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For ISML 2021, the seasonal contest was renamed the "Nova League", and for the first time in ISML history, males will participate in this contest. The organizers wanted to make the seasonals "more important" by expanding the tournament's format and giving them a yearly "grand winner" award contested through a postseason bracket, analogous to winning the Tiara / Scepter in the Main Tournament. These awards were named the Divine Circlet (females) and Divine Crown (males); they were last used from 2015-2020 as a consolation tournament for characters eliminated during the early periods of the regular season.
The female seasonal featured 30+ girls competing for 18 spots, split into three round-robin groups, of which the top two finishers from each group proceed into 6-man range-voting round for the diadem. Top 4 girls will advance to the postseason bracket. On the other hand, the male seasonals consisted only of 6 males in a single round-robin group since male characters are less popular in ISML; top 2 from each group advance to the playoffs.
The poster contest, which was formerly used for the divine awards in 2015-2020, were given to two exhibition contests instead: Virtual YouTubers and the second Visual Novel Girls contest.
Overview[]
Character eligibility[]
Characters who appeared in an anime released within 2021 will be assigned to their respective seasonal contest based on the following release dates:
- Winter: January 01 - March 31
- Spring: April 01 - June 30
- Summer: July 01 - September 30
- Fall: October 01 - December 08 (end of Fall nominations)
- Anime releases usually refer to TV series broadcast on-air.
- For movies, OVA and ONA releases, they are only considered if they are "released to multiple countries" or if "[the company] started selling Blu-rays/DVDs to the public" within the relevant period of time.
- Characters appearing in multiple cours / seasons within the same year may be nominated for multiple seasonals, so long as they do not finish within the top 4 in the diadem round beforehand.
- Example: Vladilena Milize from 86 may be nominated for Spring (cour 1) and Fall (cour 2). If she finished within the top 4 in Spring's diadem round however, she will be ineligible for Fall; otherwise she may be nominated again on the latter seasonal.
- The following relevant characters who appear in 2021 anime are ineligible:[a 1]
- 2018-2020 necklace and pendant winners:
Rem, Emilia, Kanna Kamui, Kaguya Shinomiya [a 2] Levi Ackerman, Miyuki Shirogane [a 2], Tomoya Okazaki [a 3] - Appeared in 2018-2020 playoffs: Chika Fujiwara [a 2], Ai Hayasaka [a 2], Tohru (Dragon Maid), Shouto Todoroki
- Seasonal diadem winners: Platelet, Ochako Uraraka, Kei Shirogane [a 2]
- 2018-2020 necklace and pendant winners:
- ↑ Some characters may have achieved multiple awards like Rem (seasonal, necklace, and tiara winner); the achievements are arranged in order of importance. Characters who do not appear in 2021 anime but are ineligible for this seasonal anyways (e.g. Mai Sakurajima) are not included.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Kaguya-sama OVA release: 2022-05-19. AniDB link. The one with Chika's hanging tits in the bath scene.
- ↑ Kaginado - a spin-off chibi crossover show consisting of characters from Key properties (e.g. Clannad, Kanon, Little Busters!, etc.) AniDB Link
Female Format[]
Nomination Rules
- Nomination dates:
- Winter and Spring: July 01-08
- Summer: Oct 01-08
- Fall: Dec 05-11
- For Winter and Spring, only one ballot is used, which is lumped together with Main Tournament nominations.
- Characters were chosen from the main nomination round. Selection for the seasonal tournament will take priority, which means that characters who appeared in past ISML editions may be assigned here, even though some voters intended them to compete the main tournament. According to co-organizer Maglor, this is intentional in order to "increase the level of competition".
- Once all slots are filled, the remaining characters may qualify for the main tournament instead.
- Summer and Fall each have their own nomination ballots.
- 12 entries
- Minimum 2 male and 2 female
- Must have at least 3 anime series.
- Max 3 characters per series / franchise.
- Top 30+ girls qualify for the elimination round
- If last place is tied, they will qualify together.
- Maximum of 3 characters per anime can enter the seasonals.
Elimination round
- All girls are subject to an approval voting match (vote whoever you like).
- Top 18 advance to group stage
Group stage
- 3x6 groups
- Single round-robin
- Ranking criteria are: Wins > CVPD > CVP . Head to head is not required.
- Top 2 girls from each group will advance to Diadem round
Diadem round
- 6 players, Range-voting match (vote whoever you like by putting a score on each player)
- Top 4 advance to Circlet Playoffs, 5th-6th are eliminated
- 1st placer wins the seasonal diadem and will directly qualify for ISML 2022 main tournament
Circlet Playoffs
- Single elimination bracket
- Characters are seeded based on Diadem round position > Group stage Wins > Group stage CVP
- Winner claims the divine circlet and the overall seasonal championship. If the circlet winner did not win any of 2021's seasonals, she will also qualify for ISML 2022 main tournament.
Winter[]
The peculiar format of 2021's nomination stage meant that any character who appeared in Winter and Spring 2021 anime are automatically assigned to their respective seasonal, including ISML veterans who have more than enough nominations for the main tournament. As a result, the contests naturally favored these ISML veterans instead of newcomers, creating a power imbalance. The Winter contest was particularly egregious since the lineup was filled with numerous prominent sequels, thus, the majority of girls came from established series. Only seven girls who have made their first-ever animated appearance in Winter were successfully nominated.
The most prominent series in this seasonal was 5-toubun, as they fielded the maximum amount of girls with a decently high number of nomination votes. Miku Nakano scored the most votes and was expected to win. Itsuki and Nino ended up in the same group as Ram from Re:Zero, who topped the group undefeated, forcing the sisters to eliminate each other for the second spot, which Itsuki eventually won. The only newcomers who made it out of groups were Roxy Migurdia from Mushoku Tensei, and Kyouko Hori from Horimiya, who qualified with veteran Ai Haibara out of Group C.
Miku easily won the diadem round, while Haibara placed second with Ram following closely at third. Roxy became the fourth Winter girl to qualify for the playoffs, leaving Hori and Itsuki behind.
Nomination Results[]
Actual 2021 debutants (i.e. first appeared in an anime released within 2021) are labeled in bold and underlined.
