Saimoe 2006

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The title match between Suiseiseki and Fate was arguably the greatest final ever contested in J-Saimoe history. Poster created by /a/non.
Date	Nominations: 2006 July 01 - 02 Prelims: July 05 - 31 Main Event: Aug 03 - Oct 28
Participants	289 (Main bracket)
Language	Japanese
Website	Official website (Japanese) (Archived by Wayback Machine) Full bracket from /a/non (English)
Final positions
Champion	Suiseiseki
Runner-up	Fate Testarossa
Semi-finals	Chikaru Minamoto Shana
Quarter-finals	Eri Sawachika Eruruu Rin Tohsaka Yuki Nagato

Saimoe 2006 was the 5th edition of the annual Anime Saimoe Tournament organized by users from the Japanese textboard 2channel and held within its own dedicated website. It began with the nominations on July 1 and ended with the final match on October 28. Nanoha Takamachi was the defending champion, but she was eliminated in round 4 by her partner Fate Testarossa. This was the first tournament where users from several English-language forums were majorly involved, such as the anonymous imageboard 4chan - specifically /a/ - Anime and Manga, and AnimeSuki - the forum whose users created the spin-off ISML contest 2 years later.

The final match was contested by Lyrical Nanoha and Rozen Maiden, a repeat of last year's final but with different girls: Fate Testarossa came into the final with Nanoha's blessing and looked to secure her series' second straight championship, while Rozen Maiden's Suiseiseki sought to avenge her fellow competitor's defeat. The match produced the highest turnout out of all J-Saimoe finals with 4545 votes, a record which stands to this day. Fate initially held the lead for the first half, but Suiseiseki's votes steadily increased as the match progressed, eventually overtaking the blonde magical girl in the final few hours. Suiseiseki held on to win the match by 67 votes, and therefore the championship.

The 2006 edition is also notable for being one of only two tournaments (the other being 2003) to have eight different shows in the Elite Eight bracket: Fate/stay night, Haruhi, Lyrical Nanoha, Rozen Maiden, School Rumble, Shakugan no Shana, Strawberry Panic, and Utawarerumono. This is a rare feat because in most editions, at least one series has at least two girls in the finals bracket because of the tournament's limited selection of animes and the voters' natural tendency to gravitate towards more popular and more familiar shows.

Overview

Schedule

All dates are in Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).

• July 01-02 - Nominations
• July 05-13 - Preliminaries R1 Part 1
• July 15-23 - Preliminaries R1 Part 2
• July 26-31 - Preliminaries R2
• Aug 03-10 - Main Bracket R1 (Groups A-B)
• Aug 15-22 - Main Bracket R1 (Groups C-D)　　
• Aug 24-31 - Main Bracket R1 (Groups E-F)
• Sep 02-09 - Main Bracket R1 (Groups G-H)
• Sep 11-18 - Main Bracket R2 (Groups A-D)
• Sep 20-27 - Main Bracket R2 (Groups E-H)
• Sep 30 - Oct 07 - Main Bracket R3
• Oct 10-17 - Main Bracket R4
• Oct 20-23 - Quarter-finals
• Oct 25-26 - Semi-finals
• Oct 28 - Final

Rounds 1-4

Players per round: 288 > 96 > 32 > 16 > 8 > 4 > 2

Tournament format is single-elimination. All contestants are initially split into 8 groups of 36 girls, which are composed of multiple matches. Vote only one girl per each match, regardless of number.
If a match is tied for 1st place, all tied contestants will advance into the next round. If the final is tied, then both girls will be crowned champion.

• Round 1: Three girls per match. Some matches have 4 girls instead to accommodate excess contestants.
• Round 2: Three girls per match.
• Rounds 3 and beyond will be 1v1 match. The winner of round 4 (group finals / top 16) will advance to the elite eight bracket, where they will be re-drawn.

Group A

Round 1

Group A Round 1
Match 2 (Aug 03)			Match 2 (Aug 04)			Match 3 (Aug 05)
Seina Katsura	437		Mion Sonozaki	559		Karin Maaka	456
Sarah Adiemus	388		Juliet Nao Zhang	434		Barasuishou	445
Renzu (Mushishi)	235		Dominura	200		Al Azif	191
Mukkuru	214
Match 4 (Aug 06)			Match 5 (Aug 03)			Match 6 (Aug 04)
Natsuki Kruger	840		Souseiseki	689		Karulau	579
Uma (Magical Pokaan)	653		Yuuna Kashiwagi	320		Kaori Izumi	403
Lione	255		Yuri Kurosu	294		Tayune	167
Match 7 (Aug 05)			Match 8 (Aug 06)			Match 9 (Aug 03)
Pachira (Magical Pokaan)	467		Eri Sawachika	970		Miko Saegusa	497
Angol Moa	321		Tsuruya	823		Natsumi Hinata	428
Media (Pani Poni)	320		Suzuka Tsukimura	203		Stellar Loussier	279
Match 10 (Aug 04)			Match 11 (Aug 05)			Match 12 (Aug 06)
Konomi Yuzuhara	596		Karen Ichijou	554		Kyon's sister	850
Minamo Katsura	269		Rukia Kuchiki	252		Mashiro Blan de Windbloom	703
Ayano Satou	234		Konuri Makabe	236		Nerine (Shuffle)	303

