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ISML 2013 TIARA ODDS
As of February 20, 2013

Kanade Tachibana EVEN
Eucliwood Hellsythe 3-2
Mikoto Misaka 2-1
Mio Akiyama 3-1
Asuna Yuuki 7-2
Ruri Gokou 4-1
Kuroyukihime 9-2
Eru Chitanda 5-1
Azusa Nakano 11-2
Rikka Takanashi 6-1
Shana 13-2
Shinka Nibutani 7-1
Yuki Nagato 8-1
Haruhi Suzumiya 9-1
Yui (Angel Beats!) 10-1
Yuri Nakamura 12-1
Sena Kashiwazaki 13-1
Kobato Hasegawa 14-1
Charlotte Dunois 15-1
Mashiro Shiina 17-1
Hitagi Senjougahara 18-1
Kirino Kousaka 19-1
Taiga Aisaka 20-1
Yui (Sword Art Online) 24-1
Suguha Kirigaha 25-1
Nadeko Sengoku 27-1
Tomoyo Sakagami 30-1
Kyou Fujibayashi 33-1
Yozora Mikazuki 35-1
Hinagiku Katsura 40-1
Erio Touwa 50-1
Nagisa Furukawa 55-1
C.C. 60-1
Victorique de Blois 65-1
Saber 70-1
Ayase Aragaki 75-1
Rin Tosaka 90-1
Holo 100-1
Illyasviel von Einzbern 125-1
Yui Hirasawa 150-1
Mato Kuroi 200-1
Ui Hirasawa 250-1
Masami Iwasawa 300-1
Konata Izumi 500-1
Last Order 750-1
Nymph 1000-1

ISML 2013: The Next 12...

ISML 2013: Another 12 punch their tickets

ISML 2013: Another 12 punch their tickets

By JR Salazar
February 20, 2013

The first phase of preliminaries in the 2013 International Saimoe League concluded, and a mixture of veterans and new blood have been confirmed.

In Stella Group 1, C.C. led the way with 4728 votes and returns to anime's premier character competition. Eliminated are Index Librorun Prohibitorum with 4629 votes, Tsukasa Hiiragi with 3839 votes and Ayumu Nishizawa with 2385 votes. Also returning to the show is Tomoyo Sakagami, after winning 5250 votes to lead Stella Group 2. Eliminated are Ami Kawashima with 4234 votes, Sakura Kinomoto with 3403 votes and Anya Alstreim with 2300 votes.

Last Order is also back in the ISML after winning 4998 votes to take Stella Group 3. Eliminated are Tsumugi Kotobuki with 4754 votes, Kyon no Imouto with 3368 votes and Sakura of Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle with 2430 votes. Nymph's also in, winning 4524 votes to take Stella Group 4. Out are Kagami Hiiragi with 4388 votes, Maria with 3076 votes and Rika Furude with 2968 votes.

Arguably the face of Lucky Star, Konata Izumi will have to go at it alone this year after winning 4782 votes to take Stella Group 5. Eliminated are Haruna with 4291 votes, Fuuko Ibuki with 4179 votes and Misuzu Kamio with 2049 votes. Masami Iwasawa joins the pack of Angel Beats! participants in the ISML, winning 4931 votes to take Stella Group 6. Out are Mafuyu Shiina with 3774 votes, Kotomi Ichinose with 3773 votes and Ayu Tsukimiya with 2213 votes.

Yozora Mikazuki will be in the ISML for Haganai after winning 4593 votes to take Nova Group 7. On their way to the second phase of Nova Prelims are Shinobu Oshino with 3883 votes, Mei Misaki with 3598 votes and Subaru Konoe with 3512 votes. Yui of Sword Art Online joins the other two Yuis in the tournament, winning 5410 votes to take Nova Group 8. Heading to the second phase of Nova prelims are Mikan Yuuki with 3921 votes, Meiko Honma with 3571 votes and Tsumiki Miniwa with 2898 votes.

Erio Touwa's back in the International Saimoe League after securing 4070 votes to lead Nova Group 9. Relegated to the second phase of Nova Preliminaries are Shouko Kirishima with 4019 votes, Homura Akemi with 3636 votes and Koneko Toujou with 3487 votes. Kuroyukihime will also be in the ISML, winning 5645 votes to take Nova Group 10 and fly the flag for Accel World. Off to the second phase of Nova Prelims are Kurisu Makise with 3833 votes, Ritsu Tainaka with 3437 votes and Yuiko Kurugaya with 2940 votes.

Rikka Takanashi joins Shinka Nibutani in flying the Chuunibyou flag with 5534 votes and a Nova Group 11 victory. Consigned to the second phase of Nova Preliminaries are Nanami Aoyama with 4565 votes, Tsukihi Araragi with 3260 votes and Madoka Kaname with 2772 votes. Asuna Yuuki is the face of Sword Art Online, and this franchise character easily punched her ticket to the ISML with 5904 votes to win Nova Group 12. Heading off to the second phase are Touka Takanashi with 4114 votes, Karuta Roromiya with 3464 votes and Kyouko Toshinou with 2495 votes.

