ISML 2011: Results, Seeding 3

Pool 1 Tachibana Kanade (Angel Beats!) 4474 Nakano Azusa (K-ON!) 3149 Shana (Shakugan no Shana) 2807 Akiyama Mio (K-ON!) 2646 Katsura Hinagiku (Hayate no Gotoku!) 2506 Aisaka Taiga (Toradora!) 2447 Nagato Yuki (Suzumiya Haruhi no Yūutsu) 2575	Pool 2 Victorique de Blois (GOSICK) 2374 Suzumiya Haruhi (Suzumiya Haruhi no Yūutsu) 3169 Aragaki Ayase (Ore no Imōto) 1203 Misaka Mikoto (Toaru Majutsu no Index) 3981 Gokō Ruri (Kuroneko) (Ore no Imōto) 3219 Eucliwood Hellscythe (Kore wa Zombie Desu ka?) 3393 Charlotte Dunois (IS ) 2999	Pool 3 Kōsaka Kirino (Ore no Imōto) 3315 Yui (Angel Beats!) 3649 Hiiragi Kagami (Lucky ☆ Star) 2682 Fujibayashi Kyō (CLANNAD) 2668 Tōsaka Rin (Fate/stay night) 2296 Shinonono Hōki (IS ) 2388 Hirasawa Yui (K-ON!) 3370
Pool 4 Nakamura Yuri (Angel Beats!) 3801 Saber (Fate/stay night) 2978 Sanzen'in Nagi (Hayate no Gotoku!) 2753 Shiina Mafuyu (Seitokai no Ichizon) 2632 Sakagami Tomoyo (CLANNAD) 2949 Kotobuki Tsumugi (K-ON!) 2565 Last Order (Toaru Majutsu no Index) 2690	Pool 5 Hirasawa Ui (K-ON!) 2600 Izumi Konata (Lucky ☆ Star) 2710 Senjōgahara Hitagi (Bakemonogatari) 3450 Sengoku Nadeko (Bakemonogatari) 3319 Holo (Spice and Wolf) 2885 Fate Testarossa (Mahō Shōjo Lyrical Nanoha) 2648 Konjiki no Yami (To LOVE-Ru) 2567	Pool 6 Haruna (Kore wa Zombie Desu ka?) 2896 Laura Bodewig (IS ) 2769 Index L. Prohibitorum (Toaru Majutsu no Index) 2940 Asahina Mikuru (Suzumiya Haruhi no Yūutsu) 2725 Furukawa Nagisa (CLANNAD) 2713 C.C. (Code Geass) 3283 Kuroi Mato (Black ★ Rock Shooter) 2869
Pool 7 Louise Vallière (Zero no Tsukaima) 3084 Kasugano Sora (Yosuga no Sora) 2751 Nymph (Sora no Otoshimono) 2803 Seraphim (Kore wa Zombie Desu ka?) 2996 Huang Lingyin (IS ) 2545 Shirai Kuroko (Toaru Majutsu no Index) 2899 Iwasawa Asami (Angel Beats!) 2709

ISML 2011: Seeding, Selections 3

ARENA 01: Tachibana Kanade [Nakano Azusa] Shana [Akiyama Mio] Katsura Hinagiku Aisaka Taiga Nagato Yuki

ARENA 02: Victorique de Blois [Suzumiya Haruhi] Aragaki Ayase [Misaka Mikoto] Gokō Ruri (Kuroneko) Eucliwood Hellscythe Charlotte Dunois

ARENA 03: Kōsaka Kirino [Yui] Hiiragi Kagami Fujibayashi Kyō Tōsaka Rin Shinonono Hōki [Hirasawa Yui]

ARENA 04: [Nakamura Yuri] [Saber] Sanzen'in Nagi Shiina Mafuyu Sakagami Tomoyo Kotobuki Tsumugi Last Order

ARENA 05: [Hirasawa Ui] [Izumi Konata] Senjōgahara Hitagi Sengoku Nadeko Holo Fate Testarossa Konjiki no Yami

ARENA 06: Haruna Laura Bodewig Index L. Prohibitorum [Asahina Mikuru] Furukawa Nagisa [C.C.] Kuroi Mato

ARENA 07: [Louise Vallière] Kasugano Sora Nymph Seraphim Huang Lingyin [Shirai Kuroko] Iwasawa Asami