Round 2

Group A Round 2
Match 1 (Sep 11)			Match 2 (Sep 13)			Match 3 (Sep 12)			Match 4 (Sep 14)
Mion Sonozaki	456		Souseiseki	657		Eri Sawachika	656		Kyon's sister	472
Seina Katsura	321		Natsuki Kruger	622		Pachira	506		Konomi Yuzuhara	419
Karin Maaka	308		Karulau	315		Miko Saegusa	215		Karen Ichijou	281

Group Finals

Group A Finals
	Round 3 (T32)				Round 4 (T16)
Sep 30
A1	Mion Sonozaki	1198
A2	Souseiseki	1117		Oct 10
Oct 01					Mion Sonozaki	971
A3	Eri Sawachika	1221			Eri Sawachika	976
A4	Kyon's sister	1087

Group B

Round 1

Group B Round 1
Match 1 (Aug 07)			Match 2 (Aug 08)			Match 3 (Aug 09)
Midori (Mai-Otome)	487		Kanade Jinguji	413		Fate Testarossa	773
Manaka Komaki	470		Hibiki Watanuki	335		Yuuma Kashiwagi	257
Kotori Shirakawa	349		Meer Campbell	323		Mako Mizukoshi	225
Match 4 (Aug 10)			Match 5 (Aug 07)			Match 6 (Aug 08)
Rena Ryuuguu	850		Athena Glory	648		Nagisa Misumi "Cure Black"	401
Kirari Tsukishima	380		Nina Wang	469		Paraietta	334
Yuuko Ichihara	267		Honoka Yukishiro "Cure White"	213		Sophie (Futagohime)	257
Match 7 (Aug 09)			Match 8 (Aug 10)			Match 9 (Aug 07)
Tomohane	457		Nanoha Takamachi	963		Mai Tokiha	628
Koyuki Azumaya	327		Shiho Huit	311		Anemone (Eureka Seven)	296
Ren (Binchou-tan)	320		Neviril	267		Elisabetta	261
Match 10 (Aug 08)			Match 11 (Aug 09)			Match 12 (Aug 10)
Aika S. Granzchesta	680		Yuzuha (Utawarerumono)	558		Tamaki Kousaka	593
Osiris (Yoshinaga-san)	218		Maa (Aria)	301		Ryouko Asakura	552
Tenko (Kamisama Kazoku)	190		Eureka (Eureka Seven)	244		Wilhelmina Carmel	476

Round 2

Group B Round 2
Match 1 (Sep 11)			Match 2 (Sep 13)			Match 3 (Sep 12)			Match 4 (Sep 14)
Fate Testarossa	733		Rena Ryuuguu	796		Nanoha Takamachi	768		Aika S. Granzchesta	551
Midori	207		Athena Glory	619		Mai Tokiha	529		Tamaki Kousaka	410
Kanade Jinguji	197		Cure Black	168		Tomohane	233		Yuzuha	185

Group Finals

Group B Finals
	Round 3 (T32)				Round 4 (T16)
Sep 30
B1	Fate Testarossa	1216
B2	Rena Ryuuguu	1143		Oct 11
Oct 01					Fate Testarossa	904
B3	Nanoha Takamachi	1154			Nanoha Takamachi	617
B4	Aika S. Granzchesta	1035

