Anime Saimoe Tournament 2008 (Japan)

[ando]

As you know, Hinagiku won, and this is a confirmed result.

Spoiler for Qf4:

Qf4
1位　934票　桂ヒナギク＠ハヤテのごとく!(Katsura Hinagiku@Hayate no Gotoku!)
2位　750票　千葉紀梨乃＠バンブーブレード(Chiba Kirino@Bamboo Blade)

http://mig380.chez-alice.fr/up0/file/u1_002510.png

http://mig380.chez-alice.fr/up0/file/u1_002508.txt

Saimoe takes a break tomorrow.

[ZGMF-X10A]

I want a Kagamin vs Tsukasa showdown!! make it come true ^^

kinda reminds me of the L*S OVA volley ball episode

[Rika-chama]

Aya, you might wanna fix your poster, the correct totals are Hinagiku: 934 and Kirino: 750

Spoiler for Chart:

Also, the Synchroom has been updated. ^_^

[neutralizer]

Originally Posted by herbert

You sure you didn't lose the count because too tired from watching?

Nope, you can check my MAL if you don't believe it

Originally Posted by NissanNut

I can't you forgot that one, neutralizer. I remember voting for Jun. If I had to do that all over again, definitely voting for Hina. I don't vote for her enough... for example, the last QF match.

Yeah, I don't remember the first round that much. The first time I voted in Saimoe was voting for Hina in the first round and this was back when I started watching anime so I just blindly voted for Hina. Not that I don't do that now, but I at least know the other characters now.

Originally Posted by frustra

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! Hina did it!!! Score's 934-750

http://mig380.chez-alice.fr/up0/file/u1_002510.png

You bring good news. I'd like to subscribe to your newsfeed.

[christinemarie]

Prediction for the whole SaiMoe 2008 before round 1 begins
http://forums.animesuki.com/showthre...67870&page=139

Previous Picks (Recent lost is higlighted with bold)
Round 1 Total Wins and Losses 70-26
http://forums.animesuki.com/showthre...53#post1916353

Round 2 Total Win and Losses 22-10
http://forums.animesuki.com/showthre...55#post1972055

Round 3 Total Win and Losses 12-4
http://forums.animesuki.com/showthre...93#post1993893

Round 4 Total Win and Losses 7-1
http://forums.animesuki.com/showthre...95#post2005295

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And the Quarterfinals is over with 3 of my favorites in it. (Kagami, Nagisa, and Hinagiku)

Quarterfinals
QF1 - Success
QF2 - Failed vote, but both of them are my favorites so just lose one of them. Good work Nagisa.
QF3 - Failed vote, who cares anyway both of them not my favorite I didn't expect Vinegar Girl to be that powerful over self-proclaimed no.1 though
QF4 - Success

Picks for next match (Which is famous Tsundere Denial or Dango Big Forehead?)
SF1 Kagami Hiiragi (Konata made her wish come true and she in the finals but Nagisa is a big troublemaker so
this one won't be that easy as it looks like. Anyway even if Nagisa wins it's okay.)

[Eczema]

Quarter-Final Statistics


Hiiragi Kagami - 1138 (59.02%)
Sakagami Tomoyo - 790 (40.98%)

Kawazoe Tamaki - 891 (48.32%)
Furukawa Nagisa - 953 (51.68%)

Hiiragi Tsukasa - 1043 (53.85%)
Ibuki Fuuko - 894 (46.15%)

Chiba Kirino - 750 (44.54%)
Katsura Hinagiku - 934 (55.46%)

Total Votes:

1. Hiiragi Kagami - 1138
2. Hiiragi Tsukasa - 1043
3. Furukawa Nagisa - 953
4. Katsura Hinagiku - 934

Percentage of Votes:

1. Hiiragi Kagami - (59.02%)
2. Katsura Hinagiku - (55.46%)
3. Hiiragi Tsukasa - (53.85%)
4. Furukawa Nagisa - (51.68%)

Comments:

*Kagami is again the clear statistical favorite. Despite possible intra-KyoAni vote skewing, the numbers Kagami consistently keeps posting are damn impressive.
*Hinagiku, just like in the previous round, didn't get as many votes as the other top competitors, but still got the second most decisive victory after conversion to percentages (first being Kagami in both cases).
*Hina hasn't faced anyone from a major series except the weak Misao from Lucky Star. Tsukasa has beaten arguably the strongest representatives from Hayate no Gotoku! (Nagi), Aria (Akari), and Clannad (Fuuko).
*Nagisa likes dango.

[pirs]

yay for hina!

[Eczema]

Not sure if this was posted earlier, but it was just recently uploaded to youtube so I assume it hasn't.

Funny how I only discover the Final 8 MAD after the final 8 has concluded. At the 12-second mark, they show a split-second of the Animesuki forums! You can see KaneDragon's Hinagiku sig! You're famous!

[Aya Reiko]

Originally Posted by Rika-chama

Aya, you might wanna fix your poster, the correct totals are Hinagiku: 934 and Kirino: 750

Spoiler for Chart:

Also, the Synchroom has been updated. ^_^

Fixed

Predictions--
Kagami v Nagisa - Kagami easily. Kagami has pretty much steamrolled through both Tomoyo and Kyou, why should Nagisa be any different? Plus Kagami faces virtually zero revenge votes even this late in the game since this is the third CLANNAD character Kagamin faces in a row. Meanwhile, Nagisa may have both Nanoha StrikerS and Bamboo Blade fanbases sharpening their knives. No KyoAni hate here since both come from KyoAni.

Tsukasa v Hinagiku - Tsukasa... maybe. Depends if the voters want a LS v LS final or not. Under normal circumstances, Balsamiko would steamroll past Hina. But these aren't exactly normal circumstances.

