Anime Saimoe Tournament 2009 (Japan)

[frustra]

Spoiler for saimoe material:

Match Posters:





YGO cards:

[Darth Atma]

Eruruu had done it!!! Though it might be from split vote.

My results so far in the 4th round.
Picks: 5-9
Predictions: 10-4
Truely, my favorites does not match the majority

[chaosprophet]

Results in english:

Group G1:
1st 534 votes (49.44%) | Eruruu @ Utawarerumono OVA
2nd 397 votes (36.76%) | Nagato Yuki @ Suzumiya Haruhi-chan no Yuuutsu / Nyoro~n☆Churuya-san
3rd 149 votes (13.80%) | Suzumiya Haruhi (Suzumiya Haruhi-chan) @ Suzumiya Haruhi-chan no Yuuutsu / Nyoro~n☆Churuya-san

Group H2:
1st 741 votes (66.10%) | Haramura Nodoka (Nodocchi) @ Saki
2nd 380 votes (33.90%) | Miyamura Miyako @ ef - a tale of melodies.

Spoiler for Manga saimoe:

Block G-1:
1st 110 votes | Minami Haruka@Minami-ke
2nd 99 votes | Athena Glory@Aqua/Aria

Block H-1:
1st 123 votes | Kawazoe Tamaki@Bamboo Blade series
2nd 102 votes | Akiyama Mio@K-ON!

Block A-2:
1st 134 votes | Golden Darkness@To-LOVE-Ru
2nd 99 votes | Miyazaki Miyako@Bamboo Blade series

[seemmeriast]

Saki sets another new record: five (or more) characters in Round of 16.

The previous record was four - Rozen Maiden in 2005 and Clannad in 2008.

[chaosprophet]

Matches and contestants for round 4 (Group Finals):

Spoiler for 09/30 - A Final:

Group A:
<<南千秋＠みなみけ おかえり>> (Minami Chiaki @ Minami-ke Okaeri)
<<片岡優希＠咲 -Saki->> (Kataoka Yuuki (Tacos) @ Saki)

Spoiler for 10/01 - B Final:

Group B:
<<池田華菜＠咲 -Saki->> (Ikeda Kana @ Saki)
<<鷺ノ宮伊澄＠ハヤテのごとく!!>> (Saginomiya Isumi @ Hayate no Gotoku!!)

Spoiler for 10/02 - C Final:

Group C:
<<ルイズ・フランソワーズ・ル・ブラン・ド・ラ・ヴァリエール＠ゼロの使い魔 ～三美姫の輪舞～>> (Louise Françoise le Blanc de la Vallière @ Zero no Tsukaima ~Princess no Rondo~)
<<東横桃子＠咲 -Saki->> (Touyoko Momoko @ Saki)

Spoiler for 10/03 - D Final:

Group D:
<<日奈森あむ（日奈森亜夢）＠しゅごキャラ! シリーズ>> (Hinamori Amu @ Shugo Chara! series)
<<天江衣＠咲 -Saki->> (Amae Koromo @ Saki)

Spoiler for 10/04 - E Final:

Group E:
<<平沢唯＠けいおん!>> (Hirasawa Yui @ K-ON!)
<<櫛枝実乃梨＠とらドラ!>> (Kushieda Minori @ Toradora!)

Spoiler for 10/05 - F Final:

Group F:
<<逢坂大河＠とらドラ!>> (Aisaka Taiga @ Toradora!)
<<中野梓＠けいおん!>> (Nakano Azusa @ K-ON!)

Spoiler for 10/06 - G Final:

Group G:
<<エルルゥ＠OVA うたわれるもの>> (Eruruu @ Utawarerumono OVA)
<<福路美穂子（キャプテン）＠咲 -Saki->> (Fukuji Mihoko (Captain) @ Saki)

Spoiler for 10/07 - H Final:

Group H:
<<三千院ナギ＠ハヤテのごとく!!>> (Sanzen'in Nagi @ Hayate no Gotoku!!)
<<原村和＠咲 -Saki->> (Haramura Nodoka (Nodocchi) @ Saki)

[Eisdrache]

Originally Posted by frustra

Anyone tried to hold your fingers like Sakis right hand?

[Ithekro]

Dammit.

I'm not calling a split on that one since there will always be some that go for tsun over quiet. I call anal retentive voters for what I consider a low vote count in general for Haruhi-chan characters.

