Anime Saimoe Tournament 2009 (Japan)

[Wanderer]

Man, why did it have to be Tacos vs Kyaputen

Well, my finals vote will be for whoever wins the second finals spot, unless it's Koromo. Go Tacos/Kyaputen/Yui!

QF votes and predictions

QF1
Vote: Yet undecided
Prediction: Taiga, easilly
QF2
Vote: Nodoka
Prediction: Louise, but upset possible
QF3
Vote: Kyaputen
Prediction: Kyaputen
QF4
Vote: Yui
Prediction: Yui

[Seishi]

I was thinking about making a Vegas-like odds sheet for the top 8, or getting someone else here to.

[frustra]

Yui 2:1
Taiga 2:1
Nodoka 3:1
Mihoko 4:1
Tacos 4:1
Koromo 8:1
Louise 50:1
Isumi 100:1

Moar like that?

[Seishi]

Needs over and under for votes and odds for each quarterfinals match. Well, when I blog in a few hours I'll see about asking for help on that.

[OverFunk]

The draw was nice. Could have been better for my interests, but certainly avoided the worst possible rival imo, which is Yui.

1st half Taiga/Isumi//Nodoka/Louise
There's a limit on how many Rie charas can you beat on a row. Either one or two. Rika managed two, but not in a row. My loyalty goes to Louise, then Taiga.
2nd half Yuuki/Mihoko//Yui/Koromo
Now this is unpredictable. Only I know is that Yui won the stronger block of this lot. My loyalty goes to Koromo, then Yui should she beat Koromo.

As long as that disgusting pink fat cow with no redeeming values whatsoever does not win the tournament, it will be acceptable. As for Yuuki, I'll probably accept it, but really, really halfheartedly.

[Zeroryoko1974]

　 　 ┏━ Aisaka Taiga [Toradora!]
　 ┏┫
　 ┃┗━ Saginomiya Isumi [Hayate]
┏┫┏━ Haramura Nodoka [-Saki-]
┃┗┫
┫　 ┗━ Louise [Zero no Tsukaima]
┃　 ┏━ Kataoka Yuuki [-Saki-]
┃┏┫
┗┫┗━ Fukuji Mihoko [-Saki-]
　 ┃┏━ Hirasawa Yui [K-On!]
　 ┗┫
　 　 ┗━ Amae Koromo [-Saki-]
Semifinal pick: Yui vs Tacos, and Nodocchi vs Taiga. Final Tacos vs Nodocchi

Manga Saimoe Draw:

　 　 ┏━ 翠星石＠ローゼンメイデン [Suiseiseki]
　 ┏┫
　 ┃┗━ 水銀燈＠ローゼンメイデン [Suigintou]
┏┫┏━ 小森霧＠さよなら絶望先生 [Kiri]
┃┗┫
┫　 ┗━ 御坂美琴＠とある魔術の禁書目録シリーズ [Misaka]
┃　 ┏━ 木之本桜＠カードキャプターさく [Sakura]
┃┏┫
┗┫┗━ 桂ヒナギク＠ハヤテのごとく！[Hinagiku]
　 ┃┏━ 原村和＠咲－Saki－[Nodoka]
　 ┗┫
　 　 ┗━ 天樹院フレデリカ＠PSYREN ‐サイレン‐ [Frederica]
Semifinal DESu vs Railgun and Sakura (CCS) vs Nodoka. Final DESU vs Sakura. Battle of past Anime Saimoe champs. Going with DESU

[Team Rocket Elite]

Yesterday's Results:

Sanzenin Nagi - 874 (49.55%)
Haramura Nodoka - 890 (50.45%)

Nodocchi comes through for Saki! After two failures, a Saki characters wins a close Round 4 match. Looking at the voting graph, Nagi managed to take the lead heading into the final hour and out performed Nodocchi in the second and third last hours. Nodocchi was saved by the last hour rush of votes. Saki has now set a new record with 4 characters in the Top 8. It's not the 6 out of 8 some speculated could happen but when you look at the margins of victory, Saki was only 33 votes away from achieving that.

[exec]

　 ┏━ Aisaka Taiga [Toradora!]
　┏┫
　┃┗━ Saginomiya Isumi [Hayate]
┏┫┏━ Haramura Nodoka [-Saki-]
┃┗┫
┫　┗━ Louise [Zero no Tsukaima]
┃　┏━ Kataoka Yuuki [-Saki-]
┃┏┫
┗┫┗━ Fukuji Mihoko [-Saki-]
　┃┏━ Hirasawa Yui [K-On!]
　┗┫
　┗━ Amae Koromo [-Saki-]

That's how I'm going to vote.
I hope it's going to be Taiga vs Koromo final... but who knows, lately characters that i think are moe have trouble winning...

[Ithekro]

Too many fakes. Made me sort of interested in a dead Block under false pretense. They didn't even beat Yui vs Hina's record for real votes.

Oh well. Looks like Yui's been delegated as Saki killer even though she's not done that even once yet. Sort of like how they sent Kagami to knock out the remains of Clannad last year.

Hmmm, the groupings suggest it could have been Nagi vs Louise.

[Micchi]

Picks: 0-1 (4-4; 88-64)
Predictions: 0-1 (5-3; 126-26)

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!