There were seven seeding pools on Match Day 8 of the 2013 ISML Preliminaries. In the first pool, Yui Kotegawa was first with 4698 votes. Iori Nagase has 3809 votes, Mayuri Shiina has 3011 votes and Yuuko Kanoe was last with 2399 votes. Nobuna Oda won the second seeding pool with 3688 votes. Akari Akaza won 3525 votes, Sawa Okita won 3456 votes and Rias Gremory was last with 3266 votes. Riko Mine won the third seeding pool with 3939 votes. Mio Nishizono won 3766 votes, Yuno Gasai won 3719 votes and Morgiana was last with 2829 votes.

Himeko Inaba won the fourth seeding pool with 3739 votes. Tsubasa Hanekawa earned 3682 votes, Haqua du Lot Herminium won 3624 votes, and Komari Kamikita was last with 3430 votes. In the fifth seeding pool, Mio Akiyama was first with 5111 votes. Yuri Nakamura won 4558 votes, Saber earned 3788 votes and Mato Kuroi was last with 3160 votes.

Ruri Gokou won the sixth seeding pool with 4467 votes. Azusa Nakano won 4148 votes, Yui of Angel Beats! earned 4067 votes and at 4057 votes, Taiga Aisaka held the rear in the most divided seeding pool of the seven. Finally, the defending champion, Kanade Tachibana, won 5583 votes to win the last seeding pool and presumably be the top seed in the Stella Division. Runner-up Eucliwood Hellscythe was second with 4004 votes, Mikoto Misaka was third with 3789 votes and Kirino Kousaka was last with 3357 votes.

Match Day 9 of the 2013 International Saimoe League Preliminaries is scheduled for Sunday, March 3, 2013. Vote for your favorite candidates at InternationalSaimoe.com and join the ongoing debate.

BoBA 2013 ISML Predictions: Preliminaries Match Day 8

ARENA 01: [Index L. Prohibitorum] [Hiiragi Tsukasa] C.C. Nishizawa Ayumu
Over/Under: 20000
Under

ARENA 02: Kinomoto Sakura [Kawashima Ami] Anya Alstreim [Sakagami Tomoyo]
Over/Under: 20000
Under

ARENA 03: [Kyon no Imōto] Sakura [Kotobuki Tsumugi] Last Order
Over/Under: 20000
Under

ARENA 04: Maria [Hiiragi Kagami] Furude Rika [Nymph]
Over/Under: 20000
Under

ARENA 05: Kamio Misuzu Ibuki Fūko [Izumi Konata] [Haruna]
Over/Under: 20000
Under

ARENA 06: Shiina Mafuyu Tsukimiya Ayu [Iwasawa Masami] [Ichinose Kotomi]
Over/Under: 20000
Under

ARENA 07: Misaki Mei Konoe Subaru [Oshino Shinobu] [Mikazuki Yozora]
Over/Under: 20000
Under

ARENA 08: [Honma Meiko] Yūki Mikan Miniwa Tsumiki [Yui]
Over/Under: 20000
Under

ARENA 09: [Tōwa Erio] Tōjō Koneko Kirishima Shōko [Akemi Homura]
Over/Under: 20000
Under

ARENA 10: Kurugaya Yuiko Tainaka Ritsu [Kuroyukihime] [Makise Kurisu]
Over/Under: 20000
Under

ARENA 11: [Kaname Madoka] Araragi Tsukihi [Takanashi Rikka] Aoyama Nanami
Over/Under: 20000
Under

ARENA 12: Toshinō Kyōko [Yūki Asuna] [Roromiya Karuta] Takanashi Tōka
Over/Under: 20000
Under

ARENA 13: [Shiina Mayuri] [Nagase Iori] Kotegawa Yui Kanoe Yūko
Over/Under: 20000
Under

ARENA 14: [Okita Sawa] [Rias Gremory] Akaza Akari Oda Nobuna
Over/Under: 20000
Under

ARENA 15: Gasai Yuno [Mine Riko] [Nishizono Mio] Morgiana
Over/Under: 20000
Under

ARENA 16: Haqua du Lot Herminium Inaba Himeko [Kamikita Komari] [Hanekawa Tsubasa]
Over/Under: 20000
Under

ARENA 17: Kuroi Mato [Akiyama Mio] [Nakamura Yuri] Saber
Over/Under: 20000
Under

ARENA 18: [Yui-nyan] Aisaka Taiga Gokō Ruri (Kuroneko) [Nakano Azusa]
Over/Under: 20000
Under

ARENA 19: Eucliwood Hellscythe [Misaka Mikoto] [Tachibana Kanade] Kōsaka Kirino

Over/Under: 20000
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ISML 2013: The Next 12 In!

ISML 2013: Another 12 are in!

ISML 2013: Another 12 are in!

By JR Salazar
February 18, 2013

Six contestants from the Stella Division and another six from the Nova Division were given the nod to take part in the 2013 International Saimoe League, still the world's most prestigious anime character competition, at the conclusion of Preliminaries Match Day 7.