Group C

Round 1

Group C Round 1
Match 1 (Aug 15)			Match 2 (Aug 16)			Match 3 (Aug 17)
Youko (Inukami)	416		Rino Rando	486		Kazumi Yoshida	599
Meyrin Hawke	297		Tiriel (Shana)	279		Rihoko Amaha	289
Ikue Ogawa	155		Sonou Mori	288		Kuromi (My Melody)	244
Match 4 (Aug 18)			Match 5 (Aug 15)			Match 6 (Aug 16)
Chikaru Minamoto	500		Teletha Testarossa	403		Rika Furude	519
Lucy Maria Misora	303		Akira Miyata	221		Touko Mishima	234
Kagome Byakudan	94		Komugi Nakahara	211		Skuld (Oh My Goddess)	226
Match 7 (Aug 17)			Match 8 (Aug 18)			Match 9 (Aug 15)
Nori Sakurada	512		Nobue Itou	424		Asa Shigure	360
Megu Kakizaki	340		Kotoha Kutsugi	386		Tomoe Marguerite	330
Emiri Kimidori	314		Momoko Takamachi	153		Hatoko Fujimori	159
Match 10 (Aug 16)			Match 11 (Aug 17)			Match 12 (Aug 18)
Lunamaria Hawke	337		Shinku	683		Lily Hamilton	415
Yun (Simoun)	361		Tomari Kurusu	538		Tsubomi Okuwaka	339
Tanyuu Karibusa	207		Maria Graceburt	130		Rynith	158

Round 2

Group C Round 2
Match 1 (Sep 15)			Match 2 (Sep 17)			Match 3 (Sep 16)			Match 4 (Sep 18)
Kazumi Yoshida	473		Chikaru Minamoto	684		Nobue Itou	385		Shinku	706
Youko	439		Rika Furude	645		Nori Sakurada	381		Lily Hamilton	591
Rino Rando	230		Teletha Testarossa	322		Asa Shigure	362		Lunamaria Hawke	113

Group Finals

Group C Finals
	Round 3 (T32)				Round 4 (T16)
Oct 02
C1	Kazumi Yoshida	816
C2	Chikaru Minamoto	958		Oct 12
Oct 03					Chikaru Minamoto	1119
C3	Nobue Itou	657			Shinku	941
C4	Shinku	1056

Group D

Round 1

Group D Round 1
Match 1 (Aug 19)			Match 2 (Aug 20)			Match 3 (Aug 21)
Suiseiseki	920		Akane Serizawa	462		Kurumi Momose	444
Mamiina	270		Tazusa Sakurano	302		Uraha (Air)	271
Cagalli Yula Athha	256		Sango Himeyuri	216		Arf (Nanoha)	233
Match 4 (Aug 22)			Match 5 (Aug 19)			Match 6 (Aug 20)
Akira E. Ferrari	513		Suigintou	693		Saber	494
Nanaho Kinjo	298		Kanaria	470		Touka (Utawarerumono)	297
Chie Hallard	170		Kaname Chidori	275		Mama (Yoshinaga-san)	292
Match 7 (Aug 21)			Match 8 (Aug 22)			Match 9 (Aug 19)
Kamyu	436		Rebecca Miyamoto	549		Re Mii	546
Akane Suzumiya	273		Matsuri Sakuragi	271		Ai Haibara	462
Ulthury	124		Sayaka Suzuki	180		Kei Shindou	204
Match 10 (Aug 20)			Match 11 (Aug 21)			Match 12 (Aug 22)
Alisa Bannings	442		Alice Carroll	544		Haman Karn	357
Chiyo Tsukidate	389		Binchou-tan	335		Orihime Inoue	336
Nemu Asakura	186		Renge Houshakuji	146		Orika Nestmil	225

Round 2

Group D Round 2
Match 1 (Sep 15)			Match 2 (Sep 17)			Match 3 (Sep 16)			Match 4 (Sep 18)
Suiseiseki	775		Suigintou	778		Rebecca Miyamoto	511		Alice Carroll	635
Kurumi Momose	283		Saber	632		Re Mii	350		Alisa Bannings	410
Akane Serizawa	165		Akira E. Ferrari	277		Kamyu	261		Haman Karn	314

Group Finals

Group D Finals
	Round 3 (T32)				Round 4 (T16)
Oct 02
D1	Suiseiseki	1046
D2	Suigintou	944		Oct 13
Oct 23					Suiseiseki	1268
D3	Rebecca Miyamoto	807			Alice Carroll	997
D4	Alice Carroll	858

Group E

Round 1

Group E Round 1
Match 1 (Aug 24)			Match 2 (Aug 25)			Match 3 (Aug 26)
Yakumo Tsukamoto	723		Haruka Armitage	460		Mikuru Asahina	834
Hazumu Osaragi	414		Keimie	294		Shion Sonozaki	471
Yasuna Kamiizumi	142		Miyu (Mai-Otome)	144		Shamal (Nanoha)	317
Match 4 (Aug 27)			Match 5 (Aug 24)			Match 6 (Aug 25)
Tenma Tsukamoto	455		Alicia Florence	661		Shizuru Viola	504
Eve (Black Cat)	344		Fine (Futagohime)	340		Altessa (Futagohime)	235
Ai (Aria)	342		Morinas (Simoun)	272		Etna (Disgaea)	220
Match 7 (Aug 26)			Match 8 (Aug 27)			Match 9 (Aug 24)
Yaya Nanto	639		Futaba Yoshinaga	444		Haruhi Suzumiya	749
Lacus Clyne	343		Nadeshiko (Inukami)	425		Reinforce II	523
Miharu Amakase	291		Rika Akiba	207		Zashiki-warashi	228
Match 10 (Aug 25)			Match 11 (Aug 26)			Match 12 (Aug 27)
Taiga Fujimura	342		Yuki Nagato	891		Kannabi no Mikoto	506
Maachi Hisakawa	310		Tomoe Kashiwaba	570		Aaeru	416
Sayuri Hida	228		Miyako Uehara	152		Rosetta Passel	159

