Madoka Magica Café

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The Madoka Magica Café was an event that took place in Good Smile Café, a café specializing in otaku culture. Located in Matsudo-chi, Chiba prefecture, it was entirely devoted to the Madoka universe: signs and interior decorations, but also special food served for the occasion, official merchandise for display with some items available for purchase.

The event took place from May 3rd until July 18th, 2011. Because of its popularity, with waits commonly exceeding 2-3 hours according to cafe twitters [1], the event was extended to August 14, 2011. The Madoka Magica cafe event ended on August 14, 2011. The cafe is now continuing with normal operations.

Special Menu

In addition to their regular menu of traditional dishes and drinks, the café offers a "special menu" of Madoka-themed dishes for the event. Note that at times items were sold-out or otherwise not available.

Soul Gem Drinks

There's no way I'd regret this (後悔なんて、あるわけない)

Available from May 24th until June 12th

Blue drink, a reference to Sayaka.
Content yet unknown
Sold 350 yens
I'll never allow that (そんなの、あたしが許さない)

Available from May 24th until June 12th

Kyoko's drink. Red colored.
Content yet unknown
Sold 350 yens
That sounds wonderful (それはとっても嬉しいなって)

Available from May 3rd till May 22nd and from June 13th till July 10th

Pink-colored Madoka drink
Tropical peach flavor (トロピカルピーチ味)
Sold 350 yens
I'm not afraid of anything anymore (もう何も怖くない)

Available from May 3rd till May 22nd

Mami's drink. Yellow.
Mango flavor (マンゴー味)
Sold 350 yens
My best friend (わたしの最高のともだち)

Available from June 13th until July 10th

Homura's drink. A suspicious dark drink.
Content yet unknown
Sold 350 yens

Dishes and desserts

Kyubey's plate (キュゥべぇプレート)

Available starting May 3rd.

Did you ever rage so much by seeing Kyubey's face that you wanted to eat him? Now is your chance to do so!
Home made hashed beef with rice (自家製ハヤシライス)
Sold 850 yens
Dessert witch's obsession dessert (お菓子の魔女の執着デザート)

Available starting May 3rd. Usually sold out.

A dessert plate with Charlotte's face on it.
Chocolate rollcake (チョコレートロールケーキ)
Sold 700 yens.

Witch Runes

Image Transcription Explanation/Translation Item
[Archaic]
CAFE DU
MADOKA
MAGICA

Cafe du Madoka Magica
This is supposed to mean "Madoka Magica Café" in French, but there is a grammatical error.

The "du" article can be used only as a possessive for a male possessor, i.e. the grammar used implies male grammatical gender for "Madoka Magica".

The back of the Shop Card, with information about the surrounding area.
[Archaic]
PUELLA MAGI
Puella Magi
The text below the Witch Runes reads 「魔法少女」 (Mahō Shōjo), meaning "Magical Girl". The ladies' bathroom sign
[Modern]
incubator
Incubator
The text below the Witch Runes reads 「インキュベーター」 (inkyubētā), which is "incubator" spelled in Japanese katakana. The gentlemen bathroom
[Archaic]
CAFE DU
MADOKA
MAGICA

Cafe du Madoka Magica
This is a failed attempt at french for "Madoka Magica Cafe".
The grammar error here is that "du" is only used as a possessive for a male possessor, i.e. the sentence litterally translates to "Cafe of the Madoka Magica" (with the implication that Madoka is a male).
  • The signs are written in singular rather than seemingly more appropriate plural form. This is probably because the Japanese language does not have a concept of singular and plural forms, so both are identical.

Images

The Café

Drinks and Food

Merchandise for Display and Items for Sale

Oversea Good Smile Cafes

Start of a New Madoka-Themed Cafe

According to sources, a collaboration between figure company Good Smile and a karaoke chain Tetsujin Keikaku will be starting a figure cafe in Akihabara and the first project is Madoka Cafe. It started from Oct 28 and ran for 3 months.

They now have an oversea cafe in Taipei, opening at Dec 18, 2011. The theme of the first season is Magical girls.

There may be future ones open in more countries, possibly Thailand and Singapore in the future.

See also