Madoka Kaname, an ordinary middle-schooler, along with her best friend Sayaka Miki, are offered the chance to have any wish they want granted by the mysterious Kyubey, and become magical girls and fight witches. However, fellow magical girl Homura Akemi seems intent on stopping Madoka from becoming a magical girl at any cost. Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part I: Beginnings is a retelling of the first half of the TV anime series.
Unfortunately the movie Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part I: Beginnings is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Visual Effects | Takahiro Sasaki | Animation Director |
| Production | Kozue Kananiwa | Producer |
| Production | Yoshinao Doi | Producer |
| Production | Osamu Hosokawa | Producer |
| Directing | Yukihiro Miyamoto | Director |
| Production | Atsuhiro Iwakami | Producer |
| Production | Hiroo Maruyama | Producer |
| Sound | Yuki Kajiura | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Ken Naito | Art Direction |
| Writing | Gen Urobuchi | Screenplay |
| Editing | Rie Matsubara | Editor |
| Sound | Satoshi Yano | Sound Recordist |
| Art | Yosuke Anai | Production Design |
| Art | Ayumi Shiraishi | Production Design |
| Writing | Gen Urobuchi | Original Story |
| Directing | Akiyuki Shinbo | Co-Director |
| Production | Miku Oshima | Associate Producer |
| Visual Effects | Junichiro Taniguchi | Character Designer |
| Visual Effects | Hitoshi Hibino | Color Designer |
| Production | Akiko Yodo | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Yota Tsuruoka | Sound Director |
| Art | Erika Kawashima | Assistant Art Director |
| Visual Effects | Takahiro Kishida | Character Designer |
| Production | Hirotsugu Ogisu | Associate Producer |
| Production | Toshihiro Maeda | Associate Producer |
| Visual Effects | Izumi Takizawa | Color Designer |
| Camera | Shinichiro Eto | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Hiroyuki Terao | Assistant Director |
| Art | Tomonari Suzuki | Assistant Art Director |
| Production | Norio Komori | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Alice | Theme Song Performance |
| Editing | Hiromi Sasaki | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Hidemi Tanaka | Sound Effects |
| Sound | Clara | Theme Song Performance |
| Production | Hiroyuki Kobayashi | Producer |
| Visual Effects | Isao Hayashi | Opening/Ending Animation |
| Visual Effects | Ume Aoki | Character Designer |
