2017 brought in the introduction of smartphone game Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story: Magia Record, and that brought back many members fo the mahou shoujo team, including original character designer Ume Aoki, voice actors such as lead Aoi Yuuki and witch sequence animators/designers Gekidan Inu Curry.
Going into the new year, they’ve put Madoka in her festive haregi, handed her a hagoita and let her go all hanestuki on those witches.