ISML Championship Match Results

Championship – Monday, 02 November 2009
Match #	Contestant Name	< Votes	Votes >	Contestant Name	Venue
3040	Katsura Hinagiku (HnG)	2117	2106	Shana (SnS)	Pirinadz
-	-	-	-	-	-
R71	Chii (CH)	1958	2185	Index Prohibitorum (TAMI)	Tōkyō
R72	Minase Nayuki (KN)	1836	2184	Kurata Sayuri (KN)	New York
R73	Evangeline McDowell (NG)	1633	2526	Katagiri Yūhi (AISS)	Buenos Aires
R74	Hakurei Reimu (TMK)	2126	2088	Kawasumi Mai (KN)	Cairo
R75	Vita (MSLN)	1598	2409	Yagami Hayate (MSLN)	Moscow
R76	Kamio Misuzu (AIR)	1978	2244	Misaka Mikoto (TAMI)	London
R77	Tsukimiya Ayu (KN)	1709	2502	Louise Vallière (ZnT)	Sydney
-	-	-	-	-	-
X9	Nogizaka Haruka (NHnH)	2766	1328	Yin (DtB)	Madrid

ISML 2009 ends today (at least the main tournament). Hinagiku has beaten Shana by 11 points once again upsetting the top seed. With that, Hinagiku is crowned the champion of ISML 2009. Congratulation Hinagiku! Shana had a good run here with this being her third loss for the entire year, but she couldn’t win where it mattered most.

ISML Championship Match

ARENA 01: Katsura Hinagiku [Shana]

ARENA 02: [Chii] Index Prohibitorum

ARENA 03: Minase Nayuki [Kurata Sayuri]

ARENA 04: [Evangeline McDowell] Katagiri Yūhi

ARENA 05: [Hakurei Reimu] Kawasumi Mai

ARENA 06: [Vita] Yagami Hayate

ARENA 07: Kamio Misuzu [Misaka Mikoto]

ARENA 08: [Tsukimiya Ayu] Louise Vallière

ARENA 09: [Nogizaka Haruka] Yin

This matchup will go on for an additional 4 hours because of the downtime of the site earlier, so results may be delayed.

We have Shana going up against Hinagiku again, but she’s back more powerful than before after a fresh OVA is released (it was good too) and after destroying Tomoyo last time.

ISML Third Round Results- Upset Alert!

Third Round of Revelation – Thursday, 22 October 2009
Match #	Contestant Name	< Votes	Votes >	Contestant Name	Venue
3033	Shana (SnS)	1395	1677	Katsura Hinagiku (HnG)	Chromosphaira
-	-	-	-	-	-
3034	Suzumiya Haruhi (SHnY)	1683	1391	Tōsaka Rin (FSN)	Rho
3035	Suigintou (RM)	1398	1625	Asahina Mikuru (SHnY)	Tau
-	-	-	-	-	-
R50	Misaka Mikoto (TAMI)	1478	1444	Louise Vallière (ZnT)	Tōkyō
R51	Index Prohibitorum (TAMI)	1512	1334	Minase Nayuki (KN)	New York
R52	Evangeline McDowell (NG)	1279	1553	Kurata Sayuri (KN)	Buenos Aires
R53	Chii (CH)	1357	1539	Kawasumi Mai (KN)	Cairo
R54	Hakurei Reimu (TMK)	1437	1171	Vita (MSLN)	Moscow
R55	Yagami Hayate (MSLN)	1404	1340	Kamio Misuzu (AIR)	London
R56	Katagiri Yūhi (AISS)	1497	1397	Tsukimiya Ayu (KN)	Sydney
-	-	-	-	-	-
X6	Hanato Kobato (KOBA)	1451	1242	Shirai Kuroko (RLGN)	Madrid

Shana’s winning streak has ended at 57. Hinagiku upsets Shana sending her to the loser’s bracket. I’m disappointed, but I gotta hand it to Hinagiku who ranks 11th. Hinagiku may be favored to take the tiara now that she secured her spot in the finals. I think the only way for her to lose is for her to lose the championship match twice.

