AnimeBracket

"Because sometimes a poll isn't just good enough"  -slogan                 

AnimeBracket is a website created by Matt Hackmann. The site most notably hosts /r/Anime's Three Major Contests (Best Girl, Guy, and Character) as well as a variety of relatively minor contests held on the subreddit.

Voters will need to register a reddit account in order to vote on the website. Depending on the host, a contest may implement ReCAPTCHA  to prevent bots,  and a minimum age restriction limit for reddit accounts to prevent sockpuppets.

Tournament Format

All tournaments made in AnimeBracket follow this format:

1. Nomination Stage - this is where you enter characters that you want to compete in the contest. Before nominating, you need to read AND follow a set of rules determined by the tournament's host. After that, you will be sent to a nomination screen, in which you enter a [Name], its [Source Field], and the [Image Link].

• When typing down a name, there wil appear a drop-down menu that may help you find the desired character quickly. Selecting a character from the drop-down menu instantly fills the corrpesponding image link, leaving you only the source to fill.
• Source field means the anime / cartoon / whatever show the character comes from. Note that the "Source Field" name can be modified by the tournament host.
• The Image link is the URL of the character's picture. It is recommended to use images that are horizontally long, or pictures from the website MyAnimeList (or other related sites). Do not use very small images and vertically long images.
• Do not use images depicting graphic violence and explicit nudity and pornography. They will be banned.

2. Elimination stage -  All nominees are split into multiple groups depending on the host's choice. In each group, you select the contestants you want to proceed in the main bracket. All nominations are equally weighted, and there is no limit of how many nominees you choose in each group.

• Contestants are seeded based on adjusted votes: the number of votes relative to the amount of voters who participated in the contestant's respective round.

3. Main bracket - Single-elimination tournament.

Best Girl

Held from the beginning of June until July, this month-long summertime event is the oldest, biggest, saltiest, and most prestigious contest ever held in /r/anime. Expect a lot of "shit taste" and "show/recency bias" claims thrown around.

An asterisk(*) denotes that the player would go on to win the following Best Character contest, banning her from future Best Girl Contests.

Best Girl Contest   (2014)

Winner	Runner-up	Semi-final	Semi-final
Kurisu Makise	Holo	Hitagi Senjougahara	Himeko Inaba

Best Girl Contest 2.22: The Salt Will (NOT) Stop Coming!!!   (2015)

Winner	Runner-up	Semi-final	Semi-final
Yukino Yukinoshita	Saber	Hitagi Senjougahara	Yui Yuigahama

Best Girl Part 3: Saltdust Crusaders  (2016)

Winner	Runner-up	Semi-final	Semi-final
Mikoto Misaka	Megumi Tadokoro	Hitagi Senjougahara*	Holo

Best Girl 4: A Certain Salty Railgun  (2017)

Winner	Runner-up	Semi-final	Semi-final
Rin Tohsaka	Yui Yuigahama	Ryuuko Matoi	Shinobu Oshino*

Best Girl 5: Legend of the Galactic Waifu  (2018)

Winner	Runner-up	Semi-final	Semi-final
Rem	Aqua	Ochako Uraraka	Holo

Best Girl 6: Starting Salt in Another Contest  (2019)

Winner	Runner-up	Third place	Fourth place
Asuna Yuuki	Winry Rockbell	Aqua	Mikasa Ackerman

Best Girl 7: Salt Art Online: Alkalinization (2020)

Winner	Runner-up	Third place	Fourth place
Kaguya Shinomiya	Mai Sakurajima	Ai Hayasaka	Holo

Best Girl 8: Salt is War (title pending)

Winner	Runner-up	Third place	Fourth place
TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD

Best Guy

Spin-off of Best Girl, held in the Winter months (February-March). Same shit(taste), different gender.

An asterisk(*) denotes that the player would go on to win the following Best Character contest, banning him from future Best Guy Contests.

Best Guy Contest 1   (2015)

Winner	Runner-up	Semi-final	Semi-final
Lelouch Lamperouge	Kamina	Rintarou Okabe	Kiritsugu Emiya

Best Guy Contest 2  (2016)

Winner	Runner-up	Semi-final	Semi-final
Koyomi Araragi	Rintarou Okabe	Roy Mustang*	Kiritsugu Emiya

Best Guy 3: Saltmonogatari (aka Shiomonogatari)  (2017)

Winner	Runner-up	Semi-final	Semi-final
Spike Spiegel	Rintarou Okabe	Gintoki Sakata	Kazuma Satou

Best Guy 4: You're Gonna Carry That Salt   (2018)

Winner	Runner-up	Semi-final	Semi-final
Koro-sensei	Edward Elric	Rintarou Okabe*	Kazuma Satou

Best Guy 5: Hello, Salty Star!   (2019)

Winner	Runner-up	Semi-final	Semi-final
Shigeo Kageyama "Mob"	Edward Elric	Killua Zoldyck	Kazuma Satou

Best Guy 6: Salt Psycho 100!   (2020)

Winner	Runner-up	Third place	Fourth place
Levi Ackerman	Saitama	Edward Elric	All Might

Best Guy 7: A-Salt on Titan (title pending)

Winner	Runner-up	Third place	Fourth place
TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD

Best Character

Mixed-gender contest traditionally held in the Fall season (October-November).  Perceptions may vary: it's either the greatest honor an anime character can achieve, or a glorified "Consolation Prize" for those who really can't win Best Girl/Guy no matter what.

Starting from 2016 onwards, all Best Character winners will be banned from competing in the Best Girl/Guy Contests.

/r/anime's Best Anime Character  (2015)

Winner	Runner-up	Semi-final	Semi-final
Roy Mustang	Lelouch Lamperouge	Kurisu Makise	Rider (Fate/Zero)

Best Character Contest 2: Of Kings and Salthood  (2016)

Winner	Runner-up	Semi-final	Semi-final
Hitagi Senjougahara	Kurisu Makise	Spike Spiegel	Edward Elric

Best Character  : 3-gatsu no Salt!!! (2017)

Winner	Runner-up	Semi-final	Semi-final
Shinobu Oshino	Rintarou Okabe	Megumin	Edward Elric

Best Character 4: Salt-Under-Blade (2018)

Winner	Runner-up	Semi-final	Semi-final
Rintarou Okabe	Megumin	Ryuuko Matoi	Kazuma Satou

Best Character 5: Salts;Gate (title pending)

Winner	Runner-up	Semi-final	Semi-final
TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD