54th Grammy Awards Winners


Record of the Year
"Rolling in the Deep" – Adele
Paul Epworth, producer; Tom Elmhirst & Mark Rankin, engineers/mixers

Album of the Year
21 – Adele
Jim Abbiss, Adele Adkins, Paul Epworth, Rick Rubin, Fraser T. Smith, Ryan Tedder & Dan Wilson, producers; Jim Abbiss, Philip Allen, Beatriz Artola, Ian Dowling, Tom Elmhirst, Greg Fidelman, Dan Parry, Steve Price, Mark Rankin, Andrew Scheps, Fraser T. Smith & Ryan Tedder, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer

Song of the Year
"Rolling in the Deep"
Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth, songwriters (Adele)

Best New Artist
Bon Iver

Best Pop Solo Performance
"Someone Like You" – Adele

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
"Body and Soul" – Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse

Best Pop Instrumental Album
The Road from Memphis – Booker T. Jones

Best Pop Vocal Album
21 – Adele

Best Dance Recording
"Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites" – Skrillex
Sonny Moore, producer & mixer

Best Dance/Electronica Album
Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites – Skrillex

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Duets II – Tony Bennett

Best Rock Performance
"Walk" – Foo Fighters

Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance
"White Limo" – Foo Fighters

Best Rock Song
"Walk" – Foo Fighters, songwriters (Foo Fighters)

Best Rock Album
Wasting Light – Foo Fighters

Best Alternative Music Album
Bon Iver, Bon Iver – Bon Iver

Best R&B Performance
"Is This Love" – Corinne Bailey Rae

Best Traditional R&B Performance
"Fool for You" – Cee Lo Green featuring Melanie Fiona

Best R&B Song
"Fool for You"
Cee Lo Green & Jack Splash, songwriters (Cee Lo Green featuring Melanie Fiona)

Best R&B Album
F.A.M.E. – Chris Brown

Best Rap Performance
"Otis" – Jay-Z & Kanye West featuring Otis Redding

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
"All of the Lights" – Kanye West featuring Rihanna, Fergie & Kid Cudi

Best Rap Song
"All of the Lights"
Jeff Bhasker, Fergie, Really Doe, Kanye West & Malik Yusef, songwriters (Kanye West featuring Rihanna, Fergie & Kid Cudi)

Best Rap Album
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy – Kanye West

Best Country Solo Performance
"Mean" – Taylor Swift

Best Country Duo/Group Performance
"Barton Hollow" – The Civil Wars

Best Country Song
"Mean"
Taylor Swift, songwriter (Taylor Swift)

Best Country Album
Own the Night – Lady Antebellum

Best New Age Album
What's It All About – Pat Metheny

Best Improvised Jazz Solo
"500 Miles High" – Chick Corea

Best Jazz Vocal Album
The Mosaic Project – Terri Lyne Carrington & Various Artists

Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Forever – Corea, Clarke & White

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
The Good Feeling – Christian McBride Big Band

Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance
"Jesus" – Le'Andria Johnson

Best Gospel Song
"Hello Fear"
Kirk Franklin, songwriter (Kirk Franklin)

Best Contemporary Christian Music Song
"Blessings"
Laura Story, songwriter (Laura Story)

Best Gospel Album
Hello Fear – Kirk Franklin

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
And If Our God Is for Us... – Chris Tomlin

Best Latin Pop, Rock or Urban Album
Drama y Luz – Maná

Best Regional Mexican or Tejano Album
Bicentenario – Pepe Aguilar

Best Banda or Norteño Album
MTV Unplugged: Los Tigres del Norte and Friends – Los Tigres del Norte

Best Tropical Latin Album
The Last Mambo – Cachao

Best Americana Album
Ramble at the Ryman – Levon Helm

Best Bluegrass Album
Paper Airplane – Alison Krauss & Union Station

Best Blues Album
Revelator – Tedeschi Trucks Band

Best Folk Album
Barton Hollow – The Civil Wars

Best Regional Roots Music Album
Rebirth of New Orleans – Rebirth Brass Band

Best Reggae Album
Revelation Pt 1: The Root of Life – Stephen Marley

Best World Music Album
Tassili – Tinariwen

Best Children's Album
All About Bullies... Big and Small – Various Artists

Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Story Telling)
If You Ask Me (And of Course You Won't) – Betty White

Best Comedy Album
Hilarious – Louis C.K.