| Female Winter Nominations (30 players) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name (Votes) | Series | Reason for eligibility | |
| 1 |  Miku Nakano (126)
|
5-toubun no Hanayome | Season 2 | |
| 2 |  Kyouko Hori (85)
|
Horimiya | Anime debut technically in 2012 (Horimiya OVA) MAL link | |
| 3 |  Ai Haibara (82)
|
Detective Conan | Long-running series. | |
| 4 |  Ai Ohto (49)
|
Wonder Egg Priority | Debut anime | |
| 5 |  Mikasa Ackerman (48)
|
Attack on Titan | Season 4 | |
| 6 |  Nino Nakano (47)
|
5-toubun no Hanayome | Season 2 | |
| 7.5 |  Ram (42)
|
Re:Zero | Season 2, cour 2 | |
| 7.5 | Tokai Teio (42) | Uma Musume | Season 2 | |
| 9 |  Itsuki Nakano (39)
|
5-toubun no Hanayome | Season 2 | |
| 10 |  Roxy Migurdia (34)
|
Mushoku Tensei | Debut anime | |
| 11 |  Kumoko (30)
|
Kumo desu ga, Nani ka? | Debut anime | |
| 12 |  Echidna (28)
|
Re:Zero | Season 2, cour 2 | |
| 13 |  Nobara Kugisaki (24)
|
Jujutsu Kaisen | Season 1, cour 2 | |
| 14 |  Rika Furude (24)
|
Higurashi Gou | Sequel series, cour 2 | |
| 15 |  Tohru Honda (24)
|
Fruits Basket | Season 3, Live early screening (Maglor said this on Discord). MAL link | |
| 16 |  Ran Mouri (23)
|
Detective Conan | Long-running series. | |
| 17 |  Rika Kawai (22)
|
Wonder Egg Priority | Debut anime | |
| 18 | Mejiro McQueen (21) | Uma Musume | Season 2 | |
| 19 |  Eris Boreas Greyrat (18)
|
Mushoku Tensei | Debut anime | |
| 20 |  Milim Nava (18)
|
Tensura | Season 2 | |
| 21 |  Rin Shima (17)
|
Yuru Camp | Season 2 | |
| 22 |  Nami (15)
|
One Piece | Long-running series. | |
| 23 |  Renge Miyauchi (14)
|
Non Non Biyori | Season 3 | |
| 24 |  Sakura Adachi (14)
|
Adachi and Shimamura | AdaShima Mini Anime ONA shorts (1 min/ep) MAL link | |
| 25 |  Setsuna (12)
|
Redo of Healer | Debut anime | |
| 26 |  Yukina Himeragi (12)
|
Strike the Blood | Season 4, OVA series (Episodes 9 & 10) | |
| 27 |  Yumemi Hoshino (10)
|
Planetarian | Snow Globe OVA (Jan 20) MAL link | |
| 28 | Fuuka Kikuchi (9) | Jaku-Chara Tomozaki-kun | Debut anime | |
| 29 |  Kagome Higurashi (9)
|
Inuyasha | Yashahime sequel, cour 2 | |
| 30 |  USS Laffey (9)
|
Azur Lane | Bishoku Zenshin! spinoff TV series (8 min/ep) MAL link | |
| Did Not Qualify | ||||
| 1 |  Yotsuba Nakano (27, Main)
|
5-toubun no Hanayome | Season 2 | |
| 2 |  Beatrice (24, Main)
|
Re:Zero | Season 2, cour 2 | |
| 3 |  Rice Shower (17)
|
Uma Musume | Season 2 | |
| 4 |  Rena Ryuuguu (13)
|
Higurashi Gou | Sequel series, cour 2 | |
| 5 |  Silence Suzuka (13)
|
Uma Musume | Season 2 | |
| 6 |  Ichika Nakano (11)
|
5-toubun no Hanayome | Season 2 | |
| 7 |  Komari Koshigaya (9)
|
Non Non Biyori | Season 3 | |
| 8 | Template:Empty dal Hibiki Higoromo (Empty) | Date A Live | Date A Bullet spin-off movie | |
Elimination round[]
| Winter Eliminations (Prelim 1, Approval Voting) | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced - 18 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Ram
|
2134 | 10 | Mikasa Ackerman
|
1258 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Miku Nakano
|
1956 | 11 | Renge Miyauchi
|
1154 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Ai Haibara
|
1854 | 12 | Eris Greyrat
|
1000 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Kyouko Hori
|
1673 | 13 | Milim Nava
|
982 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | Roxy Migurdia
|
1579 | 14 | Setsuna
|
949 | ||||||||||||||
| 6 | Nino Nakano
|
1346 | 15 | Nobara Kugisaki
|
886 | ||||||||||||||
| 7 | Itsuki Nakano
|
1330 | 16 | Ai Ohto
|
860 | ||||||||||||||
| 8 | Echidna
|
1271 | 17 | Kumoko
|
856 | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Ran Mouri
|
1265 | 18 | Rin Shima
|
796 | ||||||||||||||
| Eliminated - 12 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | Sakura Adachi
|
692 | 25 | Rika Kawai
|
553 | ||||||||||||||
| 20 | Nami
|
692 | 26 | Tohru Honda
|
511 | ||||||||||||||
| 21 | Template:Tokai teio Tokai Teio | 682 | 27 |  Mejiro McQueen
|
508 | ||||||||||||||
| 22 | Yukina Himeragi
|
663 | 28 | Rika Furude
|
504 | ||||||||||||||
| 23 | Kagome Higurashi
|
639 | 29 | Template:Fuuka k Fuuka Kikuchi | 463 | ||||||||||||||
| 24 | USS Laffey
|
575 | 30 | Yumemi Hoshino
|
421 | ||||||||||||||
Group stage[]
| Female Winter Group Stage (Prelims 2-6) | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group A | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Character | W-L | CVPD | CVP | Match 1 | Match 2 | Match 3 | Match 4 | Match 5 | ||||||||||
| 1 | Ram
|
5-0 | 3.201 | 7.027 | 3215
|
2766
|
2041
|
2476
|
2261
| ||||||||||
| 2 | Itsuki Nakano
|
4-1 | 1.105 | 5.435 | 2148
|
2381
|
1428
|
1591
|
2351
| ||||||||||
| 3 | Nino Nakano
|
3-2 | 0.645 | 5.169 | 2289
|
2171
|
1251
|
2009
|
1721
| ||||||||||
| 4 | Eris Greyrat
|
2-3 | -0.535 | 4.547 | 1667
|
1568
|
1225
|
1734
|
2105
| ||||||||||
| 5 | Milim Nava
|
1-4 | -1.715 | 3.987 | 1501
|
1408
|
1441
|
1559
|
1284
| ||||||||||
| 6 | Rin Shima
|
0-5 | -2.701 | 3.407 | 1005
|
1226
|
1284
|
1452
|
1177
| ||||||||||
| Group B | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Character | W-L | CVPD | CVP | Match 1 | Match 2 | Match 3 | Match 4 | Match 5 | ||||||||||
| 1 | Miku Nakano
|
5-0 | 3.257 | 6.807 | 2974
|
2725
|
1994
|
2421
|
2244
| ||||||||||
| 2 | Roxy Migurdia
|
4-1 | 2.193 | 6.109 | 2569
|
2412
|
1929
|
2522
|
1636
| ||||||||||
| 3 | Renge Miyauchi
|
3-2 | -0.025 | 4.892 | 1923
|
1535
|
1200
|
2030
|
2271
| ||||||||||
| 4 | Echidna
|
2-3 | -0.321 | 4.729 | 1911
|
2308
|
1151
|
1344
|
1910
| ||||||||||
| 5 | Setsuna
|
1-4 | -1.838 | 3.823 | 1210
|
1169
|
1573
|
1382
|
1531
| ||||||||||
| 6 | Kumoko
|
0-5 | -3.267 | 3.109 | 1083
|
1305
|
1141
|
978
|
1089
| ||||||||||
| Group C | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Character | W-L | CVPD | CVP | Match 1 | Match 2 | Match 3 | Match 4 | Match 5 | ||||||||||
| 1 | Kyouko Hori
|
5-0 | 3.204 | 6.772 | 2881
|
2790
|
2129
|
2543
|
2206
| ||||||||||
| 2 | Ai Haibara
|
4-1 | 2.331 | 6.922 | 2379
|
2581
|
2073
|
3081
|
2192
| ||||||||||
| 3 | Mikasa Ackerman
|
3-2 | -0.522 | 4.831 | 2207
|
1258
|
1292
|
2011
|
2054
| ||||||||||
| 4 | Ai Ohto
|
1-4 | -1.384 | 3.963 | 1725
|
1851
|
1421
|
1114
|
1362
| ||||||||||
| 5 | Ran Mouri
|
1-4 | -1.662 | 4.533 | 1920
|
1893
|
1113
|
1423
|
1926
| ||||||||||
| 6 | Nobara Kugisaki
|
1-4 | -1.967 | 4.147 | 1089
|
1434
|
1272
|
1442
|
1957
| ||||||||||
Diadem round[]
| Winter Finals (Aqua Gem, Range) | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Character | Score | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Miku Nakano (Diadem Winner)
|
38,022.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Ai Haibara (A)
|
36,640.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Ram (A)
|
36,541.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Roxy Migurdia (A)
|
33,263.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Kyouko Hori
|
32,851.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Itsuki Nakano
|
30,492.9 | |||||||||||||||||
Spring[]
Similar to Winter, the Spring contest was led girls from popular series with a sequel: Nezuko Kamado (top favorite), Miko Iino (placed 2nd in Spring 2020), Kobayashi-san (boosted by Dragon Maid S hype), and Shuna from Slime Isekai. Among the newcomers, only 86's Lena and Higehiro's Sayu Ogiwara advanced out of groups.
Surprisingly, Nezuko placed 4th in the diadem round, as ISML voters gave way for Miko to finally win her seasonal award by a decent margin. Lena placed 2nd and Kobayashi finished 3rd, leaving Sayu and Shuna in the dust.
