Is Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica Movie 1: Hajimari no Monogatari good to watch with a friend?
One sitting. Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica Movie 1: Hajimari no Monogatari (Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica the Movie (Part 1): The Story of the Beginning) is a film from Fall 2012 by Shaft Inc.: 1 episodes, about 2.2 hours in total, finished, 8.18/10 across the listing sites.
Watching it together: one sitting. It is a film (about 2.2 hours), so the whole thing fits one evening — the easiest kind of anime to agree on. Rule: type MOVIE → one sitting.
This verdict comes from rules over the title's format, length and tags, not from a review — the rule that fired is named above.
The facts
- Type
- Film
- Episodes
- 1
- Episode length
- 131 min
- Total time
- about 2.2 hours — one evening
- First aired
- Fall 2012
- Status
- Finished
- Studio
- Shaft Inc.
- Score
- 8.18/10 across the listing sites
- Tags
- action, aliens, coming of age, urban fantasy, dark fantasy, drama, fantasy, martial arts, friendship, magic, magical girl, monsters, psychological, school, supernatural, survival, thriller, swordplay, time travel, tragedy, yuri
Data from anime-offline-database (ODbL) as of 2026-07-04; the score is the median of the scores the anime listing sites give it, on a 1–10 scale. Also listed as: Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie (Part 1): The Story of the Beginning; Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part I: The Beginning Story; Magical Girl Madoka Magica Movie 1; Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Au commencement.
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More like this: action · aliens · coming of age · urban fantasy · dark fantasy · drama · fantasy · martial arts · friendship · magic · magical girl · monsters · psychological · school · supernatural · survival · thriller · swordplay · time travel · tragedy · yuri.
Quick answers
- How long does it take to watch all of Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica Movie 1: Hajimari no Monogatari?
- About 2.2 hours — one sitting.
- How many episodes does Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica Movie 1: Hajimari no Monogatari have?
- 1 episode of 131 min.
- Is Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica Movie 1: Hajimari no Monogatari finished?
- Yes, Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica Movie 1: Hajimari no Monogatari is finished (1 episodes), so you can watch the whole thing at your own pace.
- Is Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica Movie 1: Hajimari no Monogatari good for a group?
- Better for two than for a crowd. Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica Movie 1: Hajimari no Monogatari is tagged drama, psychological, tragedy; it rewards paying attention, which a group rarely does.
- Where is Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica Movie 1: Hajimari no Monogatari listed?
- Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica Movie 1: Hajimari no Monogatari is on AniList (id 11977) and MyAnimeList (id 11977); Queue Up keys it by its AniList id and shows it when it is on either of your lists.
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