Disambiguation
Original game series → Magia Record
Story
Iroha Tamaki, a junior high school student in Takarazaki City, spends her days fighting witches as a Magical Girl.
However, Iroha has forgotten what her wish was when she became a Magical Girl.
One day, Iroha hears a rumour from Kuroe, a Magical Girl with whom she interacts, that if she goes to Kamihama, Magical Girls will be saved.
In the midst of a battle against the witches she encountered, Iroha unexpectedly came to Kamihama...
Overview
The Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story (マギアレコード 魔法少女まどか☆マギカ外伝) is an animation series based on the game series of the Magia Record.
It was announced on 1 September 2018 within the Magia Day 2018 event that the series would be adapted into a TV anime.
The first season of the TV anime series was broadcast from January to March 2020.
Animation production is by Shaft. General director and script writer is Gekidan Inu Curry, while Akiyuki Shinbo, who directed the TV anime and the theatre version of "Puella Magi Madoka Magica"(PMMM), is working on the production as an Animation Supervisor.
The opening theme song is sung by TrySail, the same as in the game version, and the ending theme song is by ClariS, who sang the theme song in PMMM.
The second season - The Eve of Awakening (マギアレコード 魔法少女まどか☆マギカ外伝 2nd SEASON -覚醒前夜-) was broadcast from the end of July (or beginning of August) to September 2021. Prior to this, a compilation of the first season and a special program were broadcast. The second season has a total of eight episodes.
The final season - Dawn Of A Shallow Dream (マギアレコード 魔法少女まどか☆マギカ外伝 Final SEASON -浅き夢の暁-) was then broadcast on 3 April 2022. It was four episodes in total, but was broadcast all at once on the same day, following the postponement of the broadcast from the original schedule for the end of 2021.
In the TV anime, as well as the main characters well-known from the game version, such as Team Mikazuki Villa and Momoko's Team, a new anime-original character, Kuroe, is introduced.
The theme of this work focuses on how ordinary magical girls live, what relationships between magical girls are like, and what form magical girl population take as a society. For this reason, compared to PMMM, this work has more of an ensemble dramatic nature, with many magical girl characters, although the story is centred on the story of Iroha Tamaki.
While the screenplay for the anime series is based on the script of the original game version, it has been boldly restructured and has a completely different ending.
Stuff
- Original work - MagicaQuartet
- Chief director - Gekidan Inu Curry (Doroinu)
- Series composition - Gekidan Inu Curry (Doroinu) (1st and 2nd season), Katsuhiko Takayama (2nd season)
- Main character draft - Ume Aoki
- Assistant director (1st season) → Director (2nd season) - Yukihiro Miyamoto
- Character Design and Chief Animation Director - Junichiro Taniguchi
- Chief Animation Director - Nobuhiro Sugiyama, Hiroki Yamamura → Yoshiaki Ito, Rina Iwamoto
- Action director - Takashi Hashimoto (1st season)
- Main animators - Yoshiaki Ito, Akihisa Takano, Kana Miyai (1st season) → Akihisa Takano, Kana Miyai, Kazuki Kawada, Hiroto Nagata (2nd season)
- Art direction - Ken Naito
- Color designer - Hitoshi Hibino
- Editing - Rie Matsubara
- CG director - Hisato Shima
- Director of photography - Koji Tsuchiya → Rei Egami
- Script co-operation - Elswear (1st season)
- Music - Takumi Ozawa
- Sound Director - Yota Tsuruoka
- Animation Supervisor - Akiyuki Shinbo
- Animation Production - Shaft
- Production - Magia Record Anime Partners
Character & Cast
- Iroha Tamaki (CV - Momo Asakura)
- Yachiyo Nanami (CV - Sora Amamiya)
- Tsuruno Yui (CV - Shiina Natsukawa)
- Felicia Mitsuki (CV - Ayane Sakura)
- Sana Futaba (CV - Yui Ogura)
- Momoko Togame (CV - Mikako Komatsu)
- Kaede Akino (CV - Ayaka Ohashi)
- Rena Minami (CV - Kaori Ishihara)
- Kuroe (CV - Kana Hanazawa)
Music
Theme Songs
First Season
- Opening Theme - "Gomakashi" (ごまかし) by TrySail
- Ending Theme - "Alethea" (アリシア) by ClariS
- Ending Theme (Episode 13) - "Nigredo" (ニグレド) by Shito
Second Season
- Opening Theme - "Careless" (ケアレス) by ClariS
- Ending Theme - "Lapis" by TrySail
Final Season
- Ending Theme - "Orugōru" (オルゴール, 'music box') by ClariS×TrySail
Insert Songs
- Uwasa Kazoe Uta (ウワサ数え唄, 'Rumor Counting Song') by Emiri Katō
- Kokuhou High End (国宝ハイエンド, 'National Treasure High End') by Sayuki Fumino (Machiko)
Image Songs
All of these are image songs for the third season, included on the BD/DVD of the third season. Of these, "Senkou" was used in an instrumental version as the ending theme for the third episode of the third season.
