ACGN Mr. Anime Tournament 2021 (二次元動畫先生專站2021) was the second annual ACGN Mr. Anime Tournament series. It was held after ACGN Miss Anime Tournament 2021 has been ended at the same year. In this tournament, 32 male contestants were eligible to the main tournament. Kiyotaka Ayanokouji was the winner for this tournament.
Nomination[]
Nomination Round began on August 1st, 2021 (12:00 a.m.) until August 7th, 2021 (11:59 p.m.)
The rules for nominate characters such as:
- Anime must released in Japan, such as TV Anime, Theatrical anime, OVA and ONA, released before July 20th, 2021. (so "anime" who debuted outside Japan were obviously ineligible).
- Character must be male, and masculine qualities for male with feminime appearances or non-binary (as long as it's not clearly a female). (Characters like Kurumi Tokisaki was ineligible, with obvious reasons)
- Touma Kamijou, the ACGN Mr. Anime Tournament 2020 champions, was ineligible for this tournaments in the future.
After nomination ended, 32 contestants advanced to the main tournament.
Main Tournament[]
Main Tournament rounds began at August 22th, 2021 until September 17th, 2021. This tournament used 1-vs-1 match method for this round. Unlike the first tournament, this year's tournament used Facebook Like's symbol instead when voting. There were not any playoffs at this year's tournament.
Top 32[]
In this round, 32 contestants divided into 2 "big groups", that contains of 16 contestants at the day of the match. Top 16 contestants with higher scores advanced to the next match and otherwise are eliminated. This match began at August 22nd, 2021, began from 10:00 p.m. (GMT+8), to August 26th, 2021, which lasted for 48 hours.
Top 32 Match | |||
August 22 - 24, 2021 | |||
Contestants | Series | Votes | Total Votes |
Miyuki Shirogane | Kaguya-sama: Love Is War | 315 | 395 |
Rei Furuya | Detective Conan | 76 | |
Kimihiko Kimizuka | The Detective Is Already Dead | 118 | 331 |
Yoshida | Higehiro | 213 | |
Keyaru | Redo of Healer | 112 | 298 |
Accelerator | To Aru Series | 186 | |
Kazuya Kinoshita | Rent-A-Girlfriend | 34 | 379 |
Kiyotaka Ayanokouji | Classroom of The Elite | 345 | |
Gilbert Bougainvillea | Violet Evergarden | 68 | 311 |
Fuutarou Uesugi | The Quintessential Quintuplets | 243 | |
Zenitsu Agatsuma | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba | 185 | 275 |
Tomoya Aki | Saekano: How to Raise The Boring Girlfriend | 90 | |
Sora | No Game No Life | 264 | 274 |
Shuuichi Tsumakoto | Sound! Euphonium | 10 | |
Houtarou Oreki | Hyouka | 289 | 303 |
Tomozaki Fumiya | Bottom Tier Tomozaki-kun | 14 | |
August 26 - 28, 2021 | |||
Hachiman Hikigaya | My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU | 786 | 1030 |
Tanjirou Kamado | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba | 244 | |
Kazuto "Kirito" Kirigaya | Sword Art Online | 467 | 1102 |
Gojo Satoru | Jujutsu Kaisen | 635 | |
Noboru Taki | Sound! Euphonium | 92 | 492 |
Lelouch vi Britannia | Code Geass | 400 | |
Shidou Itsuka | Date A Live | 212 | 943 |
Rimuru Tempest | That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime | 731 | |
Takashi Natsume | Natsume's Book of Friends | 232 | 859 |
Yuji Itadori | Jujutsu Kaisen | 627 | |
Riku Dola | No Game No Life | 375 | 582 |
Ryuuji Takasu | Toradora! | 207 | |
Subaru Natsuki | Re:Zero | 307 | 932 |
Yuu Ishigami | Kaguya-sama: Love is War | 625 | |
Conan Edogawa / Kudo Shinichi | Detective Conan | 330 | 921 |
Sakuta Azusagawa | Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai | 591 |
Top 16[]
In this round, 16 advanced contestants face one each other before Elimination Stage begun. Top 8 contestants with higher scores advanced to Quarterfinal and otherwise eliminated. All matches began on September 1st, 2021, at 10:00 p.m. (GMT+8) to September 3rd, 2021, whch lasted for 48 hours.
Top 16 Match | |||
September 1 - 3, 2021 | |||
Contestants | Series | Votes | Total Votes |
Miyuki Shirogane | Kaguya-sama: Love is War | 121 | 154 |
Yoshida | Higehiro | 33 | |
Accelerator | Toaru Series | 32 | 164 |
Kiyotaka Ayanokouji | Classroom of The Elite | 132 | |
Fuutarou Uesugi | The Quintessential Quintuplets | 115 | 137 |
Zenitsu Agatsuma | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba | 22 | |
Sora | No Game No Life | 57 | 149 |
Houtarou Oreki | Hyouka | 92 | |
Hachiman Hikigaya | My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU | 88 | 153 |
Gojo Satoru | Jujutsu Kaisen | 65 | |
Lelouch vi Britannia | Code Geass | 20 | 118 |
Rimuru Tempest | That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime | 98 | |
Yuji Itadori | Jujutsu Kaisen | 78 | 122 |
Riku Dola | No Game No Life | 44 | |
Yuu Ishigami | Kaguya-sama: Love Is War | 59 | 134 |
Sakuta Azusagawa | Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai | 75 |
Quarterfinal[]
In this round, there were 8 advanced contestants that were the winner from previous round. Top 4 contestants with higher scores advanced to Semifinal and the rest of them eliminated. All matches began on September 5th, 2021, started at 10:00 p.m. (GMT+8), to September 7th, 2021, which lasted for 48 hours.
Quarterfinal | |||
September 5 - 7, 2021 | |||
Contestants | Series | Votes | Total Votes |
Miyuki Shirogane | Kaguya-sama: Love Is War | 386 | 1444 |
Kiyotaka Ayanokouji | Classroom of The Elite | 1058 | |
Fuutarou Uesugi | The Quintessential Quintuplets | 322 | 1333 |
Houtarou Oreki | Hyouka | 1011 | |
Hachiman Hikigaya | My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU | 573 | 1481 |
Rimuru Tempest | That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime | 908 | |
Yuji Itadori | Jujutsu Kaisen | 570 | 1266 |
Sakuta Azusagawa | Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai | 696 |
Semifinal[]
In this round, 4 advanced contestants must fight one each other, which only 2 contestants in each group advanced to the grand final, and the rest of them are eliminated. All matches began on September 10th, 2021, started at 10:00 p.m. (GMT+8), to September 12th, 2021, which lasted for 48 hours.
Semifinal | |||
September 10 - 12, 2021 | |||
Contestants | Series | Votes | Total Votes |
Kiyotaka Ayanokouji | Classroom of The Elite | 82 | 93 |
Houtarou Oreki | Hyouka | 11 | |
Rimuru Tempest | That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime | 41 | 69 |
Sakuta Azusagawa | Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai | 28 |
Final[]
In this match, 2 contestants must face one each other, to ensure who was the champion for this year. Only one contestant declared as the champion. This match began at September 15th, 2021, started at 10:00 p.m. (GMT+8), to September 17, 2021, which lasted for 48 hours.
Final | |||
September 15 - 17, 2021 | |||
Contestants | Series | Votes | Total Votes |
Kiyotaka Ayanokouji | Classroom of The Elite | 741 | 1496 (this score may inaccurate) |
Rimuru Tempest | That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime | 755 (this score may inaccurate) |