Costumes and casting for upcoming 'Madoka Magica' stage adaptation divides fans

"Puella Magi Madoka Magica" is one of the most popular magical girl anime of recent years. Its dark yet fascinating story earned it a spot on the list of Top 10 Gross but Compelling Anime, and its characters dominated the top magical girl rankings, many earning higher ranks than even Sailor Moon.

Thanks to its enormous popularity, the franchise, which already has several movies, is also getting a live stage adaptation. It will be based off of its popular side-story mobile game, "Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story: Magia Record!" which features an additional main character, Iroha Tamaki, as well as multiple more new characters. The play was announced back in July, but only recently did the official Twitter release photographs of the cast in costume.

Each of the main characters will be played by a member of the popular idol group Keyakizaka46, sister group to AKB46’s rival Nogizaka46.

Fans of Keyakizaka46 are delighted to see their favorite idols playing their favorite anime characters, but rival group AKB48’s fans and many fans of the anime, however, were not at all pleased with the casting or costuming, and were quick to leave negative comments about it on Twitter:

“I can’t see this as anything but a parody video lol”

“Can you all stop destroying our dreams please? Seriously…”

“Compared to the original, this is really sad…”

“Gross”

“Just stop.”

But many more kind "Madoka Magica" fans countered with more positive tweets like, “These are real people, with real feelings; you shouldn’t say such nasty things!” and “The girls are working really hard on top of all of their other work to do a good job.” A lot of Keyakizaka46 fans were supportive of the endeavor, while others were just excited to get to see the play itself.

The play, titled "Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story: Magia Record," after the mobile game, will be held once or twice a day, six days per week between August 24 and September 9 at the Akasaka ACT Theater in Tokyo. Tickets are 8,800 yen each and will likely be bought up quickly by Keyakizaka48 and "Madoka Magica" fans, so get yours quickly if you want to go! You can find information on how to get tickets from the play’s home page (Japanese only).

Source: Twitter/@stage_magireco via Kinisoku

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