Best Musical Theater Album
The Book of Mormon: Original Broadway Cast Recording
Josh Gad & Andrew Rannells, principal soloists; Anne Garefino, Robert Lopez, Stephen Oremus, Trey Parker, Scott Rudin & Matt Stone, producers; Robert Lopez, Trey Parker & Matt Stone, composers/lyricists

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
Boardwalk Empire Volume 1 – Various Artists

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
The King's Speech
Alexandre Desplat, composer

Best Song Written for Visual Media
"I See the Light" (from Tangled)
Alan Menken & Glenn Slater, songwriters (Mandy Moore & Zachary Levi)

Best Instrumental Composition
"Life in Eleven"
Béla Fleck & Howard Levy, composers (Béla Fleck and the Flecktones)

Best Instrumental Arrangement
"Rhapsody in Blue"
Gordon Goodwin, arranger (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band)

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
"Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)"
Jorge Calandrelli, arranger (Tony Bennett & Queen Latifah)

Best Recording Package
Scenes from The Suburbs
Vincent Morisset, art director (Arcade Fire)

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story
Dave Bett & Michelle Holme, art directors (Bruce Springsteen)

Best Album Notes
Hear Me Howling!: Blues, Ballads & Beyond as Recorded by the San Francisco Bay by Chris Strachwitz in the 1960s
Adam Machado, album notes writer (Various Artists)

Best Historical Album
Band on the Run (Paul McCartney Archive Collection – Deluxe Edition)
Paul McCartney, compilation producer; Sam Okell & Steve Rooke, mastering engineers (Paul McCartney & Wings)

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Paper Airplane
Mike Shipley, engineer; Brad Blackwood, mastering engineer (Alison Krauss & Union Station)

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Paul Epworth
"Call It What You Want" (Foster the People) (T)
"I Would Do Anything for You" (Foster the People) (T)
"I'll Be Waiting" (Adele) (T)
"Life on the Nickel" (Foster the People) (T)
"No One's Gonna Love You" (Cee Lo Green) (S)
"Rolling in the Deep" (Adele) (T)

Best Remixed Recording
"Cinema" (Skrillex Remix)
Skrillex, remixer (Benny Benassi featuring Gary Go)

Best Surround Sound Album
Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (Super Deluxe Edition)
Elliot Scheiner, surround mix engineer; Bob Ludwig, surround mastering engineer; Bill Levenson & Elliot Scheiner, surround producers (Derek and the Dominos)

Best Engineered Album, Classical
Aldridge: Elmer Gantry
Byeong-Joon Hwang & John Newton, engineers; Jesse Lewis, mastering engineer (William Boggs, Keith Phares, Patricia Risley, Vale Rideout, Frank Kelley, Heather Buck, Florentine Opera Chorus & Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra)

Producer of the Year, Classical
Judith Sherman
Adams: Son of Chamber Symphony; String Quartet (John Adams, St. Lawrence String Quartet & International Contemporary Ensemble)
Capricho Latino (Rachel Barton Pine)
85th Birthday Celebration (Claude Frank)
Insects & Paper Airplanes – Chamber Music of Lawrence Dillon (Daedalus Quartet & Benjamin Hochman)
Midnight Frolic – The Broadway Theater Music of Louis A. Hirsch (Rick Benjamin & Paragon Ragtime Orchestra)
Notable Women – Trios by Today's Female Composers (Lincoln Trio)
The Soviet Experience, Vol. 1 – String Quartets by Dmitri Shostakovich & His Contemporaries (Pacifica Quartet)
Speak! (Anthony De Mare)
State of the Art – The American Brass Quintet at 50 (The American Brass Quintet)
Steve Reich: WTC 9/11; Mallet Quartet; Dance Patterns (Kronos Quartet, Steve Reich Musicians & So Percussion)
Winging It – Piano Music of John Corigliano (Ursula Oppens)

Best Orchestral Performance
"Brahms: Symphony No. 4"
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)

Best Opera Recording
"Adams: Doctor Atomic"
Alan Gilbert, conductor; Meredith Arwady, Sasha Cooke, Richard Paul Fink, Gerald Finley, Thomas Glenn & Eric Owens; Jay David Saks, producer (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Chorus)

Best Choral Performance
"Light & Gold"
Eric Whitacre, conductor (Christopher Glynn & Hila Plitmann; The King's Singers, Laudibus, Pavão Quartet & The Eric Whitacre Singers)

Best Small Ensemble Performance
"Mackey: Lonely Motel – Music from Slide" – Rinde Eckert & Steven Mackey; Eighth Blackbird

