ISML 2021/Seasonals

This article covers an upcoming event. Information in this article is subject to change and may not reflect the latest version.

Main Tournament

Regular Season

Seasonal & Exhibition

Fluff

ISML 2021 seasonal contests, exhibition tournaments, and other unsorted exhibition matches.

Female Seasonals

For this edition, the seasonal contest was renamed the "Nova League", with males also participating for the first time. The Divine Circlet and Divine Crown were reworked into serving as a "grand prize" awarded to the the overall seasonal champion from each gender.

Rules and Format

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 1- March 31
• Spring: April 1 - June 30
• Summer: July 1 - September 30
• Fall: October 1 - December 8*
• Anime releases usually refer to TV series broadcast on-air. For films, 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 may be nominated for every eligible seasonal contest, but once they qualify for a certain seasonal they CANNOT be nominated for that year's other seasonal contests again.

Female Selections & Format

Nomination Round: Top 30+ eligible females with the most nomination votes will qualify for their respective seasonal contest. For Winter and Spring, these characters will be 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 qualify here even though some voters intended them to compete the main tournament. Maglor (the main contest runner) claims this is intended to "increase the level of competition" in the seasonal contests. Once all slots are filled, the remaining girls may qualify for the main tournament instead. If last place is tied, they will qualify together. Maximum of 3 characters per anime can enter the seasonals. 4th and below will be assigned to the main tournament instead. Summer and Fall each have their own nomination rounds, but in order to be eligible characters must not appear in other ISML matches for this year. Nomination dates: Summer: 10/01 - 10/08; Fall: 12/01 - 12/08 12 entries Minimum 2 male and 2 female Must have at least 3 anime series. Max 3 characters per series / franchise. Contest Proper: Eliminations All characters are subject to an approval voting match (vote whoever you like). Top 18 advance Group stage 3x6 groups Single round-robin Ranking criteria are: Wins > CVPD > CVP Top 2 characters 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 Top scorer wins the seasonal diadem and will also qualify for ISML 2022 main tournament Circlet Playoffs Single elimination bracket Characters are seeded based on group stage performance (Position > Wins > CVPD > CVP) Winner claims the divine circlet and the overall seasonal championship

Winter

These characters are banned from 2021 winter:

• Platelet (Cells at Work! S2) - 2018 summer
• Rem (Re:Zero S2) - 2018 champion
• Emilia (Re:Zero S2) - 2018-19-20 playoffs

Nomination Results
Actual 2021 debutants (i.e. first appeared in an anime released within 2021) are labeled in bold and underlined.

Winter Nominations (30+)
#	Name	Series	Votes	Ste. Rank
1	Kyouko Hori	Horimiya*
2	Fuuka Kikuchi	Jaku-Chara Tomozaki-kun
3	Kumoko	Kumo desu ga, Nani ka?
4	Roxy Migurdia	Mushoku Tensei
5	Setsuna	Redo of Healer
6	Ai Ohto	Wonder Egg Priority
7	Rika Kawai	Wonder Egg Priority
8	Miku Nakano	5-toubun no Hanayome S2
9	Nino Nakano	5-toubun no Hanayome S2
10	Itsuki Nakano	5-toubun no Hanayome S2
11	Sakura Adachi	Adachi and Shimamura Mini Anime ONA
12	Mikasa Ackerman	Attack on Titan S4
13	USS Laffey	Azur Lane: Bishoku Zenshin! Spinoff
14	Hibiki Higoromo (Empty)	Date a Live Date a Bullet Movie
15	Ran Mouri	Detective Conan Long runner
16	Ai Haibara	Detective Conan Long runner
17	Rika Furude	Higurashi Gou 2nd cour
18	Kagome Higurashi	Inuyasha Sequel
19	Nobara Kugisaki	Jujutsu Kaisen S1, 2nd cour
20	Tamaki Honda	Magic of Stella (?)
21	Renge Miyauchi	Non Non Biyori S3
22	Nami	One Piece Long runner
23	Yumemi Hoshino	Planetarian OVA
24	Ram	Re:Zero S2, 2nd cour
25	Echidna	Re:Zero S2, 2nd cour
26	Yukina Himeragi	Strike the Blood OVA
27	Milim Nava	Tensura S2
28	Tokai Teio	Uma Musume S2
29	Mejiro McQueen	Uma Musume S2
30	Rin Shima	Yuru Camp S2
31
32
33
34
35
Assigned to Main Tournament
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
Did Not Qualify
31
32
33
34
35
36
37