However, Shana’s not out yet. If she can win in the loser’s bracket against Yuki or Tomoyo (the only other character to beat her in the entire tournament), she can earn a rematch against Hinagiku. Shana is my favorite to win by the way. She has also been sparked just now because of the recent OVA.

As of now, there are only 4 characters left fighting for the tiara with Hina most favored. How will this finish?

Picks: Shana > Hinagiku > Tomoyo > Yuki (sorry.)

Predictions: Hinagiku > Shana > Yuki > Tomoyo

Haruhi takes 9th place as she defeats Rin by a large amount. Go Haruhi! So Rin takes 10th, Mikuru takes 11th, and Suigintou takes 12th.

Finally, Kobato wins the exhibition matchup. That’s all good. I originally voted for Kuroko, but recently I started watching Kobato, and I liked what I saw. Actually, I would have voted for Kobato if I watched earlier.

Next up: Yuki vs. Tomoyo in elimination, Taiga vs. Kagami for 7th (rematch of Best Moe finals?), and others

Source: ISML

ISML Winner’s Bracket- Round 3

ARENA 01: [Shana] Katsura Hinagiku

ARENA 02: [Suzumiya Haruhi] Tōsaka Rin

ARENA 03: Suigintou [Asahina Mikuru]

ARENA 04: [Misaka Mikoto] Louise Vallière

ARENA 05: [Index Prohibitorum] Minase Nayuki

ARENA 06: Evangeline McDowell [Kurata Sayuri]

ARENA 07: Chii [Kawasumi Mai]

ARENA 08: [Hakurei Reimu] Vita

ARENA 09: Yagami Hayate [Kamio Misuzu]

ARENA 10: Katagiri Yūhi [Tsukimiya Ayu]

ARENA 11: Hanato Kobato [Shirai Kuroko]

ISML Second Round Results

Second Round of Revelation – Monday, 12 October 2009
Match #	Contestant Name	< Votes	Votes >	Contestant Name	Venue
3021	Shana (SnS)	1549	1386	Fujibayashi Kyō (CL)	Phi
3022	Katsura Hinagiku (HnG)	1615	1291	Nagato Yuki (SHnY)	Chi
-	-	-	-	-	-
3023	Suiseiseki (RM)	1122	1647	Holo (OtK)	Nu
3024	Shinku (RM)	1173	1580	Takamachi Nanoha (MSLN)	Omicron
-	-	-	-	-	-
R29	Louise Vallière (ZnT)	1590	1067	Evangeline McDowell (NG)	Tōkyō
R30	Kamio Misuzu (AIR)	1370	1233	Chii (CH)	New York
R31	Kawasumi Mai (KN)	1496	1227	Index Prohibitorum (TAMI)	Buenos Aires
R32	Misaka Mikoto (TAMI)	1694	886	Vita (MSLN)	Cairo
R33	Tsukimiya Ayu (KN)	1289	1056	Minase Nayuki (KN)	Moscow
R34	Hakurei Reimu (TMK)	1361	1095	Yagami Hayate (MSLN)	London
R35	Katagiri Yūhi (AISS)	1251	1352	Kurata Sayuri (KN)	Sydney
-	-	-	-	-	-
X3	Ayanami Rei (EVA)	1528	1118	Miyanaga Saki (SAKI)	Madrid

Congratulations to Shana and Hina for advancing. One of them is likely to take the tiara.

Unofficial, but Suiseiseki takes 16th place and Shinku takes 15th. Unless there will be a matchup between these two.

And Saki loses to Rei by over 400. I have a feeling that if Saki was in ISML, they’ll be like Bamboo Blade; they did well to make it to the final rounds of Saimoe, but did poorly in the league. Kirino and Tamaki both made it to the quarterfinals last year, but their records were only 6-57 and 7-56 respectively. Not very good records.