Nomination Results[]
Actual 2021 debutants (i.e. first appeared in an anime released within 2021) are labeled in bold and underlined.
| Female Spring Nominations (30) | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name (Votes) | Series | Reason for eligibility | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 |  Nezuko Kamado (76)
|
Kimetsu no Yaiba | Mugen Train movie released Apr 23 (US & CAN) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 |  Miko Iino (49)
|
Kaguya-sama | That OVA with Chika's hanging tits (May 19) MAL link | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 |  Sayu Ogiwara (41)
|
Higehiro | Debut anime | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 |  Vivy (36)
|
Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song | Debut anime | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 |  Vladilena Milize (26)
|
86 | Debut anime | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Yume Minami (22) | SSSS.Dynazenon | Debut anime | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 |  Sakura Minamoto (22)
|
Zombieland Saga | Season 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 |  Azusa Aizawa (21)
|
Slime 300 | Debut anime | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 |  Kuroha Shida (17)
|
OsaMake | Debut anime | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 |  Nagatoro-san (17)
|
Nagatoro-san | Debut anime | ||||||||||||||||
| 11 |  Ai Mizuno (16)
|
Zombieland Saga | Season 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Alice Kisaragi (15) | Combatants Will Be Dispatched! | Debut anime | ||||||||||||||||
| 13 |  Nadeshiko Kagamihara (13)
|
Yuru Camp | Season 2. Transferred from Winter. | ||||||||||||||||
| 14 |  Mash Kyrielight (11)
|
Fate/Grand Order | F/GO Camelot Part 2 movie release: May 15 (Global) MAL link
Fate/Grand Carnival OVA episode 3 MAL link | ||||||||||||||||
| 15 |  Neiru Aonuma (11)
|
Wonder Egg Priority | Debut anime, Transferred from Winter. | ||||||||||||||||
| 16 |  Shirokusa Kachi (11)
|
OsaMake | Debut anime | ||||||||||||||||
| 17 |  Nico Robin (10)
|
One Piece | Long-running series. Transferred from Winter. | ||||||||||||||||
| 18 |  Shuna (10)
|
Tensura | Slime Diaries spinoff TV series (23 min/ep) MAL link Transferred from Winter. | ||||||||||||||||
| 19 | Emilico (9) | Shadows House | Debut anime | ||||||||||||||||
| 20 |  Hestia (9)
|
DanMachi | DanMachi III OVA (Apr 28) MAL link | ||||||||||||||||
| 21 |  Kobayashi-san (8)
|
Dragon Maid | Mini Dragon ONA shorts (1 min/ep) MAL link | ||||||||||||||||
| 22 |  Aoi Hinami (7)
|
Jaku-Chara Tomozaki-kun | Debut anime, Transferred from Winter. | ||||||||||||||||
| 23 |  Yuki Yoshikawa (7)
|
Horimiya | Debut anime, Transferred from Winter. | ||||||||||||||||
| 24 | Koguma (6) | Super Cub | Debut anime | ||||||||||||||||
| 25 |  Masumi Sera (6)
|
Detective Conan | Long-running series. Transferred from Winter. | ||||||||||||||||
| 26 | Sei Takanashi (6) | Saint's Magic Power | Debut anime | ||||||||||||||||
| 27 |  Tanya von Degurechaff (6)
|
Youjo Senki | Desert Pasta OVA (June 19) MAL link | ||||||||||||||||
| 28 |  Ameri Azazel (5)
|
Iruma-kun | Season 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 29 | Miho Shirakawa (5) | Odd Taxi | Debut anime | ||||||||||||||||
| 30 |  Ange le Carre (5)
|
Princess Principal | PriPri Crown Handler Movie 1 (Feb 11) MAL Link. Transferred from Winter. | ||||||||||||||||
| Did Not Qualify | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 |  Saki Nikaidou (12)
|
Zombieland Saga | Season 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Junko Konno (8) | Zombieland Saga | Season 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Kate (8) | Shadows House | Debut anime | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 |  Nero (8)
|
Fate/Extra | Fate/Grand Carnival OVA episode 3 MAL link | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 |  Ais Wallenstein (7)
|
DanMachi | DanMachi III OVA (Apr 28) MAL link | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 |  Ishtar (7)
|
Fate/Grand Order | Fate/Grand Carnival OVA episode 3 MAL link | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 |  Joan of Arc (7)
|
Fate/Apocrypha | Fate/Grand Carnival OVA episode 3 MAL link | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 |  Shizue Izawa (7)
|
Tensura | Slime Diaries spinoff TV series (23 min/ep) MAL link Transferred from Winter. | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Laika (6) | Slime 300 | Debut anime | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Maria Momosaka (6) | Higehiro | Debut anime | ||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Yuzuha Mishima (6) | OsaMake | Debut anime | ||||||||||||||||
| 12 |  Minami Nanami (5)
|
Jaku-Chara Tomozaki-kun | Debut anime, Transferred from Winter. | ||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Momoe Sawaki (5) | Wonder Egg Priority | Debut anime, Transferred from Winter. | ||||||||||||||||
| 14 |  Rem Galeu (4)
|
Isekai Maou | Season 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Elimination round[]
| Spring Eliminations (Aqua Gem, Approval Voting) | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced - 18 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Nezuko Kamado
|
2995 | 10 | Mash Kyrielight
|
1494 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Kobayashi-san
|
2377 | 11 | Azusa Aizawa
|
1484 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Miko Iino
|
2362 | 12 | Kuroha Shida
|
1309 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Sayu Ogiwara
|
2000 | 13 | Vivy
|
1305 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | Shuna
|
1825 | 14 | Ai Mizuno
|
1300 | ||||||||||||||
| 6 | Vladilena Milize
|
1668 | 15 | Masumi Sera
|
1258 | ||||||||||||||
| 7 | Nagatoro-san
|
1580 | 16 | Shirokusa Kachi
|
1162 | ||||||||||||||
| 8 | Hestia
|
1548 | 17 | Sakura Minamoto
|
1160 | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Yuki Yoshikawa
|
1527 | 18 | Nadeshiko Kagamihara
|
1112 | ||||||||||||||
| Eliminated - 12+ | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | Nico Robin
|
1110 | 25 | Ameri Azazel
|
725 | ||||||||||||||
| 20 | Yume Minami | 1071 | 26 | Neiru Aonuma
|
670 | ||||||||||||||
| 21 | Alice Kisaragi | 1008 | 27 | Koguma | 639 | ||||||||||||||
| 22 | Tanya von Degurechaff
|
999 | 28 | Sei Takanashi | 636 | ||||||||||||||
| 23 | Emilico | 939 | 29 | Ange le Carre
|
574 | ||||||||||||||
| 24 | Aoi Hinami
|
872 | 30 | Miho Shirakawa | 403 | ||||||||||||||
Group stage[]
| Female Spring Group Stage (Topaz 1-5) | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group A | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Character | W-L | CVPD | CVP | Topaz 1 | Topaz 3 | Topaz 4 | Tpz Gem | Amet 3 | ||||||||||
| 1 | Nezuko Kamado
|
5-0 | 2.762 | 6.357 | 1875
|
1159
|
1585
|
2610
|
1515
| ||||||||||
| 2 | Vladilena Milize
|
4-1 | 1.457 | 5.223 | 1465
|
921
|
1197
|
2198
|
1414
| ||||||||||
| 3 | Kuroha Shida
|
3-2 | -0.194 | 4.388 | 1339
|
607
|
1264
|
2080
|
944
| ||||||||||
| 4 | Nadeshiko Kagamihara
|
2-3 | -1.162 | 3.909 | 970
|
788
|
1113
|
1289
|
1062
| ||||||||||
| 5 | Vivy
|
1-4 | -1.455 | 3.634 | 859
|
533
|
1188
|
1408
|
1027
| ||||||||||
| 6 | Nagatoro-san
|
0-5 | -1.409 | 3.775 | 1098
|
756
|
1135
|
1291
|
808
| ||||||||||
