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Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story Anime Debuts Season 2 on July 31, 'Final Season' at End of 2021

The official website for the Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story television anime announced on Thursday that the second season titled Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story 2nd Season -Kakusei Zenya- (Eve of Awakening) will premiere on July 31. The website also announced that the third and final season, which has the subtitle Final Season -Asaki Yume no Akatsuki- (Dawn of Light Dreams), will debut at the end of 2021. The second season's trailer reveals and previews the ending theme song "Lapis" by TrySail:

The anime's second season will premiere on TOKYO MX, Tochigi TV, Gunma TV, and BS11 on July 31 at 12:00 a.m. JST (effectively, August 1)

ClariS will perform the opening theme song "Careless."

Compilations of the first season will air for three weeks prior to the second season's debut, starting on July 3. In addition, the second season will get a special program on July 24.

The original game's story, a spinoff of the Puella Magi Madoka Magica anime, takes place in the burgeoning city of Kamihama. Guided by a strange power, magical girls gather in this town and battle with a new power drawn from witches. Iroha Tamaki arrives in this town and joins other magical girls to search for her missing younger sister Ui. Before long, Homura Akemi also arrives in the town. "If I can understand the mystery of this town, maybe I can save Kaname."

The first anime season premiered in Japan on January 4, 2020 at 24:00 (effectively January 5 at 12:00 a.m.). The anime's initial home video schedule had listed 13 episodes.

Funimation, Crunchyroll, and HIDIVE streamed the first Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story season as it aired. Funimation began streaming the anime in Japanese with English subtitles on January 4, 2020. Crunchyroll began streaming the anime that January 11, and new episodes premiere a few days after they air in Japan. HIDIVE began streaming the anime in the U.S. and Canada also that January 11, and new episodes streamed on Saturdays.

The first season's cast and staff are returning for the second season.

Gekidan Inu Curry (Doroinu) is serving in both the chief director and series script supervisor roles. Puella Magi Madoka Magica series director Yukihiro Miyamoto is returning to serve as assistant director. Madoka Magica chief animation director Junichirō Taniguchi is also returning in the same role, plus serving as character designer. Takumi Ozawa is composing the music. Puella Magi Madoka Magica director Akiyuki Simbo is returning from Madoka Magica, but as animation supervisor instead. SHAFT is producing the anime. The trio TrySail performed the first season's opening theme song "Gomakashi" (Deception), while the duo ClariS performed that season's ending theme song "Alicia."

The game launched for iOS and Android devices in August 2017, and is free to play with optional in-game purchases. A manga adaptation launched in August 2018, and a stage play adaptation featuring members of the Keyakizaka46 idol group ran from August to September 2018.

The English version of the game shut down all operations in September 2020.

Sources: Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story anime's website, Comic Natalie, Mainichi Shimbun's Mantan Web