Seasonal Diadem

The seasonal diadem is an award featured in the International Saimoe League.

Female
2012

Male
2021 Male

2017
Note: *** is for ambiguous gender with feminime appearance

Diadem of Winter


Diadem of Spring


Diadem of Summer


Diadem of Fall


ISML 2018
Format Nomination stage Group stage Bracket stage
 * Nominations are either done in the main website, or in the ISML forums. Top 36 contestants will advance to the next stage. Vote numbers are intentionally hidden in an attempt to minimize bias from voters.
 * 36 contestants are split into 12 groups of 3. Single round robin.
 * Top finisher of each group advances to bracket stage
 * Eight second placers are ranked by Cumulative vote points (CVPt.). Top 4 advance to bracket stage, and all other girls will be eliminated.
 * 16 girls will play in a single-elimination bracket.
 * Seeding is ordered by Wins, then Cumulative vote points (CVPt.)
 * Bracket order is 1v16 / 8v9 / 4v13 / 5v12 / 2v15 / 7v10 / 3v14 / 6v11.
 * If a girl reaches the final, they will automatically qualify for next year's main tournament. The winner of the bracket's final earns the Seasonal Diadem, and a fancy-ass poster made by the staff.

Results
Winter Nominations: OLD - Old Debutant. For seasonal contests, an old debutant is someone who first appeared in an anime installment before this season. This means that they had chances to qualify in a prior ISML seasonal or main tournament, but failed. [Note 1] Feng Baobao (Under One Person) is a Chinese name; the family name is Feng. [Note 2] Under One Person is originally a Chinese webcomic. Its anime adaptation is a Chinese-Japanese collaborative effort, therefore making its characters eligible for this contest. [Note 3] ReLIFE Final Arc OVA release date: 21 March 2018. [Note 4] Girls und Panzer das Finale Part I Blu-ray disc JP release date: 23 March 2018. It was originally released in Japanese theatres on 9 December 2017. (Source: Blu-ray.com) [Note 5] Fate/Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya: Vow in the Snow Blu-ray disc JP release date: 31 January 2018. It was originally released in Japanese theatres on 26 August 2017. [Note 6] The Irregular at Magic High School The Movie Blu-ray disc JP release date: 24 January 2018. It was originally released in Japanese theatres on 17 June 2017.

Group stage (Sources: Aquamarine Day 1.) ''Days 1-12 featured only 2 groups, which were arranged in alphabetical order (A-B, C-D etc.). Day 13 had ALL groups play their third matches.''

Bracket stage (Sources: Aqua Gem (R16), Topaz 1 & Topaz 2 (QF), Topaz 3 (SF), Topaz 4 (Final) )

Spring Nominations: OLD - Old Debutant. For seasonal contests, an old debutant is someone who first appeared in an anime installment before this season. This means that they had chances to qualify in a prior ISML seasonal or main tournament, but failed. [Note 1] Kiyoi Mizushima is her original name as a human. However, she first appeared in Selector Infected WIXOSS (Spring 2014) as Piruluk, a type of "LRIG", which are the fighters used in the series. In Lostorage Conflated WIXOSS (season 4), she returns in her original human form.

Group stage (Sources: Amethyst --- Day 1 (Match 1), Days 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, & 8 (Match 2), Gem round (Match 3) )

Bracket stage (Sources: Sapphire --- Day 1 (R16), Days 2 & 3 (QF), Day 4 (SF), Day 5 (Final) )