Round 2

Group E Round 2
Match 1 (Sep 20)			Match 2 (Sep 22)			Match 3 (Sep 21)			Match 4 (Sep 23)
Mikuru Asahina	996		Alicia Florence	579		Haruhi Suzumiya	803		Yuki Nagato	846
Yakumo Tsukamoto	765		Shizuru Viola	497		Yaya Nanto	434		Kannabi no Mikoto	511
Haruka Armitage	209		Tenma Tsukamoto	447		Futaba Yoshinaga	282		Taiga Fujimura	110

Group Finals

Group E Finals
	Round 3 (T32)				Round 4 (T16)
Oct 04
E1	Mikuru Asahina	1179
E2	Alicia Florence	879		Oct 14
Oct 05					Mikuru Asahina	859
E3	Haruhi Suzumiya	991			Yuki Nagato	944
E4	Yuki Nagato	1112

Group F

Round 1

Group F Round 1
Match 1 (Aug 28)			Match 2 (Aug 29)			Match 3 (Aug 30)
Shana	712		Nagisa Aoi	525		Kotona Elegance	395
Hinaichigo	459		Miu Matsuoka	471		Miyuki Rokujou	343
Momo Katagiri	125		Suzune Shiratori	180		Yuma Suzuki	132
Match 4 (Aug 31)			Match 5 (Aug 28)			Match 6 (Aug 29)
Vita (Nanoha)	478		Rein (Futagohime)	541		Ana Coppola	635
Chigusa Sakai	234		Lisianthus	282		Lindy Harlaown	315
Aka Onda	193		Masane Amaha	174		Priscilla (Gun Sword)	187
Match 7 (Aug 30)			Match 8 (Aug 31)			Match 9 (Aug 28)
Aiko (Magical Pokaan)	382		Sakura Matou	419		Aruruu	642
Ami Matsuzaki	266		Aisia (Da Capo)	264		Behoimi	326
Otome Akiyama	205		Mitsu Kusabue	213		Akira Takano	168
Match 10 (Aug 29)			Match 11 (Aug 30)			Match 12 (Aug 31)
Hayate Yagami	587		Signum (Nanoha)	449		Primula (Shuffle)	367
Mikoto Suou	341		Margery Daw	249		Momoka Nishizawa	244
Yukari Hirai	273		Itoko Osakabe	223		Yuuna Konnyaku	223

Round 2

Group F Round 2
Match 1 (Sep 20)			Match 2 (Sep 22)			Match 3 (Sep 21)			Match 4 (Sep 23)
Shana	884		Ana Coppola	574		Aruruu	631		Hayate Yagami	635
Nagisa Aoi	638		Vita	530		Sakura Matou	409		Primula	442
Kotona Elegance	296		Rein	370		Aiko	288		Signum	152

Group Finals

Group F Finals
	Round 3 (T32)				Round 4 (T16)
Oct 04
F1	Shana	1057
F2	Ana Coppola	942		Oct 15
Oct 05					Shana	961
F3	Aruruu	1020			Aruruu	832
F4	Hayate Yagami	960

Group G

Round 1

Group G Round 1
Match 1 (Sep 02)			Match 2 (Sep 03)			Match 3 (Sep 04)
Hazuki (Tsukuyomi)	411		Tsukino Azusagawa	375		Mayura Ichikawa	357
Milro (Futagohime)	365		Floe (Simoun)	348		Matsuri Saegusa	349
Ren (Elemental Gelade)	228		Chiku (Binchou-tan)	307		Flonne (Disgaea)	234
Match 4 (Sep 05)			Match 5 (Sep 02)			Match 6 (Sep 03)
Ai Enma	387		Rin Tohsaka	474		Cisqua	403
Nanami Konoe	382		Rein Tsunomoto	386		Misao Nanjou	341
Shizuma Hanazono	182		Hecate (Shana)	231		Hime (Aria)	283
Match 7 (Sep 04)			Match 8 (Sep 05)			Match 9 (Sep 02)
Reinforce (Nanoha)	386		Yurie Hitotsubashi	411		Akane Soir	428
Mitsue Shijou	305		Ichijou (Pani Poni)	325		Rodoreamon	316
Kaname Kenjou	246		Ichika Tachibana	189		Himawari Hyuuga	208
Match 10 (Sep 03)			Match 11 (Sep 04)			Match 12 (Sep 05)
Ayumu Oume	465		Ryouko Kaminagi	440		Sendan (Inukami)	338
Raising Heart	436		Caster (F/SN)	283		Momo (Shinigami Ballad)	328
Belldandy	219		Kirakishou	214		Honoka (The Third)	167