| Group B | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Character | W-L | CVPD | CVP | Topaz 2 | Topaz 3 | Topaz 5 | Amet 1 | Amet 4 | ||||||||||
| 1 | Kobayashi-san
|
5-0 | 1.382 | 5.675 | 1261
|
1066
|
1455
|
1350
|
1830
| ||||||||||
| 2 | Shuna
|
4-1 | 0.638 | 4.875 | 1171
|
840
|
1263
|
1131
|
1602
| ||||||||||
| 3 | Azusa Aizawa
|
3-2 | -0.106 | 4.361 | 988
|
698
|
1252
|
1054
|
1411
| ||||||||||
| 4 | Hestia
|
2-3 | 0.063 | 4.596 | 963
|
939
|
1303
|
1017
|
1392
| ||||||||||
| 5 | Ai Mizuno
|
1-4 | -0.927 | 3.936 | 830
|
721
|
1062
|
905
|
1350
| ||||||||||
| 6 | Sakura Minamoto
|
0-5 | -1.051 | 3.853 | 830
|
643
|
1041
|
918
|
1238
| ||||||||||
| Group C | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Character | W-L | CVPD | CVP | Topaz 2 | Topaz 4 | Topaz 5 | Amet 2 | Amet 5 | ||||||||||
| 1 | Miko Iino
|
5-0 | 2.577 | 6.167 | 1384
|
1909
|
1532
|
1137
|
2179
| ||||||||||
| 2 | Sayu Ogiwara
|
4-1 | 1.219 | 5.286 | 1340
|
1404
|
1214
|
1086
|
1845
| ||||||||||
| 3 | Mash Kyrielight
|
3-2 | 0.502 | 4.846 | 1140
|
1173
|
1241
|
1205
|
1422
| ||||||||||
| 4 | Hestia
|
2-3 | 0.063 | 4.596 | 963
|
939
|
1303
|
1017
|
1392
| ||||||||||
| 5 | Shirokusa Kachi
|
1-4 | -0.981 | 3.874 | 701
|
1109
|
1025
|
572
|
1957
| ||||||||||
| 6 | Masumi Sera
|
0-5 | -2.955 | 3.053 | 699
|
688
|
883
|
581
|
1198
| ||||||||||
Diadem round[]
| Spring Finals (Amet Gem, Range) | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Character | Votes | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Miko Iino (Diadem Winner)
|
41,705.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Vladilena Milize (A)
|
37,570.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Kobayashi-san (A)
|
36,126.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Nezuko Kamado (A)
|
36,079.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Sayu Ogiwara
|
31,091.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Shuna
|
29,763.5 | |||||||||||||||||
Summer[]
In a slight change of pace, the top favorites to win the summer diadem finally went to 2021 debutantes: Love Live's Keke Tang, a Chinese idol who resonates with ISML's Chinese-majority voter base, and Tanmoshi's Siesta, a popular light novel heroine who placed high in Konorano's popularity poll. Ilulu also emerged as a contender as she hails from the popular Dragon Maid series, debuting in the show's second season.
But like the previous two seasonals, sequel girls tend to advance; Miyuki Shiba became eligible because ahe appeared in the Mahouka remake, and qualified by scoring crucial wins against newcomer Celia Claire and sequel girl Katarina Claes in the round-robin stage. In Group C, Madoka Kaname from Magia Record topped the group undefeated, while Slime Isekai's Milim Nava managed to advance out of groups in her 2nd seasonal appearance the same year, having placed 5th in the Winter group stage beforehand.
The summer diadem eventually went into Keke's hands, winning the gem round by a large margin and finally bringing home Love Live!'s first-ever ISML award. Siesta and Madoka comfortably advanced to the playoffs, while Ilulu barely qualified for the 4th spot over Milim and Miyuki.
Nomination Results[]
Vote numbers below 10th are undisclosed and arranged by series name (in Starry's document, not this wiki).
| Female Summer Nominations (30) | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name (Votes) | Series | Reason for eligibility | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 |  Siesta (53)
|
The Detective is Already Dead (Tanmoshi) | -- | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 |  Keke Tang (35)
|
Love Live Superstar | -- | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Aki Shino (27) | Remake Our Life | -- | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Alice (22) | The Duke of Death and His Maid | -- | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 |  Fuuka Miyazawa (22)
|
The Aquatope on White Sand | -- | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 |  Kukuru Misakino (21)
|
The Aquatope on White Sand | -- | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 |  Kanon Shibuya (20)
|
Love Live Superstar | -- | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Celia Claire (20) | Seirei Gensouki | -- | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 |  Nagisa Minase (18)
|
Kanojo mo Kanojo | -- | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 |  Ilulu (16)
|
Dragon Maid | Season 2, debutant | ||||||||||||||||
| Eiko Kawasegawa | Remake Our Life | -- | |||||||||||||||||
| Yuuri Amagake | Battle Game in 5 Seconds | -- | |||||||||||||||||
 Liscia Elfrieden
|
Realist Hero | -- | |||||||||||||||||
 Katarina Claes
|
Hamefura | Season 2 | |||||||||||||||||
 Jahy
|
Jahy-sama | -- | |||||||||||||||||
 Saki Saki
|
Kanojo mo Kanojo | -- | |||||||||||||||||
| Rimu | The Dungeon of Black Company | -- | |||||||||||||||||
| Nagisa Natsunagi | Tanmoshi | -- | |||||||||||||||||
| Tomoe | Tsukimichi | -- | |||||||||||||||||
| Jeanne | Vanitas no Carte | ||||||||||||||||||
| Noella | Drugstore Isekai | -- | |||||||||||||||||
| Pisara | The Idaten Deities Only Know Peace | -- | |||||||||||||||||
| Ai Narata | Kageki Shoujo | -- | |||||||||||||||||
| Fena Houtman | Fena: Pirate Princess | -- | |||||||||||||||||
 Miyuki Shiba
|
Mahouka | The Honor Student at Magic High School (re-telling from Miyuki's POV) MAL Link | |||||||||||||||||
 Chise Hatori
|
The Ancient Magus Bride | OVA sequel episode 1 (Sep 10). MAL Link | |||||||||||||||||
| Atena Saotome | Mother of the Goddess' Dormitory | -- | |||||||||||||||||
 Madoka Kaname
|
Madoka Magica | Magia Record spinoff season 2. Previously appeared in 2021 Preliminaries. | |||||||||||||||||
| Kasane Randall | Scarlet Nexus | -- | |||||||||||||||||
| Nozomi | Sonny Boy | -- | |||||||||||||||||
| 31 | Milim Nava
|
Tensura | Season 2, cour 2. Previously appeared in Winter 2021. | ||||||||||||||||
| Did Not Qualify | |||||||||||||||||||
| Fubuki Shiranami | Hololive | Cameo appearance in Tanmoshi episode 3. Had enough votes to qualify, but was banned because she was already qualified for VTuber exhibitions. | |||||||||||||||||
| Nanako Kogure | Remake Our Life | -- | |||||||||||||||||
 Elma
|
Dragon Maid | Season 2 | |||||||||||||||||
 Lucoa
|
Dragon Maid | Season 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Chisato Arashi | Love Live Superstar | -- | |||||||||||||||||
| Sumire Heanna | Love Live Superstar | -- | |||||||||||||||||
| Ren Hazuki | Love Live Superstar | -- | |||||||||||||||||
 Homura Akemi
|
Madoka Magica | Magia Record spinoff season 2. Previously appeared in 2021 Preliminaries. | |||||||||||||||||
 Iroha Tamaki
|
Madoka Magica | Magia Record spinoff season 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Latifa | Seriei Gensouki | -- | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Mio | Tsukimichi | -- | ||||||||||||||||
Elimination round[]
During the Sapphire Gem round, Chise Hatori was left out due to technical errors (most likely because the match was designed for 30 girls, not 31). To compensate, she will play a 3-way RANGE voting match against the 1st and 18th placed girl during Emerald 1. If Chise scores more votes than the 18th placed girl, she will take her place in the group stage, and her seed will be determined by her vote percentage (VF%) in that match - compared against the VF% of 17 elimination round winners.
