Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable PSP Promo

The first promo of the upcoming Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable game for the PSP has been released in their official website! The promo features the gameplay, and the new animation sequences made especially for the game.


The game is available in Regular Contract Pack for 6480 yen that contains the game and a DVD with the same contents from the Blu-ray Edition and is also available in Limited Contract Box.

The Limited Contract Box is available for 11900 yen it contains the game, Madoka Kaname Figma School Uniform Version, a special Blu-ray Disc, a Kyubey-shaped pouch, HomuHomu handkerchief, a special clear card and a box illustrated by SHAFT and this version will be limited to the number of orders received.

And to those who will pre-order either of the two editions, you will receive a bonus film strip of the newly created transformations scenes for the game and a custom PSP theme code. Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable is to be released this March 15, 2012 for the PSP.

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JAM Project Cosplays Madoka Magica?!

It seems that Puella Magi Madoka Magica's popularity has reached new heights! Recently, three members of the ever manly JAM Project posted themselves cosplaying as characters from the said anime! Wait, what?!

Hiroshi Kitadani (left) posted the picture in his blog along with fellow group members, Hironobu Kageyama (center) and Masaaki Endoh (right) which depicts them consplaying as Madoka Kanamer, Mami Tomoe and Homura Akemi, respectively. As for their fans who are worried about them, don't worry, they also cosplayed other characters.

Source: Hachima Kikō via Anime News Network

Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable Update

We have previously reported that Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable for the PSP is on the works and recently, Famitsu posted screens and additional details about the game! In the addition, the official website for the game is now open.

Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable is an adventure/dungeon RPG game being developed by Bandai Namco Games in collaboration with Nitro+. The producers are Yusuke Tomizawa (God Eater) and Nitro+'s Yoshinao Doi (Steins;Gate). Anime scenario writer Gen Urobuchi is credited with project assistance and scenario supervision. SHAFT is in charge of animation production for the game while Gekidan Inukare are credited with design assistance for the witch designs they are providing for the game.

Adventure Mode

Dungeon Mode

The adventure part of the game is where the story progresses and where you talk to the characters in fully voiced scenes as you make choices on the map, leading you to the 3D dungeon RPG part where you take your magical girl(s) and take down the witch and her familiars.

The story is based on the anime, but also contains parts that were not in the anime, including a new witch. Depending on choices in game, there are multiple scenarios and multiple endings. Some situations may have possible outcomes which differ from that of the anime.

There are two new transformation scenes being animated by SHAFT for the game in addition to other scenes from the anime which will be included. One is for Madoka, which was not shown in the anime, and a new one for Homura while wearing glasses.

The game will be released March 15th, 2012 in Regular Contract Pack for 6480 yen that contains the game and a DVD with the same contents from the Blu-ray Edition. The game is also available in Limited Contract Box for 11900 yen.

The edition contains the game, Madoka Kaname Figma School Uniform Version, a special Blu-ray Disc, a Kyubey-shaped pouch, HomuHomu handkerchief, a special clear card and a box illustrated by SHAFT and this version will be limited to the number of orders received. Pre-orders for this release is now available on Play-Asia!

And to those who will pre-order either of the two editions, you will receive a bonus film strip of the newly created transformations scenes for the game and a custom PSP theme code. Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable is to be released this March 15, 2012 for the PSP.

Source: Famitsu via Crunchyroll News

Madoka Magica Portable PSP Game Announced!

The 500th issue of Dengeki PlayStation magazine will announce that Puella Magi Madoka Magica will have an adventure dungeon role-playing game for the PSP and it set to be released this March 15, 2012!

Yusuke Tomizawa (God Eater) and Yoshinao Doi (Steins;Gate, Madoka Magica) are producing the Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable game, and the anime's head writer Gen Urobuchi (Fate/Zero) is collaborating on the project's planning and supervising the scenario. Bandai Namco Games will publish this new game while studio SHAFT will be in-charge with the animation like they did with the original anime.

It is rumored that the game will feature new witches, Mami having new special attacks and the first person is not Madoka Kaname, the protagonist of the original anime.

Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable will be released in Standard Editions priced at 6480 yen and Limited Editions which includes a Figma, handkerchief, illustration collection and much more freebies priced at 11900 yen.

Source: Yaraon! via Anime News Network, moetron, MyAnimeList

5 Anime BD Titles Sold 10,000+ Units in Same Week!

Five BluRay Disc volumes from different anime series each sold over 10,000 copies on Oricon's sales chart for the May 23-29 week! Puella Magi Madoka Magica's 2nd Limited Edition Volume topped the chart with 54,000 units sold.

Infinite Stratos Volume 2 debuted at number 2 with 23,000 units sold. Below the top two was the sixth volume of Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai with about 16,000 units sold, followed by Tiger & Bunny's first volume with about 15,000. Finally, the fourth volume of Toaru Majutsu no Index II sold about 11,000.

Source: Mantan Web via Anime News Network