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 No Madoka characters are in preliminary group 6.

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 Puella Magi <<委員長の魔女＠魔法少女まどか☆マギカ>>

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

Tomoe Mami <<巴マミ＠魔法少女まどか☆マギカ>>

ROUND 9

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>>

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

ROUND 10

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

Miki Sayaka <<美樹さやか＠魔法少女まどか☆マギカ>>

ROUND 11

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

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>>

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

ROUND 13

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

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>>

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

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

Saotome Kazuko <<早乙女和子＠魔法少女まどか☆マギカ>>

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

Baeren no Majo <<薔薇園の魔女＠魔法少女まどか☆マギカ>>

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)

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)