Best Classical Instrumental Solo
"Schwantner: Concerto for Percussion & Orchestra"
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Christopher Lamb (Nashville Symphony)

Best Classical Vocal Solo
"Diva Divo"
Joyce DiDonato (Kazushi Ono; Orchestre De L'Opéra National De Lyon; Choeur De L'Opéra National De Lyon)

Best Contemporary Classical Composition

Best Short Form Music Video
Sam Brown, video director; Hannah Chandler, video producer


BoBA 2012 ISML Predictions: Seeding Round, Day 1

ARENA 01: Aisaka Taiga Akiyama Mio Katsura Hinagiku [Misaka Mikoto] Nagato Yuki Nakano Azusa Saber Sengoku Nadeko Senjōgahara Hitagi [Shana] Suzumiya Haruhi Tōsaka Rin
Over/Under: 20000
Over

ARENA 02: Hoshii Miki [Inui Sana] Iwasawa Asami [Kanzaki H. Aria] Laura Bodewig Mine Riko Shinomiya Ayase Shinonome Hakase Toshinō Kyōko
Over/Under: 20000
Over

ARENA 03: [Asahina Mikuru] Chrome Dokuro Erza Scarlet Kagura Louise Vallière Sakurano Kurimu [Shirai Kuroko] Suigintō Yin
Over/Under: 20000
Over

ARENA 04: Amaha Miu Aragaki Ayase Hakamada Hinata [Haqua du Lot Herminium] Kaga Rin Kunieda Aoi [Makise Kurisu] Matsumae Ohana Yune
Over/Under: 20000
Over

ARENA 05: Chii [Fate Testarossa] Hinamori Amu Ikaros [Index L. Prohibitorum] Isayama Yomi Lala Satalin Deviluke Oshino Shinobu Ryōgi Shiki
Over/Under: 20000
Over

ARENA 06: Haruna Hotogi Shirayuki Inami Mahiru [Mikazuki Yozora] Oikawa Tsurara Shinonome Nano Shionji Yūko (Alice) [Suzutsuki Kanade] Taneshima Poplar
Over/Under: 20000
Over

ARENA 07: Alice Enma Ai [Fujibayashi Kyō] Hiiragi Tsukasa Kamio Misuzu Saginomiya Isumi [Sakagami Tomoyo] Saten Ruiko Shiina Mafuyu
Over/Under: 20000
Over

ARENA 08: Akaza Akari Ayase Chihaya Ayuzawa Misaki [Fear Kubrick] Miki Sayaka Sakura Kyōko [Tomoe Mami] Uryū Minene Yarizui Sen
Over/Under: 20000
Over

ARENA 09: [C.C.] Furude Rika Hecate [Hiiragi Kagami] Hoshina Utau Kawasumi Mai Kotegawa Yui Okazaki Ushio Uiharu Kazari

Over/Under: 20000
Over

ISML 2012: The Next 12 Preliminary Winners...













ISML 2012: Preliminaries Phase I Concludes


ISML 2012: Preliminaries Phase I Concludes


By JR Salazar (Bongaboi)
February 24, 2012

There were no surprises on the final day of the first phase of the 2012 International Saimoe League preliminaries, as all of the favorites punched their respective tickets to the regular season proper.

Mikoto Misaka was expected to fly by everyone in Stella Group 1, and that she did, amassing 4449 votes. Yui Hirasawa was second with 3347 votes and Ikaros was third with 2625 votes. Yuki Nagato, the de facto face of the Haruhi Suzumiya franchise, secured her spot in the ISML with 4546 votes in Stella Group 2. Louise Francoise Le Blanc De La Valliere was second with 3179 votes and Kotomi Ichinose was third with 2341 votes.

Azusa Nakano was expected to clinch Stella Group 3, and she was the one that amassed the most votes of any group winner, winning 4819 votes.  Nagi Sanzenin was second with 2724 votes, while Ui Hirasawa recorded 2147 votes to finish third. Shana was expected to torch by her competition in Stella Group 4, and her 4742 votes confirmed the argument. Konota Izumi recorded 2777 votes to finish second, while Mikuru Asahina won 2542 votes to finish third.

Taiga Aisaka was going to to have it easy in Stella Group 5, and as expected, she won the group handily with 4701 votes. Shinobu Oshino was second with 3209 votes, while Index L. Prohibotorum was third with 2148 votes. Hinagiku Katsura, historically, has flown the flag for Hayate the Combat Butler, and she won 4110 votes to seal her place in the regular season. Kagami Hiiragi was second with 2978 votes, Mafuyu Shiina was third with 2534 votes.

