Animefans Saimoe Tournament

The Animefans Saimoe Tournament (动漫FANS最萌) is an online popularity contest. Held annually in spring and summer on bbs.dm123.cn since 2008.

Tournament format

The format changed frequently:

• 2008: 16 competitors
• 2009: extended to 32 competitors
• 2010: extended to 64 competitors
• 2012: Round of 96 introduced (2 of 3 characters advance per match), single-elimantion Round of 16 replaced by 4 round robin tournaments (2 of 4 characters advance per group)
• 2013: Round of 144 introduced (2 of 3 characters advance per match), former champions are excluded
• 2014: Same as last year's rule.
• 2015: Same as last year's rule.

Badge system

Introduced in 2012. 16 top vote earners of the preliminary round become badge candidates. These titles can be won or lost until Round of 16.

Fan-work bonus vote

Introduced in 2011. Fan work like videos, images or articles can provide additional votes.

Results

The final 3 rounds of the tournament features the Final Eight of the tournament.

Year	CHAMPION	Runner-Up	Third and Fourth	Fifth through Eighth
2008	Shana	Saber	C.C., Sakagami Tomoyo	Suzumiya Haruhi, Kouzuki Kallen, Hiiragi Kagami, Furukawa Nagisa
2009	C.C.	Sanzenin Nagi	Katsura Hinagiku, Furukawa Nagisa	Sakagami Tomoyo, Ichinose Kotomi, Nogizaka Haruka, Fujibayashi Kyou
2010	Fujibayashi Kyou	Misaka Mikoto	Shiina Mafuyu, Saber	Akiyama Mio, Tousaka Rin, Illyasviel von Einzbern, Nakano Azusa
2011	Charlotte Dunois	Senjougahara Hitagi	Fate Testarossa, Nakamura Yuri	Tachibana Kanade, Suzumiya Haruhi, Index, Saber
2012	Saber	Katsura Hinagiku	Gokou Ruri, Akiyama Mio	Misaka Mikoto, Shana, Senjougahara Hitagi, Lacus Clyne
2013	Lacus Clyne	Takanashi Rikka	Yuuki Asuna, Oikawa Tsurara	Louise Valliere, Hakurei Reimu, Kurousagi, Akiyama Mio
2014	Misaka Mikoto	Yuuki Asuna	Senjougahara Hitagi, Yukinoshita Yukino	Cagalli Yula, Kurousagi, Irisviel von Einzbern, Aragaki Ayase
2015	Yuuki Asuna	Shiba Miyuki	Akemi Homura, Minami Kotori	Hiradaira Chisaki, Noumi Kudrayavka, Aihara Enju, Sonoda Umi

Trivia

• Shana has also won the Korean Super Best Moe Tournament in 2007.
• Shana's participation in 2012 was the last and most successful of any former champion.
• Saber is the most successful character: Champion in 2012, Runner-up in 2008, Semifinalist in 2010 and Quartefinalist in 2011.
• Animefans Saimoe Tournament should not be confused with Chinese Saimoe Tournament, which was held from 2007 to 2009 and had similar champions (2007: Izumi Konata, 2008: C.C. and Shana, 2009: C.C.).
• Animefans Saimoe Tournament had been discontinued after AFST 2015 ended.