Main cast, staff returns with new key visual posted
The official website for the
Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story
television
anime
announced on Thursday that the second
season
will premiere this summer. The website also confirmed the returning cast and staff, and debuted a new key visual:
The original game's story, a spinoff of the
Puella Magi Madoka Magica
anime, takes place in the burgeoning city of Kamihama. Guided by a strange power, magical girls gather in this town and battle with a new power drawn from witches. Iroha
Tamaki
arrives in this town and joins other magical girls to search for her missing younger sister Ui. Before long, Homura Akemi also arrives in the town. "If I can understand the mystery of this town, maybe I can save Kaname."
The first anime season premiered in Japan on January 4, 2020 at 24:00 (effectively January 5 at 12:00 a.m.). The anime's initial home video schedule had
listed
13 episodes.
Funimation
,
Crunchyroll
, and
HIDIVE
streamed the first
Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story
season as it aired.
Funimation
began streaming the anime in Japanese with English subtitles on January 4, 2020.
Crunchyroll
began streaming the anime that January 11, and new episodes premiere a few days after they air in Japan.
HIDIVE
began streaming the anime in the U.S. and Canada also that January 11, and new episodes streamed on Saturdays.
Gekidan Inu Curry
(
Doroinu
) is serving in both the chief director and series script supervisor roles.
Puella Magi Madoka Magica
series director
Yukihiro Miyamoto
is returning to serve as assistant director.
Madoka Magica
chief animation director
Junichir? Taniguchi
is also returning in the same role, plus serving as character designer.
Takumi Ozawa
is composing the music.
Puella Magi Madoka Magica
director
Akiyuki Simbo
is returning from
Madoka Magica
, but as animation supervisor instead.
SHAFT
is producing the anime. The trio
TrySail
performed the first season's opening theme song "Gomakashi" (Deception), while the duo
ClariS
performing that season's ending theme song "Alicia."
The game
launched
for iOS and Android devices in August 2017, and is free to play with optional in-game purchases. A manga
adaptation
launched in August 2018, and a stage play
adaptation
featuring
members of the Keyakizaka46 idol group ran from August to September 2018.
The English version of the game
shut down
all operations on September 29.
Source:
Comic Natalie