[neutralizer]

Originally Posted by Eczema

Tsukasa has beaten arguably the strongest representatives from Hayate no Gotoku! (Nagi), Aria (Akari), and Clannad (Fuuko).

Which will inevitably lead to hate votes against her.

Originally Posted by Aya Reiko

Fixed

Predictions--
Kagami v Nagisa - Kagami easily. Kagami has pretty much steamrolled through both Tomoyo and Kyou, why should Nagisa be any different? Plus Kagami faces virtually zero revenge votes even this late in the game since this is the third CLANNAD character Kagamin faces in a row. Meanwhile, Nagisa may have both Nanoha StrikerS and Bamboo Blade fanbases sharpening their knives. No KyoAni hate here since both come from KyoAni.

Tsukasa v Hinagiku - Tsukasa... maybe. Depends if the voters want a LS v LS final or not. Under normal circumstances, Balsamiko would steamroll past Hina. But these aren't exactly normal circumstances.

Kagami will obviously beat Nagisa since she's one of the weaker characters from Clannad. Statistically, she has the best record even while going up against some pretty tough competitors.

While Hinagiku hasn't gone through as many hard competitors as Tsukasa, I think its hard to predict how Hinagiku would do against Tsukasa let alone to say that she would steamroll Hina consider there isn't much Saimoe performance to gauge Hina's strength off of since she got knocked out early last year.

[Micchi]

So I was writing up my quarterfinal recap post and while looking back at their past performances I noticed something interesting. In the first preliminaries, Nagisa placed 1st in the relatively weak Group 19 (aside from Rena who was right behind in 2nd) with 697 votes.

What about the other 3 semifinalists? Kagami, Tsukasa and Hinagiku were all in Group 20, finishing 1st, 2nd and 3rd in order, with 996, 982 and 918 votes respectively.

It doesn't mean much for prediction value as the circumstances are drastically different, but it's funny that 75% of the remaining characters were in the same group to begin with.

[GoldAlchemist]

Originally Posted by neutralizer

Which will inevitably lead to hate votes against her.

Is it possible to hate such a lovely soul?

Anyway, i hope for a Hiiragi sisters final.

[Xellos-_^]

Originally Posted by GoldAlchemist

Is it possible to hate such a lovely soul?

Anyway, i hope for a Hiiragi sisters final.

the first Kyo ani to win Saimoe should be the God-Empress

Therefore i will vote against any other Kyo-ani in Saimoe till that happens.

ALL HAIL THE GOD-EMPRESS

[ZGMF-X10A]

Originally Posted by Xellos-_^

the first Kyo ani to win Saimoe should be the God-Empress

Therefore i will vote against any other Kyo-ani in Saimoe till that happens.

ALL HAIL THE GOD-EMPRESS

does that mean your voting for kyo-ani? but your sig says your anti-kyo-ani...

[Ithekro]

He's saying he'd vote for Haruhi...had a shot this year if poeple didn't consider her a joke character due to her entry from Lucky Star....

However if the god-Empress returns, so to shall St. Nagato-chi...she who slays gods.

[Eisdrache]

Man I wish I could be as famous as KaneDragon xD

[Kristen]

Originally Posted by Eczema

Not sure if this was posted earlier, but it was just recently uploaded to youtube so I assume it hasn't.

Funny how I only discover the Final 8 MAD after the final 8 has concluded. At the 12-second mark, they show a split-second of the Animesuki forums! You can see KaneDragon's Hinagiku sig! You're famous!

Oh, wow... I didn't even notice that until I read to the end of your post. I view animesuki in "Animesuki Blue", so I just thought the off-yellow was a different forum. XD

So, for the Semifinals:
Nagisa vs. Kagami: I definitely WANT Nagisa to win, and I think she should too. She has Dango Moe, quiet girl Moe, and maybe a bit of moeblob moe. Kagami to me never had any sort of moe. She's just incredibly popular. And that's why I think Kagami has this one in the bag.

Tsukasa vs. Hina: I don't know much about Hina, to be honest. By her looks, she's pretty moe. However, Tsukasa was basically made to be a moe character. She had everything perfect about her. And I think that the only reason anyone would not vote for her would be if Kagami wins. Tsukasa by a landslide.

[qtipbrit]

Originally Posted by Eczema

lol, I heard the Black Lagoon OP and stopped. ( ._.)
They're getting really late with these this year.
Maybe people stopped caring? ~_~

Originally Posted by GoldAlchemist

Is it possible to hate such a lovely soul?

It has a soul?

Originally Posted by Xellos-_^

the first Kyo ani to win Saimoe should be the God-Empress

Therefore i will vote against any other Kyo-ani in Saimoe till that happens.

ALL HAIL THE GOD-EMPRESS

THAT! ^
'cept it's hard to vote in Kagami-Nagisa, isn't it.

Originally Posted by Kristen

And I think that the only reason anyone would not vote for her would be if Kagami wins.

lol

Kane why you so famous.

Kagami and Hina when the time comes.

[NissanNut]

Now down to the Best 4. I'm hoping for Kagami/Hina final. Kagami/Tsukasa isn't so bad either, especially after seeing with the volleyball match in the OVA. Still, my real wish is Twin-tails and Sport-shorts.

[ZGMF-X10A]

Originally Posted by NissanNut

Now down to the Best 4. I'm hoping for Kagami/Hina final. Kagami/Tsukasa isn't so bad either, especially after seeing with the volleyball match in the OVA. Still, my real wish is Twin-tails and Sport-shorts.

and we all know the outcome if it's Kagamin vs Tsukasa.

Spoiler for even at the end Tsukasa said:

she couldn't beat her sister

I really hope Hinagiku will lose against Tsukasa.

on the side note: what does Hinagiku mean again? hina (throw up) ? hina (vomit)?