Madoka Magica Film Lands on anan Cover With New Shaft Art
The anan cover signals how the first new Madoka Magica film in 13 years is being promoted as a mainstream cultural event, with a women's magazine featuring anime characters on its cover and drawing on the original production team to make the appeal.
Key Facts
- The anan issue 2510 special edition featuring Madoka Kaname and Homura Akemi on the cover releases on Wednesday, September 2, 2026.
- The cover illustration was drawn by Kazuki Kawada, the main animator for Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Walpurgisnacht: Rising.
- The magazine includes 8 pages of articles with interviews with 8 cast and staff members, including a dialogue between Aoi Yuki and Chiwa Saito.
- The issue is priced at 880 yen and published by Magazine House.
- Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Walpurgisnacht: Rising opened in Japanese theaters on Friday, August 28, 2026.
Reporting from 3 sources: KAI-YOU, Denfaminicogamer, Anime Anime.
The special edition of the weekly magazine anan, issue 2510, will feature Madoka Kaname and Homura Akemi from the anime film Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Walpurgisnacht: Rising on its cover when it hits shelves on Wednesday, September 2, 2026. The cover uses a newly drawn illustration by Kazuki Kawada, the film's main animator, and is credited to the animation studio Shaft. The artwork carries over the cloud imagery from the film's key visual, depicting Madoka in her magical girl form and Homura as a devil smiling gently at each other, with sunlight pouring through gaps in the clouds. The issue includes eight pages of film-related content, headlined by a dialogue between Aoi Yuki, the voice of Madoka Kaname, and Chiwa Saito, the voice of Homura Akemi. It also features solo interviews with new cast members Shion Wakayama and Tomoyo Kurosawa, a dialogue between chief director Akiyuki Shinbo and character designer Ume Aoki, and interviews with scriptwriter Gen Urobuchi and Inu Curry's Doru Nushi, who also drew a new illustration for the issue. The magazine is priced at 880 yen and includes term explanations and character introductions.
- Kazuki Kawada is credited as the film's main animator, and the new cover art is credited to Shaft.
- The cover repeats the cloud imagery of the film's key visual, with blue sky and sunlight pouring through gaps, depicting Madoka in her magical girl form and Homura as a devil smiling at each other.
- The eight-page feature leads with a dialogue between Aoi Yuki (Madoka) and Chiwa Saito (Homura), who have voiced the roles since the 2011 TV series.
- New cast members Shion Wakayama and Tomoyo Kurosawa are each interviewed solo; Wakayama voices Murasaki no Kyō and Kurosawa voices Selma Therese.
- Chief director Akiyuki Shinbo and character designer Ume Aoki appear in a dialogue, with separate interviews for scriptwriter Gen Urobuchi and Inu Curry's Doru Nushi, who also drew a new Madoka and Homura illustration for the issue.
- The issue includes term explanations, character introductions, and sections on animation, story, art, and music; the feature carries a spoiler warning.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 3 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.