Bilibili Moe 2018 - Japanese Animation

Bilibili Moe 2018 Animated Character Popularity Awards - Japanese Animation was the fourth edition of the Bilibili Moe tournament held exclusively in the Chinese video-sharing website Bilibili.

The tournament was marked by the dominating presence of Type-Moon's Fate franchise, helped in part by the many installments broadcast within the span of a single year, falling well within the eligibility period. As a result, both female and male brackets have 17 Fate representatives out of 32 competitors who survived the group stage. Moreover, the final four of the Male tournament consisted entirely of characters from one of its installments, Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel.

Fate's monopoly on the tournament is best exemplified through Gilgamesh, who was the first Bilibili Moe champion, regardless of gender and nationality, to win the entire tournament without ever falling behind in any of his matches. (Yes, not even a single second. This includes the qualification rounds.)  He is also the first (introduced) antagonist to win a major saimoe contest.

The Female tournament was won by Sakura Kinomoto, a character who was making her much-awaited comeback after 16 years through the release of her sequel anime ''Cardcator Sakura: Clear Card. The Cardcaptor's championship run was higlighted by her wins against 5 Fate characters, one in the group stage and the other four in the knockout stage, including a legendary semi-final match against Fate icon Rin Tohsaka, and the final which pitted Sakura against Fate/EXTRA'' Saberface Nero, another character with the same voice actress as her.

Schedule
Qualification rounds
 * "Sea election"  - July 14 - 27
 * Repechage / Resurrection rounds  - July 28 - 29

Round of 128 Group Stage   (July 31 - August 7)
 * Groups ABEF 1 - July 31
 * Groups CDGH 1 - August 1
 * Groups ABEF 3 - August 2
 * Groups CDGH 3 - August 3
 * Groups ABEF 2 - August 4
 * Groups CDGH 2 - August 5
 * Groups ABEF 4 - August 6
 * Groups CDGH 4 - August 7

Round of 32  (August 8 - 11)
 * Group Winners ABEF,  1 vs. 2 - August 8
 * Group Winners CDGH, 1 vs. 2 - August 9
 * Group Winners ABEF,  3 vs. 4 - August 10
 * Group Winners CDGH, 3 vs. 4 - August 11

Round of 16
 * Groups ABEF - August 12 
 * Groups CDGH - August 13

Final Bracket
 * Quarter-finals 1 & 2   - August 15
 * Quarter-finals 3 & 4   - August 16
 * Semi-finals - August 17
 * Final & 3rd place match - August 18

Round of 128 Groups - Female
Note: All Servants of Fate/stay night will be identified using their class names. In the original language of the contest, the female servants are entered using their true identities. They are as follows:


 * Rider: Medusa
 * Caster: Medea

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Round of 128 Groups - Male
Note: All Servants of Fate/stay night will be identified using their class names (Archer, Lancer etc.). Gilgamesh is the only exception.

Note that in the original language, the aformentioned characters are entered using their true identities. They are as follows:


 * Archer: Redacted due to spoiler reasons. Check his page for more details.
 * Lancer: Cu Chulainn / 库·丘林
 * Assassin: Sasaki Kojirou / 佐佐木小次郎
 * Berserker: Hercules / 赫拉克勒斯

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H