KBM 2006

The inaugural edition of Anizone's Korea Best Moe Tournament ran from 2006 September to October 16. It was won by Suiseiseki from Rozen Maiden, defeating Eri Sawachika from School Rumble in the final match.

External links:

KBM 2006 Bracket - ISML Saimoe Database by Shmion84 (archived; taken 2017-08-07)
Korean blog / forum threads:
- http://skdnd.egloos.com/445461
- http://s3legend.egloos.com/m/2637079
- http://sungpx.egloos.com/2759034
- http://s3legend.egloos.com/m/2566289
- http://skdnd.egloos.com/386520
- Final ranking of all girls by total votes (Archived; taken 2016-02-23)

Format[]

Character Eligibility

Character must appear in an anime series that aired between 2005 July 01 - 2006 June 30.
Character must be female
Character can be non-human, but must look like a female and be capable of making decisions.
Fan-made productions are not allowed.
Hentai (18+ anime) are not allowed.
A code generator must be downloaded and used to log into tournament page in order to vote.

Preliminaries - vote 1 character per group

Round 1: 1000+ characters are split into 49 groups
- Top 4 advance to Round 3
- Remaining characters will play in Round 2
Round 2: All characters who did not advance are split into 15 groups
- Top 4 advance to Round 3
- Remaining characters are eliminated
Round 3: 256 characters (190+56) are split into 16 groups
- Top 4 qualify for Main Event
- Remaining characters will play in Round 4
Round 4: 192 characters are split into 16 groups
- Top 4 qualify for Main Event
- Remaining characters are eliminated

Main Event

Round of 128: 2006 ?? - ??
- 128 players, split into 32 groups of 4
- Vote 1 character per group
- Top 2 advance to Bracket stage
Bracket Stage: 2006 August 20 - October 14
- 64 players
- 1v1 Single-elimination
- All winners are randomly re-drawn after each round
- For ease of viewing, the Saimoe Wiki will display all of the matches in bracket form after the tournament has concluded.

Tie-breakers

http://moet.anizone.net/?Phase=Rule&lang=eng^{[dead link]}
- In the event of a tie, all winners and tied characters will be arranged by votes earned on a particular round; the contestant with the least amount of votes is eliminated.^{[dubious-discuss]}
- If the result is still tied, then the one with the least amount of votes in the previous round among tied characters is eliminated.

Main Event[]

Top 64 Bracket[]

Note that all characters in this bracket are randomly drawn after every round, including the final rounds. Furthermore, some matches may be put out of order due to tiebreaker rules, which may eliminate even round winners.

Bracket appearance is based on the ISML Saimoe Database by Shmion84. (Link archived by Wayback Machine)

