Madoka Magica Walpurgisnacht Rising Reveals Maaya Sakamoto Role
The casting reveal lands after the film already opened and took the top spot in its opening weekend, so the announcement is filling in a character the audience has seen but cannot name.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
Maaya Sakamoto plays the unnamed upperclassman known as Wasu in Puella Magi Madoka Magica The Movie: Walpurgisnacht: Rising, the sequel to the Rebellion film. The character looks like Homura, and the film has not given her true name. The film opened in theaters on August 28, ranked at #1 in its opening weekend, and sold 535,000 tickets for 939,647,100 yen in its first three days.
Sakamoto voices a character the film leaves unnamed, an upperclassman called Wasu who looks like Homura. No one in the film knows her real name or identity. The role was announced on Saturday, after the film opened in theaters on August 28 and ranked at #1 in its opening weekend.
Yukihiro Miyamoto directed. Shion Wakayama voices the new magical girl Shichōka and Tomoyo Kurosawa voices Selma Therese, while Aoi Yūki, Chiwa Saitō, Kaori Mizuhashi, Eri Kitamura, Ai Nonaka, Kana Asumi and Emiri Katō return. FictionJunction performs the theme song "Kanata."
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