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Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings

2012 · 131 min · Director: Yukihiro Miyamoto, Fujiaki Asari, Mamoru Hatakeyama, Takashi Kawabata ★ IMDb 7.6 · 2,090 ratings

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A mysterious creature "Kyubey" offers a young girl named Madoka Kaname the chance to have any one wish granted to her. In exchange she must battle evil creatures named "Witches" at the risk of losing her life.

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Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings (2012) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Anxiety 30%, Sadness 25%, Excitement 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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Each viewer contributes one response, split equally across their selected emotions. When available, an automated estimate supplies a prior that is blended with those responses. Counts include distinct viewers, not automated estimates or archived anonymous votes. Fewer than 3 viewers is an early estimate; more responses do not guarantee certainty.

Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Anxiety, Sadness, Excitement. Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Animation. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Anxiety, Sadness and Excitement. Its IMDb rating of 7.6/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 70/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Sadness
  • Tension
  • Disturbing

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Sadness
Tension
Disturbing
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then rises around 33 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySadnessTensionDisturbing
2.5 %≈ 3′Humor48 %0 %7 %2 %
7.5 %≈ 10′Curiosity51 %3 %25 %8 %
12.5 %≈ 16′Curiosity57 %8 %43 %18 %
17.5 %≈ 23′Curiosity60 %11 %46 %26 %
22.5 %≈ 29′Tension60 %14 %54 %27 %
27.5 %≈ 36′Tension61 %20 %61 %21 %
32.5 %≈ 43′Tension70 %36 %70 %30 %
37.5 %≈ 49′Tension81 %60 %70 %53 %
42.5 %≈ 56′Sadness84 %66 %61 %64 %
47.5 %≈ 62′Tension75 %46 %60 %54 %
52.5 %≈ 69′Tension68 %27 %60 %35 %
57.5 %≈ 75′Tension66 %24 %61 %28 %
62.5 %≈ 82′Tension68 %33 %64 %39 %
67.5 %≈ 88′Disturbing75 %48 %64 %61 %
72.5 %≈ 95′Sadness76 %63 %50 %61 %
77.5 %≈ 102′Sadness76 %75 %41 %49 %
82.5 %≈ 108′Sadness83 %81 %54 %54 %
87.5 %≈ 115′Sadness85 %79 %69 %65 %
92.5 %≈ 121′Tension88 %78 %74 %76 %
97.5 %≈ 128′Sadness92 %83 %70 %85 %
Riches to rags

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

Aoi Yuuki

Madoka Kaname (voice)

Chiwa Saito

Homura Akemi (voice)

Eri Kitamura

Sayaka Miki (voice)

KM
Kaori Mizuhashi

Mami Tomoe / Tatsuya Kaname (voice)

AN
Ai Nonaka

Kyoko Sakura (voice)

EK
Emiri Kato

Kyubey (voice)

RS
Ryoko Shintani

Hitomi Shizuki (voice)

YG
Yûko Gotô

Junko Kaname (voice)

TI
Tetsuya Iwanaga

Tomohisa Kaname (voice)

JI
Junko Iwao

Kazuko Saotome (voice)

SY
Seiko Yoshida

Kyousuke Kamijou (voice)

Nobuo Tobita

Host (voice)

Shin-ichiro Miki

Host (voice)

Yoshitsugu Matsuoka

Nakazawa (voice)

HT
Hideki Tasaka

Kyosuke's Father (voice)

TN
Tomoko Nakamura

Nurse (voice)

SO
Seiro Ogino

Factory Manager (voice)

RO
Rumi Okubo

Girl (voice)

RM
Rei Matsuzaki

Girl (voice)

Ayane Sakura

Girl (voice)

Details

Directed by
Yukihiro Miyamoto, Fujiaki Asari, Mamoru Hatakeyama, Takashi Kawabata
Type
Animation
Released
2012
Runtime
131 min
Country
Japan
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.6 · 2,090 ratings
Feels mostly
Anxiety
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