ISML 2011: Results, Seeding 2

Pool 1
Misaka Mikoto
(Toaru Majutsu no Index) 4650
Tachibana Kanade
(Angel Beats!) 5561
Hirasawa Yui
(K-ON!) 3244
Senjōgahara Hitagi
(Bakemonogatari) 3089
C.C.
(Code Geass) 2338
Pool 2
Nakano Azusa
(K-ON!) 5047
Gokō Ruri (Kuroneko)
(Ore no Imōto) 4442
Nakamura Yuri
(Angel Beats!) 3664
Sengoku Nadeko
(Bakemonogatari) 3281
Kuroi Mato
(Black ★ Rock Shooter) 2318
Pool 3
Shana
(Shakugan no Shana) 4949
Eucliwood Hellscythe
(Kore wa Zombie Desu ka?) 4725
Saber
(Fate/stay night) 3311
Holo
(Spice and Wolf) 3085
Louise Vallière
(Zero no Tsukaima) 2341
Pool 4
Akiyama Mio
(K-ON!) 5092
Charlotte Dunois
(IS ) 4589
Kasugano Sora
(Yosuga no Sora) 2724
Sanzen'in Nagi
(Hayate no Gotoku!) 3075
Fate Testarossa
(Mahō Shōjo Lyrical Nanoha) 2819
Pool 5
Katsura Hinagiku
(Hayate no Gotoku!) 4670
Kōsaka Kirino
(Ore no Imōto) 4324
Nymph
(Sora no Otoshimono) 2762
Shiina Mafuyu
(Seitokai no Ichizon) 3048
Konjiki no Yami
(To LOVE-Ru) 2950
Pool 6
Aisaka Taiga
(Toradora!) 4918
Yui
(Angel Beats!) 4332
Sakagami Tomoyo
(CLANNAD) 3437
Haruna
(Kore wa Zombie Desu ka?) 2832
Seraphim
(Kore wa Zombie Desu ka?) 2701
Pool 7
Nagato Yuki
(Suzumiya Haruhi no Yūutsu) 5422
Hiiragi Kagami
(Lucky ☆ Star) 3576
Huang Lingyin
(IS ) 3060
Kotobuki Tsumugi
(K-ON!) 3223
Laura Bodewig
(IS ) 3108
Pool 8
Victorique de Blois
(GOSICK) 4332
Last Order
(Toaru Majutsu no Index) 3535
Fujibayashi Kyō
(CLANNAD) 3889
Index L. Prohibitorum
(Toaru Majutsu no Index) 3398
Shirai Kuroko
(Toaru Majutsu no Index) 2734
Pool 9
Suzumiya Haruhi
(Suzumiya Haruhi no Yūutsu) 5465
Tōsaka Rin
(Fate/stay night) 3398
Asahina Mikuru
(Suzumiya Haruhi no Yūutsu) 3215
Hirasawa Ui
(K-ON!) 3316
Iwasawa Asami
(Angel Beats!) 2892
Pool 10
Izumi Konata
(Lucky ☆ Star) 3785
Shinonono Hōki
(IS ) 3833
Furukawa Nagisa
(CLANNAD) 3504
Aragaki Ayase
(Ore no Imōto) 3841
Shiina
(Angel Beats!) 3091

ISML 2011: Seeding, Selections 2

ARENA 01: [Misaka Mikoto] [Tachibana Kanade] Hirasawa Yui Senjōgahara Hitagi C.C.

ARENA 02: [Nakano Azusa] [Gokō Ruri (Kuroneko)] Nakamura Yuri Sengoku Nadeko Kuroi Mato

ARENA 03: [Shana] [Eucliwood Hellscythe] Saber Holo Louise Vallière

ARENA 04: [Akiyama Mio] [Charlotte Dunois] Kasugano Sora Sanzen'in Nagi Fate Testarossa

ARENA 05: [Katsura Hinagiku] [Kōsaka Kirino] Nymph Shiina Mafuyu Konjiki no Yami

ARENA 06: [Aisaka Taiga] [Yui] Sakagami Tomoyo Haruna Seraphim

ARENA 07: [Nagato Yuki] Hiiragi Kagami Huang Lingyin [Kotobuki Tsumugi] Laura Bodewig

ARENA 08: [Victorique de Blois] Last Order [Fujibayashi Kyō] Index L. Prohibitorum Shirai Kuroko

