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12:00 PM on 03.07.2011   |   jel x

Japanator Saimoe 2011: Spring Nominations photo

[Are you ready guys? It's time for Japanator's first SaiMoe tournament nominations. Jel X has the whole breakdown after the jump in today's post of the rules and how to nominate. I hope to see all of you posting in the comments! -- Brad]

Hang on to your dakimakuras everyone, Japanator Saimoe 2011 is happening and it starts today! Over the next few weeks we will be voting tournament-style to crown Japanator's favorite anime gal of the past year.

Things start off with a bang as the Spring 2010 season featured heavy hitters Angel Beats!K-ON!!, Japanator's top Anime of 2010 Durarara!! and fan favorite Working!!. Assuming your heart hasn't exploded from all those exclamation points, hit the comments and tell us who you think deserves a spot in the tournament.

If you're having some trouble remembering all the way back to last March like I was, here's a handy list of some of the titles from last spring:

Angel Beats
Arakawa Under the Bridge
B Gata H Kei
Durarara!!
Heroman
K-ON!!
Kaichou wa Maid Sama
Kiss x Sis
Mayoi Neko Overrun!
Seikon no Qwaser
Working!!

List as many girls as you like, but keep in mind only 16 make the cut. Nominations will run three days for each season, so don't wait too long to get your list up. Here are the full rules and schedule:

 Tournament Overview
The tournament will consist of 64 contestants divided into 4 groups of 16. Each group will represent a season: Spring 2010, Summer 2010, Fall 2010, Winter 2010/2011. There will be a nomination period followed by 4 rounds of voting: the Opening Round, Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Championship.

Eligibility for 2011 Tournament
Candidates must appear in an anime series, OVA or movie that originally aired or was released on disc in Japan between the Spring 2010 and Winter 2010/2011 seasons. If a series runs multiple seasons, candidates may be nominated for each season they appear, however they are only eligible to compete once per tournament.

Nomination Period
3 days of nominations per post, 1 post per season. Nominations can be made in the comments of each post. Candidates with the most nominations will be entered in the tournament. In the event of a tie or if there are less than 16 nominees for the season, the judges (me) will make the final decision and add or subtract as necessary.

Opening Round
3 days of voting per post, 1 post per season. The 16 contestants for each season will be split into 4 groups, 1 vote will be cast for each of the 4 groups.

Quarterfinals
3 days of voting per post, 1 post per season. The 4 winners of each group will compete to win their season and reach the Semifinals.

Semifinals
3 days of voting per post, 1 post per semifinal match. One Semifinal will feature the finalists from the Spring and Summer seasons and the other will feature the finalists from Fall and Winter.

Championship
5 days of voting, 1 post. The 2 remaining finalists face off. Champion, Club President, or whatever else we wanna call it will be crowned Friday.

Schedule
March 7-9 Nominations for Spring 2010
March 10-12 Nominations for Summer 2010
March 14-16 Nominations for Fall 2010
March 17-19 Nominations for Winter 2010/2011

March 21-23 Spring Opening Round
March 24-26 Summer Opening Round
March 28-30 Fall Opening Round
March 31-April 2 Winter Opening Round

April 4-6 Spring Quarterfinal
April 7-9 Summer Quarterfinal
April 11-13 Fall Quarterfinal
April 14-16 Winter Quarterfinal

April 18-20 Spring/Summer Semifinal
April 21-23 Fall/Winter Semifinal

April 25-29 Championship
April 30 Final Results

 



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Legacy Comments

This is amazing. Also, a sign of the end times. Nevertheless, let's get nominating:

Azusa (K-ON!!)
Kanade (Angel Beats)
Joey (Heroman...yes, I totally went there.)
Shiina - Angel Beats!
Kanade - Angel Beats!
Tsumugi - K-On!!
Moe Nagato! MOE NAGATO!!!
This is obiviously already won by any k-on girls, no need for contest lol the interesting thing will be the war for the lower places
the only k-on girl who can win it like that is azuna, but thats not going to happen, ill nominate ako(sisxsis)
and its to bad i just posted that because i just saw this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYB_wQltgUs and it really does need to be posted.
@Squishy
Don't worry buddy she'll be up for nomination for the Winter season next week.

@Mooshie
I think the Japanator community is pretty split on K-ON!! so you never know. Gotta be in it to win it though, so just toss out some names and let's see what happens.
Kanade - Angel Beats
Nagato - Disapearance of Haruhi
Celty - Durarara!!

i aint letting no K-Onites take this
IKA MUSUME

that is all
@Mooshie: To heck with that! If Kanade doesn't win, I'm calling bollocks.

To be honest, I'm far more concerned about the divying up of the groups... none of that bs that happened with last year's saimoe where EVERY CHARACTER that had a good chance of destroying the K-on disease was pidgeonholed into the same group to self mutilate one another while each of the K-on girls save 2 were put into their own brackets ensuring at least one made it to the finish.