Round 2

Group G Round 2
Match 1 (Sep 24)			Match 2 (Sep 26)			Match 3 (Sep 25)			Match 4 (Sep 27)
Hazuki	512		Rin Tohsaka	566		Yurie Hitotsubashi	480		Ryouko Kaminagi	466
Mayura Ichikawa	317		Ai Enma	409		Reinforce	346		Ayumu Oume	411
Tsukino Azusagawa	258		Cisqua	168		Akane Soir	264		Sendan	390

Group Finals

Group G Finals
	Round 3 (T32)				Round 4 (T16)
Oct 06
G1	Hazuki (Tsukuyomi)	639
G2	Rin Tohsaka	892		Oct 16
Oct 07					Rin Tohsaka	738
G3	Yurie Hitotsubashi	705			Yurie Hitotsubashi	663
G4	Ryouko Kaminagi	472

Group H

Round 1

Group H Round 1
Match 1 (Sep 06)			Match 2 (Sep 07)			Match 3 (Sep 08)
Himeko Katagiri	407		Satoko Houjou	507		Limone (Simoun)	506
Liru	284		Sakura Yoshino	344		Dokuro Mitsukai	464
Star Bright	162		Amy Limietta	284		Takako Nakanishi	91
Match 4 (Sep 09)			Match 5 (Sep 06)			Match 6 (Sep 07)
Solty Revant	466		Rider (F/SN)	314		Tamao Suzumi	463
Alicia Testarossa	372		Monica Adenauer	297		Arika Yumemiya	458
Yuma Tonami	270		Balalaika (Black Lagoon)	164		Kaede Fuyou	336
Match 7 (Sep 08)			Match 8 (Sep 09)			Match 9 (Sep 06)
Hikari Konohana	357		Elise Housen	384		Haruhi Fujioka	418
Tomoko Fujinami	342		Aoi Senou	322		Kuon Ginga	287
Kizuna Hyuuga	196		Sora Naegino	312		Rei Tachibana	204
Match 10 (Sep 07)			Match 11 (Sep 08)			Match 12 (Sep 09)
Erstin Ho	553		Eruruu	675		Akari Mizunashi	573
Illyasviel von Einzbern	528		Revy	158		Chika Itou	567
Remon Natsume	163		Roberta (Black Lagoon)	139		Yuzuko Kurusu	116

Round 2

Group H Round 2
Match 1 (Sep 24)			Match 2 (Sep 26)			Match 3 (Sep 25)			Match 4 (Sep 27)
Satoko Houjou	491		Tamao Suzumi	551		Haruhi Fujioka	453		Eruruu	604
Limone	414		Solty Revant	329		Elise Housen	319		Akari Mizunashi	596
Himeko Katagiri	301		Rider	269		Hikari Konohana	288		Erstin Ho	257

Group Finals

Group H Finals
	Round 3 (T32)				Round 4 (T16)
Oct 06
H1	Satoko Houjou	720
H2	Tamao Suzumi	853		Oct 17
Oct 07					Tamao Suzumi	842
H3	Haruhi Fujioka	707			Eruruu	899
H4	Eruruu	790

Elite Eight

Single-elimination 1v1 bracket.

Bracket

Saimoe 2006 Elite Eight Bracket
	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
Oct 20
A	Eri Sawachika	1059
F	Shana	1210		Oct 25
Oct 21					Shana	1431
D	Suiseiseki	1704			Suiseiseki	1473		Oct 28
E	Yuki Nagato	1518							Suiseiseki	2306
Oct 22									Fate Testarossa	2239
B	Fate Testarossa	1309		Oct 26
H	Eruruu	799			Fate Testarossa	1472
Oct 23					Chikaru Minamoto	1121
C	Chikaru Minamoto	1204
G	Rin Tohsaka	852

Gallery

Saimoe 2006 Top 32

Saimoe 2006 Top 16 and beyond

External links

AnimeSuki discussion thread