 The show won the Television Award at the 16th Animation Kobe Awards , as well as 12 Newtype Anime Awards and the Grand Prize for animation in the 2011 Japan Media Arts awards . It also won three Tokyo Anime Awards in the Television Category , Best Director and Best Screenplay , and the Selection Committee Special Prize award at the 2012 Licensing of the Year awards . Madoka Magica was awarded a Seiun Award for " Best Media " at the 2012 Japan Science Fiction Convention . In 2015 , the show was also awarded the inaugural Sugoi Japan Grand Prix , Japan 's nationwide vote for manga , anime , and novels considered as cultural assets that have the potential to be beloved all over the world , among all the works published since 2005 . 