Summer Nominations: OLD - Old Debutant. For seasonal contests, an old debutant is someone who first appeared in an anime installment before this season. This means that they had chances to qualify in a prior ISML seasonal or main tournament, but failed. [Note 1] ISML name: Erythrocyte (aka Red Blood Cell). Since there are multiple named Red Blood Cells in Cells At Work!, this wiki will use her "cell number" AE3803. [Note 2] Airi Yamamoto (Back Street Girls) is a trans woman. Previously known as Kentaro Yamamoto, the story's premise is about a trio of yakuza members (of which he is a part of) who were forced to either commit seppuku for their failures, or undergo sex reassignment surgery and train to become idols. They chose the latter option, debuting as the idol trio named "Gokudols". [Note 3] Phantom in the Twilight is a Japanese-Chinese co-production. [Note 4] The ISML name of Krista Lenz (Attack on Titan) also includes her real identity in parentheses, which is spoiler information. Although she is referred by her true identity from season 3 onwards, for "safety" reasons this wiki will only use her former name. [Note 5] ISML name: Rem Galleu (alternate spelling, double L) [Note 6] Love, Chuunibyou & Other Delusions! Take on Me Blu-ray disc JP release date: 18 July 2018. It was originally released in Japanese theatres on 6 January 2018.

Group stage (Sources: Emerald Gem, Ruby 1, Ruby 2)

Bracket stage (Sources: Ruby --- Day 3 (R16), Day 4 (QF), Day 5 (SF), Gem round (Final) )
 * Mahiru Tsuyuzaki (#12)'s bracket position is swapped with Rachel Gardner (#14) in order to eliminate the possibility of an early rematch. If the bracket proceeded under normal seedings, two members of Group C -- Mahiru (#12)andAE3803 (#4) -- might have played against each other again in the quarter-finals.

Fall Nominations: OLD - Old Debutant. For seasonal contests, an old debutant is someone who first appeared in an anime installment before this season. This means that they had chances to qualify in a prior ISML seasonal or main tournament, but failed. [Note 1] The ISML name of Ace Attorney (JP: Gyakuten Saiban) displays the Japanese name first, then the English name in parentheses. This naming convention also applies to its characters as well: for instance, Maya Fey is displayed as "Mayoi Ayasato (Maya Fey)". [Note 2] Liz and the Blue Bird Blu-ray disc JP release date: 5 December 2018. It was originally released in Japanese theatres on 21 April 2018.

Group stage (Sources: Playoffs --- Day 1, Day 2, Day 3)

Bracket stage (Sources: Playoffs --- Day 4 (R16), Day 5 (QF), Day 6 (SF), Day 7 (Final), Day 8 (3rd place) )

Seasonal Championship

ISML 2019
Qualification Criteria:
 * 1) Character must be biologically female. If the character is genderless or undefined, they will only be accepted if they exhibit predominantly feminine characteristics, or if the majority of the audience considers them to be female.
 * 2) Character must be human. humanoid, or anthropomorphic.
 * 3) Character must appear in a series with any new ANIMATED installment PREMIERING, AIRING, or RELEASED within the following dates:
 * Winter: January 1 - March 31
 * Spring: April 1 - June 30
 * Summer: July 1 - September 30
 * Fall: October 1 - December 31
 * Animated installments include the following media: TV seasons/episodes, Film releases (Theatrical or BLU-RAY), Original video animation (OVA), and Original net animation (ONA).

Character is ineligible if:
 * 1) she is already qualified for 2019's preliminary / regular season or tournament of champions
 * 2) she has won the "Seasonal Diadem" before
 * 3) she has made past the nominations in any of the previous FOUR seasonal contests.

Format:
 * Nomination stage - Nominations are either done in the main website, or in the ISML forums. Top 24 (or more) contestants will advance to the next stage. Vote numbers are intentionally hidden in an attempt to minimize bias from voters.
 * Elimination stage - All qualified nominees will be subject into a single approval voting match. Only the Top 8 contestants will advance to the bracket stage, and will be seeded according to the amount of votes they got in this stage. The remaining contestants are eliminated.
 * Bracket stage - Single-elimination bracket. Bracket order is 1v8 / 4v5 / 2v7 / 3v6. If a girl reaches the final, they will automatically qualify for next year's main tournament. The winner of the bracket's final earns the Seasonal Diadem, and a fancy-ass poster made by the staff.

Results
Winter Nominations: OLD - Old Debutant. For seasonal contests, an old debutant is someone who first appeared in an anime installment before this season. This means that they had chances to qualify in a prior ISML seasonal or main tournament, but failed. [Note 1] I Want to Eat Your Pancreas JP release date: 1 September 2018; USA screening date with subtitles: 7 February 2019.

