InfluenceLOW
Faust influenced 魔法少女まどか☆マギカ (Puella Magi Madoka Magica)
Added by Media Influence Map · 15 October 2026
The influence
Faust
Play · 1808
The work it shaped
魔法少女まどか☆マギカ Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Animated Series · 2011
The evidence
The witches' runes quote Goethe's Faust and one witch is named Gretchen; Gen Urobuchi said SHAFT's designers added the quotations.
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