After a hit tour of Tokyo, Osaka and Sapporo that topped 40,000 visitors, the MadoGatari exhibit celebrating the 40th anniversary of anime studio Shaft added a Nagoya engagement on May 4-8. During the event, 8,478 visitors voted for Shaft's Best Girl. Today, Shaft announced an encore Tokyo exhbition, planned for September. And, to drum up interest, they got arond to a delayed crowning of their pageant queen.

Results were

Honorable Mentions

12. Hidamari Sketch's Yuno

11. Ground Control to Psychoelectric Girl's Erio Touwa

Election top 10

10. Monogatari's Nadeko Sengoku

9. Madoka Magica's Mami Tomoe

8. Madoka Magica's Sayaka Miki

7. Monogatari's Tsubasa Hanekawa

6. Monogatari's Mayoi Hachikuji

5. Madoka Magica's Madoka Kaname

4. Madoka Magica's Kyoko Sakura

3. Monogatari's Hitagi Senjōgahara - 774 votes

2. Madoka Magica's Homura Akemi - 1162 votes

1. Monogatari's Shinobu Oshino - 1687 votes

Speaking of the vampire, there are also more photos of the Kizumonogatari Tanabata installation at Akihabara JR station



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Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain't It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at @aicnanime