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Format
TV
Episodes
12
Episode Duration
24 min per ep
Status
Finished Airing
Premiered
Winter 2011
Aired
2011-01-07 to 2011-04-22
Source
Original
Rating
PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
Genres
Drama
Psychological
Suspense
Award Winning
Mahou Shoujo
Studios
Shaft
Producers
Aniplex
Mainichi Broadcasting System
Movic
Nitroplus
Houbunsha
Licensors
Aniplex of America
Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica (魔法少女まどか★マギカ)
Madoka Kaname and Sayaka Miki are regular middle school girls with regular lives, but all that changes when they encounter Kyuubey, a cat-like magical familiar, and Homura Akemi, the new transfer student. Kyuubey offers them a proposition: he will grant any one of their wishes and in exchange, they will each become a magical girl, gaining enough power to fulfill their dreams. However, Homura Akemi, a magical girl herself, urges them not to accept the offer, stating that everything is not what it seems. A story of hope, despair, and friendship, Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica deals with the difficulties of being a magical girl and the price one has to pay to make a dream come true. [Written by MAL Rewrite]