ARENA 09: [Suzumiya Haruhi] [Tōsaka Rin] Asahina Mikuru Hirasawa Ui Iwasawa Asami

ARENA 10: [Izumi Konata] [Shinonono Hōki] Furukawa Nagisa Aragaki Ayase Shiina

ISML 2011: Results, Seeding #1

Pool 1
#4 Akiyama Mio
(K-ON!) 2658
#1 Misaka Mikoto
(Toaru Majutsu no Index) 3113
#3 Shana
(Shakugan no Shana) 2669
#2 Nakano Azusa
(K-ON!) 2813
#5 Katsura Hinagiku
(Hayate no Gotoku!) 2235
Aisaka Taiga
(Toradora!) 2127
Nagato Yuki
(Suzumiya Haruhi no Yūutsu) 2041
Suzumiya Haruhi
(Suzumiya Haruhi no Yūutsu) 1536
Victorique de Blois
(GOSICK) 1863
Izumi Konata
(Lucky ☆ Star) 1023


Pool 2
#2 Eucliwood Hellscythe
(Kore wa Zombie Desu ka?) 2969
Yui
(Angel Beats!) 1809
#5 Kōsaka Kirino
(Ore no Imōto) 1977
Hiiragi Kagami
(Lucky ☆ Star) 1751
#3 Gokō Ruri (Kuroneko)
(Ore no Imōto) 2786
#1 Tachibana Kanade
(Angel Beats!) 4261
Tōsaka Rin
(Fate/stay night) 1401
Last Order
(Toaru Majutsu no Index) 1469
Shinonono Hōki
(IS ) 1064
#4 Charlotte Dunois
(IS ) 2628


Pool 3
#5 Nymph
(Sora no Otoshimono) 1997
Huang Lingyin
(IS ) 1875
#4 Kasugano Sora
(Yosuga no Sora) 2113
#2 Nakamura Yuri
(Angel Beats!) 3081
#1 Hirasawa Yui
(K-ON!) 3358
Asahina Mikuru
(Suzumiya Haruhi no Yūutsu) 1620
Sakagami Tomoyo
(CLANNAD) 1988
#3 Saber
(Fate/stay night) 2614
Fujibayashi Kyō
(CLANNAD) 1755
Furukawa Nagisa
(CLANNAD) 1527

Pool 4
#1 Senjōgahara Hitagi
(Bakemonogatari) 2825
#2 Sengoku Nadeko
(Bakemonogatari) 2747
Kotobuki Tsumugi
(K-ON!) 2047
Index L. Prohibitorum
(Toaru Majutsu no Index) 2009
#4 Sanzen'in Nagi
(Hayate no Gotoku!) 2224
Haruna
(Kore wa Zombie Desu ka?) 2108
#3 Holo
(Spice and Wolf) 2516
Aragaki Ayase
(Ore no Imōto) 1623
#5 Shiina Mafuyu
(Seitokai no Ichizon) 2124
Hirasawa Ui
(K-ON!) 1829


Pool 5
#3 Louise Vallière
(Zero no Tsukaima) 2413
#1 C.C.
(Code Geass) 2724
Seraphim
(Kore wa Zombie Desu ka?) 2320
#5 Konjiki no Yami
(To LOVE-Ru) 2343
Shirai Kuroko
(Toaru Majutsu no Index) 2133
#4 Fate Testarossa
(Mahō Shōjo Lyrical Nanoha) 2381
Iwasawa Asami
(Angel Beats!) 1538
Shiina
(Angel Beats!) 1385
Laura Bodewig
(IS ) 2138
#2 Kuroi Mato
(Black ★ Rock Shooter) 2498

ISML 2011: Seeding, Selections 1

ARENA 01: [Akiyama Mio] [Misaka Mikoto] Shana Nakano Azusa Katsura Hinagiku Aisaka Taiga Nagato Yuki Suzumiya Haruhi Victorique de Blois Izumi Konata

ARENA 02: [Eucliwood Hellscythe] Yui [Kōsaka Kirino] Hiiragi Kagami Gokō Ruri (Kuroneko) Tachibana Kanade Tōsaka Rin Last Order Shinonono Hōki Charlotte Dunois

ARENA 03: Nymph Huang Lingyin Kasugano Sora [Nakamura Yuri] [Hirasawa Yui] Asahina Mikuru Sakagami Tomoyo Saber Fujibayashi Kyō Furukawa Nagisa

