International Saimoe League 2014
 

The new year is here and so is the International Saimoe League. Nominations will start January 1, 2014 and will last for one week. There will be some small changes to ISML this year that will updated in this post in the near future. The nomination form will soon be up, so please nominate and post them here.

• Which Nova characters will you nominate in 2014?
• Which Stella characters will you nominate in 2014?
• Which new characters do you expect to win necklaces and possibly the tiara?
• Which characters from the 2013 seasonal tournament will rise/fall in strength?

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@RegalStar

That certain nomination name! Maybe the ISML should shorten it to "Yamagami Lucy, etc."

Anyways, I think 2014 will be dominated by older titles again...

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Aiming for a few new series, no big spread.
And short names! ;)
I just hope I did not break any rules by choosing ongoing series nomination...

I lost my <<Print Screen>>! :T_T:

I wasn't able to watch much this year, so my options were a bit limited...

My nominations

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Stella was quite easy for me. Ayu, Kurisu, Mashiro, Nanoha and Erio are all high on my list. The last spot was a tie between Ami and Mai (both have bluish hair and both their names have the same 3 letters...:heh:), but I went with Ami in the end.

Nova was a bit harder for me. I had already made a top 10 Nova girls list for 2014. Rin, Eru, Kyōko and Kotori were all on that list, but they're already qualified. So I had no trouble filling up 6 spots with the remaining girls of my list: Tohka, Yukino, Masuzu, Yuiko, Azusa, Kōko. I decided to give Emi and Misaki my final spots. But it was a hard battle between those two and Yukina (Strike the Blood) and Fino (Yusibu).

Since Mashiro is now a Stella contender, I am personally looking forward to how well she does with the Tier 1 girls. If she turns out to be Tier 1 material herself, then more power to her. In terms of Nova, I think the most prominent girl to look out for is Tokisaki Kurumi of Date a Live, given how well she did in the seasonal tournament. I need some time to come up with a Nova List.

Nova
Regina- Doki Doki Precure
Yazawa Niko- Love Live
Matsuoka Gou- Free!
Kirakishou- Rozen Maiden
Syrup- Zettai Bouei Leviathan
Hakoniwa Yuragi- Ore no Nounai Sentakushi ga, Gakuen Love Comedy wo Zenryoku de Jama Shiteiru
Mizushima Sayori- Love Lab
Kuroki Tomoko- Watamote

Stella
Kinomoto Sakura
Suigintou
Suiseiseki
Hinamori Amu
Minamoto Chikaru
Suzumi Tamao

Time for me to reappear...

Stella:
Touwa Erio
Oshino Shinobu
Yuno
Akemi Homura
Ikaros
Shirai Kuroko

Nova:
Koshigaya Komari - Non Non Biyori
Ichijo Hotaru - Non Non Biyori
Amatsuka Mao - GJ-bu
Tsutsukakushi Tsukiko - Henneko
Yukinoshita Yukino - Oregairu
Alice Cartelet - Kiniro Mosaic
Komichi Aya - Kiniro Mosaic
Mukaido Manaka - Nagi no Asukara

As usual left off a bunch of girl (Yazawa Nico from Love Live, Kuroki Tomoko of Watamote, Myusel from OBC, Mokkan from RKB, Ai-chan Daishouri from Oreshura...)

And no space for にゃんぱすー

Stella division was pretty easy but nova was hard since is my first time doing it. so here are my votes. (I did it in this way cuz I don't know how to upload a image from my computer :confused: )

Oshino Shinobu (Bakemonogatari)
Ibuki Fūko (CLANNAD)
Tōwa Erio (Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko)
Shiina Mashiro (Sakura-sō no Pet na Kanojo)
Ikaros (Sora no Otoshimono)
Kawashima Ami (Toradora!)


Nova Division Form
Character Name Series Title
1. Yoshino Date a Live
2. Chocolat Ore no Nounai Sentakushi ga, Gakuen Love Comedy wo Zenryoku de Jama Shiteiru
3. Tsutsukakushi Tsukiko Hentai Ouji to Warawanai Neko
4. Sasaki Chiho Hataraku Maou-sama
5. furano yukihira Ore no Nounai Sentakushi ga, Gakuen Love Comedy wo Zenryoku de Jama Shiteiru
6. Yuuouji Ouka Ore no Nounai Sentakushi ga, Gakuen Love Comedy wo Zenryoku de Jama Shiteiru
7. Kuroki Tomoko Watamote
8. Koshigaya Komari Non Non Biyori

I used my time away for watching more anime. Time to nominate again.