Eliminations

Winter Eliminations (Approval Voting)
Advanced - 18
1				10
2				11
3				12
4				13
5				14
6				15
7				16
8				17
9				18
Eliminated - 12+
19			26
20			27
21			28
22			29
23			30
24			31
25			32

Group stage

Female Winter Group Stage
Group A
#	Character	W-L	CVPD	CVP		Match 1	Match 2	Match 3	Match 4	Match 5
(1)
(6)
(7)
(12)
(13)
(18)
Group B
#	Character	W-L	CVPD	CVP		Match 1	Match 2	Match 3	Match 4	Match 5
(2)
(5)
(8)
(11)
(14)
(17)
Group C
#	Character	W-L	CVPD	CVP		Match 1	Match 2	Match 3	Match 4	Match 5
(3)
(4)
(9)
(10)
(15)
(16)

Diadem round

Winter Finals
#	Character	Votes
1
2
3
4
5
6

Spring

These characters are banned from 2021 Spring:

• Ochako Uraraka (MHA S5) - 2018 spring
• The main four Kaguya-sama OVA girls - It's massively popular right now, what did you expect?
• Kanna Kamui (Dragon Maid Mini shorts) - 2018 diamond
•  Tohru (Dragon Maid Mini shorts) - 2018 playoffs

Nomination Results
Actual 2021 debutants (i.e. first appeared in an anime released within 2021) are labeled in bold and underlined.

Spring Nominations (30+)
#	Name	Series	Votes	Ste. Rank
1	Vladilena Milize	86
2	Alice Kisaragi	Combatants Will Be Dispatched!
3	Sayu Ogiwara	Higehiro
4	Nagatoro-san	Nagatoro-san
5	Miho Shirakawa	Odd Taxi
6	Kuroha Shida	OsaMake
7	Shirokusa Kachi	OsaMake
8	Sei Takanashi	Saint's Magic Power
9	Emilico	Shadows House
10	Azusa Aizawa	Slime 300
11	Yume Minami	SSSS.Dynazenon
12	Koguma	Super Cub
13	Vivy	Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song
14	Yuki Yoshikawa	Horimiya Transferred
15	Aoi Hinami	Jaku-Chara Tomozaki-kun Transferred
16	Neiru Aonuma	Wonder Egg Priority Transferred
17	Hestia	DanMachi Some OVA idk
18	Masumi Sera	Detective Conan Long runner
19	Kobayashi-san	Dragon Maid Mini shorts
20	Mash Kyrielight	Fate/Grand Order Camelot Film
21	Ameri Azazel	Iruma-kun S2
22	Rem Galeu	Isekai Maou S2
23	Miko Iino	Kaguya-sama OVA
24	Nezuko Kamado	Kimetsu no Yaiba Film
25	Nico Robin	One Piece Long runner
26	Shuna	Tensura Slime DIaries
27	Tanya von Degurechaff	Youjo Senki Film BD
28	Nadeshiko Kagamihara	Yuru Camp S2, Transferred
29	Ai Mizuno	Zombieland Saga S2
30	Sakura Minamoto	Zombieland Saga S2
31
32
33
34
35
Assigned to Main Tournament
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
Did Not Qualify
31
32
33
34
35
36
37

Eliminations

Spring Eliminations (Approval Voting)
Advanced - 18
1				10
2				11
3				12
4				13
5				14
6				15
7				16
8				17
9				18
Eliminated - 12+
19			26
20			27
21			28
22			29
23			30
24			31
25			32

