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Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story Final Season Anime Posts Video, Last Ending Song Artists, April 3 Debut

The official Twitter account for the Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story franchise posted on Saturday a new promotional video, the April 3 premiere, the final episode's ending theme song artists, and key visual for the third and final season, Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story Final Season -Asaki Yume no Akatsuki- (Dawn of Light Dreams).

The artist groups ClariS and TrySail are collaborating for the first time on a new song, "Orugōru/Orgel" (Music Box). The song will be the ending theme song for the season's final episode. The song will be available on streaming services on April 3 at 24:00 (effectively, April 4 at midnight). It will then launch as TrySail's 13th single on April 6, and then appear on the sixth album Parfaitone from ClariS.

All four episodes of the final season will air on the Tokyo MX channel on April 3 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. (6:00-8:00 a.m. EDT), and then they will run on MBS (on April 3 and April 6) and AT-X (on April 3).

The season was originally scheduled to premiere at the end of 2021, but was then delayed due to production issues.

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 in January 2020 and had 13 episodes. Funimation, Crunchyroll, and HIDIVE streamed the first Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story season as it aired. Funimation streamed the anime as it aired in Japan. Crunchyroll and HIDIVE began streaming the anime a week later, and new episodes premiered a few days after they air in Japan.

The anime's second season premiered on TOKYO MX, Tochigi TV, Gunma TV, and BS11 on July 31. Funimation, Crunchyroll, and HIDIVE all streamed the anime. Funimation streamed the anime as it aired in Japan. Crunchyroll and HIDIVE began streaming the series on August 7.

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 and Twitter account, Comic Natalie