Puella Magi Madoka Magica turned five years old this winter. Cardcaptor Sakura is celebrating its 20th anniversary. Sailor Moon celebrated its 20th for years. Are Magic Girls supposed to make you feel old?! Charapedia brought up the subject in their latest 10,000 reader poll, asking fans, who prompts the the most nostalgia? Who's the cutest? The strongest? Which magic girl do they find most enchanting?

35 characters were suggested by a poll of voters who was 65.2% male, 63.6% in their teens and 20s.

20. Creamy Mami, the Magic Angel's Yuu Morisawa - 92 votes

19. Magic Knight Rayearth's Hikaru Shidou - 106 votes

18. Maho Girls PreCure's Riko Izayoi - 109 votes

17. The Irregular at Magic High School's Miyuki Shiba - 115 votes

16. Magical Witch Punie-chan's Punie Tanaka - 125 votes

15. Magical Pattissier Kosaki-chan(Nisekoi)'s Kosaki Onodera - 132 votes

14. Sailor Moon's Ami Mizuno -152 votes

13. Slayers' Lina Inverse - 160 votes

12. Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha's Hayate Yagami - 172 votes

11. Madoka Magica's Kyoko Sakura - 191 votes

10. Saior Moon - 194 votes

9. Madoka Magica's Sayaka Miki - 226 votes

8. Ojamajo Doremi's Dorie Goodwyn - 260 votes

7. Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha's Fate Testarossa - 265 votes

6. Madoka Magica's Mami Tomoe - 277 votes

5. Fate's Illyasviel Von Einzbern - 326 votes

4. Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha's Nanoha Takamachi - 403 votes

3. Cardcaptor Sakura - 560 votes

2. Madoka Magica's Homura Akemi - 597 votes

1. Madoka Magica's Madoka Kaname - 605 votes

Male Voters

10. Magical Pattissier Kosaki-chan(Nisekoi)'s Kosaki Onodera - 121 votes

9. Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha's Fate Testarossa - 149 votes

8. Slayers' Lina Inverse - 150 votes

7. Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha's Hayate Yagami - 151 votes

6. Madoka Magica's Mami Tomoe - 210 votes

5. Fate's Illyasviel Von Einzbern - 217 votes

4. Cardcaptor Sakura - 262 votes

3. Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha's Nanoha Takamachi - 264 votes

2. Madoka Magica's Homura Akemi - 332 votes

1. Madoka Magica's Madoka Kaname - 383 votes

Female Voters

10. Sailor Moon - 97 votes

9. Fate's Illyasviel Von Einzbern - 109 votes

8. Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha's Fate Testarossa - 116 votes

7. Sailor Moon's Ami Mizuno - 117 votes

6. Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha's Nanoha Takamachi - 139 votes

5. Madoka Magica's Sayaka Miki - 147 votes

4. Madoka Magica's Madoka Kaname - 222 votes

3. Ojamajo Doremi's Dorie Goodwyn - 245 votes

2. Madoka Magica's Homura Akemi - 265 votes

1. Cardcaptor Sakura - 298 votes



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