Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part I: Beginnings

2012 2h 11m movie Film

Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part I: Beginnings

劇場版魔法少女まどか☆マギカ [前編] 始まりの物語

Synopsis

劇場版魔法少女まどか☆マギカ [前編] 始まりの物語

Madoka Kaname, an ordinary middle-schooler, along with her best friend Sayaka Miki, are offered the chance to have any wish they want granted by the mysterious Kyubey, and become magical girls and fight witches. However, fellow magical girl Homura Akemi seems intent on stopping Madoka from becoming a magical girl at any cost. Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part I: Beginnings is a retelling of the first half of the TV anime series.

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part I: Beginnings. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

Other Titles From SHAFT

Thriller + Animation in Japan

51 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Thriller and Animation genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part I: Beginnings itself).

The 2011–2013 Japan Window

Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part I: Beginnings holds position #126 of 482 Japan films in the 2011–2013 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

The 2010s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Japan, 1769 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part I: Beginnings premiered alongside 164 others.

Position in Catalog

Released alongside 164 other Japan films in 2012.

The 2676th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).

Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).

Audience Engagement

101

Reviews

76th

Review-volume percentile

83rd

Popularity percentile

101 audience reviews — more than 76% of Japan films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 83th percentile among Japan films.

Thematic Fingerprint

Tags on Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part I: Beginnings, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog

schoolmates · 3
foreshadowing · 2

Recurring themes · common across catalog

teenage girl · 22
schoolgirl · 22
psychological thriller · 21
female friendship · 18
dark fantasy · 14
saving the world · 10
wish · 7

Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog

anime · 711
magic · 84
parent child relationship · 46
surrealism · 34

Reception Benchmarks

7.5

TMDB Rating

101

Audience Reviews

Highly Rated

Critical Tier

Ranked #1,206 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (74th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +0.6 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Thriller productions specifically: #20 of 324 (top 6%).

Production Details

Primary Country	Japan
Original Language	Japanese
Production Companies	SHAFT
Runtime	2h 11m
Release Date	October 5, 2012
IMDb	tt2205948