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The /r/anime subreddit is a board of the United States-based social media / forum website Reddit. The subreddit primarily discusses Japanese animation and related content. As of March 2022, /r/anime has over 3.5 million subscribers.


Overview[]

In the context of this wiki, /r/anime organizes year-round popularity contests hosted by its users. They are mostly conducted through AnimeBracket, a dedicated anime-themed tournament polling website created by Matt Hackmann.

Most tournaments name themselves after "Salt" puns because they tend to attract "salty" reactions, such as shit-talking, name-calling, cheating accusations, mass downvoting, and expressions of disappointment. These reactions happen very often for multiple reasons, such as fan favorites losing or when a certain show becomes a bit too dominant due to outside factors.


Major Character Contests:

  • Best Girl - Held every June. This is /r/anime's first, biggest, and saltiest event.
  • Best Guy - Males only. Held during the Winter months (February-March).
  • Best Character - Mixed-gender contest. Held during the Fall months (October-December).


Other Serial Events:

  • Seasonal Salt - A series of contests meant to decide the "best girl" of each anime season. Started in Summer 2017. From 2018 onwards, a Best Girl of [Year] tournament will be contested between each season's elite eight.
  • Best Couples / Ships - Also known as Salty Sea, this is the resident shipping tournament.
  • Best OP - Best opening song.
  • Best ED - Best ending song.
  • Best of the Best - /r/anime's version of Tournament of Champions. The 1st edition involved all semi-finalists of previous major character contests at the time, while the 2nd edition was restricted to champions only.
  • Favorite Anime - Self-explanatory.


One-Off Events:

  • 12-Hour Best Girl - Host messed up the final match, so it's held in Strawpoll instead.
  • 24-Hour Best Girl - Celebration of /r/anime's 1,000,000 subscribers in May 2019.
  • 24-Hour Worst (?) Girl - The name switched from "Best" to "Worst" as celebration of 2020 April Fools event.


Format[]

AnimeBracket is limited to only one particular format: nominations -> elimination rounds -> bracket rounds.


Voting policy

  • A voter is required to register / login their reddit account in order to participate.
  • To prevent sockpuppets, all accounts must be at least 2 months old. Tournaments prior to Best Girl 5 (June 2018) had no such rule beforehand.
  • Voters must answer a ReCAPTCHA before they can submit their votes.


Nominations

  • Lasts around 2-4 days
  • Enter name, anime, and image link. Image must be from MyAnimeList (top character list) or AniList (character list), otherwise it is rejected.
  • No NSFW images (graphic violence and explicit nudity)
  • Entries which debuted within a certain period of time are NOT allowed, generally one year before the tournament's start date
  • Previous champions are NOT allowed.
  • Additional restrictions may be present depending on the tournament's host.


Eliminations

  • All nominees are split into 4-6 groups depending on number of nominees
  • Each group lasts 1 day
  • Approval voting format - Vote whoever you like; no limit
  • Contestants will advance to the main bracket based on adjusted votes - the number of votes relative to the amount of voters who participated in the contestant's respective round.


Main Bracket

  • Single-elimination bracket
  • Each round is split into 4 groups. Each group lasts 1 day, thus, each round lasts 4 days.
  • Results are revealed immediately after voting ends. Voting for the next group starts at the same time.
  • Quarter-finals and onward last one day each
  • AnimeBracket has no third-place matches; if one is even held, it will be on a different polling website.



Tournament List[]

Best Girl[]

Best Girl Editions
Edition Host Winner Runner-up Final Date Bracket
Best Girl 1 Jordy56 Kurisu Kurisu Makise
Steins;Gate
Holo Holo
Spice & Wolf
2014 July 20 AB Link
Best Girl 2 Yukino Yukino Yukinoshita
Oregairu
Saber Saber
Fate/stay night
2015 Aug 05 AB Link
Best Girl 3 ShaKing807 Mikoto Mikoto Misaka
A Certain Magical Index
Megumi t Megumi Tadokoro
Shokugeki no Souma
2016 July 04 AB Link
Best Girl 4 Rin tohsaka Rin Tohsaka
Fate/stay night
Yui yuigahama Yui Yuigahama
Oregairu
2017 July 08 AB Link
Best Girl 5 Rem Rem
Re:Zero
Aqua Aqua
Konosuba
2018 July 19 AB Link
Best Girl 6 Asuna Asuna Yuuki
Sword Art Online
Winry Rockbell Winry Rockbell
Fullmetal Alchemist
2019 July 12 AB Link
Best Girl 7 Kaguya Kaguya Shinomiya
Kaguya-sama
Maisan Mai Sakurajima
Seishun Buta Yarou
2020 July 20 AB Link
Best Girl 8 mpp00 Maisan Mai Sakurajima
Seishun Buta Yarou
Shouko Shouko Nishimiya
A Silent Voice
2021 July 16 AB Link
Best Girl 9 Hayasaka 3 Ai Hayasaka
Kaguya-sama
Lena Vladilena Milize
Eighty-Six
2022 July 19 AB Link
Best Girl X TBD TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
2023 July [Bracket]