The veterans were not restricted to the Stella Division. Due to the rules regarding window of eligibility, veterans designated to the Nova Division also earned their place. Victorique de Blois, the franchise character from GOSICK< won 3592 votes to finish first in Nova Group 7. Shirayuki Hotogi was second with 2564 votes, and Meiko Honma was third witrh 2468 votes.

Kirino Kousaka captured her place in the main draw with 3965 votes to win Nova Group 8. Subaru Konoe was third with 2565 votes, whiile Mizuki Himeji was third with 2381 votes. One of three true newcomers to the tournament is Kobato Hasegawa, Kodaka's sister from Haganai. With her 3814 votes, she won Nova Group 9 and a place in the main draw. Kurisu Makise was second with 3137 votes, while Minami SHimada was third with 2274 votes.

Mato Kuroi, the Black Rock Shooter herself, shot her way to a return to the ISML regular season, winning 3572 votes to win Nova Group 10. Aria Holmes Kanzaki was second with 3035 votes, while Misaki Ayuzawa was third with 2016 votes.

Sena Kashiwazaki is arguably the breadwinner for Haganai, alongside Kobato. She won 3775 votes to seal up Nova Group 11. Inori Yuzuriha was second with 3124 votes. Kanon Nakagawa was third with 2346 votes.

Finally, there will be at least one Puella Magi in the 2012 International Saimoe League. And who better to represent the hopes of the show of 2011 in Japan than Homura Akemi. Nova Group 12 proved to be the most even of contests, but her 3392 votes was enough to secure a spot in the draw. Irisviel von Einzbern was second with 2944 votes, while Shouko Kirishima was third with 2718 votes.

The Seeding Round will take place on February 26 and February 28. Preliminary action resumes on March 11, 2012 with Match Day 7, Day 1 of Phase II. Vote for your favorite candidates at InternationalSaimoe.com and join the ongoing debate.

EARLY BoBA INTERNATIONAL SAIMOE LEAGUE TIARA ODDS 
As of February 24, 2012, 8:38 p.m. PT


Shana 1-5
Azusa Nakano 4-5
Mikoto Misaka EVEN
Kanade Tachibana 2-1
Sena Kashiwazaki 5-1
Ruri Gokou 7-1
Hinagiku Katsura 8-1
Yuki Nagato 9-1
Mio Akiyama 10-1
Homura Akemi 11-1
Eucliwood Hellscythe 13-1
Taiga Aisaka 15-1
Yui 18-1
Hitagi Senjougahara 19-1
Charlotte Dunois 20-1
Haruhi Suzumiya 21-1
Kobato Hasegawa 22-1
Kirino Kousaka 23-1
Yuri Nakamura 25-1
Victorique de Blois 30-1
Nadeko Sengoku 35-1
Saber 40-1
Rin Tosaka 45-1
Mato Kuroi 50-1

ISML 2012: The First 12 In...













BoBA 2012 ISML Predictions: Preliminaries Match Day 6

ARENA 01: Alice [Hirasawa Yui] Hyūga Hinata Ikaros Kinomoto Sakura Kotegawa Yui [Misaka Mikoto]
Over/Under: 20000
Under


ARENA 02: Furude Rika Haibara Ai Hoshina Utau Ichinose Kotomi Kawashima Ami [Louise Vallière] [Nagato Yuki]

Over/Under: 20000
Under


ARENA 03: Hirasawa Ui Ibuki Fūko Kamio Misuzu Lucy Heartfilia [Nakano Azusa] [Sanzen'in Nagi] Suiseiseki

Over/Under: 20000
Under


ARENA 04: Asahina Mikuru Hinamori Amu [Izumi Konata] Lala Satalin Deviluke Ryūgū Rena [Shana] Takamachi Nanoha

Over/Under: 20000
Under


ARENA 05: [Aisaka Taiga] Hecate [Index L. Prohibitorum] Kuronuma Sawako Oshino Shinobu Uiharu Kazari Yin

Over/Under: 20000
Under


ARENA 06: Chrome Dokuro [Hiiragi Kagami] [Katsura Hinagiku] Kuchiki Rukia Ryōgi Shiki Saginomiya Isumi Shiina Mafuyu