Lwts see what happens next year when it is Haruhi, Mikuru, and Yuki for real....no "-chan" involved.

[KaneDragon]

Even if every last Haruhi voter had switched to Yuki, it would have only been barely enough to defeat Eruruu. SHnY was just a bomb this year.

Originally Posted by Ithekro

Let's see what happens next year when it is Haruhi, Mikuru, and Yuki for real....no "-chan" involved.

Yes, and here's hoping we get a third (second? ) season to boot.

[NissanNut]

Originally Posted by Jiyuu

pretty low score for nodoka..
i wonder if its because no one thought there was a point in really trying or if its on purpose to make people think nodoka is weaker then she really is..

I don't think it's low. It's about the range that winners have been getting. Still, your presumption is something to keep in mind as we move further along.

Originally Posted by Ithekro

Dammit.

I'm not calling a split on that one since there will always be some that go for tsun over quiet. I call anal retentive voters for what I consider a low vote count in general for Haruhi-chan characters.

Lwts see what happens next year when it is Haruhi, Mikuru, and Yuki for real....no "-chan" involved.

I say 3rd round at best for next year's tournament. That's what I think for now, but 10 months is a long time so things could change for better or worse.

Originally Posted by KaneDragon

Even if every last Haruhi voter had switched to Yuki, it would have only been barely enough to defeat Eruruu. SHnY was just a bomb this year.

It sounds like it bombed out this year. I liked the series, but for some reason I found it lacked something the first season had. Maybe it was just overhyped after the 2-3 years of waiting. I'll have lower expectations for the next season it airs, then maybe it'll regain that "it" factor it had and meet or surpass the level of enjoyment I had for it at one time.

[Jiyuu]

Originally Posted by NissanNut

I don't think it's low. It's about the range that winners have been getting. Still, your presumption is something to keep in mind as we move further along.

well nodoka had far more votes in the earlier rounds,
and while tacos for example had her highest score thus far in the last round nodoka had her lowest..

[Proto]

Blocks E and F are full of lose because there are no Saki characters in there

/narf

[Umandsf]

Picks: 2-0
Predictions: 10-4 (+2 - 0)

Mihoko Fukuji @ Saki
–VS–
Ritsu Tainaka @ K-ON!
–VS–
Ushio Ozanaki @ Clannad ~After Story~

Ushio, the adorably cute one. But I haven’t seen the show, so who am I to know? Ritsu, the loose cannon, and my favorite character from the show. I tend to like these characters, because they tend to be unpredictable and are nothing like the calm, organized self that I am. However, both are against the Captain, which I’ve heard is a really strong character. Sorry, Ritsu. As much as I want you to win, I predict another one for Saki.

Saki Miyanaga @ Saki
–VS–
Nagi Sanzenin @ Hayate the Combat Butler!

Did anyone notice that this is the third consecutive match with a Saki character? Anyway, some unknown character from the show against the ridiculously rich mistress. Yeah, I’m going to have to pick the multi-billionaire. Although don’t think this means that I forget what you did, Nagi. You took away the only hope of my favorite character ever advancing. You may have won this time, but next time, you may not be so lucky. [turns] Don’t worry, little one. Next year, we’ll get ‘em.
…Sheesh, I’m starting to sound like a Cubs fan. [shot repeatedly for poor attempt at humor]

[Jiyuu]

" Anyway, some unknown character from the show against the ridiculously rich mistress"
unknown?

saki miyanaga from saki is some unknown character?

[DigimonTamer]

Originally Posted by wontaek

How come it seems that Hinagiku always does better in Best Moe Tournament compared to Saimoe or ISML?

I don't know, the two tournaments have always been different. Like Horo, I don't think she has ever gotten out of the 2nd round in Saimoe, yet she is a champion in Best Moe.

I like how the tournaments are different, it would be boring to have the same tournaments running side by side now wouldn't it?

Except for 2006, it was awesome seeing Suiseiseki winning both (Rozen Maiden fanboy alert)

[jorez]

Saki has finalists in 5/8 finals and can get one more girl in another final today. So basically, Saki has 60% chance of winning this tournament... This is my first saimoe; is it really that one-sided when lesbians go into account?

ps: I said 1 more finalist because Ushio is not losing today. Or I hope that she won't.

