Puella Magi Madoka Magica Watch Order (2026 Guide)

Watch the 12-episode TV series, then Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Rebellion, then Walpurgisnacht: Rising. Those three are the main story. The compilation films Beginnings and Eternal and the three seasons of Magia Record are optional.

Start with the 2011 TV series, Puella Magi Madoka Magica. It is 12 episodes and tells a complete story. Rebellion and Walpurgisnacht: Rising are both set after its ending, and Magia Record assumes you know how its world works.

Yes for the first two. Beginnings covers TV episodes 1 to 8 and Eternal covers episodes 9 to 12, with re-recorded dialogue and some new animation but no new plot, so the pair can replace the TV series. Rebellion and Walpurgisnacht: Rising are different: both are all-new sequels, not recaps.

Yes, if you want the whole main story. Rebellion is a 116-minute film released in October 2013, set after the final TV episode, and Walpurgisnacht: Rising is its direct sequel. The TV series does tell a complete story by itself, so stopping after episode 12 is also a valid place to end.

It opened in Japanese theaters on August 28, 2026, after several delays; it was originally scheduled for 2024. It runs about 120 minutes and is the direct sequel to Rebellion. In the United States it opens on January 16, 2027 for a four-day run through Fathom Entertainment, with both subtitled and English-dubbed showings. No streaming release has been announced.

No. Magia Record is a spin-off based on a mobile game, with its own lead, Iroha Tamaki, in a different city. It runs 25 episodes across three seasons: 13, then 8, then a 4-episode Final Season. It does not continue the story of the films. A recap special numbered episode 20.5 aired during Season 2 on September 19, 2021; it has no new material and is not listed here.

A four-minute concept film first shown on November 27, 2015. It is not an episode or a sequel: it was made to launch a new project, and its ideas became the basis for Walpurgisnacht: Rising. It is not part of the watch order.

The main story takes about 9 hours: 12 episodes of roughly 24 minutes, plus Rebellion at 116 minutes and Walpurgisnacht: Rising at about 120 minutes. The two compilation films add another 4 hours, and the 25 episodes of Magia Record add about 10 more.

Yes. The TV series has an English dub released by Aniplex of America in 2012, with Christine Marie Cabanos as Madoka and Cristina Valenzuela as Homura. Beginnings, Eternal and Rebellion also have English dubs; the dubbed Rebellion arrived on April 7, 2015. Walpurgisnacht: Rising will have English-dubbed showings in its US theatrical run in January 2027. Magia Record is dubbed for all three seasons: the first streamed on Funimation in 2020 and the other two were added to Crunchyroll in September 2022.

No. Madoka Magica is an original anime, not an adaptation, so there is no source material for the episodes to stray from. All 12 TV episodes and both sequel films are part of the story as written.

The TV series streams on Crunchyroll, and Magia Record is on both Crunchyroll and Netflix in the United States. Rebellion is not on a subscription service in the US and is available to rent or buy digitally. Walpurgisnacht: Rising has no streaming release yet; its US theatrical run begins on January 16, 2027. Availability varies by country.

The TV series ended on April 22, 2011, and Magia Record ended with its Final Season on April 3, 2022. Walpurgisnacht: Rising, released in August 2026, is the latest entry. No further anime has been announced, and neither Aniplex nor Shaft has said whether Rising is the last film.

No. It is an original anime, and the manga are adaptations and spin-offs. The three-volume manga by Hanokage retells the TV series and is published in English by Yen Press.