ARENA 04: [Senjōgahara Hitagi] [Sengoku Nadeko] Kotobuki Tsumugi Index L. Prohibitorum Sanzen'in Nagi Haruna Holo Aragaki Ayase Shiina Mafuyu Hirasawa Ui

ARENA 05: [Louise Vallière] [C.C.] Seraphim Konjiki no Yami Shirai Kuroko Fate Testarossa Iwasawa Asami Shiina Laura Bodewig Kuroi Mato

BoBA 2011 ISML Tiara Odds, April, 2011

BoBA 2011 ISML Tiara Odds
As of 2:37 AM PDT, April 2, 2011


Mio Akiyama 3-2
Mikoto Misaka 2-1
Shana 3-1
Kanade Tachibana 4-1
Hinagiku Katsura 5-1
Eucliwood Hellscythe  11-2
Kirino Kousaka 6-1
Yui 13-2
Azusa Nakano 7-1
Charlotte Dunois 8-1
Yuki Nagato 9-1
Houki Shinonono 10-1
Taiga Aisaka 11-1
Haruhi Suzumiya 12-1
Victorique De Blois 13-1
Mikuru Asahina 18-1
Tomoyo Sakagami 19-1
Kagami Hiiragi 20-1
Yuri Nakamura 21-1
Index L. Prohibitorum 22-1
Ruri Gokou 25-1
Yui Hirasawa 27-1
Haruna 28-1
Kyou Fujibayashi 30-1
Nagisa Furukawa 31-1
Huang Lingyin 32-1
Kuroko Shirai 33-1
Mafuyu Shiina 34-1
Laura Bodewig 35-1
Nagi Sanzen'in 36-1
Konata Izumi 38-1
C.C. 40-1
Nadeko Sengoku 41-1
Ayase Aragaki 42-1
Fate Testarossa 43-1
Ui Hirasawa 44-1
Hitagi Senjougahara 45-1
Tsumugi Kotobuki 50-1
Sora Kasugano 55-1
Saber 58-1
Rin Tosaka 60-1
Holo 65-1
Louise Francoise Le Blanc De La Valliere 70-1
Nymph 75-1
Asami Iwasawa 80-1'
Konjiki no Yami 83-1
Shiina 85-1
Mato Kuroi 90-1
Seraphim 100-1
Last Order 200-1

ISML 2011: The last 18 in...

This field is set. We're ready to do some ISML business! (Pending the seeding formalities...)

Stay tuned for the next batch of Tiara odds in several minutes...

ISML 2011: The field is now set!

ISML 2011: The field is now set!


By JR Salazar (Bongaboi)
April 1, 2011

As the cherry blossoms rained down in Japan, the 2011 International Saimoe League field was completed after 15 days of Preliminaries action.

Tsumugi Kotobuki was weeping tears of joy at a victory rally with Ui Hirasawa at Japan Women's University when she earned the most votes in Pool 1 with 3,715. To celebrate, plates of cake and cups of tea from the Kotobuki combine were served to the masses.

"Oh my gosh, I feel like I will wake up from this dream," Kotobuki said, overcome with emotion. "I have qualified for the world's greatest competition of them all, the International Saimoe League. I will do my best to make everyone happy because I love you all so much. To everyone who has supported me through the good times and the bad, thank you very much! This is for you!"

Ui finished with the second-most amount of votes in Pool 2 with 3,563.

"I qualified for the 2010 International Saimoe League through Phase III, and history seemed to repeat itself," Ui said. "I hope to do very well at this year's edition, and I am certain that onee-chan (Yui Hirasawa), Mio-sempai (Mio Akiyama), Mugi-sempai and Azusa-chan (Azusa Nakano) will do well, too."

Kuroko Shirai earned the third-most votes in Pool 1 with 3,237. She and Index Prohibitorum were celebrating at Tokiwadai Junior High School in Academy City.

"Onee-sama (Mikoto Misaka) promised me a crepe if I qualified for the ISML," Shirai said with her mouth full, "and now I am snacking in the sweetness of it." Swallowing her morsel, she went on. "I don't know how I'm going to do at this year's International Saimoe League, but I think I might surprise a few people, maybe even onee-sama."

"I would love to see you try," Misaka snarked next to her.

"To everyone here in attendance, I send you my thanks for your support and hope you will vote for me as I begin my journey," Shirai said.

Also qualifying for the regular season from Pool 1 was Mafuyu Shiina, who garnered 3,484 votes.