- Senkou (閃光, 'Flashlight') by ReReGRAPHICS
- Q by ReReGRAPHICS
- ablaze by ReReGRAPHICS
Episode List
First Season "Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story"
| Episode | Episode Title | Original Title(Japanese) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Have You Heard? That Rumor About the Magical Girls | やぁやぁ、知ってる？魔法少女のその噂 |
| 2 | It's Proof of the End of a Friendship | それが絶交証明書 |
| 3 | Sorry for Making You My Friend | 友達にしてごめんね |
| 4 | This Isn't the Past | 過去じゃないです |
| 5 | There's No Place for You Here | あなたが割って入る隙間なんてないんですよ？ |
| 6 | I'll Do Anything | なんだってしてやるよ |
| 7 | I Want to Go Home with You | 一緒に帰りたい |
| 8 | You Definitely Shouldn't Respond | 絶対に返信しちゃだめよ |
| 9 | A World with Just Me | 私しかいない世界 |
| 10 | My Name | 私の名前 |
| 11 | Memory Museum at 3:00 PM | 約束は午後三時、記憶ミュージアムにて |
| 12 | Why Is This So Unbearable? | どうしてこんなにみじめなんですか |
| 13 | A Faint Hope | たったひとつの道しるべ |
Second Season "Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story 2nd SEASON - The Eve of Awakening"
| Episode | Episode Title | Original Title(Japanese) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | I Had a Feeling We Could All Become Magical Girls Together | みんなでなら魔法少女になれる気がしたの |
| 2 | You're Nothing Like Me | あなたとは少しも似てなんかいない |
| 3 | There Were Too Many To Carry | 持ちきれないほどあったでしょ |
| 4 | Are You Okay With That? | お前はそれでいいのかよ |
| 5 | I Won't Forgive Anybody | もう誰も許さない |
| 6 | This Is Something Only I Can Do | 私にしかできないことです |
| 7 | You Don't Know Anything | 何も知らないじゃない |
| 7.5 | Special Episode | 2nd SEASON特別編 |
| 8 | You're Not Strong | 強くなんかねーだろ |
Third Season "Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story Final SEASON - Dawn Of A Shallow Dream"
| Episode | Episode Title | Original Title(Japanese) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | We Failed | 僕たちは失敗した |
| 2 | All the Girls Disappearing | やがて消えゆく少女たちよ |
| 3 | How Long Do We Continue Being Magical Girls? | いつまで魔法少女を続けなきゃいけないの？ |
| 4 | No One Knows Our Record | 誰も知らない、私たちの記録 |
Differences from the game version
The story of the anime series is based on the script of the original game version, but reconstructed so that the story is complete only in the anime. In the anime version, several settings are different and the story of Iroha Tamaki, the protagonist, has a different ending.
Before the broadcast, the general director, Gekidan Inu Curry (Doroinu), stated in an interview that the anime version would not be completely different from the game version, although the detailed settings were slightly changed so that the story could be completed by watching only the TV anime version.
In fact, in the first season of the anime, the only major difference from the game version can be seen in the first episode, and the story from episode 2 onwards generally follows the content of the first arc of the game version, from chapter 1 to the middle of episode 6, chapter 6.
In the second season of the sequel series, the situation is changed somewhat. The first episode of the second season is based on the first chapter of the game version and begins with a merging of the events of the third episode of the sixth chapter of the first arc of the game version's Another Story, with Madoka and Homura making a full appearance. The only change was that Mami's position in the game version was changed to Sayaka in the anime. However, the story from the end of the first episode onwards, while based on the content from the game version's episode 7 of chapter 6, developed in an unique way, with the anime's own interpretation of the story and changes to the settings.
In the final season, while some of the events that took place in the story were retained, most of the storylines turned into dramatically and explicitly different ones, finally reaching a rather tragic ending to the story.
Iroha Tamaki failed to save the irreplaceable magical girls immediately in front of her, and the disaster that visited Kamihama City destroyed their city, and she was unable to accomplish her original purpose.
Thus, contrary to the interview content prior to the broadcast, the ending was very different from that of the game version, and as a result, it caused a controversial reaction amongst the viewing population.
Regarding this, Gekidan Inu Curry (Doroinu) said, "The anime version of Magireco is a form of complementing the only universe of the app version of Magireco by projecting a part of it inside the Law of Cycles." according to a tweet.
The story of Magia Record in the anime version could be said to be the story of a failed revolution by magical girls who have been nobody.
Related Videos
TV Anime Trailer 1
TV Anime Trailer 2
Final SEASON -Dawn of a Shallow Dream- Trailer
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