Eliminations

Bracket stage

Spring Nominations: OLD - Old Debutant. For seasonal contests, an old debutant is someone who first appeared in an anime installment before this season. This means that they had chances to qualify in a prior ISML seasonal or main tournament, but failed. [Note 1] K: Seven Stories blu-ray disc JP release date: 20 February 2019 (source) [Note 2] Zoku Owarimonogatari was originally a film released on 10 November 2018; the film was later aired as a six-episode TV series starting in 18 May 2019. [Note 3] Laala Manaka (PriPara) may be an ineligible contestant that was erroneously entered into the seasonal, since she may NOT have appeared in the anime (Kiratto Pri☆chan) that was airing at that time.

[Note 4] A 4-episode hentai OVA adaptation of YU-NO was released in 1998. However, ISML forbids characters from hentai / R18+ adaptations. For the purposes of this contest, the 1998 adaptation will not count, and the 2019 TV adaptation will be considered its first animated installment.

Eliminations

Bracket stage

Summer Nominations: OLD - Old Debutant. For seasonal contests, an old debutant is someone who first appeared in an anime installment before this season. This means that they had chances to qualify in a prior ISML seasonal or main tournament, but failed.

[Note 1] Gochiusa: Sing For You OVA JP release date: 26 September 2019.

Eliminations

Bracket stage

Fall Nominations: OLD - Old Debutant. For seasonal contests, an old debutant is someone who first appeared in an anime installment before this season. This means that they had chances to qualify in a prior ISML seasonal or main tournament, but failed.

[Note 1] ISML name: Ana. Since her true identity is just Medusa in a different Servant class (Lancer), she will share the same record with Medusa's original Servant class (Rider from Fate/stay night).

[Note 2] Weathering With You 's original JP release date was 9 July 2019. During the 2019 Fall season, it was released in cinemas on multiple countries: India (11 October), South Korea (30 October), Russia (31 October), and China (1 November).

Eliminations

Bracket stage

Seasonal Championship

ISML 2020
Qualification Criteria:
 * 1) Character must be biologically female. If the character is genderless or undefined, they will be accepted if they exhibit predominantly feminine characteristics, or if the majority of the audience considers them to be female.
 * 2) Character must be human or anthropomorphic.
 * 3) Character must appear in a series with any new ANIMATED installment PREMIERING, AIRING, or RELEASED within the following dates:
 * Winter: January 1 - March 31
 * Spring: April 1 - June 30
 * Summer: July 1 - September 30
 * Fall: October 1 - December 31
 * Animated installments include the following media: TV seasons/episodes, Film releases (Theatrical or BLU-RAY), Original video animation (OVA), and Original net animation (ONA).

Character is ineligible if:
 * 1) she is already qualified for 2020's preliminary / regular season or tournament of champions
 * 2) she has won the "Seasonal Diadem" before
 * 3) she has made past the nominations in any of the previous FOUR seasonal contests.

Format:
 * Nomination stage - Nominations are either done in the main website, or in the ISML forums. Top 24 (or more) contestants will advance to the next stage. Vote numbers are intentionally hidden in an attempt to minimize bias from voters.
 * Elimination stage - All qualified nominees willl be subject into a single approval voting match. Only the Top 16 contestants will advance to the bracket stage, and will be seeded according to the amount of votes they got in this stage. The remaining contestants are eliminated.
 * Bracket stage - Single-elimination bracket. Seed order is 1v16 / 8v9 / 4v13 / 5v12 / 2v15 / 7v10 / 3v14 / 6v11. The winner of the bracket's final earns the Seasonal Diadem, a fancy-ass poster made by the staff, and a direct invite on next year's tournament.
 * Unlike previous editions, the main bracket's runner-up will not be directly invited to next year; instead they will drop to the consolation bracket.