| Summer Eliminations (Sapp Gem) | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced - 17 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Keke Tang
|
3463 | 10 |  Nagisa Natsunagi
|
1736 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Siesta
|
3002 | 11 |  Alice
|
1688 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Madoka Kaname
|
2810 | 12 |  Celia Claire
|
1591 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Milim Nava
|
2091 | 13 | Nagisa Minase
|
1513 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | Ilulu
|
2051 | 14 | Saki Saki
|
1480 | ||||||||||||||
| 6 | Miyuki Shiba
|
1962 | 15 | Fuuka Miyazawa
|
1388 | ||||||||||||||
| 7 | Katarina Claes
|
1928 | 16 |  Eiko Kawasegawa
|
1295 | ||||||||||||||
| 8 |  Aki Shino
|
1882 | 17 | Kukuru Misakino
|
1213 | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Kanon Shibuya
|
1862 | 18 | Jahy (Last chance)
|
1107 | ||||||||||||||
| Eliminated - 12+ | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | Atena Saotome | 1042 | 25 | Tomoe | 704 | ||||||||||||||
| 20 | Yuuri Amagake | 999 | 26 | Nozomi | 686 | ||||||||||||||
| 21 | Noella | 911 | 27 |  Fena Houtman
|
568 | ||||||||||||||
| 22 | Liscia Elfrieden
|
905 | 28 | Kasane Randall | 495 | ||||||||||||||
| 23 | Rimu | 903 | 29 | Pisara | 485 | ||||||||||||||
| 24 | Jeanne | 837 | 30 | Ai Narata | 484 | ||||||||||||||
Last Chance Compensation Match (Emerald 1, Range):
- Keke Tang > Chise Hatori > Jahy (12,562.4 > 5299.5 > 4966.5) (55.03% > 23.21% > 21.76%)
- Chise is seed 18 (17th placer's VF is 28.16% > 23.21%)
Group stage[]
As a result of Chise Hatori's absence during the elimination round and subsequent compensation match, the schedule of female summer seasonal was pushed back one matchday.
| Female Summer Group Stage (Emerald 2-Gem) | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group A | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Character | W-L | CVPD | CVP | Eme 2 | Eme 3 | Eme 4 | Eme 5 | Eme Gem | ||||||||||
| 1 | Keke Tang
|
5-0 | 3.502 | 7.003 | 1473
|
1177
|
1337
|
1421
|
3275
| ||||||||||
| 2 | Miyuki Shiba
|
4-1 | 0.27 | 4.723 | 903
|
886
|
993
|
760
|
2386
| ||||||||||
| 3 | Celia Claire
|
3-2 | 0.407 | 4.688 | 852
|
661
|
865
|
998
|
2759
| ||||||||||
| 4 | Katarina Claes
|
2-3 | -0.304 | 4.475 | 976
|
954
|
652
|
847
|
2122
| ||||||||||
| 5 | Nagisa Minase
|
1-4 | -0.864 | 4.044 | 823
|
684
|
689
|
1028
|
1698
| ||||||||||
| 6 | Chise Hatori
|
0-5 | -3.011 | 2.777 | 597
|
476
|
509
|
592
|
1237
| ||||||||||
| Group B | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Character | W-L | CVPD | CVP | Eme 2 | Eme 3 | Eme 4 | Eme 5 | Eme Gem | ||||||||||
| 1 | Siesta
|
5-0 | 3.813 | 6.711 | 1391
|
1157
|
1246
|
1294
|
3335
| ||||||||||
| 2 | Ilulu
|
4-1 | 0.319 | 4.764 | 963
|
890
|
923
|
777
|
2461
| ||||||||||
| 3 | Aki Shino
|
3-2 | -0.593 | 4.103 | 859
|
800
|
504
|
957
|
2042
| ||||||||||
| 4 | Saki Saki
|
2-3 | -0.747 | 4.001 | 792
|
745
|
821
|
938
|
1411
| ||||||||||
| 5 | Alice (Duke of Death)
|
1-4 | -1.049 | 3.749 | 758
|
510
|
711
|
761
|
2118
| ||||||||||
| 6 | Kukuru Misakino
|
0-5 | -1.743 | 3.341 | 429
|
689
|
677
|
681
|
1752
| ||||||||||
| Group C | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Character | W-L | CVPD | CVP | Eme 2 | Eme 3 | Eme 4 | Eme 5 | Eme Gem | ||||||||||
| 1 | Madoka Kaname
|
5-0 | 1.653 | 5.808 | 1215
|
1028
|
1053
|
1106
|
2884
| ||||||||||
| 2 | Milim Nava
|
4-1 | 0.655 | 5.045 | 1013
|
882
|
951
|
986
|
2487
| ||||||||||
| 3 | Kanon Shibuya
|
3-2 | 0.292 | 4.802 | 896
|
928
|
834
|
1067
|
2199
| ||||||||||
| 4 | Nagisa Natsunagi
|
2-3 | -0.482 | 4.25 | 806
|
740
|
813
|
787
|
2269
| ||||||||||
| 5 | Fuuka Miyazawa
|
1-4 | -0.849 | 3.924 | 804
|
730
|
690
|
798
|
1844
| ||||||||||
| 6 | Eiko Kawasegawa
|
0-5 | -1.269 | 3.747 | 693
|
660
|
697
|
783
|
1881
| ||||||||||
Diadem round[]
| Summer (Ruby Gem, Range) | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Character | Votes | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Keke Tang (Diadem Winner)
|
26,068.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Siesta (A)
|
20,747.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Madoka Kaname (A)
|
19,126 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Ilulu (A)
|
15,937.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Milim Nava
|
15,283.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Miyuki Shiba
|
14,513.9 | |||||||||||||||||
Fall[]
Nomination Results[]
Actual 2021 debutants (i.e. first appeared in an anime released within 2021) are labeled in bold and underlined. Vote numbers from 11-20 and 21+ are undisclosed and arranged by series name in Starry's document. (ISML forum link)
| Female Fall Nominations (30) | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name (Votes) | Series | Reason for eligibility | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Ran Mouri (107) | Detective Conan | Long-running series; Previously appeared in Winter 2021. Qualified because of a loophole in the rules; she was originally ineligible because she was scheduled to appear in the Couples exhibition (Dia 1), but was allowed back after several appeals were submitted and the ISML staff made internal discussions. | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Destiny (84) | Takt Op | - | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Touko Sakurai (72) | My Senpai is Annoying | - | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Shouko Komi (37) | Komi-san Can't Communicate | - | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Futaba Igarashi (35) | My Senpai is Annoying | - | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Miko Yotsuya (30) | Mieruko-chan | - | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Dia Viekone (19) | The World's Finest Assassin | - | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Rit (17) | Banished From the Hero's Party | - | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Tomoyo Sakagami (15) | Kaginado (Clannad) | Crossover show feat. Key characters | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Irina Luminesk (13) | The Moon, Laika, and Nosferatu | - | ||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Tarte (12) | The World's Finest Assassin | - | ||||||||||||||||
| Frederica Rosenfort | 86 | Cour 2, first appearance | |||||||||||||||||
| Sonoko Suzuki | Detective Conan | Long-running series | |||||||||||||||||
| Jolyne Cujoh | Jojo's Bizarre Adventure | Stone Ocean, first appearance | |||||||||||||||||
| Najimi Osana | Komi-san Can't Communicate | Non-binary (gender unknown) | |||||||||||||||||
| Chisato Arashi | Love Live Superstar | Continuation from Summer 2021 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kagari | Kaginado (Rewrite) | Crossover show feat. Key characters | |||||||||||||||||
| Ruti | Banished From the Hero's Party | - | |||||||||||||||||
| Kukuru Misakino | Aquatope | Continuation; Previously appeared in Summer 2021 | |||||||||||||||||
| 20 | Yuzuki Tachibana | Taisho Maiden Fairy Tale | - | ||||||||||||||||
| Yuuna Yuuki | Yuuki Yuuna is a Hero | The Great Mankai Chapter sequel. MAL Link | |||||||||||||||||
| Douki-chan | Ganbare Douki-chan | - | |||||||||||||||||
| Moroha | Inuyasha | Yashahime sequel, season 2. | |||||||||||||||||
| Aletta | Restaurant Isekai | Season 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eris Greyrat | Mushoku Tensei | Cour 2; Previously appeared in Winter 2021 | |||||||||||||||||
