Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part I: Beginnings

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.

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Akiyuki Shinbo directed Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part I: Beginnings in 2012. See Akiyuki Shinbo's full filmography, where to start with Akiyuki Shinbo, or where to go after you've seen everything by Akiyuki Shinbo.

Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part I: Beginnings was released in 2012 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 131 minutes.