All losers will play in a consolation bracket to determine the second direct invite from each seasonal.
 * Allocation Method: Highest seed plays lowest surviving seed. Note that the position of the main bracket losers may be adjusted in the lower bracket to prevent rematches.
 * CO Round 1: Round of 16 losers fight each other
 * CO Round 2: Winners of CO Rd 1 will fight quarter-final losers.
 * CO Round 3: Two winners of CO Rd 2 will fight semi-final losers; the other two winners play each other.
 * CO Round 4: Winners of CO Rd 3 will join the loser of the main bracket's final in a four-way instant-runoff voting match to determine the Seasonal runner-up, who will automatically qualify to ISML 2021.

Results
Winter Nominations: The ballots for Winter and Spring were shared with the Main Tournament nominations. Their results were released in the forums. OLD - Old Debutant. For seasonal contests, an old debutant is someone who first appeared in an anime installment before this season. This means that they had chances to qualify in a prior ISML seasonal or main tournament, but failed. [Note 1] Hanako-kun has 2 characters whose given and family names are literally swapped: the female character's Romanized name is Aoi Akane (given name Aoi), while the male is named Akane Aoi (given name Akane). The original Japanese names don't have this potential confusion because they are written with different characters: [ 赤根葵 ] and [ 蒼井茜 ] respectively. [Note 2] Sound! Euphonium Movie 3: Oath's Finale blu-ray disc JP release date: 26 February 2020. [Note 3] Girls und Panzer Taiyaki War! OVA release date: 27 February 2020.

Eliminations

Bracket stage

Spring Nominations: The ballots for Winter and Spring were shared with the Main Tournament nominations. Their results were released in the forums. OLD - Old Debutant. For seasonal contests, an old debutant is someone who first appeared in an anime installment before this season. This means that they had chances to qualify in a prior ISML seasonal or main tournament, but failed. [Note 1] Her Blue Sky Blu-ray disc JP release date: 10 June 2020. [Note 2]ISML name: Kurea Aoki (using the Hepburn transliteration instead of the more appropriate "Clair") [Note 3] Alternatively spelled as Androssi Zahard, which is used in the Tower of God Fandom wiki. (Link contains spoilers.) [Note 4] ISML name: Hikari Yagami (Kari's original Japanese name) [Note 5]ISML name: Catarina Claes ("C" instead of "K") [Note 6] ISML name: Kyaru (Hepburn transliteration.) Karyl is the name used in the game's official English version. [Note 7] Hello World Blu-ray disc JP release date: 8 April 2020.

Eliminations:

Bracket stage

Summer Nominations (Source) Summer nominations were held on the ISML website. 10 entries; a maximum of 3 characters can be nominated (and qualified) in the same series. OLD - Old Debutant. For seasonal contests, an old debutant is someone who first appeared in an anime installment before this season. This means that they had chances to qualify in a prior ISML seasonal or main tournament, but failed. [Note 1] Great Pretender was released ahead of time in Netflix on 2 June 2020. The series started airing on TV on 8 July 2020. This means that the anime had an ONA release during Spring. Because of this, Abigail Jones is classified as an old debutant, as she was technically eligible for Spring qualification. [Note 2] Also known by her alias name Chizuru Mizuhara. [Note 3] Houkago Teibou Nisshi premiered in 7 April, but went on a hiatus after episode 3. The series restarted broadcast on 7 July, with episode 4 airing on 28 July. [Note 4] Saekano the Movie: Finale Blu-ray disc JP release date: 23 September 2020. [Note 5] ISML name: Mira Yu (Japanese name.) [Note 6] Railgun T was delayed multiple times due to COVID-19 pandemic; its first release in Summer was episode 16, aired on 24 July. Furthermore, both Rakko Yumiya and Ryouko Kuriba debuted in Summer because they made their first relevant animated appearances past episode 16. [Note 7] The Millionaire Detective premiered in 9 April, but went on a hiatus after episode 2 due to COVID-19. The series restarted broadcast on 16 July, with episode 3 airing on 30 July.

Eliminations: (Sapphire Gem Rounds)

Bracket stage

Seasonal Championship