“Puella Magi Madoka Magica Ultimate Best” gains a spot amongst the 51 analog records to be released on November 3. Announced yesterday by Aniplex, the album, which is also known as “Magica Ultimate Best” will be taking part of (Japanese analog company) Toyo Kasei organized event, “Record Day.”
Originally released August 9, the new best album contains 18 tunes/songs from the Madoka Magica franchise and in its first week, ranked at number 4 in the Oricon’s weekly album chart. Currently the album has sold over 19,000 units and has a two-disc limited-production set available for 5,400 yen (about 49 US dollars). Included for the LP Jacket is the same official art drawn by the film series’ co-character designer Junichiro Taniguchi for the CD.
Noted as the only anime-related piece in the list, the album song list is as follows:
From the TV anime:
“Connect” (OP song) by ClariS
“Magia” (ED song) by Kalafina
“Mata Ashita” (DVD/Blu-ray edition 1st&2nd episodes ED) by Aoi Yuuki (Madoka Kaname)
“and I’m home” (DVD/Blu-ray edition 9th episode ED) by Eri Kitamura (Sayaka Miki) & Ai Nonaka (Kyoko Sakura)
“Credens justitiam” (soundtrack music)
“Sis puella magica!” (soundtrack music)
From the film “Beginnings” & “Eternal”:
“Luminous” (Beginnings OP) by ClariS
“Hikarifuru” (Eternal ED) by Kalafina
“she is a witch” (soundtrack music)
From the film “Rebellion”:
“Colorful” (OP) by ClariS
“Kimi no Gin no Niwa” (ED) by Kalafina
“Mada Dameyo” (soundtrack music)
“Noi!” (soundtrack music)
Pachinko game character songs:
“naturally” by Aoi Yuuki (Madoka Kaname) & Eri Kitamura (Sayaka Miki)
“Akogare Saita” by Aoi Yuuki (Madoka Kaname)
“Mebius Ash” by Chiwa Saito (Homura Akemi)
“Yumeoto” by Aoi Yuuki (Madoka Kaname) & Chiwa Saito (Homura Akemi)
“stairs” by Mami Tomoe (kaori Mizuhashi) & Ai Nonaka (Kyoko Sakura)
“Puella Magi Madoka Magica”, simply known as “Madoka Magica” is a 2011 dark fantasy series produced by Shaft and Aniplex. The tale of the series tells of a group of young girls who chose to become magical girls and battle against surreal creatures named witches. But the further they delve into their new magical path, the more hard truths they begin to learn.
Source: Crunchyroll News