2013 Winter/Spring Saimoe

2013 Winter/Spring Saimoe is the third and final FB Seasonal Saimoe series held by Japanese ACGN. All matches began at 06:00 p.m. UTC+8 until 02:00 p.m. UTC+8 on next day. In this tournament, 300 contestants (which is the largest entries in FB Seasonal Saimoe series) from anime that released either Winter or Spring in 2013 were eligible to participate. Unlike the previous Seasonal Saimoe, which the winners were newcomers like Mashiro Shiina and  Kuroyukihime;   Mikoto Misaka, who debut in 2008, was the winner of this tournament.

Summary
Hosting Saimoe events just because I want get a chance to vote for Megumi-chan and Eri-chi :3

Round 1
In this round, 300 contestants from anime that released either Winter or Spring 2013 divided into 10 groups, that consists of 30 contestants. Top 12 contestants with the highest votes in each group advanced to the next round, and the rest of them are eliminated. All matches began on July 14 to 21, 2013.

Round 2
In this round, 120 contestants who advanced from previous round, divided into 8 groups that consist of 15 contestants. Top 8 contestants with highest scores in each group advanced to the next round. Otherwise, the contestants are eliminated. All matches began on July 21 to 28, 2013.

Round 3
In this round, 64 advanced contestants divided into 8 groups, same as previous rounds, and each group consists of 8 contestants. Top 4 contestants with the highest scores in each group advanced to the next round, and the rest of them are eliminated. All matches began on July 28 to August 4, 2013.

Round 4
In this round, 32 advanced contestants divided into 4 groups, and each group consists of 8 contestants (same as previous round). Top 4 with the highest scores in each group advanced to round 5, and the rest of them are eliminated. All matches began on August 4 to 11, 2013.

Group D
Note:
 * Italic means that some characters are either Male with feminime appearance (e.g. Saika) or ambiguously gender contestants (e.g.  Hange).

Round 5
In this last round, 16 advanced contestants divided into 4 groups (same as the previous round), with consists of 4 contestants in each group. Top 2 contestants with the highest group in each group advanced to Quarterfinal, and the rest of them are eliminated. All matches began on August 11 to 18, 2013.

Elimination Stage
In this stage, there are 8 contestants, who advanced from main tournament. Similar to the previous Seasonal Saimoe, it didn't have third place match for Semifinal's eliminated contestants. Only one contestant declaer as the winner of the tournament.

This stage consists of:
 * Quarterfinal Match, began on August 18 - 25, 2013.
 * Semifinal Match, began on September 1 - 8, 2013.
 * Final (or Championship match), began on September 8 - 15, 2013.

Trivia

 * Due to his appearance, Saika Totsuka is the only male contestants (exclude Hange) participated along with Females in this tournament.
 * Hange Zoë is the only non-binary contestants participated at this tournament.
 * Seasonal Saimoe has been discontinued after this Seasonal Saimoe ended.