| Meiya Mitsurugi | Muv-Luv | Muv-Luv Alternative adaptation; appeared before in crossover OVAs like this | |||||||||||||||||
| Hiling | Ranking of Kings | - | |||||||||||||||||
| Nasse | Platinum End | - | |||||||||||||||||
| Suzune Miyama | Selection Project | - | |||||||||||||||||
| 30 | Saria | The Fruit of Evolution | - | ||||||||||||||||
| 31 | Matsuri Hibino | Waccha PriMagi! | part of Takara Tomy's Pretty Rhythm series. | ||||||||||||||||
| 32 | Fubuki Shirakami | Hololive | Transferred from Summer because she had enough votes to qualify there, but was not allowed because she was already qualified for VTuber exhibition. After Fubuki was eliminated in the exhibition, she was invited back to play in Fall as compensation due to appearing in the Holo no Graffiti animated shorts. MAL link | ||||||||||||||||
| Did Not Qualify | |||||||||||||||||||
| Kyou Fujibayashi | Kaginado (Clannad) | Crossover show feat. Key characters | |||||||||||||||||
| Ayu Tsukimiya | Kaginado (Kanon) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rin Natsume | Kaginado (Little Busters) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hana Yurikawa | Mieruko-chan | - | |||||||||||||||||
| Setsuna | Inuyasha | Yashahime sequel, season 2. | |||||||||||||||||
| Maha | The World's Finest Assassin | - | |||||||||||||||||
| Rena Hananoi | Selection Project | - | |||||||||||||||||
| Fuuka Miyazawa | Aquatope | Continuation; Previously appeared in Summer 2021 | |||||||||||||||||
| Titan | Takt Op | - | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Mimori Tougou | Yuuki Yuuna is a Hero | The Great Mankai Chapter sequel. MAL Link | ||||||||||||||||
Elimination round[]
| Fall Eliminations (Ruby Gem, Approval Voting) | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced - 18 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Ran Mouri | 2194 | 10 | Touko Sakurai | 1309 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Shouko Komi | 1751 | 11 | Sonoko Suzuki | 1258 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Tomoyo Sakagami | 1602 | 12 | Jolyne Cujoh | 1220 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Destiny | 1571 | 13 | Fubuki Shirakami | 1132 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | Eris Greyrat | 1518 | 14 | Kukuru Misakino | 1096 | ||||||||||||||
| 6 | Miko Yotsuya | 1449 | 15 | Tarte | 1061 | ||||||||||||||
| 7 | Dia Viekone | 1448 | 16 | Yuuna Yuuki | 1052 | ||||||||||||||
| 8 | Futaba Igarashi | 1364 | 17 | Douki-chan | 1043 | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Chisato Arashi | 1333 | 18 | Ruti | 1040 | ||||||||||||||
| Eliminated - 14 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | Kagari | 1010 | 26 | Suzune Miyama | 708 | ||||||||||||||
| 20 | Rit | 854 | 27 | Najimi Osana | 663 | ||||||||||||||
| 21 | Irina Luminesk | 819 | 28 | Aletta | 655 | ||||||||||||||
| 22 | Frederica Rosenfort | 814 | 29 | Nasse | 649 | ||||||||||||||
| 23 | Hiling | 783 | 30 | Saria | 556 | ||||||||||||||
| 24 | Yuzuki Tachibana | 724 | 31 | Matsuri Hibino | 400 | ||||||||||||||
| 25 | Moroha | 714 | 32 | Meiya Mitsurugi | 363 | ||||||||||||||
Group stage[]
| Female Fall Group Stage (Dia 1-5) | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group A | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Character | W-L | CVPD | CVP | Dia 1 | Dia 2 | Dia 3 | Dia 4 | Dia 5 | ||||||||||
| 1 |  Dia Viekone
|
5-0 | 1.838 | 5.687 |  1185
|
 1186
|
1335
|
 1491
|
 1604
| ||||||||||
| 2 | Ran Mouri
|
4-1 | 1.287 | 5.854 | 1057
|
1386
|
1210
|
1586
|
1807
| ||||||||||
| 3 | Miko Yotsuya
|
3-2 | 0.677 | 5.091 | 1295
|
1187
|
1122
|
1212
|
1184
| ||||||||||
| 4 | Ruti
|
2-3 | -0.172 | 4.443 | 965
|
683
|
874
|
1308
|
1559
| ||||||||||
| 5 | Fubuki Shirakami
|
1-4 | -2.381 | 3.442 | 627
|
794
|
1199
|
985
|
1109
| ||||||||||
| 6 | Jolyne Cujoh
|
0-5 | -1.249 | 3.927 | 569
|
812
|
750
|
934
|
1089
| ||||||||||
| Group B | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Character | W-L | CVPD | CVP | Dia 1 | Dia 2 | Dia 3 | Dia 4 | Dia 5 | ||||||||||
| 1 | Eris Greyrat
|
4-1 | 1.772 | 5.548 |  1346
|
1263
|
 1300
|
 1337
|
 1304
| ||||||||||
| 2 | Komi-san
|
4-1 | 1.216 | 5.249 | 1074
|
1368
|
1106
|
1136
|
1583
| ||||||||||
| 3 | Futaba Igarashi
|
4-1 | 0.301 | 4.644 | 922
|
1054
|
919
|
1288
|
1394
| ||||||||||
| 4 | Douki-chan
|
2-3 | -0.811 | 3.881 | 706
|
804
|
708
|
1087
|
1414
| ||||||||||
| 5 | Kukuru Misakino
|
1-4 | -1.644 | 3.897 | 840
|
741
|
1138
|
934
|
1128
| ||||||||||
| 6 | Sonoko Suzuki
|
0-5 | -0.834 | 4.004 | 631
|
772
|
956
|
1168
|
1182
| ||||||||||
| Group C | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Character | W-L | CVPD | CVP | Dia 1 | Dia 2 | Dia 3 | Dia 4 | Dia 5 | ||||||||||
| 1 |  Tomoyo Sakagami
|
5-0 | 0.74 | 4.972 |  1021
|
 1062
|
 1100
|
 1317
|
 1458
| ||||||||||
| 2 | Destiny
|
4-1 | 0.995 | 5.082 | 966
|
1149
|
1211
|
1241
|
1527
| ||||||||||
| 3 | Touko Sakurai
|
3-2 | -0.399 | 4.145 | 824
|
955
|
976
|
1146
|
1352
| ||||||||||
| 4 | Tarte
|
2-3 | 0.004 | 4.367 | 893
|
856
|
953
|
1061
|
1194
| ||||||||||
| 5 | Yuuna Yuuki
|
1-4 | -0.619 | 3.996 | 787
|
955
|
783
|
1039
|
1235
| ||||||||||
| 6 | Chisato Arashi
|
0-5 | -0.721 | 3.944 | 837
|
868
|
902
|
976
|
1128
| ||||||||||
Diadem round[]
| Fall (Dia Gem, Range) | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Character | Votes | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Ran Mouri (Diadem Winner)
|
23,253.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Tomoyo Sakagami (A)
|
17,783.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Eris Greyrat (A)
|
16,514.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Komi-san (A)
|
16,108.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Dia Viekone
|
15,283.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Destiny
|
13,415.8 | |||||||||||||||||
Circlet Playoffs[]
Seedings[]
| 2021 Circlet Playoff Seeds | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | Character | Ddm rank | Grp W | Grp CVP | ||||||||||||||
| 01 | Keke Tang (Summer)
|
1st | 5 | 7.003 | ||||||||||||||
| 02 | Miku Nakano (Winter)
|
1st | 5 | 6.807 | ||||||||||||||
| 03 | Miko Iino (Spring)
|
1st | 5 | 6.167 | ||||||||||||||
| 04 | Ran Mouri (Fall)
|
1st | 4 | 5.854 | ||||||||||||||
| 05 | Siesta
|
2nd | 5 | 6.711 | ||||||||||||||
| 06 | Tomoyo Sakagami
|
2nd | 5 | 4.972 | ||||||||||||||
| 07 | Ai Haibara
|
2nd | 4 | 6.922 | ||||||||||||||
| 08 | Vladilena Milize
|
2nd | 4 | 5.223 | ||||||||||||||
| 09 | Ram
|
3rd | 5 | 7.027 | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | Madoka Kaname
|
3rd | 5 | 5.808 | ||||||||||||||
| 11 | Kobayashi-san
|
3rd | 5 | 5.675 | ||||||||||||||
| 12 | Eris Greyrat
|
3rd | 4 | 5.548 | ||||||||||||||
| 13 | Nezuko Kamado
|
4th | 5 | 6.357 | ||||||||||||||
| 14 | Roxy Migurdia
|
4th | 4 | 6.109 | ||||||||||||||
| 15 | Komi-san
|
4th | 4 | 5.249 | ||||||||||||||
| 16 | Ilulu
|
4th | 4 | 4.764 | ||||||||||||||
Bracket[]
| Female Seasonal Playoff Bracket | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round of 16 (PO 1, PO 2) |
Quarter-finals (PO 3) |
Semi-finals (PO 4) |
Final (PO 5) | ||||||||||||||||
| PO 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Keke Tang
|
3127 | |||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Komi-san [1]
|
1648 | |||||||||||||||||
| PO 2 | 1 | Keke
|
3252 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Vladilena Milize
|
1591 | 9 | Ram
