Today, the day of Welpurgis Night in Germany, came out new trailer for the Madoka Magica: Walpurgis no Kaiten movie! The movie is set to release (after many delays) in Japanese theaters on August 28, 2026
Also there are updates to staff and cast pages. Apparently 2 new magical girls will appear in the theatrical film *Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Walpurgis Night*.
In other news, at the end of SAO “Yuna’s First Live” teased at the end there will be news about a “Completely new work” on July 2026, so lets hope its something with Kajiura involvement.
After AnimeCentral in Chicago in May, fictionjunction.com announced that Yuki Kajiura / FictionJunction will perform at AnimagiC 2026 (July 31 – August 2) in Mannheim, Germany! Yuki Kajiura, along with FictionJunction’s regular members KAORI, YURIKO KAIDA, Joelle, and LINO LEIA are scheduled to perform two solo concerts (one for SACRA MUSIC FES x AnimagiC, one for AnimagiC 2026) as well as hold a closed autograph session.
■Event Info Event：AnimagiC 2026 Venue：Rosengarten Mannheim（Mannheim, Germany） Date： July 31st (Fri) – August 2nd (Sun), 2026
Please visit AnimagiC 2026official website for more info.
Sadly seems like EMIKO wont go there, and there are still no musicians announced so, either that will happen later, or they’ll perform with karaoke.
In other news, the BD box for Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle movie#1 will come out July 29, 2026! It will include bonus soundtrack, but it’ll mostly be by Go Shiina as reports from movie goers reported only 1 new Kajiura bgm right before the movie’s ED sequence started.
20 years after Tsubasa Resevoir Chronicle(s) anime, Magic Knight RayEarth, one more anime by CLAMP where Yuki Kajiura is involved in the music got announced!
Today Magic Knight RayEarth TV anime twitter (2026) got updated with new PV . This time Yuki Kajiura collaborates with Takumi Ozawa and Shiho Terada for the music. The anime is directed by Yui Miura, character design by Satomi Watanabe, Animation Production by
E&H production (full credits).
In other news, there are re-issues of some older Yuki Kajiura soundtracks, namely Xenosaga II+III and .hack SIGN & Liminality, all being available starting May 27, 2026, perfect for those who collect and missed the original releases.
.hack//SIGN OST1 CDJapan
.hack//SIGN OST2 CDJapan
.hack//Liminality[2cd] CDJapan
Xenosaga 2 CDJapan
Xenosaga 3 CDJapan
thanks to Nightmare and grunty for the news!
[Update 29/3/2026]You can watch the tinydesk concert of Yuki Kajiura/FictionJunction at NHK World’s website with subtitles !
Yuki Kajiura & Co appeared at NHK’s “tiny desk concerts JAPAN.” along with vocalists and musicians. Tiny Desk Concerts are a music platform originating in the U.S. that has captivated audiences around the world. Japanese artists are now taking the stage one after another on this platform, which has previously featured acts like BTS and Taylor Swift. What began as live performances at a “tiny desk” in the NPR office has evolved into the world’s premier venue for delivering “authentic music.” NHK produces and broadcasts the Japanese version, “Tiny Desk Concerts JAPAN.”. Their peformance will air on NHK in japan as well as in NHK world channel worldwide on March 29 and 30!
Setlist
“Homura”「炎」(Theme song for the movie “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Mugen Train”)
“Akatsuki no Kuruma”「暁の車」 (Insert song from the TV anime “Mobile Suit Gundam SEED”)
“Sokyu no Fanfare”「蒼穹のファンファーレ」 (10th Anniversary Theme Song for the anime “Sword Art Online”)
‘Alleluia’「アレルヤ」(Theme song for the movie “Kara no Kyoukai: Mirai no Fukuin”)
“Parade”
[International Broadcast] NHK World JAPAN
March 29 (Sun) 11:10–11:39, 19:10–19:39
March 30 (Mon) 12:10 a.m.–12:39 a.m., 6:10 a.m.–6:39 a.m.
【Domestic Broadcast】 NHK General TV
March 30 (Mon) 12:15 AM–12:44 AM
*Late on March 29 (Sun)
AnimeCentral convention’s twitter announced today that Yuki Kajiura / FictionJunction will be guests of the convention and will hold a live concert on May 16 2025! The live will be free to attend for those who have valid Anime Central 2026 badge!This is the first time Yuki Kajiura will visit the USA after that cancelled SAO concert back in 2017! Lets hope this time everything goes according to plan! Anime Central 2026 will take place May 15-17 at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare and Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois. Kajiura has twitted about this too
In other news, PMMM Walpurgis no Kaiten movie got further delayed due to production issues and new date will be announced within February, according to the Madoka Magica official twitter account
thanks to Kowz and ritarudandoo for the news!
[UPDATE 27/02/2026] The new release date for the PMMM Walpurgis no Kaiten movie has been announced to be August 28, 2026!