Shana vs. Yuri, 1st round
Rin vs. Nanoha, 1st round
Kanade vs. Index, 1st round (hey, a lot of 2channers love index -_-)
SENJOUGAHARA vs. RIKA THE PAST CHAMP, 1st round

It was more exciting watching first round matchups than seeing who got to the quarter finals... and I still can't believe Ruiko beat the Strike Friendship, but props to her.
Oh yeah, and as for my nominations for Spring:

Kanade - Angel Beats
Misaki - Maid Sama
annd..... throw a dart at a dartboard for characters from Working for the last one.
Nino - Arakawa (No votes for her yet? Come on guys seriously?)
Tsumugi - K-on!!
Poplar Taneshima - Working!!
Poplar - Working!!
Yui - Angel Beats
Ako - KissXSis

Though, we already know some K-ON character is going to win this.
Iwasawa (Angel Beats)
Yui (Angel Beats)
Erza Scarlet (Fairy Tail)
Korone (Demon King Daimao)
Olivier Armstrong (Brotherhood)
Sawako (K-On!!)
Stella (Arakawa)
Riza Hawkeye (Brotherhood)
Maria (Arakawa)
Mahiru (Working!!)
Juvia (Fairy Tail)
Celty (Durarara!!)

Yeah most of my nominations might not get passed this phase but here they are. And @everyone whining about K-On!! It hasn't won yet don't give up so early!
Oh and almost forgot Katanagatari...
Hitei Hime
Nanami Yasuri
Gonna be pretty disappointed if a K-On character wins. Yes, they're all very moe (certainly moe enough to deserve a victory), but it would just be so predictable! It would be like watching a fight between the Terminator and R2-D2 - so predictable, it isn't even satisfying. Anyway, I'll cast my votes for Spring to...

Yuno - Hidamari Sketch × Hoshimittsu
Joey - Heroman (Say what you will, he was very moe. Likewise, if we have a SaiGAR, Stan Lee will get every single one of my nominations.)
Poplar Taneshima - WORKING!!
I say:

Kanade - Angel Beats
Riko - KissxSis
Nanami - Katanagatari
Ritsu - K-ON!!
Nagato - Disappearance
I nominate Kanade from Angel Beats and Anri from Durarara!
*puts on judge robe and grabs gavel*
hmmm Joey from Heroman? .....I'll allow it.

also, another reminder for Nagato, she'll be up for nomination next week for the Winter season. We're counting BD/DVD release dates for movies since that's when most of the English-speaking community is going to see them.
Poplar - Working!! (WAGNARIA LOLOLOL)
Kanade - Angel Beats!
Noloty - Book of Bantorra
Kanade - Angel Beats
Yuri - Angel Beats
Yui - Angel Beats
Yui - K-ON!
Azusa - K-ON!
Misaki - Maid Sama
Poplar - Working!!
Aoi- Working!
Kanade- Angel Beats!
Azusa- K-ON!!
Riza Hawkeye- FMA: Brotherhood
Celty- Durarara!

LET THE GLORIO BEGIN!
Yui - Angel Beats!
P-ko - Arakawa
Amazoness - Arakawa
Anri - Durarara!!
Erika and Walker - Durarara!!
Joey - Heroman
Occult club duo - K-ON!!
Yuri - Angel Beats
Yui - K-On!!
Erica - Strike Witches 2
Mikoto - To Aru Majutsu no Index
Miyako - Hidamari Sketch x Hoshimittsu

I also nominate Brad Rice.
Azusa - K-ON!
Poplar - Working!!
Nanami - Katanagatari
Nagato - Disappearance
Stella (Arakawa)
Nino - Arakawa
Celty - Durarara!!
Erika -Durarara!!
Index - To Aru Majutsu no Index 2
Misaka - To Aru Majutsu no Index 2
Togame - katanagratari
Suzu Hagimura -Seitokai Yakuindomo
Hitoha Marui -Mitsudomoe
Ferris Eris - The Legend of the Legendary Heroes
Ika Musume - Shinryaku! Ika Musume

Oh my, I certainly nominated a lot of them, mostly cause I looked up a list of the anime I watched this year to see what ones count for this. I look forward to this contest seems interesting.

As a side not, I'm the only one that put Index up!? :o
Mio - K-On!!
Yui - K-On!!
Azusa - K-On!!
Togame - Katanagatari
Mio - K-on!
Misaka - To Aru Majutsu no Index 2
Celty - Durarara!!
Kanade - Angel Beats
Poplar - Working!!
Mami - Madoka Magica
Homura - Madoka Magica
Just a friendly reminder everyone this is for Spring 2010 season only, I love Misaka too but we can nominate her next week.
Was Demon King Daimao a Spring 2010 series?