By the way, Louise is leading the relegation tournament. Her status is different from the others. I’ll check that out later.

UPDATE: I finally had the mind to look into the relegation tournament. This is a tournament where the top 14 characters below .500 compete for a chance in ISML 2010. The top 5 characters at the end will advance to the 2010 ISML preliminary tournament. I think Louise is already locked as one of the top 5.

Source: ISML

ISML Second Round

Votes:

ARENA 01: [Shana] Fujibayashi Kyō

ARENA 02: [Katsura Hinagiku] Nagato Yuki

ARENA 03: [Suiseiseki] Holo

ARENA 04: Shinku [Takamachi Nanoha]

ARENA 05: Louise Vallière [Evangeline McDowell]

ARENA 06: [Kamio Misuzu] Chii

ARENA 07: [Kawasumi Mai] Index Prohibitorum

ARENA 08: [Misaka Mikoto] Vita

ARENA 09: [Tsukimiya Ayu] Minase Nayuki

ARENA 10: [Hakurei Reimu] Yagami Hayate

ARENA 11: Katagiri Yūhi [Kurata Sayuri]

ARENA 12: Ayanami Rei [Miyanaga Saki]

Anime Saimoe Quarterfinals- Taiga vs. Isumi

Result:

Taiga (Toradora!) 812, Isumi (HnG) 736

Taiga for champion!

Palmtop Tiger wins and is one step closer to being champion! This match was closer than expected, but Isumi just couldn’t pull it off. Taiga’s next match could be a difficult one. Either she goes up against Nodoka, a Saki favorite, or Louise, her predecessor.

Anime Saimoe Round 4- Group H Finals

Result:

Nodoka (Saki) 890, Nagi (HnG) 874

Nodoka avenges Saki by eliminating Nagi by only 16 votes. This match was really close. It even looked like Nagi was gonna win.

Now we have 4 Saki characters in the top 8 which beats the record for the amount of characters representing the same series in the top 8 (Clannad held that record with 3 last year). The list of those who made it is after the jump.

Anime Saimoe Round 4- Group G Finals

Result:

Mihoko (Saki) 770, Eruru (Utawarerumono) 441

As expected, Mihoko takes this match easily. Eruru was powerful back in 2006, but too much time has passed for her. At least she made it this far.

ISML First Round Results

First Round of Revelation – Thursday, 01 October 2009
Match #	Contestant Name	< Votes	Votes >	Contestant Name	Venue
3009	Shana (SnS)	1524	1108	Tōsaka Rin (FSN)	Iota
3010	Suigintou (RM)	1026	1550	Fujibayashi Kyō (CL)	Mu
3011	Sakagami Tomoyo (CL)	1255	1360	Katsura Hinagiku (HnG)	Lambda
3012	Nagato Yuki (SHnY)	1429	1119	Suzumiya Haruhi (SHnY)	Kappa
-	-	-	-	-	-
R8	Tsukimiya Ayu (KN)	1365	1072	Yagami Hayate (MSLN)	Tōkyō
R9	Louise Vallière (ZnT)	1440	1153	Kurata Sayuri (KN)	New York
R10	Kawasumi Mai (KN)	1373	1126	Katagiri Yūhi (AISS)	Buenos Aires
R11	Kamio Misuzu (AIR)	1164	1083	Minase Nayuki (KN)	Cairo
R12	Hakurei Reimu (TMK)	1131	1224	Misaka Mikoto (TAMI)	Moscow
R13	Evangeline McDowell (NG)	1128	1222	Chii (CH)	London
R14	Vita (MSLN)	1099	1238	Index Prohibitorum (TAMI)	Sydney

Congratulations to Shana beating Rin. Now if Rin can get eliminated.

Also, congratulations to Kyou, Hinagiku, and Yuki for beating their respective opponents. Most notably, Yuki defeats Haruhi this time around.

Next up, the first set of characters will get eliminated from the tournament. I’ll post the matchups as the match rolls around Monday.

Source: ISML