Have You Heard? The Rumor About Magical Girls (やぁやぁ、知ってる？魔法少女のその噂 Ya~a Ya~a, Shitteru? Mahō Shōjo no Sono Uwasa?) is the first episode of the Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story anime. It first aired on January 4th, 2020.
Summary[]
Iroha Tamaki, a student in Takarazaki City, has been battling Witches as a Magical Girl. However, Iroha can’t seem to remember the wish she made when she became a Magical Girl.
One day, she hears a rumor from another Magical Girl, Kuroe, that Magical Girls can be saved if they go to Kamihama City. During a battle with a Witch, Iroha unexpectedly finds herself in Kamihama but…
Major Events[]
- Iroha Tamaki and her parents, Yachiyo Nanami, Kuroe, Ui Tamaki, Kyubey and Small Kyubey make their first appearances.
- Iroha and Kuroe meet Yachiyo for the first time.
- Kuroe and Iroha's wishes as revealed as: "I want to go out with the person I like" and "please... cure Ui's disease" respectively.
- Iroha remembers that she has a little sister named Ui Tamaki.
- It is revaled that if a Witch enters another Witch's Labyrinth, they will fight regardless if there are Magical Girls around.
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Trivia[]
- Kuroe is revealed to have had a boyfriend in the past.
- Episode 1 and 23 are the only episodes to screen Iroha's parents.
- The passport Iroha's father holds is identical to the Magia Passport that is offered in the game except it's green like a Japanese passport rather than pink.
- Iroha's mother is voiced by Fumi Morisawa, Iroha's father is voiced by Naoyuki Shimozuru and her teacher is voiced by Michiko Kaiden. The unnamed students in Takarazaki First Middle School are voiced by Emiri Suyama, Larissa Takeda Tago, Rie Kawamura, Riho Sugiyama, Saki Miyashita and Satsuki Miyahara.
- According to the guidebook, the clock in Iroha's house foreshadows the events for the entire season:
- 1 is colored pink, which resembles its focus around Iroha Tamaki.
- 2 and 3 are colored light blue, which resemble their focus around Rena Minami.
- 4 and 5 are colored dark blue, which resemble their focus around Yachiyo Nanami.
- 6 and 7 are colored purple, which resemble their focus around Felicia Mitsuki.
- 8 to 10 are colored green, which resemble their focus around Sana Futaba.
- 11 and 12 are colored white, which resemble their focus around Mifuyu Azusa.
- The potted flowers on the table behind Ui in her room is called Edelweiss. In Hanakotoba, Edelweiss represents "an important memory".
- Small Kyubey sings Uwasa Kazoe Uta when in Zenobia's Labyrinth.
- In the English dub, the song is replaced with a translated version while the Russian version keeps the Japanese version.