Madoka Magica Walpurgisnacht Rising Sets North America Screenings For January 16 To 19
The four-day North American run lands roughly five months after the Japanese opening, and Aniplex is using the same panel to put the earlier trilogy on Crunchyroll and Netflix, so the sequel arrives with the back catalog already in place for viewers who have not seen it.
Key Facts
- Puella Magi Madoka Magica The Movie: Walpurgisnacht: Rising screens in North American theaters from January 16 to 19, 2027.
- Tickets for the North American screenings go on sale December 11, 2026, in Japanese with English subtitles and in an English dub.
- Walpurgisnacht: Rising opened in Japan on August 28, 2026, ranked first in its opening weekend and sold 535,000 tickets for 939,647,100 yen in its first three days.
- Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings, Part 2: Eternal and Part 3: Rebellion stream on Crunchyroll starting November 8 and on Netflix starting January 2.
- The trilogy releases on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray on October 15 with cover art by Junichiro Taniguchi and Dolby Atmos audio.
Reporting from 2 sources: Anime News Network, Anime Corner.
Aniplex of America and Fathom Entertainment will screen Puella Magi Madoka Magica The Movie: Walpurgisnacht: Rising in North American theaters from January 16 to 19, 2027, the companies announced at New York Comic Con. Showings will be offered in Japanese audio with English subtitles and in an English dub. Tickets go on sale December 11 at online sellers and participating theater box offices. The film is the official sequel to Puella Magi Madoka Magica The Movie Part 3: Rebellion. Yukihiro Miyamoto directed it, and the returning staff includes chief director Akiyuki Simbo, scriptwriter Gen Urobuchi of Nitroplus, original character designer Ume Aoki, animation character designer Junichiro Taniguchi and composer Yuki Kajiura. The animation studio is SHAFT. Yuki Kajiura's solo project FictionJunction performs the theme song Kanata. In Japan the film opened on August 28, 2026 with IMAX screenings the same day, ranked first in its opening weekend and sold 535,000 tickets for 939,647,100 yen in its first three days.
The announcement at New York Comic Con also covered the three films that lead into the sequel. Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings, Part 2: Eternal and Part 3: Rebellion will start streaming on Crunchyroll on November 8 and on Netflix on January 2, and Crunchyroll adds Latin American Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese dubs on November 15. A 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray set of the trilogy arrives October 15 on the Crunchyroll Store and the MediaOCD store, with new cover art by Junichiro Taniguchi and Dolby Atmos audio; Anime Corner lists the standard retail price as $149.98.
For the new film, Aniplex of America revealed a key visual made for the North American release by Australian artist Namie, whose credits the sources list as Fate/Grand Order and Arknights. Shion Wakayama voices a new magical girl, Shichoka, and Tomoyo Kurosawa voices Selma Therese. Maaya Sakamoto plays an upperclassman called Wasu who resembles Homura but whose real name and identity are unknown. The returning cast includes Aoi Yuki as Madoka Kaname, Chiwa Saito as Homura Akemi, Kaori Mizuhashi as Mami Tomoe, Eri Kitamura as Sayaka Miki, Ai Nonaka as Kyoko Sakura, Kana Asumi as Nagisa Momoe and Emiri Kato as Kyubey.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.