Over/Under: 20000
Under


ARENA 07: [Honma Meiko] Horizon Ariadust (P-01s) Hotogi Shirayuki Kaga Rin Shinonome Hakase Tomoe Mami [Victorique de Blois]

Over/Under: 20000
Under


ARENA 08: Himeji Mizuki Kasugano Sora [Konoe Subaru] [Kōsaka Kirino] Oshimizu Nako Ueno Kirika Uryū Minene

Over/Under: 20000
Under


ARENA 09: Amaha Miu Amami Haruka Gasai Yuno [Hasegawa Kobato] [Makise Kurisu] Shimada Minami Toshinō Kyōko

Over/Under: 20000
Under


ARENA 10: Ayuzawa Misaki Ika-Musume [Kanzaki H. Aria] [Kuroi Mato] Reki Sena Airi Shionji Yūko (Alice)

Over/Under: 20000
Under


ARENA 11: Hoshii Miki [Kashiwazaki Sena] Matsumae Ohana Nakagawa Kanon Nanasaki Ai Tsugumi [Yuzuriha Inori]

Over/Under: 20000
Under


ARENA 12: [Akemi Homura] Inui Sana [Irisviel von Einzbern] Kirishima Shōko Kunieda Aoi Oikawa Tsurara Shinomiya Ayase

Over/Under: 20000
Under

ISML 2012: First 12 qualifiers are in!





ISML 2012: First 12 qualifiers are in!


By JR Salazar (Bongaboi)
February 22, 2012

The first 12 winners in the 2012 International Saimoe League are officially revealed. And every one of the winners is a veteran

In Nova Group 1, Kanade "Tenshi" Tachibana amassed 5176 votes to return to the ISML. Elucia De Lute Irma is second with 2575 votes and Riko Mine is third with 2328 votes.

Ruri Gokou will also return to the ISML after winning 4666 votes in Nova Group 2. Shiori Shiomiya was second with 2463 votes. Ayase Aragaki was third with 2304 votes.

Another returnee to the show is Eucliwood Hellscythe, who won 3966 votes in Nova Group 3 to finish first. Erio Towa was second with 3105 votes, while Asami Iwasawa was third with 2602 votes.

Yui is also coming back. She won Nova Group 4 with 3993 votes. Yozora Mikazuki was second with 2868 votes and Haqua du Lot Herminium was third with 2503 votes.

Also on the comeback trail is Yuri Nakamura, who recorded 3802 votes to finish first in Nova Group 5. Kyouko Sakura was second with 2631 votes. Madoka Kaname was third with 2271 votes.

Charlotte Dunois will most likely be the only returning face from Infinite Stratos. The face of IS won 3442 to finish first in Nova Group 6. Fear Kubrick was second with 2488 votes and Kanade Suzutsuki was third with 2430 votes.

Mio Akiyama's support has always been consistent in the ISML, and her 4351 votes in Stella Group 7 made the point crystal-clear. Holo was second with 2818 votes and Tsumugi Kotobuki was third with 2399 votes.

Haruhi Suzumiya was a runaway winner in Stella 8 with 4311 votes. Illyasviel von Einzbern was second with 3142 votes. Ushio Okazaki was third with 2289 votes.

Hitagi Senjougahara had a tough test against Tomoyo Sakagami, but prevailed 3540-3032 to win Stella Group 9. Kuroko Shirai was third with 2337 votes.

In Stella Group 10, Nadeko Sengoku completed a Bakemonogatari double with 3490 votes. Kyou Fujibayashi was second with 2590 votes and Nagisa Furukawa was third with 2389 votes.

Saber slashed her way to a ISML regular appearance with 4008 voted to win Stella Group 11. C.C. was second with 2576 votes and Konjiki no Yami was third with 2504 votes.

Finally, in Stella Group 12, Rin Tosaka outlasted Last Order 3280-3047 to clinch her spot in the ISML regular season. Nymph was third with 2576 votes.

The next 12 spots are up for grabs in the 2012 International Saimoe League Preliminaries Phase I. Match Day 6 is scheduled for February 23, 2012. Vote for your favorite candidates at InternationalSaimoe.com and join the ongoing debate.