|
2569 | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Ram
|
3110 | |||||||||||||||||
| PO 2 | 1 | Keke
|
4714 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Ran Mouri
|
2675 | 13 | Nezuko
|
2778 | ||||||||||||||
| 13 | Nezuko Kamado
|
2836 | 13 | Nezuko
|
2983 | ||||||||||||||
| PO 2 | 5 | Siesta
|
2580 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Siesta
|
2531 | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Eris Greyrat
|
2234 | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| PO 1 | 1 | Keke
|
12,163 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Miku Nakano
|
3204 | 7 | Haibara
|
10,931 | ||||||||||||||
| 16 | Ilulu [1]
|
1341 | |||||||||||||||||
| PO 1 | 2 | Miku
|
2640 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Ai Haibara
|
2920 | 7 | Haibara
|
3846 | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | Madoka Kaname
|
2194 | 7 | Haibara
|
3787 | ||||||||||||||
| PO 1 | 3 | Miko
|
3721 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Miko Iino
|
2311 | |||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Roxy Migurdia
|
1973 | 3 | Miko
|
3144 | ||||||||||||||
| PO 1 | 6 | Tomoyo
|
2059 | 3rd place | |||||||||||||||
| 6 | Tomoyo Sakagami
|
2201 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Kobayashi-san
|
1990 | |||||||||||||||||
Male Seasonals[]
The male seasonal is a single tournament whose champion is awarded the Divine Crown.
Nomination round:
- Selection criteria and nomination format are the same as females, but only 6 males will advance into their respective seasonal, which is reduced to a group stage instead.
- Male nomination ties are broken using the following criteria:
- Debutants are given priority
- Fewer number of series' characters
- Staff selection
Group stage
- 6 males from each seasonal will compete each other in a Single round-robin format.
- Same ranking criteria as females (Wins > CVPD > CVP)
- Top 2 characters from each group will advance to Crown Playoffs
- 1st place of each group wins an ISML poster (diadem, same as females) and will qualify for ISML 2022's main tournament
Crown Playoffs
- Single elimination bracket
- Seeded based on Wins > CVP
- Winner claims the divine crown and the overall seasonal championship; if the winner did not win any of 2021's seasonals, he is also invited to ISML 2022 main tournament.
Nomination Results[]
Actual 2021 debutants (i.e. first appeared in an anime released within 2021) are labeled in bold and underlined.
| Male Nominations List | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male Winter | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Name (Votes) | Series | Reason for eligibility | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 |  Satoru Gojo (114)
|
Jujutsu Kaisen | Season 1, cour 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 |  Tanjiro Kamado (75)
|
Kimetsu no Yaiba | Valentine's Day special ONA shorts (2 min/ep) MAL link | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 |  Izumi Miyamura (70)
|
Horimiya | Anime debut technically in 2012 (Horimiya OVA) MAL link | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 |  Naruto Uzumaki (66)
|
Naruto | Boruto sequel. Long-running series. | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 |  Conan Edogawa (65)
|
Detective Conan | Long-running series. | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 |  Monkey D. Luffy (54)
|
One Piece | Long-running series. | ||||||||||||||||
Assigned to Main Tournament:
| |||||||||||||||||||
| Male Spring | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Name (Votes) | Series | Reason for eligibility | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 |  Takashi Natsume (52)
|
Natsume's Book of Friends | The Waking Rock and the Strange Visitor movie BD / DVD release: May 26 (Japan). Wikipedia link | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 |  Fushi (51)
|
To Your Eternity | - | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 |  Zenitsu Agatsuma (28)
|
Kimetsu no Yaiba | Mugen Train movie released Apr 23 (US & CAN) | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 |  Adam (27)
|
Shuumatsu no Valkyrie | - | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 |  Sasuke Uchiha (22)
|
Naruto | Boruto sequel. Long-running series. Transferred from Winter. | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 |  Roronoa Zoro (18)
|
One Piece | Long-running series. Transferred from Winter. | ||||||||||||||||
Assigned to Main Tournament:
| |||||||||||||||||||
| Male Summer | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Name (Votes) | Series | Reason for eligibility | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 |  Vanitas (22)
|
Vanitas no Carte | All debut anime | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 |  Kyouya Hashiba (21)
|
Remake Our Life | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 |  Bocchan / Duke of Death (20)
|
The Duke of Death and His Maid | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 |  Kimihiko Kimizuka (20)
|
The Detective is Already Dead | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 |  Kinji Ninomiya (17)
|
The Dungeon of Black Company | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 |  Akira Shiroyanagi (16)
|
Battle Game in 5 Seconds | |||||||||||||||||
| Fall | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Name (Votes) | Series | Reason for eligibility | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 |  Bojji (114)
|
Ranking of Kings | debut | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 |  Kogorou Mouri (90)
|
Detective Conan | Long-running series | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 |  Red (71)
|
Banished From the Hero's Party | debut | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 |  Hitohito Tadano (30)
|
Komi-san Can't Communicate | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 |  Takt Asahina (25)
|
Takt Op | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 |  Lugh Tuatha De (24)
|
The World's Finest Assassin | |||||||||||||||||
Group stage[]
Winter[]
Due to the way the nomination round works, most of the guys in the Winter seasonal are ISML regulars who appeared at the top of the nominations list. The only newcomers were Satoru Gojo, who had the 2nd-most nominations out of all males, but was assigned here because of Jujutsu Kaisen's 2nd cour, and Izumi Miyamura from the Horimiya TV anime. The other three were shonen protagonists from long-running series: Detective Conan, One Piece, and Boruto's dad.
However, the ultimate winner of this seasonal was Tanjiro Kamado from Demon Slayer, who was assigned here because he appeared in the show's Valentine's Day shorts, even though he appeared in the sequel movie Mugen Train. Having placed 8th overall in ISML 2020 despite a late regular season exit, Tanjiro maintained his power coming into the 2021 contest as he earned the 5th-most nominations the male division, and went 5-0 in the winter round robin which earned him his first ISML award and the first male seasonal diadem.
Meanwhile, the top-seeded Gojo choked to a 2-3 record and 4th place finish. He lost to Conan in round 2, which greatly diminished his chances of making it out, and was finally eliminated in round 4 after he lost to Miyamura. In the final group round, the spot for 2nd was contested by Conan (2-2) and Miyamura (3-1). Izumi won the match and advanced as the last playoffs representative from Winter.
