Puella Magi Madoka Magica (Japanese: 魔法少女まどか☆マギカ, Hepburn: Mahō Shōjo Madoka Magika), also known simply as Madoka Magica, is a 2011 Japanese anime television series created by Magica Quartet, and animated by Shaft. The story follows a group of middle school girls, led by protagonist Madoka Kaname, who make supernatural contracts to become magical girls (mahō shōjo). In battling surreal enemies known as "witches", they learn of the anguish and peril associated with their new roles.
大好きな家族がいて、親友がいて、時には笑い、時には泣く、そんなどこにでもある日常。見滝原中学校に通う、普通の中学二年生・鹿目まどかも、そんな日常の中で暮らす一人。ある日、彼女に不思議な出会いが訪れる。この出会いは偶然なのか、必然なのか、彼女はまだ知らない。それは、彼女の運命を変えてしまうような出会い―― それは、新たなる魔法少女物語の始まり――。
平凡な女子中学生まどかは、ある日の放課後、親友のさやかと奇怪な異空間にとらわれてしまう。異様な怪物に襲われた2人を救ったのは、同じ学校の先輩で、戦う魔法少女に変身したマミだった。言葉をしゃべる不思議な生き物・キュゥべえから、どんな願いも叶えることを条件に、マミのような魔法少女にならないかと誘われる2人。だが、まどかのクラスの転校生で同じく魔法少女だったほむらが、なぜかまどかの契約を激しく妨害する。
(Note: The first two films are a compilation of the television series and the third film is an all-new story. Urobuchi Gen said that the third film's story coincidentally matches the lyrics to Kalafina's television ending theme song Magia if one examines them carefully.) Madoka learns from Kyuubee, whose real identity is Incubator, that his species makes contracts to make girls into magical girls that inevitably become witches in order to use the energy that spawns from their despair to counter entropy in the universe. Kyouko, hoping for a chance that Sayaka can be made human again, takes Madoka with her to try and reach her humanity. This ultimately fails, with Kyouko choosing to sacrifice herself to destroy Sayaka with her. Meanwhile, it is revealed that Homura comes from another timeline, having relived the same month several times in the hope of saving Madoka from a grim fate at the hands of the ultimate witch, Walpurgisnacht. Homura attempts to face Walpurgisnacht, but is ultimately defeated and draws close to despair, feeling her efforts have become pointless. Just then, Madoka appears and uses the built up energy from several timelines to become a powerful magical girl capable of eliminating witches before they are born.
見滝原町に暮らす中学生のまどかは魔法少女。親友のさやか、先輩のマミ、隣町から転校してきた杏子とともに、人の悪夢が具現化した怪物・ナイトメアと戦い続けていた。そんなある日、まどかのクラスにほむらという転校生がやって来る。彼女もまた新たな魔法少女だった。5人となった魔法少女たちは、激しい戦いの一方で仲間との絆に充実した日々を送る。だがやがて、ほむらはあまりに理想的なこの世界に強い違和感を覚え始める。
新作映画『劇場版 魔法少女まどか☆マギカ 〈ワルプルギスの廻天〉』は、2013年に劇場で公開された『[新編] 叛逆の物語』の正統続編。