EARLY BoBA INTERNATIONAL SAIMOE LEAGUE 
TIARA ODDS 
As of February 22, 2012, 11:42 p.m. PT


Kanade Tachibana 2-1
Ruri Gokou 7-1
Mio Akiyama 10-1
Eucliwood Hellscythe 13-1
Yui 18-1
Hitagi Senjougahara 19-1
Charlotte Dunois 20-1
Haruhi Suzumiya 21-1
Yuri Nakamura 25-1
Nadeko Sengoku 34-1
Saber 37-1
Rin Tosaka 45-1



BoBA 2012 ISML Predictions: Preliminaries Match Day 5

ARENA 01: Elucia de Lute Irma [Mine Riko] Shinonono Hōki [Tachibana Kanade] Takakura Himari Tsurugi Minko Wendy Marvell
Over/Under: 17600
Over

ARENA 02: [Aragaki Ayase] [Gokō Ruri (Kuroneko)] Inami Mahiru Miki Sayaka Minato Tomoka Shinonome Nano Shiomiya Shiori

Over/Under: 17600
Over


ARENA 03: Ayase Chihaya Dalian [Eucliwood Hellscythe] Iwasawa Asami Morishima Haruka Shiina Mayuri [Tōwa Erio]
Over/Under: 17600
Over

ARENA 04: Akaza Akari Haqua du Lot Herminium Haruna [Mikazuki Yozora] Taneshima Poplar [Yui] Yune
Over/Under: 17600
Over

ARENA 05: Astarotte Ygvar [Kaname Madoka] Laura Bodewig [Nakamura Yuri] Sakura Kyōko Takahara Ayumi Yarizui Sen
Over/Under: 17600
Over

ARENA 06: Anjō Naruko [Charlotte Dunois] Fear Kubrick Hakamada Hinata Kisaragi Chihaya Suzutsuki Kanade [Yamada Aoi]
Over/Under: 17600
Over

ARENA 07: [Akiyama Mio] Chii Erza Scarlet Evangeline A.K. McDowell [Holo] Kotobuki Tsumugi Tsukimiya Ayu
Over/Under: 17600
Over

ARENA 08: Ayanami Rei [Illyasviel von Einzbern] Kōzuki Kallen Okazaki Ushio Shinku [Suzumiya Haruhi] Yūki Mikan
Over/Under: 17600
Over

ARENA 09: Isayama Yomi Kawasumi Mai Kushieda Minori [Sakagami Tomoyo] [Senjōgahara Hitagi] Shirai Kuroko Tainaka Ritsu
Over/Under: 17600
Over

ARENA 10: Fate Testarossa Fujibayashi Kyō [Furukawa Nagisa] Hanato Kobato Saten Ruiko [Sengoku Nadeko] Sōryū Asuka Langley
Over/Under: 17600
Over

ARENA 11: [C.C.] Enma Ai Kagura Konjiki no Yami Maria [Saber] Sakurano Kurimu
Over/Under: 17600
Over

ARENA 12: Hanekawa Tsubasa Hiiragi Tsukasa Kanzaki Kaori [Last Order] Nymph Suigintō [Tōsaka Rin]

Over/Under: 17600
Over

ISML 2012: Preliminaries roll on with expected results all around


ISML 2012: Preliminaries roll on with expected results all around


By JR Salazar (Bongaboi)
February 20, 2012

The expected of candidates earned the highest tallies in the respective groups on Match Day 4 of the first phase of the 2012 International Saimoe League Preliminaries.

In Stella Group 1, Mikoto Misaka amassed 4557 votes to finish first. Louise Francoise Le Blanc De La Valliere recorded 3036 votes to finish second and Ui Hirasawa was third with 2648 votes.

In Stella Group 2, Yuki Nagato recorded 4488 votes to finish first. Nagi Sanzenin was second with 2639 votes and Mikuru Asahina earned 2574 votes to end up third. Stella Group 3 saw Azusa Nakano run away with this one, earning 4770 votes. Konata Izumi was second with 2704 votes. Index L. Prohibitorum recorded 2471 votes to finish third.

In Stella Group 4, Shana was first with 4586 votes. Shinobu Oshino was second with 3166 votes. Mafuyu Shiina was third with 2069 votes. Stella Group 5 saw Taiga Aisaka earn the most votes of the Stella candidates with 4799 votes. Kagami Hiiragi was second with 2538 votes and Tsumugi Kotobuki was third with 2352 votes.

In Stella Group 6, Hinagiku Katsura was first with 3891 votes. Holo was second with 2860 votes and Ushio Okazaki was third with 2435 votes.

Victorique de Blois was first in Nova Group 7, earning 3649 votes. Subaru Konoe was second with 2665 votes. Yuno Gasai was third with 2542 votes. Kirino Kousaka dominated Nova Group 8 with 3624 votes. Kurisu Makise was second with 3286 votes and Misaki Ayuzawa was third with 2289 votes.

