1. Puella Magi Madoka Magica is a production of studio SHAFT
and Aniplex under Atsuhiro Iwakami as a main producer. The series
was directed by Akiyuki Shinbo and written by Gen Urobuchi with
original character designs by Ume Aoki. Madoka Magica began
development after Akiyuki Shinbo expressed his desire to work on a
new magical girl series after Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha to
producer Atsuhiro Iwakami while they were working on Hidamari
Sketch and Bakemonogatari.
2. Madoka Kaname, the protagonist and title character, is a
gentle and friendly 14 year old girl. Living an ordinary life,
Madoka has a loving family and is surrounded by good friends. One
day she has a dream of a mysterious girl fighting an ominous
creature. The next day, Akemi Homura, the girl from her dream,
comes to her class as a transfer student.
3. Homura Akemi is the deuteragonist of Madoka Magica. She is
first seen by Madoka in a dream of her fighting a monster in a
desolate landscape of skyscrapers. The day after the dream, Homura
has transferred to Madoka's school where she gives her ominous
warnings.
4. Sayaka Miki is a main character and Madoka's best friend.
Like Madoka, she is also a second-year student at Mitakihara Middle
School. Tomboyish, confident, and a little brash, she upholds a
strong sense of justice and adopts a heroic attitude as a magical
girl.
5. Kyoko Sakura is a veteran magical girl who appears to Sayaka
and Madoka in episode 5, but not before making a brief appearance
at the end of episode 4. She is introduced as an abrasive, fiery,
and self-centered girl who fights only for self but later adopts a
more sympathetic outlook. In the spin-off manga Puella Magi Madoka
Magica: The Different Story, Kyoko serves as the main protagonist
alongside Mami Tomoe.
6. Mami Tomoe is a magical girl who rescues Madoka and Sayaka
from a witch in episode 1. She is already contracted to Kyubey and
offers to act as a mentor to the pair should they choose to become
magical girls. She is a powerful veteran who fights with summoned
muskets and ribbons, as well as a ladylike older sister figure who
enjoys tea. Mami, eager to acquire new friends, demonstrates the
glory and heady thrill of magical heroism, but also shows Madoka
and Sayaka the terrible danger inherent in going into the teeth of
a witch's domain. In the spin-off manga Puella Magi Madoka Magica:
The Different Story, Mami serves as the main protagonist alongside
Kyoko Sakura.
7. The negative impulse that is called anxiety or suspicion, or
excessive wrath or hatred = beings that spread the seeds of
disaster across the world. Normally, they conceal themselves behind
barriers.
8. The dessert witch, with a tenacious nature. She desires
everything. She will never give up. Though she is capable of
creating infinite amounts of any dessert she desires, she is unable
to make the cheese that she loves most. One could easily catch her
off-guard with a piece of cheese.
9. The dessert witch's minion. His duty is to search for
cheese. However, one shouldn't expect much from him.
10. The mermaid witch; it is in her nature to fall in love.
Looking for the feeling that moved her so long ago, she moves with
the entire concert hall. Her fortune only turns under the weight of
memories and no longer moves toward the future. Nothing will reach
her any longer. She will come to know nothing more. She simply
allows no one to disturb her minions' playing.
11. The mermaid witch's minion, whose duty is to perform.
Several of them form a hollow orchestra that continually plays
music for the witch. People who listen to their music for long
enough will lose their soul. This orchestra only exists for its
witch; to her, the orchestra is everything.
12. The stage-constructing witch (alias: Walpurgis Night / real
name: unknown); her nature is helplessness. She symbolizes the fool
who continuously spins in circles. The witch's mysteries have been
handed down through the course of history; her appellation is
"Walpurgis Night." She will continue to rotate aimlessly throughout
the world until she completely changes the whole of this age into a
drama. When the doll's usual upsidedown position reaches the top
part of the witch, she completely roils the civilization on the
ground in a flash through her gale-like flight.
13. The stage-constructing witch's minions. Their duty is to be
clowns. Countless souls drawn to her vast magical power. Nobody
knows whether Walpurgis Night was initially a single person, or if
it was a phantom born from the gathering of many spirits.
14. Sources of images and information: Puella magi wiki
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