Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica Movie 3: Hangyaku no Monogatari

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Synonyms: Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magika Movie 3, Magical Girl Madoka Magica Movie 3

Japanese: 劇場版魔法少女まどか☆マギカ叛逆の物語

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Type: Movie

Episodes: 1

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Oct 26, 2013

Producers: Aniplex, Mainichi Broadcasting System, Movic, Nitroplus, Houbunsha

Licensors: Aniplex of America

Studios: Shaft

Source: Original

Genres: Award Winning, Drama, Fantasy, Suspense

Themes: Mahou Shoujo, Psychological

Duration: 1 hr. 56 min.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Statistics

Score: 8.48¹ (scored by 226,122 users)

¹ indicates a weighted score.

Ranked: #141²

² based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.

Popularity: #613

Members: 379,435

Favorites: 8,820

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Synopsis

The young girls of Mitakihara happily live their lives, occasionally fighting off evil, but otherwise going about their peaceful, everyday routines. However, Homura Akemi feels that something is wrong with this unusually pleasant atmosphere—though the others remain oblivious, she can't help but suspect that there is more to what is going on than meets the eye: someone who should not exist is currently present to join in on their activities.

Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica Movie 3: Hangyaku no Monogatari follows Homura in her struggle to uncover the painful truth behind the mysterious circumstances, as she selfishly and desperately fights for the sake of her undying love in this despair-ridden conclusion to the story of five magical girls.

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Background

Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica Movie 3: Hangyaku no Monogatari is an original story which takes place after the events of the previous films. The film was released in Japanese theaters by Warner Bros. Pictures on October 26, 2013, with a manga adaptation by Hanokage released by Houbunsha between November 2013 and January 2014.

Rebellion was one of 19 animated films submitted for Best Animated Feature for the 86th Academy Awards, but was not nominated. The film earned 2.25 billion yen in the Japanese box office. Rebellion was nominated for the Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year at the 37th Japan Academy Prize and won the Best Theatrical Film Award at the 19th Animation Kobe Awards.

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Adaptation:	Gekijouban Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica: Shinpen - Hangyaku no Monogatari
Prequel:	Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica, Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica Movie 2: Eien no Monogatari
Other:	Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica Movie 3: Hangyaku no Monogatari - Magica Quartet x Nisioisin
Sequel:	Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica Movie 4: Walpurgis no Kaiten

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Characters & Voice Actors

Akemi, Homura

Main

Saitou, Chiwa
Japanese

Kaname, Madoka

Main

Yuuki, Aoi
Japanese

Sakura, Kyouko

Main

Nonaka, Ai
Japanese

Miki, Sayaka

Main

Kitamura, Eri
Japanese

Tomoe, Mami

Main

Mizuhashi, Kaori
Japanese

Kyuubey

Main

Katou, Emiri
Japanese

Momoe, Nagisa

Main

Asumi, Kana
Japanese

Charlotte

Supporting

Kaname, Junko

Supporting

Gotou, Yuuko
Japanese

Shizuki, Hitomi

Supporting

Shintani, Ryouko
Japanese

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Iwakami, Atsuhiro

Producer

Kubota, Mitsutoshi

Producer

Mori, Yasunori

Producer

Kamiji, Tomoyo

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Opening Theme

"Colorful (カラフル)" by ClariS

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Ending Theme

"Kimi no Gin no Niwa (君の銀の庭)" by Kalafina

Reviews

Jan 17, 2024

Tumanater22

Recommended

Have you ever had such a special connection to a piece of media that you end up perceiving it as not just perfect in general, but perfect for you? That's how I've felt with Madoka Magica and more specifically this movie, Rebellion. Even though I can see myself recommending this movie to many people in my life in the future I doubt that most people will understand just how much I love this film and why. I also understand this movie has its vocal crowd of people that straight up don't agree with how the story's direction was taken and there is a valid discussion ... to be had there. I'm willing to acknowledge that some critiques of this film have legitimate reasoning and validity but even after all of that I always find myself appreciating what I love about what this movie did.

