Puella Magi Madoka☆Magica: The Rebellion Story (劇場版魔法少女まどか☆マギカ叛逆の物語?) is a sequel movie to the original anime series, Puella Magi Madoka☆Magica. The movie can be watched on Prime Video, Vudu, and Apple TV.
Plot[]
Were all the Magical Girls truly saved from despair? Now, the great "Law of Cycles" leads the Magical Girls to their new fate.
Madoka Kaname has changed the world. In this new world, is what the Magical Girls see a world of hope... or despair?
Summary[]
Madoka and the other magical girls reappear at Mitakihara fighting some new creatures born from humans' negative feelings known as "Nightmares" (ナイトメア Naitomea), having no recollection about what previously happened. However, Homura realizes something is amiss and after some investigation recovers her lost memories and realizes that she, Madoka, the other girls and several of their friends are trapped in an alternate version of Mitakihara City inside a witch's barrier. As Homura realizes that the witch is none other than herself, Kyubey appears and reveals that she had fallen into despair. When she was about to become a witch, he isolated her Soul Gem to set a trap for Madoka, hoping to understand and control the Law of Cycles.
However, when Madoka appeared to retrieve Homura, she had forgotten about her duty as the Law of Cycles and her powers, thus Kyubey kept observing her until that point. Having recovered her memories, Homura forces herself to complete the witch transformation at the cost of having her soul destroyed, to protect Madoka from the Incubators. At that moment Sayaka and a new girl named Nagisa Momoe, whose witch form is actually Charlotte—the witch that killed Mami—lead Madoka and the others in breaking the barrier to reach Homura's real body. Madoka recovers her memories and power as the Law of Cycles and reaches for Homura, but the latter releases the curse in her Soul Gem which she reveals is not one of despair, but love. With this power, retaining her human form, Homura suppresses Madoka's powers while transcending into what she considers to be a demon.
Afterwards, Homura captures Kyubey and rewrites reality so he and his kind bear the curses of the world while Madoka can return to a normal life. But Homura realizes that Madoka will eventually remember the truth and regain her divinity, accepting that they might become enemies should that time come. A post-credits scene shows Homura seated in a chair while watching over Mitakihara City and a badly-beaten and anxiety-riddled Kyubey in the vicinity. After dancing over him and staring into the horizon, Homura leans over and falls off a cliff.
Characters[]
Magical Girls[]
- Madoka Kaname / Ultimate Madoka
- Sayaka Miki
- Mami Tomoe
- Kyoko Sakura
- Homura Akemi / Akuma Homura
- Nagisa Momoe
Civilians[]
Witches[]
Other[]
Manga[]
A manga adaption was made for the movie lasting for nine chapters and three volumes (three chapters per volume). It was created by Hanokage, who also made the manga for the original series and they were punlished by Houbunsha starting with the first volume on November 12, 2013, then with the second one on December 12, 2013 and finally on January 10, 2014.
The manga is faithfully following the movie's scenario with the addition of some new scenes.
A manga prequel to The Rebellion Story is published named Puella Magi Madoka☆Magica: Wraith Arc. It explains the events after the anime's finale and before the beginning of The Rebellion Story.
Production[]
The third film is an original story which following the events of the previous films. The film was released in Japanese theaters by Warner Bros. Pictures on October 26, 2013. Special skits featuring characters from the Monogatari series will air prior to the film, with a different skit shown during each week of its screening. The film was screened in North America by Aniplex of America in December of 2013. The film will be released on Blu-ray Disc and DVD with English subtitles on April 2, 2014 in Japan and will be released by Aniplex of America as an import title in North America on April 8, 2014.
Trivia[]
- The song Holy Quintet sings when they fight Hitomi's Nightmare has no official name.
- There are several symbolic references throughout the entirety of the song. Mostly during the solo parts.
- This is the first of the three movies not to re-tell the series' events.
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