Gekijōban Mahō Shōjo Madoka Magica: Walpurgis no Kaiten (New trailer out - In JP theaters on August 28 2026)

[grunty]

We'll find out soon enough. ^_^
How exciting. When all YK movies were getting announced, I was not expecting Madoka from SHAFT to be the first new project to actually materialize.

 

[Decretum]

Fingers crossed the movie has another cameo from Sayaka’s trusty fire-extinguisher! Gotta keep up the tradition at this point LOL.

 

[grunty]

For SPECULAH's sake...

I guess it's unlikely but how would you feel if Walpurgisnacht Rising was secretly only the 1st in a multi-movie project?

 

[george1234]

^ if its going to drag for a decade like Pripri movies then no thanks. At this rate Kajiura will retire or even worse before even the story ends.

 

[Decretum]

As someone who loves this show dearly . . . I really think it needs to end. Personally, I’d have been fine if it did at Rebellion, but I do believe the story’s run its course. The main thing keeping it interesting to me is that it’s still an (albeit old) Urobuchi script, but since he’s still busy with his puppet show last I heard, I doubt we’ll get any more writing from him. Unless he somehow wrote two scripts back in 2014, which seems unlikely.

All this is to say that if there’s more, I’ll still watch it. I survived Magireco so I might as well go down with the franchise ship. And if Kajiura’s still got that specific Madoka spark that got me into her work to begin with, then all the better.

 

[grunty]

I'm not sure how I'd feel. I'm not the biggest Madoka TV fan (particularly the entire dank middle section with Sayaka) - I thought Rebellion was way more fun... I guess it all depends how Rising actually is for me. I did not like the dental checks in trailers one bit, or Bebe spinning on a pole...

But part of me feels it's weid to get a single new movie after 13 years...

^ if its going to drag for a decade like Pripri movies then no thanks. At this rate Kajiura will retire or even worse before even the story ends.

Would that be an issue for you IF they did release soundtracks though? (Unlike on PriPri...)

I survived Magireco so I might as well go down with the franchise ship. And if Kajiura’s still got that specific Madoka spark that got me into her work to begin with, then all the better.

Hear hear.

 

[esteban82]

Before I saw Rebellion, I thought "what's the point? The conclusion of the series was great". After I saw it, I thought "OK, very good job to do a conclusion so good after the good conclusion of the series". So, I have faith for this movie but I also think it needs to end.