erase the witches before their creation?

I get that Madoka would have to be a fundamental law of the universe considering that she's overwriting the concepts that the universe is based upon, but her only wish was that to erase all witches before their creation. However, somehow, Madoka now…
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When Homura took over the world it was playing "I was Waiting For This Moment" but is it actually someone else's song in reverse?

So I went ahead and tried exploring and reversing YouTube videos that i made into mp3 files which one of them being the "I Was Waiting For This Moment" song from when Homura you know, took over the universe. And I played it backwards using…
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Are the Curses of Earth natural?

At the end of the anime series, when Madoka remade the Universe for Puella Magi to be saved before becoming Witches, Homura says that with Witches being gone Wraiths take their place because Madoka only stopped the Witches from being born and not…
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How do Soul Gems get corrupted over time in Madoka Magica?

After seeing how Madoka instantly transformed into her witch form after killing Walpurgisnacht in one shot in the 4th timeline, it makes me wondering: How do Soul Gems become corrupted? I assumed that over time the magical girls would lose hope and…
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What's the range of a witch's barrier?

Throughout the anime, after entering a witch's barrier, the Magical Girls are seen traveling a long way inside a maze-like struture before reaching the witch's lair. The lairs of the witches are generally spacious. Take the witch in episode 3 for…
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Lyrics in Madoka Magica - Rebellion?

I'm looking for lyrics on the songs in the Rebellion movie (original and translated), what are the lyrics for: Nightmare song (track #3) Mami's fight scene Mami's remixed theme "Dream world" "Noi!" "the worst ending" "I was waiting for this…
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Can the Law of the Cycle destroy itself?

Could Madoka ever accumulate despair, or does her Soul Gem stay pure forever? According to Kyubey, she takes the despair away from magical girls about to become witches. If her Soul Gem became tainted, she could potentially become a witch and…
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