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The Korea Best Moe Tournament (최고모에토너먼트), abbreviated as KBM (최모토), was an annual online popularity tournament for anime characters organized by the Korean online anime community Anizone. It was inspired by the Anime Saimoe Tournament held on the Japanese textboard 2channel, but unlike AST this contest supports multiple languages as well as actively recruit foreign voters, thereby enabling it to have a wide international reach. A unique feature of KBM is that all surviving characters were randomly drawn after every round, making it harder for fans to plan out their voting strategies in advance (like sniping out a stronger opponent early on).

Korea Best Moe was founded in 2006 and lasted for 8 years, with the female tournaments officially becoming defunct after the 2012 edition, and the males following suit after 2013. During its heyday, it was one of the premier saimoe tournaments alongside 2channel's Saimoe and the International Saimoe League founded by AnimeSuki forum members; together they formed the so-called "Saimoe Triple Crown" achievement. However, unlike the other two tournaments, KBM was the only one where male characters have their own official tournament.[note 1]

A spin-off tournament named Super Best Moe was also held in Anizone.[citation needed]

Nowadays, KBM has become a forgotten event because the original website has become inaccessible. Furthermore, the tendency of Korean websites to be restricted only to its citizens makes accessing the tournament's results very difficult for many users. Nevertheless, the Korean saimoe tournament fandom lives on in the form of Aniplus Character Tournament, which coincidentally started in 2013 and is now seen as the spiritual successor to KBM.


History[]

The trial run of the tournament took place From February to March 2006 with Rin Tohsaka winning the test tournament.[citation needed] With this experience the full official tournament took place on July 2006.

During the middle rounds of KBM 2011, the tournament was forced to start over from the Top 96 Round due to the admins' discovery of improper voting having taken place following a series of suspicious upsets and a growing trend of shock results.


Rules[]

Korea Best Moe is split into two separate tournaments: Female and Male. The character eligibility rules has shifted throughout its history, but in general the following rules were observed:

  • Characters must appear in Japanese or Korean-produced TV anime, Films, Original video animation (OVA), and other animation recognized by the KBM Staff that debuted in the corresponding eligible period for the division.
  • Like AST, the eligibility period encompasses one year before each tournament's start date. (June 30-July 1 for females; January 1-December 31 for males)
  • Character must be capable of making decisions.


Voting policy

  • The voting site offers pictures and character information when the mouse cursor is above character's name. As of September 2010, the name and other information are offered in Korean and English.
  • The voting site is not optimized for Internet Explorer 6 and 7, thus some error may occur when using these old browsers. Internet Explorer 8 is fully supported.
  • In order to prevent multiple votes from computer rooms and such, there is a wait time to enter the voting booth. The wait time is initially set at 15 minutes. The IP address is recorded when you vote; every day you vote, the wait time is reduced by 2 minutes until there is no wait time.
  • Each voter is supposed to submit their vote for a match group only once in a voting period.
  • While voters are encouraged to register and say what they want in the Anizone's English Thread devoted to them, negative comments about other users and posts that can be viewed as offensive to large number of people are strictly prohibited and can result in being banned from the forum board. Insults against "factions" is also prohibited.
  • The word "faction" is used to describe a group of people who supports multiple characters from a certain anime series. Notable factions include "Time and Space Administration" (Lyrical Nanoha supporters), "Rozen Federation" (Rozen Maiden), "SOS Brigade" (Haruhi Suzumiya series), "Kugimin Squadron" (characters voiced by Rie Kugimiya), and "Kyo-Ani Empire" (anime produced by the studio Kyoto Animation).