Regarding the quarterfinal matchups:

- Why are all the chars I like on the bottom half of the draw!?!?!?! OTL OTL OTL
- Yui will have to go through 2 and possibly 3 Saki chars to win it all. She has a good chance at doing so too.
- Nodoka will have to go through most likely 2 and possibly 3 Kugi chars to win it all.
- Anyone but Nodoka.
- Why Yui vs Koromo!?!?!??!?! OTL OTL OTL

Vote: Taiga
Prediction: Taiga

No matter what, Isumi was gonna have an uphill battle on her hands. This is like climbing Everest.

Quarterfinals post

[jorez]

Wow, those quarterfinals look really good to me. At least 1 Saki character will lose. Nagi has lost so... I don't think any character this way can win against Nodoka. Let's see how Saki does in these quarters.

[00andz00]

wow, Nagi lost.. oh well, grats Nodocchi

for my votes:


Taiga vs Isumi
tough pick for me, but i guess Taiga will win this easy..

Nodoka vs Louise
tough pick too, since i dont like them both..

Yuuki vs Mihoko
damn this draw.. sori Tacos, Captain all the way~

Yui vs Koromo
loli demon > airhead gitah

[KaneDragon]

Disappointing...

Well, I have my first set of choices all lined up:

　 　 ┏━ Aisaka Taiga [Toradora!]
　 ┏┫
　 ┃┗━ Saginomiya Isumi [Hayate]
┏┫┏━ Haramura Nodoka [-Saki-]
┃┗┫
┫　 ┗━ Louise [Zero no Tsukaima]
┃　 ┏━ Kataoka Yuuki [-Saki-]
┃┏┫
┗┫┗━ Fukuji Mihoko [-Saki-]
　 ┃┏━ Hirasawa Yui [K-On!]
　 ┗┫
　 　 ┗━ Amae Koromo [-Saki-]

[NissanNut]

Originally Posted by chaosprophet

Results in english:

Group F:
1st 890 votes (50.5%) | Haramura Nodoka (Nodocchi) @ Saki
2nd 874 votes (49.5%) | Sanzen'in Nagi @ Hayate no Gotoku!!

Nagi... I don't understand what people see on Nodoka... oh well to each their own.
Argh and it was by so little...

Everything you just said are my exact thoughts. Nagi lost. Yes, to each their own.
Congrats to Nodoka on her win.
And congrats to all the girls and their supporters for getting to the Best 8.


I guess I'll join in on bracketology too...

　 　 ┏━ Aisaka Taiga [Toradora!]
　 ┏┫
　 ┃┗━ Saginomiya Isumi [Hayate]
┏┫┏━ Haramura Nodoka [-Saki-]
┃┗┫
┫　 ┗━ Louise [Zero no Tsukaima]
┃　 ┏━ Kataoka Yuuki [-Saki-]
┃┏┫
┗┫┗━ Fukuji Mihoko [-Saki-]
　 ┃┏━ Hirasawa Yui [K-ON!]
　 ┗┫
　 　 ┗━ Amae Koromo [-Saki-]

Bold will be my picks for the quarterfinal round. I'm not even going to attempt to predict.

Ack... I'm voting -Saki- 3 times! I like the series, but to actually vote for that many in this round.
I'm even voting for a HnG!! girl not named Hinagiku, Sakuya, Maria or Nagi this late in the tournmanet.
That's the zaniness of Saimoe, I guess.
Okay, I'm voting for Taiga.

[Seishi]

Taiga, Louise, Yuuki, Yui

Q.E.D.

[LC]

Taiga vs. Isumi: I hate this because Isumi is a good character, but I have to support Taiga. I think that Taiga will win this one, but it will be closer than most expect.

Nodoka vs. Louise: I'm not very fond of Nodoka or Louise, but I'm voting for Louise. Prediction: Nodoka

Yuuki vs. Mihoko: I am voting for Tacos, but I think Mihoko has a slight edge that will win her the match.

Yui vs. Koromo: Aw, I like Koromo. =( Voting and predicting Yui.

[frustra]

one tough bracket to predict, but my picks are easy.

Isumi
Louise (lesser of two evils, i guess)
Kyapten
The Koromo

[Aya Reiko]

Chartage again!



Prediction:
Taiga
Nodoka (Lousie barely beat Momoko. However, Nodoka is several ranks higher than Momoko.)
Mihoko
Yui

SFs--
Nodoka
Yui

Final--
Nodoka... maybe.

[DigimonTamer]

Uggg, I would pick anybody BUT Taiga at this point. One of the worst characters of the last 5 years.

The draws are interesting. I think it was obvious that we would have had a saki vs. saki match with all the characters they sent to this round. My favorite to win the whole thing is Tacos, and then Yui.

[Liddo-kun]

My votes for the next round are in bold:

　 ┏┫
　 ┃┗━ Saginomiya Isumi [Hayate]
┏┫┏━ Haramura Nodoka [-Saki-]
┃┗┫
┫　 ┗━ Louise [Zero no Tsukaima]
┃　 ┏━ Kataoka Yuuki [-Saki-]
┃┏┫
┗┫┗━ Fukuji Mihoko [-Saki-]
　 ┃┏━ Hirasawa Yui [K-On!]
　 ┗┫
　 　 ┗━ Amae Koromo [-Saki-]

Hoping that a majority of the Hayate fans still voting in Saimoe will vote for Isumi.
The situation isn't favorable, but there's still a chance for victory.