This page gathers a collection of other translations regarding the franchise, including:
- Awards
- Blu-Ray booklet interviews
- Official advertisements and extras
- Online interviews
- Official guides, books and games
- Official manga pages with behind-the-scenes information
- Opinion articles and books on Madoka
- Overseas/International Licensing
- Newspaper articles
- Radio and Nico broadcasts
- Source materials confirmed in influencing the making of Madoka
- Storyboards and sketches that are from a non-magazine source.
Please note depending on the chronology of its publication, there may be spoilers.
Please refer to Translated Official Documents for magazine translations.
Please refer to Tweets for related tweets from staff.
If you speak Japanese and would like to help contribute to this collection of translations, there is a wide selection of scans that need translations.
Awards
Cover | Title | Release date | Illustration |
| Animation Kobe 2011 | September 2, 2011 (announcement) | N/a |
Reason for award translated:
- Puella Magi Madoka Magica awarded TV Feature award for 2011. A first for studio Shaft, director Akiyuki Shinbo and screenwriter Gen Urobuchi.
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| NewType Moving Pictures Festival 2011 | October 9, 2011 | N/a |
Awards list translated:
- Puella Magi Madoka Magica sweeps most of the awards in the newly established Newtype x Machi ★ Asobi! The Moving Pictures Festival.
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Blu-Ray Booklets
Cover | Title | Release date | Illustration |
| Blu-Ray Volume 1 Booklet | April 27, 2011 | See linked page |
3 pages translated:
- Director Akiyuki Shinbo on the meaning of "mahou shoujo"
- Interview with Aoi Yuuki (Madoka's seiyuu).
- Ume Aoki's 4koma
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| Blu-Ray Volume 2 Booklet | May 25, 2011 | See linked page |
3 pages translated:
- Director Akiyuki Shinbo on episode 3.
- Interview with Chiwa Saito (Homura's seiyuu).
- Ume Aoki's 4koma
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| Blu-Ray Volume 3 Booklet | June 22, 2011 | See linked page |
3 pages translated:
- Director Akiyuki Shinbo on episode 7.
- Interview with Eri Kitamura (Sayaka's seiyuu).
- Ume Aoki's 4koma
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| Blu-Ray Volume 4 Booklet | July 27, 2011 | See linked page |
3 pages translated:
- Director Akiyuki Shinbo and Gen Urobuchi Conversation 1
- Interview with Ai Nonaka (Kyoko's seiyuu)
- Ume Aoki's 4koma
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| Blu-Ray Volume 5 Booklet | August 24, 2011 | See linked page |
3 pages translated:
- Director Akiyuki Shinbo and Gen Urobuchi Conversation 2
- Interview with Kaori Mizuhashi (Mami's seiyuu)
- Ume Aoki's 4koma
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| Blu-Ray Volume 6 Booklet | September 21, 2011 | See linked page |
4 pages translated:
- Director Akiyuki Shinbo and Gen Urobuchi Conversation 3
- Interview with Emiri Katou (Kyubey's seiyuu)
- Ume Aoki's 4koma
- Ultimate Madoka design notes
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Newspapers
Cover | Title | Release date | Illustration |
| Newspapers 2011 | January to December 2011 | None |
Summary
- Collection of newspaper articles about Madoka for 2011, 3 translated.
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Official Advertisements and Extras
Cover | Title | Release date | Illustration |
| Pre-Broadcast November Advertisement | November 2010 | None |
Summary
- Collection of pre-broadcast televised advertising on the cast, translated.
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| 100 Questions | December 2010 | None |
Summary
- Aniplex's Ani-Com magazine published the first 50 items in a 100 question survey, filled out by Madoka, in December 2010. The second section, containing questions 51-100, was distributed in Comike. Fully translated.
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Official Guides, Books and Games
Cover | Title | Release date | Illustration |
| Mahou Shoujo Madoka☆Magica NitroPlus Novel | August 14, 2011 | TBD |
Summary
- Using the original animation's series composition/script written by Gen Urobuchi, NitroPlus' Hajime Ninomae will be authoring this novel with Yuupon on illustrations. Two volumes.
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| Puella Magi Madoka Magica Official Guidebook "You Are Not Alone" | August 27, 2011 | TBD |
Summary
- 128 pages, chapter titles and a couple short excerpts translated.
- The guidebook will include illustrations, back stories to anime plot and characters and behind-the-scene staff interviews.
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| Puella Magi Madoka Magica Anthology 1 | September 12, 2011 | TBD |
Summary
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| Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable | March 15, 2012 | |
Summary (Interview and promotional event with Q&A with producers and three Madoka seiyuu translated)
- Official PSP Madoka RPG game with Gen Urobuchi collaborating on the project's planning and supervising the scenarios. SHAFT and Gekidan Inu Curry are providing the illustrations.
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| Puella Magi Madoka Magica The Beginning Story | November 24, 2011 | TBD |
Summary
- The complete disclosure of all scenarios of Puella Magi Madoka Magica by Gen Urobuchi, including the Draft 0 that started the whole story.