If so, I want to add a vote for Korone.
@Rush It was.

If anyone is having a hard time remembering what all was covered in the spring of 2010 this chart might prove useful.
http://chartfag.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/spring-2010-v2march.jpg
@jel x

Crap, missed that bit... Well in that case I'm just nominating Yurippe and Brad Rice
Misaki Ayuzawa-Kaichou wa maid sama
Celty- Durarara
Kanade- Angel Beats
Kanade - Angel Beats
Yui - Angel Beats
Poplar - Working!!
Azusa - K-on!!
Sonohara Anri - Durarara!!
Nagato Yuki - Suzumiya Haruhi no Shoushitsu
Great way to kill time while the ISML phase 1 preliminary takes place

Yui- Angel Beats
Yamada- B Gata H Kei
Aoi Kuneida- Beelzebub
Kuroneko- Oreimo
Ayase- Oreimo
Tenshi (Angel Beats!)
Iwasawa (Angel Beats!)
Poplar (Working!!)
Nino (Arakawa)
Maria (Arakawa)
Yukina (Senkou no Night Raid) - Looks like she's all mine xD
Togame (Katanagatari)
Hitei (Katanagatari)
Levy (Fairy Tail)
Erza (Fairy Tail)
Yin (Darker Than Black) - God bless this OVA, I can nominate Yin! :D
Mio (K-On!!)
Azusa (K-On!!)
Erika (Durarara!)
Celty (Durarara!)
Kanade - Angel Beats
Erika Karisawa- Durarara!!
Riko - KissxSis
Sstella - Arakawa Under the Bridge
Nagato Yuki - Suzumiya Haruhi no Shoushitsu
Satoshi (Ritsu's brother) - K-On!!

okay I'm done. :)
Amano Touko (Bungaku Shoujo)
Inami Mahiru (Working!!)
Nino (Arakawa Under the Bridge)
Sae (Hidamari Sketch ☆☆☆)
Hiro (Hidamari Sketch ☆☆☆)

At least I haven't betrayed Hanazawa Kana-sama. But her strongest roles in Spring 2010 were not really as good as her one starring role in Bungaku Shoujo.
I nominate Brad Rice from K-On!!
^ Seconded
my nominations.

Fairy Tale: Lucy
Heroman: Joey, to plague you all.
K-ON!!: Azusa, and Tsumugi
Kiss x Sis, Gotta go with Ako
Tales of Vesperia Movie, first strike, Rita Mordio. I'm not sure if Rita is eligible due to the movie being released on blue-ray May 2010, is that spring or summer?
Keena Soga -Ichiban Ushiro no Dai Mao
Yin - Darker then black
Ikaros - Sora no Otoshimono (dvds released in japan dec '09 through june '10)
Mizuki Himeji - Baka to Test to Shōkanjū
Minami Shimada - Baka to Test to Shōkanjū
Hideyoshi Kinoshita - Baka to Test to Shōkanjū (if we allow joey from heroman, then this nomination shouldn't be a problem lol)
Nagato Yuki - The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya
@BakaJon
Good call on Rita! Yep, May is Spring. For the movies generally Spring will be April/May/June, Summer - July/August/September, Fall - October/November/December and Winter - January/February/March. I may move Disappearance to Winter though, it just seems appropriate and it would spread out some of the top candidates.

@koht
If it's a series that aired on TV first then that's the date we're counting but Ikaros would be eligible Summer and Fall from the OVA and Forte series. As far as Baka Test, the new OVA JUST came out so they're in for Winter and yes, please nominate Hideyoshi.
Nino (Arakawa)
Kanade (Angel Beats)
Mahiru (Working!)
Ika Musume
BTW, are there going to be those awesome tournament trees? I loved those things more than the saimoe constest.
Nino (Arakawa)
P-Ko (Arakawa)
Stella (Arakawa)
Celty (Durarara!!)
Anri (Durarara!!)
Poplar (Working!)
Mato (BRS)
Yomi (BRS)
Akashi (Tatami Galaxy) (Please let her pass nominations *fingers crossed*)

And all the K-On girls I guess.
Arakawa - Nino
Arakawa - Maria
Durarara - Celty (HEADLESS MOE! FTW)
Heroman - Joey (for the lulz)

OoOo we can count Hideyoshi for winter? Well then.
Kanade (Angel Beats)
Iwasawa (Angel Beats)
Maria (Arakawa Under the Bridge)
Togame (Katanagatari)
Keena Soga (Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou)
Kanade (Angel Beats)
Iwasawa (Angel Beats)
Maria (Arakawa Under the Bridge)
Togame (Katanagatari)
Keena Soga (Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou)
Nino-Arakawa
Celty-Durarara!!
Poplar-Working!!
Kanade-Angle Beats!

and just for the hell of it:
Joey-Heroman (I'm going to laugh so hard if Joey makes it in)


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