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Aniplex released a third post-opening trailer and key visual on September 12. The spoiler-heavy footage introduces an upperclassman identified as Was and confirms Maaya Sakamoto as her voice actor; Ume Aoki drew the new visual. The materials expand the film's publicly identified cast after its Japanese release, but do not announce a new territory, home-video plan or other access change.
Read this story →In interviews published September 12–13, Urobuchi said Gekidan Inu Curry gave him a large set of notebooks containing sketches, settings and story situations after Rebellion. He described his own job as linking and arranging that material into a film script, and said the design duo had provided most of the new movie's underlying conception. He also credited Shaft with adding a convent-era flashback during production. These are Urobuchi's recollections of his contribution, not a complete account from every collaborator.
Read this story →Anime! Anime! reported on September 7 that Walpurgisnacht Rising earned ¥1,537,959,580 from 904,721 admissions between August 28 and September 6, its first ten theatrical days. The film had crossed ¥1 billion after four days and ranked first in both admissions and revenue on its opening weekend. The new figures remain a running Japanese total; final domestic and international performance are not established.
Read this story →Walpurgisnacht Rising began screening in Japan at midnight on August 28, completing the release plan FanBriefer had tracked after delays from winter 2024, winter 2025 and February 2026. The production asked viewers to avoid posting spoilers on social and video platforms until September 12; international theatrical dates, opening performance and later home access remain unannounced.
Read this story →In a MANTANWEB interview published August 26, Saito said she set aside the exaggerated versions of Homura that developed across later games and collaborations and returned to the character's state at the end of Rebellion. She also approached the recording as though it might be her last performance as Homura and deliberately left emotional room for the visuals and music.
Read this story →In an August 25 MANTANWEB interview, Yuki said Madoka's deliberate ordinariness becomes a weakness in Homura's reconstructed world. She called the new characters essential to the script, singled out Nagisa's unexpected emotional strength and said the principal cast recorded together for the first time in roughly 12 or 13 years.
Read this story →Aniplex began releasing Magical Girl Yotsugi Peace on August 20 as a 12-part short series written by Monogatari author Nisio Isin. Three episodes are scheduled per day for four days on Aniplex’s official YouTube channel; the announcement does not establish how long the shorts will remain available.
Read this story →Selected Japanese cinemas will screen the film at midnight as August 28 begins. An opening admission benefit uses a Magica Quartet signature-style board design, and the first week adds a three-design set of mini shikishi-style cards; the announcement does not yet provide a complete participating-theatre list or an international event plan.
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