Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie -Walpurgisnacht: Rising- is coming to theaters in the United States. Aniplex of America and Fathom Entertainment announced at New York Comic Con that the film will run exclusively in U.S. cinemas from January 16 to 19, 2027, in both subtitled and English dubbed versions.
Tickets go on sale online on December 11, 2026, and will also be available at participating theater box offices.
The film is the official sequel to Puella Magi Madoka Magica The Movie Part 3: Rebellion, which makes this the first continuation of the main story in years. It was delayed more than once along the way. It was originally planned for a winter 2024 opening in Japan before landing on an August 28, 2026 premiere there, so the U.S. run arrives roughly five months after the Japanese one.
A theatrical window, not a full release
The January dates are a limited run spread across four days, which is how Aniplex and Fathom usually handle anime films outside Japan. Anyone who wants to see it on a big screen will need to catch it during that window, and the December 11 ticket date is the one worth putting on a calendar.
Aniplex also revealed an exclusive U.S. visual for the film drawn by the artist Namie.
The original trilogy is coming to streaming
The panel came with more than one announcement. The precursor movie trilogy, made up of Part 1: Beginnings, Part 2: Eternal, and -Rebellion-, will debut on Crunchyroll on November 8 and on Netflix on January 2. The three films will be available in Latin American Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese dubs for the first time starting November 15.
The trilogy is also getting an Ultra HD Blu-ray package. Pre-orders are open now on Crunchyroll and MediaOCD, and the set features package art by character designer Junichiro Taniguchi. It releases on October 15 at a standard retail price of $149.98.
That sequence is worth reading closely. The trilogy hits Crunchyroll a few weeks before the new film reaches U.S. theaters, and Netflix a couple of weeks before the theatrical run ends. Anyone who has never seen the earlier movies can catch up in time, which is almost certainly the point.
Why it matters
Madoka Magica has kept a devoted audience since the original 2011 series, and the delays to Walpurgisnacht: Rising turned it into one of the most waited-on anime films in recent memory. The Japanese release already showed there is demand. A coordinated U.S. run with the trilogy arriving on streaming right before it is a deliberate way to pull in both old fans and people who are new to the series.
The quiet strength of the plan is that it does not assume everyone remembers the story from a decade ago. It gives viewers a path to catch up first.
For more physical releases, see our report on MediaOCD’s deal to sell select Aniplex of America anime on Blu-ray.
Source: Anime Corner
Featured image: Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie -Walpurgisnacht: Rising- visual, via Aniplex of America / Anime Corner.
