This thread has been opened specifically for the coverage of the Anime Saimoe Tournament 2009 organized by 2ch in Japan.
The
Anime Saimoe Tournament is an annual festival of anime characters competing to be the most
MOE.
The official Saimoe 2009 page is:
http://saimoe2009.tonkotsu.jp/
At this time there is no English translation for this page, but if you want you can use google's translation (formatted for firefox):
saimoe2009.tonkotsu.jp - English/
Once again, there is a
Saimoe 2009 Wikispaces page. It should contain information that will be a valuable resource for voting in Saimoe.
The rules and principles of Saimoe are explained on the
Wiki page.
The following are the rules for this particular thread. These have been in effect for the past 2 or 3 Saimoe Tournaments and are generally well known amongst the veterans.
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Animesuki Saimoe 2009 Thread Rules:
Absolutely no campaign posts allowed.
This includes posts containing ANY campaign verbiage whether in whole or in part. Contributing to the debate is encouraged, provided you do NOT add "VOTE ABCD!!!" (or similar to the post itself). Simply rebutting another's post or opinion with "XYZ sucks" is totally unacceptable.
To be clear:
* Please do not create a post with the sole purpose to campaign for a character!
* Do not add “VOTE FOR XYZ CHARACTER!!” anywhere in your post even if the intent isn't to purely campaign.
We want intelligent, decent and fun discussions about the weekly Rounds and the subsequent winners & losers.
* No Image campaigning.
Do not create a post with an image or collage representation of a campaign poster. In other words: a PhotoShopped image of the character you want people to vote for with “vote for” text added to it.
Posting Etiquette:
* Please do not cross post information about this tournament in other AnimeSuki threads except those which are related to moe tournaments.
Keep all Anime Saimoe Tournament posts, campaigns, character information, voting links, etc., within this thread only or in your signature (signature size limits still apply).
* No "meta-posting".
Meaning: posting about another poster, the thread or about another post itself, is forbidden and will be deleted on-the-spot, regardless of intention. If you want to comment about another poster that’s off-topic and/or personal, send them a PM.
* Any flame-baiting will be deleted and those people banned.
Please keep the thread positive, fun and clean. If your choice doesn’t win the Round and you can’t discuss the fact without complaining, swearing and baiting people into arguments, then don’t post.
* Do not create image only posts.
You can, however, include an image with your discussion. If you want to visually support the character you’re voting for then please do so in the context of your original discussion and use only one or two images. We would encourage the use of “thumbnails” if possible (and please, no large images).
Please use Spoiler tags if you wish to post a non-thumbnailed image
--PM the mods if you need help with posting thumbnail images or using any of the tags.
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Past tournaments
2002
http://animesaimoe.at.infoseek.co.jp/
Winner: Kinomoto Sakura@Card Captor Sakura
2003
http://newanime.at.infoseek.co.jp/
Winner: Harada Riku@D. N. ANGEL
2004
http://star.kakiko.com/saimoe/
Winner: Rosemary Applefield@Ashita no Nadja
2005
http://lovely.kakiko.com/animemoe2005/
Winner: Takamachi Nanoha@Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha
2006
http://saimoe2006.hp.infoseek.co.jp/
Winner: Suiseiseki@Rozen Maiden ~Traumend~
2007
http://animemoe2007.hp.infoseek.co.jp/
Winner: Furude Rika@Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
2008
http://saimoe2008.hp.infoseek.co.jp/
Winner: Hiiragi Kagami@Lucky★Star
Character nomination
Which characters are eligible?
Female characters (including androids, etc.) appeared in the anime which is aired in Japan during the time period of: 01 July 2008 ~ 30 Jun 2009.
Nomination Schedule:
| 6/20 | "ア" column |
| 6/21 | "カ" column |
| 6/22 | "サ" column |
| 6/23 | Break(1 day) |
| 6/24 | "タ" and "ナ" column |
| 6/25 | "ハ" column |
| 6/26 | "マ", "ヤ", "ラ" and "ワ" column |
| 6/27~6/28 | Break(2 days) |
| 6/29~7/01 | Additional Nomination Period(2 days) |
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| 7/02~7/04 | Break(3 days) |
In the first preliminaries: girls placing 1st~12th advance to the main tournament directly(12*18=216), girls placing 13th~40th go to the second preliminaries(27*18=486)
In the second preliminaries, only the girls placing 1st~9th get to advance to the main tournament(7*24=168). At least 384 girls will advance to the main tournament. There could possibly be more in case of preliminary ties.
You can vote for
only 10 girls in the 1st preliminary and
only 12 girls in the 2nd preliminaries at a time. If you vote for more than the allotted amount, the vote will be disqualified.
1st and 2nd Preliminary Schedule:
| 7/05~7/13 | 1st Preliminary Round |
| 7/14 | Break(1 day) |
| 7/15~7/23 | 1st Preliminary Round con't |
| 7/24~7/25 | Break(2 days) |
| 7/26~8/01 | 2nd Preliminary Round con't |
| 8/02~8/03 | Break(2 days) |
Code generator:
http://www.as2009.eek.jp/code.cgi
Current voting thread:
アニメ最萌トーナメント2009 投票スレRoundXX
URL to be determined
Main Tournament Schedule
| 08/04~08/12 | 1st Round, Part 1(12 days) |
| 08/13~08/16 | Break(4 days) |
| 08/17-08/25 | 1st Round, Part 2(9 days) |
| 08/26 | Break(1 day) |
| 08/27~09/01 | 1st Round, Part 3(6 days) |
| 09/02 | Break(1 day) |
| 09/03-09/10 | 2nd Round, Part 1(8 days) |
| 09/11 | Break(1 day) |
| 09/12~09/19 | 2nd Round, Part 2(8 days) |
| 09/20 | Break(1 day) |
| 09/21~09/28 | 3rd Round, (8 days) |
| 09/29 | Break(1 day) |
| 09/30~10/07 | Block Finals(8 days) |
| 10/08 | Break(1 day) |
| 10/09~10/12 | Quarter Final Round(4 days) |
| 10/13 | Break(1 day) |
| 10/14~10/15 | Semi-Final Round(2 days) |
| 10/16 | Break(1 day) |
| 10/17 | Final Round(1 day) |
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Please send me a PM or post on this thread if you know of any information that should be added to this First Post or to the Wikispaces page.
Remember guys, although Saimoe is Srsfkgbsns, let's all have fun with this, too!
^_^