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.
| Camera | Shinichiro Eto | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Gen Urobuchi | Screenplay |
| Directing | Yukihiro Miyamoto | Director |
| Production | Atsuhiro Iwakami | Producer |
| Editing | Rie Matsubara | Editor |
| Production | Yoshinao Doi | Producer |
| Sound | Yuki Kajiura | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Ken Naito | Art Direction |
| Production | Hiroo Maruyama | Producer |
| Production | Kozue Kananiwa | Producer |
| Production | Osamu Hosokawa | Producer |
| Directing | Hiroyuki Terao | Assistant Director |
| Visual Effects | Hitoshi Hibino | Color Designer |
| Sound | Yota Tsuruoka | Sound Director |
| Visual Effects | Izumi Takizawa | Color Designer |
| Production | Norio Komori | Associate Producer |
| Production | Toshihiro Maeda | Associate Producer |
| Production | Akiko Yodo | Associate Producer |
| Art | Erika Kawashima | Assistant Art Director |
| Production | Miku Ooshima | Associate Producer |
| Production | Hirotsugu Ogisu | Associate Producer |
| Visual Effects | Junichiro Taniguchi | Character Designer |
| Visual Effects | Takahiro Kishida | Character Designer |
| Art | Tomonari Suzuki | Assistant Art Director |
| Sound | Hidemi Tanaka | Sound Effects |
| Editing | Hiromi Sasaki | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Alice | Theme Song Performance |
| Sound | Clara | Theme Song Performance |
| Production | Hiroyuki Kobayashi | Producer |
| Visual Effects | Isao Hayashi | Opening/Ending Animation |
| Visual Effects | Takahiro Sasaki | Animation Director |
| Sound | Satoshi Yano | Sound Recordist |
| Art | Yosuke Anai | Production Design |
| Art | Ayumi Shiraishi | Production Design |
| Directing | Akiyuki Simbo | Co-Director |
| Directing | Akiyuki Simbo | Director |
| Writing | Akiyuki Simbo | Writer |
| Writing | Akiyuki Simbo | Original Story |
| Writing | Gen Urobuchi | Original Story |
| Writing | Ume Aoki | Original Story |
| Writing | Atsuhiro Iwakami | Original Story |
| Directing | Mamoru Hatakeyama | Director |
| Directing | Yuki Yase | Director |
| Directing | Tomoyuki Itamura | Director |
| Directing | Fujiaki Asari | Director |
| Directing | Takashi Kawabata | Director |
| Directing | Seimei Kidokoro | Director |
| Directing | Takahiro Majima | Director |
| Directing | Masahiro Mukai | Director |
