ISML 2010: The race for the final six slots begins...

ISML 2010: The race for the final six slots begins...



March 1, 2010

With 44 of the 50 slots filled in the 2010 International Saimoe League, the race for the final six slots began as Phase III of the Preliminaries kicked off.

Phase III is a final set of group-based matches lasting 2 rounds scheduled over 3 days. Candidates with the lowest vote totals will be eliminated until the final 6 winners are decided.

In Group 1, Ryou Fujibayashi, Sakura Kinomoto and Souseiseki remained in the hunt with 1,729, 1,410 and 1,180 votes.

Group 2 saw Kuroko Shirai, Hayate Yagami and Alice keep their hopes alive with 1,521, 1,306 and 1,269 votes.

Suigintou led Group 3 with 1,518 to keep her outside hopes of a ISML berth well in place. Nayuki Minase and Amu Hinamori also stayed in the hunt with 1,364 and 1,076 votes, respectively.

Golden Darkness (Konjiki no Yami) is one of two To-Love-Ru characters in the running for one of the last six. She finished first in Group 4 with 1,696 votes. Ai Enma and Evangeline A.K. McDowell also stay alive with 1,136 and 1,069 votes.

Ikaros topped Group 5 with 1,633 votes to keep her ISML bid intact. Koromo Amae and Haruka Nogizaka finished second and third with 1,177 and 1,125 votes to stay in the hunt.

Ui Hirasawa is still alive in her quest to rejoin her sister Yui in the tournament. She finished first with 1,631 votes. Mikan Yuuki, the other To-Love-Ru hopeful was second with 1,441 and Kobato Hanato was third with 1,230. Both stayed in the race.

Nymph topped Group 7 with 1,409 votes. Izumi Segawa was second with 1,378 votes, and Makoto Sawatari kept her hopes alive by finishing third with 1,124 votes.

In the third round of ISML Seeding, Hitagi Senjougahara finished first with 1,402 votes.

Ichinose Kotomi
(CLANNAD) 928
Senjōgahara Hitagi
(Bakemonogatari) 1402
Maria
(Hayate no Gotoku!) 1070
Furukawa Nagisa
(CLANNAD) 1093
Takamachi Nanoha
(Mahō Shōjo Lyrical Nanoha) 996
C.C.
(Code Geass) 1156
Akaba Chizuru
(Seitokai no Ichizon) 904

Preliminary Period, Phase III, Day 1 - Results

Group 1
Fujibayashi Ryō
(CLANNAD) 1729
Kinomoto Sakura
(Cardcaptor Sakura) 1410
Sōseiseki
(Rozen Maiden) 1180
Oshino Shinobu
(Bakemonogatari) 1020
Haibara Ai
(Detective Conan) 778
Alice Carroll
(ARIA) 662
Isurugi Noe
(true tears) 491

Group 2
Alice
(Pandora Hearts) 1269
Shirai Kuroko
(To Aru Majutsu no Index) 1521
Yagami Hayate
(Mahō Shōjo Lyrical Nanoha) 1306
Isayama Yomi
(Ga-rei Zero) 932
Tsukamoto Yakumo
(School Rumble) 836
Miyanaga Saki
(Saki) 699
Tōyoko Momoko
(Saki) 437

Group 3
Suigintou
(Rozen Maiden) 1518
Minase Nayuki
(Kanon) 1364
Mizuno Kaede
(Nyan Koi!) 861
Akashiya Moka
(Rosario + Vampire) 992
Hinamori Amu
(Shugo Chara!) 1076
Felli Loss
(Chrome Shelled Regios) 581
Yuno
(Hidamari Sketch) 645

Group 4
Konjiki no Yami
(To Love-Ru) 1696
Enma Ai
(Jigoku Shōjo) 1136
Shihō Matsuri
(sola) 929
Evangeline A.K. McDowell
(Mahō Sensei Negima!) 1069
Teletha Testarossa
(Full Metal Panic!) 839
Winry Rockbell
(Fullmetal Alchemist) 969
Lambdadelta
(Umineko no Naku Koro ni) 466

Group 5
Ikaros
(Sora no Otoshimono) 1633
Amae Koromo
(Saki) 1125
Nogizaka Haruka
(Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu) 1177
Hoshina Utau
(Shugo Chara!) 1033
Ushiromiya Ange
(Umineko no Naku Koro ni) 767
Senō Natsuru
(Kämpfer) 778
Niche
(Letter Bee) 353

Group 6
Hirasawa Ui
(K-ON!) 1631
Yūki Mikan
(To Love-Ru) 1441
Hanato Kobato
(Kobato.) 1230
Minami Kana
(Minami-ke) 929
Sawachika Eri
(School Rumble) 1014
Hinaichigo
(Rozen Maiden) 531
Ranka Lee
(Macross Frontier) 339

Group 7
Nymph
(Sora no Otoshimono) 1409
Sawatari Makoto
(Kanon) 1124
Segawa Izumi
(Hayate no Gotoku!) 1378
Misaka Shiori
(Kanon) 857
Ayanami Rei
(Neon Genesis Evangelion) 1035
Lisa
(Seiken no Blacksmith) 518
Nagi
(Kannagi) 794


ISML 2010 Preliminary Phase III voting continues on Tuesday, March 2. Fans, vote for your favorite candidate online at InternationalSaimoe.com.