Best Guy[]

Best Guy Editions
Edition Host Winner Runner-up Final Date Bracket
Best Guy 1 Jordy56 Lelouch Lelouch Lamperouge
Code Geass
Kamina Kamina
Gurren Lagann
2015 Feb 15 AB Link
Best Guy 2 Jordy56
ShaKing807
Koyomi Koyomi Araragi
Monogatari
Okabe Rintarou Okabe
Steins;Gate
2016 Feb 29 AB Link
Best Guy 3 ShaKing807 Spike Spike Spiegel
Cowboy Bebop
Okabe Rintarou Okabe
Steins;Gate
2017 Feb 04 AB Link
Best Guy 4 Koro Koro-sensei
Assassination Classroom
Edward Edward Elric
Fullmetal Alchemist
2018 Feb 21 AB Link
Best Guy 5 Mob Shigeo Kageyama
Mob Psycho 100
Edward Edward Elric
Fullmetal Alchemist
2019 Mar 19 AB Link
Best Guy 6 Levi Levi Ackerman
Attack on Titan
Saitama Saitama
One Punch Man
2020 Mar 01 AB Link
Best Guy 7 Miyuki shirogane Miyuki Shirogane
Kaguya-sama
Ishigami Yuu Ishigami
Kaguya-sama
2021 Mar 18 AB Link
Best Guy 8 mpp00 8man Hachiman Hikigaya
Oregairu
Rimuru Rimuru Tempest
Tensura
2022 Feb 27 AB Link
TBD


Best Character[]

Best Character Editions
Edition Host Winner Runner-up Final Date Bracket
Best Char 1 ShaKing807 Roy Roy Mustang
Fullmetal Alchemist
Lelouch Lelouch Lamperouge
Code Geass
2015 Oct 16 AB Link
Best Char 2 Hitagi Hitagi Senjougahara
Monogatari
Kurisu Kurisu Makise
Steins;Gate
2016 Nov 05 AB Link
Best Char 3 Shinobu Oshino Shinobu Oshino
Monogatari
Okabe Rintarou Okabe
Steins;Gate
2017 Nov 04 AB Link
Best Char 4 Okabe Rintarou Okabe
Steins;Gate
Megumin Megumin
Konosuba
2018 Dec 10 AB Link
Best Char 5 Edward Edward Elric
Fullmetal Alchemist
Eren Eren Yeager
Attack on Titan
2021 Jan 04 AB Link


Other Events[]

Seasonal Salt

Seasonal Salt Winners
Year Winter Spring Summer Fall
2017 Not held Yuki m Yuki Minagawa
Tsurezure Children
Moriko Moriko Morioka
Net-juu no Susume
Best Girl of 2017: N/A
2018 02 Zero Two
Darling in the Franxx
Anzu (Hinamatsuri) Anzu
Hinamatsuri
Chisa Chisa Kotegawa
Grand Blue
Maisan Mai Sakurajima
Seishun Buta Yarou
Best Girl of 2018: Maisan Mai Sakurajima
2019 Kaguya Kaguya Shinomiya
Kaguya-sama
Bocchi Hitori Bocchi
Hitoribocchi
Shinobu kny Shinobu Kocho
Kimetsu no Yaiba
Ristarte Ristarte
Cautious Hero
Best Girl of 2019: Kaguya Kaguya Shinomiya
2020 Maple Kaede "Maple" Honjou
Bofuri
Miko Miko Iino
Kaguya-sama
Chizuru i Chizuru Ichinose
Rental Girlfriend
Nobara Nobara Kugisaki
Jujutsu Kaisen
Best Girl of 2020: Tsukasa tsu Tsukasa Tsukuyomi @ Tonikaku Kawaii
2021 Kyouko h Kyouko Hori
Horimiya
Vivy Vivy
Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song
Saki saki Saki Saki
Kanojo mo Kanojo
Mieruko Miko Yotsuya
Mieruko-chan
Best Girl of 2021: Lena Vladilena Milize @ 86
2022 Marin Marin Kitagawa
Bisque Doll Falls in Love


