Saimoe 2011

The Anime Saimoe Tournament is an annual contest held by 2ch to determine the most moe girl of the year. The tournament is not meant to directly measure popularity (despite common misconceptions) but rather focuses on each character's moe appeal, and is intended to be a festival in which fans can promote shows, characters, artwork, and other material they enjoyed. Saimoe is serious fucking business. Blood will be spilled. The cast of Puella Magi Madoka Magica is participating in the 2011 tournament.

Current Match Preliminary Group 16 (8/1-8/2): Kaname Madoka

How To Vote

Refer to this site for now. More information will be posted here when the main tournament starts. The tournament is currently placing tight restrictions on IP addresses for the preliminaries, so voters outside Japan may have difficulty getting codes.

Preliminary Rounds

The preliminaries consist of several rounds in which large groups of characters are voted on at once. Each voter can vote for up to 10 characters per round. The 12 highest scoring characters advance to the main tournament, and the remainder of the top 35 get another chance to qualify through the second set of preliminary rounds.

ROUND 1

65th - 10 votes - Gin no Majo <<銀の魔女＠魔法少女まどか☆マギカ>> (Gisela)

ROUND 2

44th - 18 votes - Geijutsuka no Majo <<芸術家の魔女＠魔法少女まどか☆マギカ>> (Izabel)

57th - 12 votes - Viking-style Puella Magi <<ヴァイキング風の魔法少女＠魔法少女まどか☆マギカ>>

60th - 11 votes - Torikago no Majo <<鳥かごの魔女＠魔法少女まどか☆マギカ>> (Roberta)

ROUND 3

1st - 433 votes - Akemi Homura <<暁美ほむら＠魔法少女まどか☆マギカ>>

41st - 28 votes - Class representative Witch <<委員長の魔女＠魔法少女まどか☆マギカ>> (Patricia)

42nd - 27 votes - Kage no Majo <<影の魔女＠魔法少女まどか☆マギカ>> (Elsa Maria)

ROUND 4

17th -　91 votes - Walpurgis Night (Butai Souchi no Majo) <<ワルプルギスの夜（舞台装置の魔女）＠魔法少女まどか☆マギカ>>

ROUND 5

1st - 372 votes - Sakura Kyouko <<佐倉杏子＠魔法少女まどか☆マギカ>>

65th - 8 votes - Puella Magi in a war <<戦火の中の魔法少女＠魔法少女まどか☆マギカ>>

ROUND 6

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ROUND 7

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ROUND 8

1st - 410 votes - Tomoe Mami <<巴マミ＠魔法少女まどか☆マギカ>>

ROUND 9

5th - 202 votes - Charlotte Okashi no Majo <<シャルロッテ（お菓子の魔＠魔法少女まどか☆マギカ>>

44th - 32 votes - Hako no Majo <<ハコの魔女＠魔法少女まどか☆マギカ>> (Elly)

ROUND 10

1st -　392 votes - Miki Sayaka <<美樹さやか＠魔法少女まどか☆マギカ>>

14th - 90 votes - Kaname Junko <<鹿目詢子（まどかの母）＠魔法少女まどか☆マギカ>>

ROUND 11

62nd - 14 votes - Puella Magi in a volcanic island <<火山島の魔法少女＠魔法少女まどか☆マギカ>>

ROUND 12

51st - 19 votes - Puella Magi in the grasslands <<草原の魔法少女＠魔法少女まどか☆マギカ>>

62nd - 13 votes - Cleopatra look-alike Puella Magi <<クレオパトラ似の魔法少女＠魔法少女まどか☆マギカ>>

Patricia Iinchou no Majo <<パトリシア（委員長の魔女）＠魔法少女まどか☆マギカ>> Duplicate eliminated

ROUND 13

56th - 15 votes - Himeko look-alike Puella Magi <<卑弥呼似の魔法少女＠魔法少女まどか☆マギカ>>

55th - 19 votes - Jeanne d'Arc look-alike Puella Magi <<ジャンヌ・ダルク似の魔法少＠魔法少女まどか☆マギカ>>

71st - 10 votes - Puella Magi in a savanna <<サバンナの魔法少女＠魔法少女まどか☆マギカ>>

76th - 9 votes - Puella Magi in the train <<列車中の魔法少女＠魔法少女まどか☆マギカ>>

ROUND 14

25th - 51 votes - Saotome Kazuko <<早乙女和子＠魔法少女まどか☆マギカ>>

33rd - 30 votes - The Puella Magi carrying a teddy bear <<クマのぬいぐるみを持った魔法少女＠魔法少女まどか☆マギカ>>

ROUND 15

57th - 15 votes - Gertrud Baeren no Majo <<薔薇園の魔女＠魔法少女まどか☆マギカ>>

15th - 133 votes - Shizuki Hitomi <<志筑仁美＠魔法少女まどか☆マギカ>>

ROUND 16

Kaname Madoka <<鹿目まどか＠魔法少女まどか☆マギカ>> (Naturally, she doesn't go into action until the very last round)

Main Tournament

The 288 characters that pass the preliminaries will be divided into groups and brackets for the single elimination main tournament through a random draw.

Madoka characters that have qualified for the main tournament:

• Homura Akemi (Group 3: 1st Place)

• Kyouko Sakura (Group 5: 1st Place)

• Mami Tomoe (Group 8: 1st Place)

• Charlotte (Group 9: 5th Place)

• Sayaka (Group 10: 1st Place)

Madoka characters that are awaiting the second preliminaries:

• Walpurgis Night (Group 4: 17th Place)

• Junko Kaname (Group 10: 14th Place)

• Kazuko Saotome (Group 14: 25th Place)

• Puella Magi carrying a teddy bear (Group 14: 33rd Place)

• Hitomi Shizuki (Group 15: 15th Place)

Madoka characters that have been eliminated from the tournament:

• Gisela (Group 1: 65th Place)

• Izabel (Group 2: 44th Place)

• Viking-style Puella Magi (Group 2: 57th Place)

• Roberta (Group 2: 60th Place)

• Patricia (Group 3: 41st Place)

• Elsa Maria (Group 3: 42nd Place)

• Elly (Group 9: 44th Place)

• Puella Magi in a volcanic island (Group 11: 62nd Place)

• Puella Magi in the grasslands (Group 12: 51st place)

• Cleopatra look-alike Puella Magi (Group 12: 62nd Place)

• Himeko look-alike Puella Magi (Group 13: 56th Place)

• Jeanne d'Arc look-alike Puella Magi (Group 13: 55th Place)

• Puella Magi in a savanna (Group 13: 71st Place)

• Puella Magi in the train (Group 13: 76th Place)

• Gertrud (Group 15: 57th Place)

Finals

The finals will be a playoff between the winners of the eight main tournament groups.

External links

• Official Site (Japanese)
• Unofficial English Site
• English Saimoe Wiki
• Saimoe 2011 Synchroom (English)