In Nova Group 9, Kobato Hasegawa won 3956 votes to finish first. Aria Holmes Kanzaki was second with 3340 votes and Kanon Nakagawa came in second with 2338 votes. Nova Group 10 was led by Mato Kuroi, who recorded 3751 votes. Inori Yuzuriha was second with 2147 votes and Shouko Kirishima was third with 2587 votes.

Sena Kashiwazaki rolled in Nova Group 11, winning 3542 votes. Irisviel Von Einzbern recorded 2747 votes while Elucia De Lute Irma came in second with 2548 votes. Finally, Homura Akemi was in Nova Group 12, earning 3528 votes. Riko Mine was second with 2879 votes. Ayase Aragaki came in third with 2745 votes.

Match Day 5 of the first phase in the 2012 International Saimoe League Preliminaries is scheduled for February 21, 2012. Vote for your favorite candidates at InternationalSaimoe.com and join the ongoing debate.

BoBA 2012 ISML Predictions: Preliminaries Match Day 4

ARENA 01: Hirasawa Ui [Louise Vallière] [Misaka Mikoto] Ryōgi Shiki Takamachi Nanoha Tsukimiya Ayu Yin
Over/Under: 17500
Over

ARENA 02: [Asahina Mikuru] Chrome Dokuro Evangeline A.K. McDowell Hecate [Nagato Yuki] Sanzen'in Nagi Shinku
Over/Under: 17500
Over

ARENA 03: Chii Index L. Prohibitorum Isayama Yomi [Izumi Konata] Kōzuki Kallen [Nakano Azusa] Saginomiya Isumi
Over/Under: 17500
Over

ARENA 04: Ayanami Rei Erza Scarlet Hanato Kobato Kawasumi Mai Oshino Shinobu [Shana] [Shiina Mafuyu]
Over/Under: 17500
Over

ARENA 05: [Aisaka Taiga] Enma Ai [Hiiragi Kagami] Kotobuki Tsumugi Kushieda Minori Sōryū Asuka Langley Yūki Mikan
Over/Under: 17500
Over

ARENA 06: [Holo] Kagura [Katsura Hinagiku] Okazaki Ushio Saten Ruiko Shirai Kuroko Suigintō
Over/Under: 17500
Over

ARENA 07: [Gasai Yuno] Konoe Subaru Oikawa Tsurara Shionji Yūko (Alice) Takakura Himari Tsugumi [Victorique de Blois]
Over/Under: 17500
Over

ARENA 08: Ayuzawa Misaki [Kōsaka Kirino] Kunieda Aoi [Makise Kurisu] Matsumae Ohana Shinonome Nano Tsurugi Minko
Over/Under: 17500
Over

ARENA 09: Ayase Chihaya [Hasegawa Kobato] Inami Mahiru [Kanzaki H. Aria] Nakagawa Kanon Shinomiya Ayase Wendy Marvell
Over/Under: 17500
Over

ARENA 10: Kirishima Shōko [Kuroi Mato] Miki Sayaka Morishima Haruka Shinonono Hōki Yune [Yuzuriha Inori]
Over/Under: 17500
Over

ARENA 11: Elucia de Lute Irma Irisviel von Einzbern [Kashiwazaki Sena] Minato Tomoka [Shiina Mayuri] Takahara Ayumi Taneshima Poplar
Over/Under: 17500
Over

ARENA 12: Akaza Akari [Akemi Homura] [Aragaki Ayase] Astarotte Ygvar Dalian Kisaragi Chihaya Mine Riko
Over/Under: 17500
Over

ISML 2012: Angel Beats projected to return this season


ISML 2012: Angel Beats projected to return this season


By JR Salazar (Bongaboi)
February 17, 2012

Yui, Kanade Tachibana and Yuri Nakamura have one more match to deal with, but it is certain that they will be on their way to the 2012 International Saimoe League regular season.

In Nova 1, Tachibana earned 5464 votes to finish first. Shiori Shiomiya was second with 2254 votes and Asami Iwasawa was third with 2125 votes. In Nova 4, Yui won 4163 votes to end up first. Madoka Kaname may have to wait until Phase II to qualify, coming in second with 2682 votes. Kanade Suzutsuki was third with 2499 votes.