[Micchi]

Picks: 1-1 (11-3; 82-60)
Predictions: 2-0 (11-3; 119-23)

Haruhi chars just did plain awful this year. Eruruu won this one cleanly, getting more votes than last round while both Yuki and Haruhi lost votes. Welcome back to 2006. Nodoka zzz

Vote: Mihoko, Nagi
Prediction: Mihoko, Nagi

Judging from past performance, Captain has this one sealed. Saki has the greatest chance of actually not making it through to the block finals, which is quite ironically considering every Saki char so far has.

[LC]

Voted: Ricchan, Nagi (N/A for last match, 3-1 in total)
Predicting: Mihoko, Nagi (2-0, 5-1 in total)

I think it's going to be a close win for Nagi, but when I voted, I saw a lot of Saki votes so maybe it will not be as close as it seems.. After all, Hayate characters have not been doing well lately. I'm still surprised Minorin won by such a large margin over Ayumu.

[OverFunk]

Okay, I'm voting Nagi-chan and Ritsu. Nagi was so unbelievably cute towards the second half of the series. Ritsu is the other half that makes K-on watchable.

I hold nothing against Saki. She's my favorite mahjong player in the series. I do think that Koromo is cuter. If Saki wins this match, it wouldn't be bad. Bad it will be Saki getting sacrificed for Nodoka. It would be a pretty shitty outcome. So let's get Saki out while she's fighting, and have Nagi try her luck against that blob of fat.

Captain does have one of the best mahjong special abilities. But as a character, damn she's plain. Ushio is the end of Clannad for this tournament. it will be a shame, Ushio is cute, unlike the two who are overrated from the series. The block will be inevitably won by Captain. Only Bibibiri had an actual fighting chance, and she was beaten quite easily. But that doesn't stop me from trying with Eruruu, and let's see how many more think like that.

[Team Rocket Elite]

Yesterday's Results:

Nagato Yuki - 397
Suzumiya Haruhi - 149
Eruruu - 534

Haramura Nodoka - 741
Miyamura Miyako - 380

A disappointing performance from Yuki in the first match. Even if she was being held back by split votes, I was hoping she would get a bit closer to Eruruu. It seems unlikely that Yuki would win even if Haruhi wasn't here. Nodoka stomps Miyamiya. Nothing surprising there.


Today's matches:

Miyanaga Saki vs Sanzenin Nagi
Fukuji Mihoko vs Tainaka Ritsu vs Okazaki Ushio

Hayate characters really took a hit in Round 3. Over 2 days, 3 of them lost. This is the last day of Round 2 and Nagi needs to win her match and start a counter attack. The problem is Nagi is up against one of the strongest characters in the contest. Miyanaga Saki, the main character of Saki. She's one of the strongest characters from the most dominant series this year.

Miyanaga Saki hasn't exactly fought any strong opponents in the main bracket. She did beat up Sanya quite badly but Strike Witches characters tend to fold against Saki characters. Isayama Yomi also got killed and she's pretty strong but I may have just overestiamted Yomi. In the preliminaries, Saki outranked Misaka Mikoto and Segawa Isumi. I believe the Saki finale airs today so that might help a bit as well.

Nagi has a solid win against Ryuuguu Rena on record. However, my estimations have Rena only a little higher than Isayama Yomi in terms of power. Also if the size of Saki's win against Sanya was due to the two series having a connection, Sanya may have been holding Saki back relative to Yomi. Looking at preliminaries, Nagi did beat Maria. I think most people already knew Maria and Nagi were close in strength, though. One big advantage Nagi has is she recieved a ton more votes throughout the contest compared to Saki.

The shoes are coming off on this one, but I think Saki will win. Block E and Block F showed that Hayate characters just aren't quite ready to play with the best of the best. Nagi will keep it close but will eventually fall to Saki's Unlimited Rinshan Kaihou Works.

And to seal the deal, Mihoko's presense in the other match will provide a small boost to Saki. Ritsu and Ushio are powerful competitors, but they aren't quite at Mihoko's level. The KyoAni split votes won't help the situation either. Ushio and Ritsu will force Mihoko to use her second eye, but neither of them will be able to take the win.


My votes:

Sanzenin Nagi
Okazaki Ushio

[Eater of All]

Eruruu fights past the tie, and gets the win... at the cost of Yuki. And damn Nodoka rape.
Vote record: 0-2 (R3: 6-8) (Tot: 76-66)

Today's votes:
Group G3-2 --> Okazaki Ushio
Group H3-1 --> Sanzen'in Nagi

Bah, I was banking on Nagi being able to take on Saki, but now I'm not so sure anymore....