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Il nuovo progetto originale di Doga Kobo (Tada Never Falls in Love, Plastic Memories) è in mano a Ryohei Takeshita (Eromanga Sensei), che sta dirigendo il tutto dietro una sceneggiatura ad opera di Yuki Yaku, l'autore della novel Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki.
On Sunday, at Aniplex Online Fest 2023, Aniplex revealed a new teaser trailer for Puella Magi Madoka Magica The Movie: -Walpurgisnacht Rising- (Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica: Walpurgis no Kaiten).
The trailer revealed that the anime film, which continues the Puella Magi Madoka Magica main timeline after the events of the 2013 film Rebellion, will debut theatrically in Japan in Winter 2024.
Aniplex also revealed a new key visual for the film and announced that director Yukihiro Miyamoto, who directed the original 2011 television anime series, its two film adaptation, Rebellion, and spin-off Magia Record is returning for Walpurgisnacht: Rising at SHAFT.
He is joined by the previously revealed staff, including the original creators Magica Quartet, chief director Akiyuki Simbou, writer Gen Urobuchi (Nitroplus), and character designer Aokiume. Additional returning staff includes character animation designer Junichiro Taniguchi, who served as Chief Animation Director on previous projects, parallel world designer Gekidan InuCurry (Doroinu), who created the iconic, unique looks of the Witches Labyrinths, and composer Yuki Kajiura.
All of the original Japanese main voice cast from the series and Rebellion are set to reprise their roles:
Aoi Yuki as Madoka Kaname
Chiwa Saito as Homura Akemi
Kaori Mizuhashi as Mami Tomoe
Eri Kitamura as Sayaka Miki
Ai Nonaka as Kyouko Sakura
Kana Asumi as Nagisa Momoe
Emiri Kato as Kyubey
The anime was originally announced back in 2021, but in 2019 at Anime Expo, Homura's voice actress, Chiwa Saito, foreshadowed the sequel, saying that "the actual series has not ended yet" and that she was looking forward to everyone seeing Devil Homura, a reference to the ending of Rebellion, again.
Puella Magi Madoka Magica aired in 2011 to critical and audience acclaim. It became a cultural phenomenon and spawned two movie adaptations, Beginnings and Eternal, the sequel film Rebellion, and multiple manga and video game spin-offs. It is credited with popularizing mixing dark, postmodern tropes with the magical girl genre.
Kyoko Sakura drawn by Junichiro Taniguchi, who is the chief animation director for Puella Magi Madoka☆Magica. He is also the character designer for the Madoka Magica Movies.
Hey I noticed you have alot of art books and I was wondering which ones are your favorites/ you think helped influence your style- rainbow anon
Hello again, Rainbow!
Oh what are my favorite books.....damn that's tough. Honestly, my favorites in my collection are Uchida Masayasu's books which are not animation focused at all (he's a paper collage artist). Generally speaking, I enjoy books specifically about background design 'cause I love seeing worlds that feel lived in. Maybe that's a bit unexpected haha.
As for books that influenced my own work hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.....
I think it's a strange mix of Sushio(Trigger/Gainax), Junichiro Taniguchi (Madoka Magica), Yōjirō Arai (Penguin Highway), Atusko Nozaki (Ousama Ranking) Masayoshi Tanaka (Anonhana, Toradora) along with influences from American shows like ATLA and Steven Universe that sort of created this weird....I guess you can call it a style haha. I own so many books from those artists/shows so I don't think it's too far-fetched to say that's what influences my work. I'm always looking at so much art that sometimes I just don't remember haha. But I would say those are the main tentpoles that influence my design choices (from characters to even color design).
I hope that answered your question!
Sayaka Miki drawn by Junichiro Taniguchi, who is the chief animation director for Puella Magi Madoka☆Magica. He is also the character designer for the Madoka Magica Movies.