On my first viewing of this movie I was ecstatic to go in and see where they could possibly pick up and continue the amazing 12 episode masterpiece of a series but I was just as confused as I think anyone would be going in and kept rapidly checking for answers. It was around the 20 minute mark where I began to worry about how this movie was going to manage its runtime and explain everything. Thankfully they not only managed it well but I think this movie legitimately uses its runtime perfectly. No scenes are too short or too dragged out, we're given a perfect amount of world building, mystery, action, and character introspection.

The beginning half of this movie is a masterpiece in itself for how it plays on the initial viewer's thoughts and emotions. Once again going into this film was extremely confusing at first given the context of where the story left off previously and the writers were fully aware of this and utilized it so well to play with the viewer's expectations whilst also giving many hints along the way. Up until about 45 minutes in, the viewer is unsure if this movie is actually a continuation or not and neither possibility is ever totally confirmed until Homura finally drops her hair down on the bridge and her theme starts playing in the background, then the film lets you know with most certainty that this is in fact a continuation. Even after multiple rewatches this reveal hits so hard every time, in fact for me personally it only got better and better every time.

Even after that huge reveal we are hit with another mystery to follow for the rest of the middle act of the movie. Following the rest of the movie we get so many amazing character moments and interactions between the girls that just make their already amazing characters even better. Homura in particular was elevated to a god-tier status of a character in my books and is so brilliantly done in this movie. I already had this thought when watching the tv show but this movie definitely proved to me that Homura is sort of the real main character of this series or is at the VERY least the one that drives the majority of the plot. This may change when Walpurgisnacht Rising releases but for now it's very true.

All of that said and I haven't even gotten to the animation, cinematography, or music. While the tv series could be critiqued for its outdated visuals at times (which were majorly fixed in the other two movie adaptations) Rebellion absolutely perfected the visual style of Madoka Magica and there isn't a single bad shot in this film. The screenplay, symbolism, motifs, and just the shots themselves are all off the charts and make me confident in calling this film a masterpiece. To top it all off the music is top notch as per usual with this series and many of the tracks on this ost are in my opinion perfect for this film and elevate every single scene. I already loved the original ost of this series but man there is a good 20 tracks on this movie's ost alone that I think are fucking amazing for many different reasons.

I'll be honest, after watching the tv show I actually did expect this movie to be a 10/10 given how wonderfully written and executed it was I had little worries for this film. What I didn't expect was for this to immediately land in my top 3 films of all time and at the time of me writing this, it may be my all time favorite.

I've gushed for far too long but I love Madoka Magica and I love this movie, I absolutely cannot wait for Walpurgisnacht Rising and I can't imagine having to have waited for it for over a decade. Even if it doesn't surpass Rebellion (which I believe it very much could) this series will forever remain as one of the greatest I ever came across.

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Sep 3, 2022

mateoid

Mixed Feelings

Great anime continued by a weak sequel. Dropped this off by a little past the hour mark and I'm glad I did as it only went donwhill from there. With an overly long beginning, the movie focuses its final hour in attempting to stick two different stories, creating a mess. The world-building, its characters and their relationships completely change, betraying most of what was portrayed in the anime. Plus, the ending is so unsatisfying, the fact there hasn't been a follow-up leads me to believe this is the actual ending of the whole saga, which sucks. Though the great animation and entertainment remains intact, the ...

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Apr 10, 2024

Azope

Not Recommended

This film is a insult to fan of madoka
The serie of maddoka was almost perfect and was close. The end was best ending we need to finish the story.
This film was just made to milk some money and by doing it they soil the ending and the theme of the story.

Overalll the story of the film is a destruction all the serie was etablishing.

The character are the worst version of themselve all the good developement we made beford is send to the garbage bin.

The film is not ending probabily because they have no idea how end it and so fat ( 10 year after ...

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