Results[]

Female[]

Year Winner Runner-up 3rd-4th
(by total votes)
Quarters / 5th-8th
(by total votes)
2006 Suiseiseki Suiseiseki Eri s Eri Sawachika Haruhi Haruhi Suzumiya
Shana Shana
Rin tohsaka Rin Tohsaka, Yuki n Yuki Nagato, Teletha Teletha Testarossa, Souseiseki Souseiseki
2007 Hinagiku1 Hinagiku Katsura Shana Shana Suiseiseki Suiseiseki
Tamaki th2Tamaki Kousaka
Fate testarossa Fate Testarossa, Kagami Kagami Hiiragi, Cc C.C., Nayuki m Nayuki Minase
2008 Holo Holo Kyou Kyou Fujibayashi Shana Shana
Hinagiku1 Hinagiku Katsura
Akari m Akari Mizunashi, Rika f Rika Furude, Nagi Nagi Sanzenin, Tomoyo Tomoyo Sakagami
2009 Taiga Taiga Aisaka Kagami Kagami Hiiragi Ushio Ushio Okazaki
Azusa n Azusa Nakano
Yuki n Yuki Nagato, Hinagiku1 Hinagiku Katsura, Holo Holo, Ui Ui Hirasawa
2010 Mio kon Mio Akiyama Kanade Kanade Tachibana Hitagi Hitagi Senjougahara
Yui h Yui Hirasawa
Mikoto Mikoto Misaka, Kyou Kyou Fujibayashi, Kuroko Kuroko Shirai, Yurippe Yuri Nakamura

2011

Homura Homura Akemi Erio Erio Touwa Charlotte Charlotte Dunois
Ruiko Ruiko Saten
Kyouko s Kyouko Sakura, Madoka Madoka Kaname, Elucia Elucia de Lute Ima, Vic Victorique de Blois
2012 Hitagi Hitagi Senjougahara Kurisu Kurisu Makise Kyh Kuroyukihime
Eru Eru Chitanda
Saber Saber, Shinobu Oshino Shinobu Oshino, Miki imas Miki Hoshii, Taiga Taiga Aisaka


Male[]

Year Winner Runner-up 3rd-4th
(by total votes)
2007 Kyon1 Kyon Toshiro gintama Toushirou Hijikata Gintoki Gintoki Sakata
L lawliet L Lawliet
2008 Lelouch Lelouch vi Britannia Toshiro gintama Toushirou Hijikata Light Light Yagami
Mukuro rokudo Mukuro Rokudo
2009 Mukuro rokudo Mukuro Rokudo Ciel Ciel Phantomhive Sougo Sougo Okita
Seb Sebastian Michaelis
2010 Tsunayoshi Tsunayoshi Sawada Luffy Monkey D. Luffy Sougo Sougo Okita
Toshiro gintama Toushirou Hijikata
2011 Kanglim Kanglim Masaomi Masaomi Kida Shirou f Shirou Fubuki
Roy Roy Mustang
2012 Cancelled due to controversy. Article on NamuWiki (Korean).
2013 Sougo Sougo Okita Conan Conan Edogawa Gintoki Gintoki Sakata
Seb Sebastian Michaelis



Winner Posters(2010-11)[]


Navigation[]

Notes

  1. ISML would go on to establish their first official male tournament in 2015, three years after KBM's demise


Useful links


Character Tournament Series with Wiki Articles
Bold indicates a currently active competition (had a tournament since January 2021).
2000's Anime Saimoe TournamentKorea Best Moe TournamentInternational Saimoe LeagueGameFAQs Character Battles
2010's /r/anime (Best GirlBest GuyBest CharacterSeasonal Salt)Aniplus Character TournamentBilibili MoeSenpuuSociety European SaimoeThe Great Awwnime BracketMr. and Ms. /co/King and Queen of /v/
Korean Tournaments
Korea Best Moe (2006-2012, organized by Anizone.net)
Tournaments 2006200720082009201020112012
Female Champions Suiseiseki SuiseisekiHinagiku1 Hinagiku KatsuraHolo HoloTaiga Taiga AisakaMio kon Mio AkiyamaHomura Homura AkemiHitagi Hitagi Senjougahara
Male Champions Kyon1 KyonLelouch LelouchMukuro rokudo Mukuro RokudoTsunayoshi Tsunayoshi SawadaKanglim Kanglim (Ghost Messenger)Sougo Sougo Okita
Aniplus Character Tournament (Active since 2013, organized by Aniplustv.com)
Tournaments 201320142015201620172018201920202021
Champions Houtarou Houtarou OrekiChiyo s Chiyo SakuraProducer cg Producer (Imas CG)Rem RemChino Chino KafuuMegumi k Megumi KatouMaisan Mai SakurajimaElaina ElainaYukina m Yukina Minato
Other Aketo Records & Curses
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