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Official Manga Sources
Cover | Title | Release date | Illustration |
| Puella Magi Madoka Magica Manga Afterwords | May 30th, 2011 | None |
Summary, both are fully translated
- Volume 1 Afterward from Hanokage discussing differences in designs and the influence from Inu Curry
- Volume 3 Afterward from Hanokage explaining why battle scenes are different between the manga and the anime
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Online Interviews
Opinion Articles and Books on Madoka
Cover | Title | Release date | Illustration |
| Cage Named Maturity | August 2011 | |
Publisher description fully translated.
- A Cage Named "Maturity" -- On "Puella Magi Madoka Magika" - an analysis of Madoka by Kenichi Yamakawa, former finalist in Japan's SF Critics Awards
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| Tiro Finale Book | August 13, 2011, Comic Market 80 | See linked page |
Summary, currently 10 pages translated.
- A "semi-official" Madoka illustration doujin with contributions by dozens of staff from Madoka Magica anime and manga as well as notable figures in anime and manga industry.
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| Super Decryption Madoka Magica | September 15, 2011 | |
Publisher description fully translated.
- Super-Decryption Madoka Magica - Analysis of the anime content, production staff background and how Madoka relates to Battle Royale, Faust, Scandinavian Mythology and Mother Goose.
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| Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Flowers for Magical Girls | October 20, 2011 | Various |
Eureka Special Edition.
- Interviews: Aoi Yuki, Chiwa Saito, Tamaki Saito; Gen Urobuchi, Romeo Tanaka, Yuichi Murakami; Ichishi Ida, Kentaro Nakata, Shiei Nagaoka; Yoshiharu Ishioka, B Ogawa, Nobuyuki Izumi; Minori Ishida, Akihiro Tomita, Sayawaka; Barubora, Mitomo Kanose and Ichishi Ida.
- Illustrations: Takako Shimura, Machiko Kyo, Hideo Azuma; Tomomi Ozaki, Rokura Shinofusa, Daisuke Nishijima; Dowman Sayman and Hirotaka Maeda.
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Overseas/International Licensing
Cover | Title | Release date | Illustration |
| Licensing in Germany | 1st Quarter, 2012 | None |
Information on Madoka's license in Germany. Brief synopsis translation. |
| Licensing in Italy | September 2, 2011 | None |
Information on Madoka's license in Italy. Summary translation. |
| Licensing in USA | TBD | None |
Information on Madoka's license in USA. In English, no translation needed. |
| Licensing in Taiwan | DVD Vol.2: Nov 20, 2011 Manga Vol.2: Oct 7, 2011 | None |
Brief information on Madoka's license in Taiwan. Summary translation. |
Radio and Nico Broadcasts
Cover | Title | Release date | Illustration |
| Eri Kitamura February 2011 Radio Interview | February 2011 | None |
Summary
- Eri Kitamura discussing Sayaka, summary description translated.
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| Nico Anime Character Seminar by Kazuo Koike | August 21, 2011 | None |
Summary
- Highlights of praise for Madoka in the anime character seminar held by the highly respected mangaka and author Kazuo Koike, translated.
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No Cover | TFM Time Line Madoka Radio Discussion | August 21, 2011 | None |
Summary
- Discussion of Puella Magi Madoka Magica as a social phenomenon in Japan. Featuring talk of Madoka presented in newspapers, magazines etc. beyond anime fan interests. Sociologist Shinji Miyadai was a guest to discuss the reasons for this phenomenon.
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Sources Influencing Madoka
Cover | Title | Release date | Illustration |
File:FateZeroV1.jpg | Fate/Zero Volume 1 Postface | 2007 | None |
Summary
- Gen Urobuchi's Fate/Zero Volume 1 Postface, confirmed to be a significant influence in the making of Madoka. It was his work on Fate/Zero that caught the interest of Shaft in choosing him as the writer for Madoka. Fully translated.
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Storyboards and Sketches
Cover | Title | Release date | Illustration |
| Puella Magi Madoka Magica Art Book | June 28, 2011 | See linked page |
Summary, 20 pages translated.
- Artbook with 64 pages of drawings, notes, guidelines and other background material on the anime.
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| Puella Magi Production Note | August 12, 2011 | See linked page |
Summary, 5 pages translated.
- SHAFT, collaborating with graphics designer Milky Isobe, compiled and edited 352 pages of production materials and 144 pages of art by Gekidan Inu Curry. The book set measures 268 x 195 x 47 millimeters (about 10.5 x 7.6 x 1.9 inches) and 1.629 kilograms (3.59 pounds).
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| Storyboards and Sketches | 2011 | See linked page |
Summary, one page translated.
- Storyboards and sketches currently identified as from a miscellaneous collection of sources.
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See also
- Creative Intentions - analysis and speculation on creative intentions of the staff based on documents available
- Confirmed fakes - translation of information which emerged on the Internet, claiming to be official information, but identified as hoaxes afterwards