Best Couples / Ships

Salty Sea Champions
Edition Winner Series Final Date Bracket
Salty Sea I Kraft Holo Kraft Lawrence x Holo Spice & Wolf 2015-06-09 Link
Salty Sea II Okabe Kurisu Rintarou Okabe x Kurisu Makise Steins;Gate 2016-07-20 Link
Salty Sea III Koyomi Hitagi Koyomi Araragi x Hitagi Senjougahara Monogatari 2017-08-10 Link
Salty Sea IV Roy Riza Roy Mustang x Riza Hawkeye Fullmetal Alchemist 2018-09-03 Link
Salty Sea V Shouya Shouko Shouya Ishida x Shouko Nishimiya A Silent Voice 2019-08-25 Link
Salty Sea VI Sakuta Maisan Sakuta Azusagawa x Mai Sakurajima Bunny Girl Senpai 2020-09-07 Link
Salty Sea VII


Best OP

/r/anime's Best Openings
# Winner Artist Series Final Date Bracket Creditless Video / Full Audio
I Again Yui Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (OP1) 2014-08-13 Challonge Video (my mixtape)
II Hacking to the Gate Kanako Itou Steins;Gate (2011) ??? AB Link Video (Ep. 24-25 ver.)
III Unravel Toru Kitajima [note 1] Tokyo Ghoul (OP1) 2015-06-07 Link Video
IV Flyers BRADIO Death Parade 2016-03-28 Link Video
V A Cruel Angel's Thesis Yoko Takahashi Evangelion 2017-04-18 Link Video
VI Tank! Seatbelts Cowboy Bebop 2018-03-21 Link Video
VII Renai Circulation Kana Hanazawa Bakemonogatari (OP4) 2019-04-19 Link Video
VIII Guren no Yumiya Linked Horizon Attack on Titan (S1 OP1) 2020-04-13 Link Video
IX 99 Mob Choir Mob Psycho 100 (S1) 2021-06-06 Link Video
X TBD TBD


Best ED

/r/anime's Best Endings
# Winner Artist Series Final Date Bracket Creditless Video / Full Audio
I Wareta Ringo Risa Taneda Shinsekai yori (ED1) 2014-10-10 Pastebin Video
II Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari Supercell Bakemonogatari 2016-09-26 AB Link Video
III Don't say "lazy" Houkago Tea Time [note 2] K-On! (S1) 2017-09-16 Link Video
IV NO, Thank You! Houkago Tea Time K-On! (S2 ED2) 2018-10-04 Link Video
V Listen!!! Houkago Tea Time K-On! (S2 ED1) 2019-09-26 Link Video
VI Magia Kalafina Madoka Magica (ED2) 2021-02-05 Link Video
VII Cancelled due to lack of enough interest


Assorted

/r/anime's other contests
# Winner Final Date
(UTC-4)
Host Bracket
Best of the Best I Kurisu Kurisu Makise 2017-04-29 ShaKing807 Link
Best of the Best II Okabe Rintarou Okabe 2020-04-07 ShaKing807 Link
Favorite Anime I Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood 2015-01-28 MissyPie Link
Favorite Anime II Steins;Gate 2019-06-09 mpp00, FetchFrosh Link
12-Hour Best Girl Kurisu Kurisu Makise [note 3] 2015-09-26 NutOfDeath AB Link
Strawpoll
24-Hour Best Girl Maisan Mai Sakurajima 2019-05-22 AnimeMod Link
24-Hour Worst (?) Girl Homura Homura Akemi 2020-04-01 AnimeMod Link
Best OP/ED of 2021 "Sing My Pleasure" by Kairi Yagi (Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song OP3) [note 4] 2022-03-29 Wuff_the_Dog Link
Opening Video
Most Wanted Sequel [note 5] Bloom Into You (JP: Yagate Kimi ni Naru) 2022-04-21 MoneyMakerMaster Link
Best Worldbuilding Made in Abyss 2022-06-06 polaristar Link


Metagame[]

Your opinion man
"That's just like uh, your opinion, man."
This section contains opinions from the wiki's contributors, and the text may not reflect or agree with the views and opinions of some people. Reader discretion is advised.
If you have any objections or suggestions, please do so on the Talk page.

Popular Series[]

The /r/anime voter base, which mainly consists of North American viewers, tends to lean heavily towards a certain list of popular shows with either a high thread karma count or a high rating on MyAnimeList - a review aggregator website used by many redditors. As a result, most characters from these series enjoy high seeds and deep bracket runs. In addition, the side characters tend to win at the expense of protagonists from relatively less popular series, which is an ever-present source of complaints in the threads.


Multiple Powerhouses: Steins;Gate, Fullmetal Alchemist, Monogatari, Oregairu, Fate, Attack on Titan, My Hero Academia, Konosuba, Re:Zero, Seishun Buta Yarou, Kaguya-sama, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Jujutsu Kaisen


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