Nova:
(1) Azuki Azusa - (HenNeko)
(2) Cthugha/Cuuko (Haiyore! Nyaruko-san)
(3) Minato Tomoka (Ro-Kyu-Bu)
(4) Haqua du Lot Herminium (Kaminomi)
(5) Nico Yazawa - (Love Live)
(* Ended up watching Love Live this past week)
(6) Chiwa Harusaki (Oreshura)
(* Didn't have enough room for Fuyuumi, but I made sure Chiwa was included)
(7) Petralka Anne Eldant the Third (Outbreak Company)
(8) Fino Bloodstone (Yūsha ni Narenakatta Ore wa Shibushibu Shūshoku o Ketsui Shimashita)
(* Fino was a late addition to my nominations. Convinced me enough to choose her over Huang from IS and Natsume from Tokyo Ravens)

Stella:
(1) Alice Carroll (Aria)
(2) Hasegawa Kobato (Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai)
(3) Ayase Yue (Negima)
(4) Sawachika Eri (School Rumble)
(5) Sakurano Kurimu (Seitokai no Ichizon)
(6) Yuzuhara Konomi (To Heart II)

Stella

Katagiri Yūhi (Akane-iro ni Somaru Saka)
Mikazuki Yozora (Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai)
Tōwa Erio (Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko)
Tsukimiya Ayu (Kanon)
Akemi Homura (Puella Magi Madoka ☆ Magica)
Sakurano Kurimu (Seitokai no Ichizon)

Nova

1. Yaya Machine-Doll wa Kizutsukanai (Unbreakable Machine Doll)
2. Charlotte Belew Machine-Doll wa Kizutsukanai (Unbreakable Machine Doll)
3. Tsutsukakushi Tsukiko Hentai Ouji to Warawanai Neko.
4. Azuki Azusa Hentai Ouji to Warawanai Neko.
5. Kaga Kouko Golden Time
6. Tsuchimikado Natsume Tokyo Ravens
7. Dairenji Suzuka Tokyo Ravens
8. Kon Tokyo Ravens

Heh, I got to vote for Nova in Nova. :D

Stella (pretty easy):

Teletha Testarossa
Kotobuki Tsumugi
Minami Chiaki
Tsuruya
Saten Ruiko
Kushieda Minori

Nova:

Misaka 10032 A Certain Scientific Railgun
Haqua The World God Only Knows
Emilia Justina Hataraku Maou-sama!
Nova (aka Yuki Mori) Space Battleship Yamato
Minami Kana Minami-ke
Tenri Ayukawa The World God Only Knows
Shiori Shiomiya The World God Only Knows
Chihiro Kosaka The World God Only Knows

I decided that since I didn't care for most of the new series this year, and TWGOK just had a strong season I might as well go for broke with them. At the last minute I switched Lafiel Abriel from Crest of the Stars out for Emilia, since Emilia appeared this season, but next year I'll be back to supporting Lafiel again.

Minami-ke had a good season, so maybe the two Minami sisters will be in ISML together.

I had to vote for a Misaka Imouto since they just went through the Sister's arc. I'd probably prefer 9986, but anyone who does vote for a Misaka Imouto is probably going to pick 10032 so I decided to go along with the crowd.

Maybe we can end up with Misaka 10032, Last Order, and the original all in ISML together. Then once Misaka Worst appears in the anime.... MWAHAHAHA!

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5521/1...faec7f34_c.jpg

Is my typo going to be an issue?(Mis-spelt 'Watamote')Just wondering cause this is my first ISML.

Nova
Jakuzure Nonon - Kill la Kill
Miss Monochrome - Miss Monochrome
Yukine Chris - Senki Zesshō Symphogear
Watashi - Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita
Kirishiki Sunako - Shiki
Millhiore Firianno Biscotti - Dog Days
Enma Ai - Jigoku Shōjo
Isayama Yomi - Ga-Rei: Zero

Stella
Kashiwazaki Sena - Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai
Ryūgū Rena - Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
Tsukimiya Ayu - Kanon
Suiseiseki - Rozen Maiden
Komori Kiri - Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei
Minamoto Chikaru - Strawberry Panic!

My main supports will be Tokisaki Kurumi and Watashi. While Kurumi might be a strong candidate for the Tiara, Watashi will most likely fail again to even make it to the main tournament.

Almost certainly not. Everything is checked manually and the staff have so far dealt with things far, far worse than a single letter typo. Though not making mistakes makes things easier for everyone involved, of course.

Same as above, a one letter typo shouldn't affect the nomination of a specific character. Although...

"The following characters are auto-qualified for the Preliminary Period and are not selectable:"

There was an additional list of characters hidden on the nomination page. Charlotte Dunois from IS was one of the characters that auto qualified for the Stella prelims. Other than that, I don't see any other issues.

Was way too hard as usual for this part, but for Nova I decided to go for newer girls with exception of Kyouko since 3rd movie had some influence on that :), and multiple series besides Kiniro Mosaic x.x (thank god Noire made it in without it) as otherwise becomes near impossible for me to decide anymore :heh:.

Anyways my votes:

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