Nakamura finished first in Nova 5 with 3763 votes. Fear Kubrick was second with 2411 votes and Mami Tomoe ended up third with 2408 votes.

other notable faces from last year ran it up in the Nova. Ruri Gokou is on track for a return after amassing 4508 votes. Erio Towa was second with 2981 votes. Haqua du Lot Herminium was third with 2539 votes.

In Nova 3, Eucliwood Hellscythe cruised with 4067 votes to her name. Yozora Mikazuki was second with 2980 votes. Kyouko Sakura was third with 2799 votes.

In Nova 6, the face of Infinite Stratos, Charlotte Dunois, won 3424 votes to finish first. Meiko Honma was second with 2569 votes. Mizuki Himeji was third wit 2183 votes.

In Stella 7, Mio Akiyama moved one step closer to another go at the regular season with 4412 votes. Illyasviel von Einzbern was second with 3011 votes and Ritsu Tainaka was third with 2078 votes.

Haruhi Suzumiya flexed the guns in Stella 8 with 4213 votes. Tomoyo Sakagami was second with 2979 votes. Kyou Fujibayashi was third with 2693 votes. Hitagi Senjougahara was all business in Stella 9, recording 3755 votes. Nagisa Furukawa was second with 2884 votes. Konjiki no Yami was third with 2576 votes.

In Stella 10, Nadeko Sengoku earned 3813 votes to finish first. C.C. was second with 2954 votes and Nymph was third with 2628 votes. Saber outdueled Rin Tosaka in Stella 11 3995-3070, while Ikaros finished a distant third with 2758 votes.

In Stella 12, Last Order recorded 3510 votes to come out on top. Yui Hirasawa recorded 3476 votes, while Kotomi Ichinose came in third with 2362 votes.

Match Day 4 of the 2012 International Saimoe League Preliminaries is scheduled for Sunday, February 19, 2012. Vote for your favorite candidates at InternationalSaimoe.com and join the ongoing debate.

BoBA 2012 ISML Predictions: Preliminaries Match Day 3

ARENA 01: Anjō Naruko Haruna [Iwasawa Asami] Shinonome Hakase Shiomiya Shiori [Tachibana Kanade] Yarizui Sen
Over/Under: 17000
Over

ARENA 02: [Gokō Ruri (Kuroneko)] Haqua du Lot Herminium Horizon Ariadust (P-01s) Laura Bodewig Oshimizu Nako [Tōwa Erio] Yamada Aoi
Over/Under: 17000
Over

ARENA 03: Amami Haruka [Eucliwood Hellscythe] Hakamada Hinata Kaga Rin [Mikazuki Yozora] Sakura Kyōko Ueno Kirika
Over/Under: 17000
Over

ARENA 04: Amaha Miu Hotogi Shirayuki [Kaname Madoka] Sena Airi Suzutsuki Kanade Uryū Minene [Yui]
Over/Under: 17000
Over

ARENA 05: Fear Kubrick Hoshii Miki Kasugano Sora [Nakamura Yuri] Reki [Tomoe Mami] Toshinō Kyōko
Over/Under: 17000
Over

ARENA 06: [Charlotte Dunois] Himeji Mizuki Honma Meiko [Ika-Musume] Inui Sana Nanasaki Ai Shimada Minami
Over/Under: 17000
Over

ARENA 07: [Akiyama Mio] Fate Testarossa Hanekawa Tsubasa Hyūga Hinata [Illyasviel von Einzbern] Sakurano Kurimu Tainaka Ritsu
Over/Under: 17000
Over

ARENA 08: Alice Fujibayashi Kyō Hoshina Utau Kanzaki Kaori Maria [Sakagami Tomoyo] [Suzumiya Haruhi]
Over/Under: 17000
Over

ARENA 09: [Furukawa Nagisa] Haibara Ai Hiiragi Tsukasa Kamio Misuzu Konjiki no Yami Kotegawa Yui [Senjōgahara Hitagi]
Over/Under: 17000
Over

ARENA 10: [C.C.] Furude Rika Hinamori Amu Kinomoto Sakura Nymph [Sengoku Nadeko] Suiseiseki
Over/Under: 17000
Over

ARENA 11: Ikaros Kawashima Ami Kuronuma Sawako Lucy Heartfilia Ryūgū Rena [Saber] [Tōsaka Rin]
Over/Under: 17000
Over

ARENA 12: [Hirasawa Yui] Ibuki Fūko Ichinose Kotomi Kuchiki Rukia Lala Satalin Deviluke [Last Order] Uiharu Kazari

Over/Under: 17000
Over