Group stage

Female Spring Group Stage
Group A
#	Character	W-L	CVPD	CVP		Match 1	Match 2	Match 3	Match 4	Match 5
(1)
(6)
(7)
(12)
(13)
(18)
Group B
#	Character	W-L	CVPD	CVP		Match 1	Match 2	Match 3	Match 4	Match 5
(2)
(5)
(8)
(11)
(14)
(17)
Group C
#	Character	W-L	CVPD	CVP		Match 1	Match 2	Match 3	Match 4	Match 5
(3)
(4)
(9)
(10)
(15)
(16)

Diadem round

Spring Finals
#	Character	Votes
1
2
3
4
5
6

Summer

Nomination Results
These characters are banned from 2021 Summer:

• Kanna Kamui (Dragon Maid S2) - 2018 diamond
•  Tohru (Dragon Maid S2) - 2018 playoffs

Eliminations

Group stage

Diadem round

Fall

Nomination Results

Eliminations

Group stage

Diadem round

Circlet Playoffs

Female Inter-seasonal Championship
	Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
1
16
				Q1
8				Q2
9
								S1
4								S2
13				Q3
				Q4
5
12													Final
---												F1
2												F2
15
				Q5
7				Q6
10								S3
								S4
3
14				Q7
				Q8									3rd place
6												T1
11												T2

Male Seasonals

The male seasonal is a single tournament whose champion is awarded the Divine Crown. Unlike the females, there is no male equivalent of the "diadem" award yet.

Male Selections & Format

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 Contest Proper: 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 Crown Playoffs Single elimination bracket Characters are seeded based on group stage performance Winner claims the divine crown and the overall seasonal championship

Nomination Results
These characters are banned from 2021 male seasonals:

• Subaru Natsuki (Re:Zero S2) - 2020 playoffs
• Levi Ackerman (Attack on Titan S4) - 2018 aquamarine
• Shouto Todoroki (MHA S5) - 2018 playoffs

Group stage

Male Group Stages
Winter
#	Character	W-L	CVPD	CVP		Match 1	Match 2	Match 3	Match 4	Match 5
1
2
3
4
5
6
Spring
#	Character	W-L	CVPD	CVP		Match 1	Match 2	Match 3	Match 4	Match 5
1
2
3
4
5
6
Summer
#	Character	W-L	CVPD	CVP		Match 1	Match 2	Match 3	Match 4	Match 5
1
2
3
4
5
6
Fall
#	Character	W-L	CVPD	CVP		Match 1	Match 2	Match 3	Match 4	Match 5
1
2
3
4
5
6

Crown Playoffs

Male Inter-seasonal Championship
	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
1
8
				1
4				4
5
2
7				2
				3					3rd place
3								2
6								2

Tournament of Champions

Same format as the last two editions -- group stage and range-voting final match.

Female

Female group table
#	Character	W	D	L	CVP	Notes
1	Yukino Yukinoshita
1	Eru Chitanda,
1	Rem
1	Megumi Katou
1	Violet Evergarden
1	Kotori Itsuka
1	Ruri Gokou
1	Shana

Jewelry Exhibitions Poster Contest

For this year, all posters of the jewelry exhibitions will be selected from user submissions, likely as a response to last year's fan-made posters for the gem awards made by users from the Chinese ISML Tieba forum. This section will display all female and male exhibition gem entries from each period.

ISML Virtual YouTuber Exhibitions

Amidst the COVID-19 global pandemic, a new form of entertainment has risen in popularity on the internet --- Virtual YouTubers. These streaming personalities mostly appear as anime girl avatars which are controlled and voiced real-time by real people. Originating in Japan, the V-Tuber scene has seen the establishment of several groups, with Hololive and Nijisanji the most well-known examples. And you bet your mudaf**ing donations this tournament is going to hold a contest to decide who's the cutest most popular personality of them all.

A V-Tuber exhibition contest was proposed by a member through the official Discord server last year, but was rejected due to schedule constraints and some controversies happening at the time. However, the contest was eventually confirmed to be held this year. Citation needed.