Index earned the most votes in Pool 2 with 3,626.

"I give God's blessings and thanks for allowing me the chance to compete in the world's most highly respected anime character competition," she said. "It is my hope that everything will go well, and that I will improve on my performance from two years ago.

"It is refreshing, and an honor, to be back."

Also back for another run is the inagural ISML champions Fate Testarossa, who earned 3,266 votes and virtually flies the flag for the Nanoha/TSAB franchise.

In Tokyo, a special rally was held for Asami Iwasawa and Shiina of Angel Beats. Iwasawa earned the third-most votes in Pool 3 with 3,252 votes and Shiina earned the third-most votes in Pool 4 with 3,057 votes.

"We come into this tournament as longshots," Iwasawa said. "For both of us, it is an honor to be competing in a tournament like the International Saimoe League because it doesn't come very often, if at all. So we will hope to do the best we can."

"Neither of us is expected to contend for the necklaces, let alone the Tiara," Shiina added, "but to be in this tournament is all we both need in the end. I don't think we could ask for more, aside from a victory or two."

Nagi Sanzen'in earned the most votes in Pool 3 with 3,640 and Louise Francoise Le Blanc De La Valliere earned the second-most votes in the pool with 3,465.

Haruna and Seraphim of Kore wa Zombie Desu ka? were also celebrating their entry into the International Saimoe League. Haruna earned the most votes in Pool 4 with 3,749, while Seraphim earned the second-most amount of votes with 3,545.

"Finally!" Haruna exclaimed, giddy as ever. "I thought we would be shut out from a tournament as awesome as the International Saimoe League. I owe this to you, the fans, for voting me and my good buddy Seraphim into this year's ISML. We're gonna have a lot of fun these next few months, so stay tuned!"

"At last, I get measure my skills, sowrdplay and know-how against the finest in the world," Seraphim said. "As a vampire ninja, I thirst for blood. It is in my DNA since the day I was born. With this being said, I look forward to drinking the blood of the conquered at this year's ISML."

C.C. earned the second-most amount of votes in Pool 4 with 3,682.

Laura Bodewig is another newcomer to the tournament, having earned the third-most votes in Pool 5 with 3,188.

"It is important that we emphasize the word 'International' in the phrase 'International Saimoe League,'" Bodewig said at a rally at the Infinite Stratos School Battle Arena. "By 'International,' it's not just competitors from Japan. We now have competitors from England, France, China, Finland, and finally, my country, Germany.

"With that said, I extend a hearty Vielen Dank to everyone who have supported me during this preliminary stage. I hope to put in a good performance, and hope that all of Germany will support my cause this season."

Holo earned the most votes in Pool 5 with 3,635.

Ayase Aragaki earned 3,533 votes to finish first in Pool 6 and punch her ticket.

"People often compare me to Rena Ryuuguu in a way because of her yandere dynamics," Aragaki said at a pep rally in Tokyo. "I dismiss such comparisons because I am unique in my own way. At first, I dismissed the International Saimoe League as a waste of time because Kirino [Kousaka] introduced me to it. But when I saw that people were voting for me and saw something in me that they liked, I thought that this was a good idea after all. I am touched by your support and I hope to pay you back with a strong performance in the ISML this year. Thank you!"

Mato Kuroi rounds out the newcomers to the International Saimoe League. The Black Rock Shooter herself earned 3,329 votes to finish third in Pool 6 and qualify for the ISML.

"I never knew that I would stand a chance and take part in something like this," she said with a smile on her face, donning her costume at a victory rally at her school. "It's straight out of a fairytale.

"To every one of you who believed in me, thank you. It's an honor to be among the 50 best young women in the world. It's something that I take considerable pride in. I look forward to having fun during my time here in the ISML."

Konjiki no Yami (Golden Darkness) finished second in Pool 6 with 3,448 and will fly the flag for ToLoveRu for a third-straight year.

April 24, 2011 will mark the beginning of the 2011 International Saimoe League regular season, and Match Day 1 of the Aquamarine Period. Stay tuned to the Bedlam on Baltic Avenue (bedlamba.blogspot.com) and Bongaboi on deviantART (bongaboi.deviantart.com) for continuing coverage of the 2011 ISML. And join the ongoing debate online at internationalsaimoe.com!

ISML 2011: Results, Preliminaries Match Day 15

Write-up forthcoming!!!