Results
| Winter | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Character | W-L | CVPD | CVP | Prelim 3 | Prelim 4 | Prelim 5 | Prelim 6 | Topaz 1 | ||||||||||
| 1 | Tanjiro Kamado (W)
|
5-0 | 1.025 | 5.592 | 2165
|
1803
|
2034
|
2286
|
1367
| ||||||||||
| 2 | Izumi Miyamura (A)
|
4-1 | 1.183 | 5.754 | 2446
|
1873
|
1968
|
1998
|
1572
| ||||||||||
| 3 | Conan Edogawa
|
3-2 | 1.180 | 5.939 | 1510
|
1646
|
3076
|
2325
|
1338
| ||||||||||
| 4 | Satoru Gojo
|
2-3 | 0.438 | 5.189 | 2202
|
1546
|
2107
|
1887
|
1250
| ||||||||||
| 5 | Naruto Uzumaki
|
1-4 | -1.285 | 4.294 | 1998
|
1231
|
1716
|
1561
|
1329
| ||||||||||
| 6 | Monkey D. Luffy
|
0-5 | -2.540 | 3.629 | 1386
|
1129
|
1191
|
1438
|
1061
| ||||||||||
Spring[]
Like Winter, the group consisted of a fairly strong veteran who is expected to win (Takashi Natsume) and three "Number Two" guys from shonen series: One Piece's Zoro, Demon Slayer's Zenitsu, and Boruto's Sasuke. The remaining two newcomers were Fushi from To Your Eternity and Adam from Shuumatsu no Valkyrie, who ended up at the absolute bottom of the group, with Fushi only scoring his lone win against Adam.
After Natsume won his first ISML award, the second place came down to lightning users Sasuke and Zenitsu, with the ninja winning the fight against the swordsman.
Results
| Spring | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Character | W-L | CVPD | CVP | Amet 1 | Amet 2 | Amet 3 | Amet 4 | Amet 5 | ||||||||||
| 1 | Takashi Natsume (W)
|
5-0 | 2.078 | 5.664 | 1288
|
1003
|
1374
|
1793
|
2333
| ||||||||||
| 2 | Sasuke Uchiha (A)
|
4-1 | 1.135 | 5.049 | 1374
|
831
|
1215
|
1720
|
1723
| ||||||||||
| 3 | Zenitsu Agatsuma
|
3-2 | 0.477 | 4.736 | 1110
|
894
|
1426
|
1318
|
1580
| ||||||||||
| 4 | Roronoa Zoro
|
2-3 | -0.159 | 4.295 | 870
|
813
|
911
|
1684
|
1672
| ||||||||||
| 5 | Fushi
|
1-4 | -0.703 | 3.956 | 882
|
896
|
805
|
1239
|
1534
| ||||||||||
| 6 | Adam
|
0-5 | -2.829 | 2.774 | 573
|
575
|
741
|
931
|
913
| ||||||||||
Summer[]
Compared to the last two seasonals, Summer's roster is unpopular, which may explain the relatively low vote counts. The summer diadem was won by Kimihiko Kimizuka, protagonist of the Tanmoshi light novel series which is popular in East Asia, and arguably the most recognizable male out of the group. Kyouya Hashiba from Remake Our Life emerged as the other playoffs representative from the season.
Results
| Summer | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Character | W-L | CVPD | CVP | Eme 1 | Eme 2 | Eme 3 | Eme 4 | Eme 5 | ||||||||||
| 1 | Kimihiko Kimizuka (W)
|
5-0 | 0.925 | 3.977 | 579
|
756
|
752
|
866
|
839
| ||||||||||
| 2 | Kyouya Hashiba (A)
|
4-1 | 1.188 | 4.075 | 548
|
886
|
814
|
830
|
814
| ||||||||||
| 3 | Bocchan
|
3-2 | -0.215 | 3.338 | 561
|
789
|
645
|
536
|
643
| ||||||||||
| 4 | Vanitas
|
2-3 | -0.12 | 3.323 | 580
|
666
|
603
|
666
|
637
| ||||||||||
| 5 | Akira Shiroyanagi
|
1-4 | -0.532 | 3.122 | 535
|
492
|
562
|
615
|
767
| ||||||||||
| 6 | Kinji Ninomiya
|
0-5 | -1.245 | 2.765 | 472
|
585
|
487
|
481
|
608
| ||||||||||
Fall[]
After an uneventful summer season, the Fall seasonal saw a big spike in nomination votes, which is led by Ranking of Kings protagonist Bojji, who received over 100 votes. Behind him is Detective Conan's Kogorou Mouri, who stood out as the only male from a long-running or sequel anime; he finally qualified for an ISML match thanks to the long-time support from the Chinese Conan fanbase.
However, history has shown that nomination votes do not necessarily indicate strength in the tournament; in fact it was inverted in the actual round-robin stage. Bojji had an atrocious performance with zero wins, which may suggest anti-votes, and Kogorou lost 2 straight matches. The winners of the seasonal went to guys with the lowest nomination votes: battle conductor Takt Asahina and finest assassin Lugh advanced together when they both scored 4 wins - 2 ahead of their nearest competitors - after round 4. They fought each other for the Fall diadem in round 5, which was ultimately won by Lugh.
| Fall | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Character | W-L | CVPD | CVP | Dia 1 | Dia 2 | Dia 3 | Dia 4 | Dia 5 | ||||||||||
| 1 | Lugh Tuatha De (W)
|
5-0 | 1.857 | 5.254 | 990
|
1197
|
1205
|
1533
|
1354
| ||||||||||
| 2 | Takt Asahina (A)
|
4-1 | 0.538 | 4.501 | 991
|
946
|
1130
|
1224
|
1047
| ||||||||||
| 3 | Kogorou Mouri
|
3-2 | 0.455 | 4.997 | 987
|
953
|
1093
|
1421
|
1572
| ||||||||||
| 4 | Red (Banished)
|
2-3 | -0.572 | 3.939 | 605
|
774
|
1062
|
1059
|
1267
| ||||||||||
| 5 | Hitohito Tadano
|
1-4 | -0.737 | 3.851 | 925
|
1046
|
706
|
807
|
1080
| ||||||||||
| 6 | Bojji
|
0-5 | -1.541 | 3.606 | 746
|
803
|
936
|
758
|
1060
| ||||||||||
Crown Playoffs[]
Seedings[]
| 2021 Crown Playoff Seeds | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | Character | Grp W | Grp CVP | Grp CVPD | ||||||||||||||
| 01 | Takashi Natsume (Spring)
|
5 | 5.664 | 2.078 | ||||||||||||||
| 02 | Tanjiro Kamado (Winter)
|
5 | 5.592 | 1.025 | ||||||||||||||
| 03 | Lugh Tuatha De (Fall)
|
5 | 5.254 | 1.857 | ||||||||||||||
| 04 | Kimihiko Kimizuka (Summer)
|
5 | 3.977 | 0.925 | ||||||||||||||
| 05 | Izumi Miyamura
|
4 | 5.754 | 1.183 | ||||||||||||||
| 06 | Sasuke Uchiha
|
4 | 5.049 | 1.135 | ||||||||||||||
| 07 | Takt Asahina
|
4 | 4.501 | 0.538 | ||||||||||||||
| 08 | Kyouya Hashiba
|
4 | 4.075 | 1.188 | ||||||||||||||
Bracket[]
| Male Seasonal Playoff Bracket | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Takashi Natsume
|
3256 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Kyouya Hashiba
|
1514 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Takashi Natsume
|
3050 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Kimihiko Kimizuka
|
1581 | 5 | Izumi Miyamura
|
3494 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | Izumi Miyamura
|
3107 | 5 | Izumi Miyamura
|
9867 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Tanjiro Kamado
|
10,297 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Tanjiro Kamado
|
3146 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Takt Asahina
|
1882 | 2 | Tanjiro Kamado
|
3610 | ||||||||||||||
| 6 | Sasuke Uchiha
|
2792 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Lugh Tuatha De
|
2330 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Sasuke Uchiha
|
2485 | |||||||||||||||||
Gallery[]
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