# Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part I: Beginnings (2012)

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**Original title**: *劇場版 魔法少女まどか☆マギカ [前編] 始まりの物語*
**Runtime**: 131 min
**Genres**: Thriller, Animation, Fantasy
**Directed by**: Akiyuki Shinbo, Yukihiro Miyamoto
**Written by**: Gen Urobuchi
**Starring**: Aoi Yuuki, Chiwa Saito, Eri Kitamura, Kaori Mizuhashi, Ai Nonaka, Emiri Kato

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

The last cicadas of summer, a vending-machine hum in a dead mall.

Kyubey slides a contract across the counter; Sayaka’s fingers smudge the ink before Madoka signs.

A fever-dream of bullet-time runs backwards.

**Mood tags**: foreign-gem, dread, mindfuck, surreal

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