Top 64 - Elite 8

Quadrant A
Round of 64			Round of 32			Sweet 16			Elite 8
_{Aug 23}
	Tenma Tsukamoto	383
	Tifa Lockhart	251	_{Sep 13}
_{Sep 01}				Tenma	289
	Souseiseki	405		Souseiseki	410
	Hayate Yagami	271				_{Sep 18}
_{Aug 21}							Souseiseki	607
	Al-Azif	310	Sep 11				Touka	436
	Nobue Itou	233		Al-Azif	225
Aug 26				Touka	418
	Touka	496
	Lisianthus	324							_{Sep 25}
_{Aug 20}										Souseiseki	419
X	~~Souju Shirogane~~ ^{[a 1]}	268								Eri	680
	Vita	268	_{Sep 13}
_{Aug 25}				Vita	291
	Reverie Metherlence	249		Sakura-hime	362	_{Sep 20}
	Sakura (Tsubasa Chronicle)	389					Sakura-hime	303
Aug 22							Eri	595
	Asa Shigure	427	_{Sep 09}
	Yuuko Ichihara	208		Asa	212
_{Sep 04}				Eri	663
	Eri Sawachika	404
	Rena Ryugu	284
Quadrant B
_{Aug 25}
	Eruruu	429
	Karulau	168	_{Sep 10}
_{Aug 26}				Eruruu	456
	Haruhi Suzumiya	542		Haruhi	497
	Nanoha Takamachi	393				_{Sep 22}
_{Sep 02}							Haruhi	790
	Suigintou	427	_{Sep 06}				Suigintou	376
	Kotori Shirakawa	282		Suigintou	400
_{Sep 03}				Kaede F	247
	Rider	317
	Kaede Fuyou	344							_{Sep 29}
_{Aug 23}										Haruhi	617
	Yuki Nagato	588								Yuki N	605
	Alicia Florence	153	_{Sep 07}
_{Sep 01}				Yuki N	547
	Mion Sonozaki	463		Mion	186	_{Sep 16}
	Ai Haibara	214					Yuki N	753
_{Aug 24}							Imouto	247
	Chise	298	_{Sep 10}
	Yukari Hirai	347		Yukari H	238
_{Sep 02}				Imouto	500
	Kyon's sister	468
	Momo (Shinigami Ballad)	239
Quadrant C
_{Aug 21}
	Ana Coppola	221
	Tamaki Kousaka	353	_{Sep 09}
_{Aug 30}				Tamaki	342
	Rika Furude	274		Konomi	346
	Konomi Yuzuhara	329				_{Sep 18}
_{Aug 28}							Konomi	326
	Shana	497	_{Sep 08}				Shana	639
	Akari Mizunashi	176		Shana	420
_{Aug 30}			V	Suiseiseki ^{[a 2]}	420
	Ryouko Asakura	281
	Suiseiseki	393							_{Sep 27}
_{Aug 20}										Shana	572
	Fate Testarossa	390								Teletha	446
	Rebecca Miyamoto	164	_{Sep 07}
_{Sep 03}				Fate	325
	Teletha Testarossa	355		Teletha	342	_{Sep 20}
	Kareha	196					Teletha	502
_{Aug 29}							Aruruu	388
	Mikoto Suou	255	_{Sep 08}
	Aruruu	316		Aruruu	394
_{Aug 31}				Karen I	346
	Aya Toujou	208
	Karen Ichijou	412
Quadrant D
_{Aug 24}
	Mikuru Asahina	491
	Kazumi Yoshida	208	_{Sep 12}
_{Aug 28}				Mikuru	387
	Barasuishou	143		Sakura M	398
	Sakura Matou	527				_{Oct 01}
_{Aug 27}							Sakura M	531
	Nemu Asakura	334	_{Sep 12}			>>	Suiseiseki ^{[a 2]}	599
	Riza Hawkeye	223		Nemu	263
_{Aug 29}			X	~~Elis~~ ^{[a 2]}	299
	Elis Housen	297
	Skuld	221							_{Oct 01}
_{Aug 22}										Suiseiseki	707
	Kaname Chidori	173								Tohsaka	656
	Rin Tohsaka	538	_{Sep 11}
_{Aug 27}				Tohsaka	535
	Yakumo Tsukamoto	301		Yakumo	311	_{Sep 22}
	Shinku	299					Tohsaka	735
_{Aug 31}							Tsuruya	438
	Tsuruya	461	_{Sep 06}
	Kannabi no Mikoto	200		Tsuruya	419
_{Sep 04}				Yuzuha	252
	Primula	294
	Yuzuha	302

↑ Since Souju Shirogane vs Vita ended in a tie, and both have the lowest votes out of all Top 64 Round winners (268), the tiebreaker went to their votes in the previous round: Vita had more votes and will advance over Souju.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Since Suiseiseki vs Shana ended tied in the Top 32 round (420-420), Elis Housen is eliminated because she had the fewest votes among the round winners (299). Suiseiseki will then replace Elis in the bracket.

Elite Eight

KBM 2006 Elite Eight
Quarter-finals			Semi-finals			Final
_{Sep 25}
	Souseiseki	419
	Eri Sawachika	680	_{Oct 08}
_{Sep 29}				Eri Sawachika	630
	Haruhi Suzumiya	617		Haruhi Suzumiya	619	_{Oct 14}
	Yuki Nagato	605					Eri Sawachika	449
_{Sep 27}							Suiseiseki	579
	Shana	572	_{Oct 10}
	Teletha Testarossa	446		Shana	411
_{Oct 01}				Suiseiseki	598
	Suiseiseki	707
	Rin Tohsaka	656

Navigation[]

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[1] Since Souju Shirogane vs Vita ended in a tie, and both have the lowest votes out of all Top 64 Round winners (268), the tiebreaker went to their votes in the previous round: Vita had more votes and will advance over Souju.

[top_32-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Since Suiseiseki vs Shana ended tied in the Top 32 round (420-420), Elis Housen is eliminated because she had the fewest votes among the round winners (299). Suiseiseki will then replace Elis in the bracket.

[a 1]

[a 2]