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Puella Magi Madoka Magica Tops goo Poll of Best Heisei Yuri Anime
posted on by Kim Morrissy
goo Ranking released the results of its "Best yuri anime from the Heisei era" poll on April 27. 2,222 votes were submitted between February 9-23. The top-ranked anime was Puella Magi Madoka Magica, which received 231 votes.
Puella Magi Madoka Magica is a 2011 television anime series. It tells the story of a middle school girl named Madoka Kaname who is asked by a creature named Kyubey to sign a contract and become a magical girl. The story also follows other magical girls and their relationships with each other. A spinoff smartphone game called Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story will get a TV anime adaptation in 2019.
The rest of the top 20 are below:
2) Revolutionary Girl Utena (201 votes)
3) Maria Watches Over Us (133 votes)
4) Is the order a rabbit? (118 votes)
5) Yuruyuri - Happy Go Lily (73 votes)
6) Bloom Into You (72 votes)
7) Girls und Panzer (68 votes)
8) Kakegurui (64 votes)
9) Happy Sugar Life (63 votes)
10) A Certain Scientific Railgun (60 votes)
11) Love Lab (53 votes)
12) Ms. Koizumi loves ramen noodles (52 votes)
13) Sound! Euphonium (51 votes)
14) Sakura Trick (46 votes)
15) Aikatsu Friends! (44 votes)
16) Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya (42 votes)
17) Saki (41 votes)
18) Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid (39 votes)
19) Kinmoza! Kiniro + Mosaic (38 votes)
20) Citrus (35 votes)
The Heisei period started on January 8, 1989, the day after the death of the Showa Emperor Hirohito, and ended on April 30, 2019 (Heisei 31), the date which Emperor Akihito abdicated the Chrysanthemum Throne. The new Japanese era name is "Reiwa" (令和), which means "auspicious/excellent peace."
Source: goo Rankings via Nijimen