Madoka Magica Café
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
Dishes and desserts
Witch Runes
Images
Advertisement and Promotional Products
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Advertisement for the Madoka cafe event
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Complementary coasters
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Other goodies
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The front of the Shop Card
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The back of the Shop Card with information
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Your own "Witch's Kiss" in sticker form!
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Advertisement
The Café
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Outside the front entrance
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different angle
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Green Board Menu Advertising Sign
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The other side of Green Board Menu Advertising Sign
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Long line of fans. Reported wait 2.5hrs on day of opening, May 3rd, a public holiday in Japan (part of the Golden Week).
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Inside the cafe
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Another interior view
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Wall of witches
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The most infamous witch from the anime: Charlotte from episode 3
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Not even Charlotte can defeat Gen Urobuchi.
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View at table
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Bathrooms
Drinks and Food
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The menu
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Food and drinks served
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Soul Gem Drinks, each named after an episode in the series with respective Puella Magi color.
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The House Special: Kyubey's Plate and Dessert Witch's Obsession
Merchandise for Display and Items for Sale
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Official merchandise
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More official merchandise
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Homura weapons
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Scripts
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Close-up view of scripts
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An Exchange Notebook where patrons get to draw in it
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Items for sale
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More items for sale
Oversea Good Smile Cafes
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In Taipei
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
- Official website (in Japanese).
- One brave pilgrim decided to visit the holy site and wrote down the experience to be recorded in sacred digital text.
- Another pilgrim visits the Holy Site.
- The Madoka Café on Twitter.