Background
Created for Shaft's 40th anniversary, Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica: Concept Movie was a surprise reveal at the 2015 Madogatari event in Tokyo. Featuring the return of the full cast and staff, the short animation presents core concepts for Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica's fourth movie and serves as its trailer. A second short was later screened in Osaka, displaying several changes to imageboard segments. Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica: Concept Movie was included on a Blu-ray disk presenting the 2015 Madogatari Exhibition's contents that was commercialized together with the event's catalog during the 2016 Madogatari Exhibition Tokyo Encore.