"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.
r/anime Contest Rules
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Asuna Yuuki | Winry Rockbell | Aqua | Mikasa Ackerman |
[[Best Girl 7|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 |
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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 |
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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 |
/r/anime character tournaments | ||
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Best Girl | BG1 • BG2 • BG3 • BG4 • BG5 • BG6 • BG7 • BG8 • BG9 • BGX | |
Best Guy | BGuy1 • BGuy2 • BGuy3 • BGuy4 • BGuy5 • BGuy6 • BGuy7 • BGuy8 • BGuy9 | |
Best Char | BCh1 • BCh2 • BCh3 • BCh4 • BCh5 • BCh6 | |
Seasonal Salt | 2017 • 2018 • 2019 • 2020 • 2021 • 2022 |
Character Tournament Series with Wiki Articles | ||
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Bold indicates a currently active competition (had a tournament since January 2021). | ||
2000's | Anime Saimoe Tournament • Korea Best Moe Tournament • International Saimoe League • GameFAQs Character Battles | |
2010's | /r/anime (Best Girl • Best Guy • Best Character • Seasonal Salt) • Aniplus Character Tournament • Bilibili Moe • SenpuuSociety European Saimoe • The Great Awwnime Bracket • Mr. and Ms. /co/ • King and Queen of /v/ • |