In Nova Group 1, Kobato Hasegawa returns to the ISML after winning 5480 votes. Relegated to the second phase of Nova prelims are Inori Yuzuriha with 4274 votes, Shiori Shiomiya with 2970 votes and Neko with 2524 votes. Sena Kashiwazaki is joining Kobato after taking Nova Group 2 with 5004 votes. Relegated to the second phase afrer Karen Araragi with 3820 votes, Sanae Dekomori with 3389 votes and Elucia de Lute Ima with 3148 votes.

Suguha Kirigaya is in the tournament after winning Nova Group 3 with 4486 votes. Consigned to the second phase are Aria Holmes Kanzaki with 3857 votes, Momo Beila Deviluke with 3664 votes and Kyouko Sakura with 2954 votes. Shinka Nibutani will in the tournament as well, winning 4520 votes to take Nova Group 4. Heading to the second phase of Nova preliminaries after Noumi Kudryavka with 4122 votes, Nyarlathotep with 3477 votes and Rea Sanka with 3108 votes.

Eru Chitanda is going to be in the ISML after winning 4483 votes to win Nova Group 5. Relegated to the second phase of Nova Prelims are Rin Natsume with 4019 votes, Ririchiyo Shirakiin with 3892 votes and Anna Kushima with 2666 votes. Mashiro Shiina is also going to the tournament after winning 5433 votes to take Nova Group 6. Heading to the second phase of Nova preliminaries are Keiko Ayano with 4395 votes, Kumin Tsuyuri with 2773 votes and Mami Tomoe with 2669 votes.

In Stella Group 7, Kyou Fujibayashi returns to the show after winning 4919 votes. Eliminated are Nagi Sanzen'in with 4087 votes, Suiseiseki with 2615 votes and Amu Hinamori with 2427 votes. In Stella Group 8, Holo will fly the flag for Spice & Wolf with 4255 votes. Eliminated are Ikaros with 4145 votes, Mei Sunohara with 3307 votes and Chii with 2263 votes.

In Stella Group 9, Hitagi Senjougahara will rejoin Nadeko Sengoku in flying the flag for Bakemonogatari with 5004 votes. Eliminated are Kuroko Shirai with 4109 votes, Nanoha Takamachi with 2794 votes and Shiki Ryougi with 2371 votes. Ui Hirasawa will be back in the tournament as well, winning 4471 votes to take Stella Group 10. Eliminated are Sora Kasugano with 4298 votes, Fate Testarossa with 3345 votes and Kallen Kouzuki with 2300 votes.

In Stella Group 11, Nagisa Furukawa is going to be in this one after winning 4802 votes. On their way out are Minori Kushieda with 4253 votes, Shinku with 2460 votes and Rena Ryuuguu with 2437 votes. Ayase Aragaki is also on her way to the ISML after winning 4608 votes to win Stella Group 12. Eliminated are Mikuru Asahina with 4314 votes, Ryou Fujibayashi with 3617 votes and Suigintou with 1957 votes.

On this match day there were five seeding pools. In the first pool, Minami Shimada led the way with 3978 votes. Haruka Saigusa had 3838 votes, Asako Natsume had 3268 votes and Kuro Matsumi was last with 2490 votes. In the second pool, Wakana Sakai was first with 4422 votes. Lala Satalin Deviluke has 4283 votes, Toki Onjouji has 2408 and Ran Mouri was last with 1923 votes.

In the third pool, Yuki Nagato was tops with 4320 votes. Charlotte Dunois had 3804 votes, Illyasviel von Einzbern had 3460 votes and Rin Tosaka was last with 3407 votes. Haruhi Suzumiya led the fourth pool with 4211 votes. Hinagiku Katsura has 3847 votes, Victorique de Blois had 3727 votes and Louise Francoise Le Blanc De La Valliere had 3449 votes. Finally, Shana led the last seeding pool with 4288 votes. Yui Hirasawa had 3896 votes, Nadeko Sengoku had 3794 votes and Konjiki no Yami held up the rear with 3770 votes.

Match Day 8 of the 2013 International Saimoe League preliminaries is scheduled for February 19, 2013. Vote for your favorite candidates at InternationalSaimoe.com and join the ongoing debate.

BoBA 2013 ISML Predictions: Preliminaries Match Day 7

ARENA 01: Shiomiya Shiori [Hasegawa Kobato] [Yuzuriha Inori] Neko
Over/Under: 18000
Over

ARENA 02: [Araragi Karen] Dekomori Sanae Elucia de Lute Ima [Kashiwazaki Sena]
Over/Under: 18000
Over

ARENA 03: Momo Belia Deviluke [Kanzaki H. Aria] Sakura Kyōko [Kirigaya Suguha]
Over/Under: 18000
Over

ARENA 04: Sanka Rea [Nōmi Kudryavka] Nyarlathotep [Nibutani Shinka]
Over/Under: 18000
Over

ARENA 05: [Shirakiin Ririchiyo] Natsume Rin [Chitanda Eru] Kushina Anna
Over/Under: 18000
Over

ARENA 06: Tsuyuri Kumin [Shiina Mashiro] Tomoe Mami [Ayano Keiko (Silica)]
Over/Under: 18000
Over

ARENA 07: [Fujibayashi Kyō] Suiseiseki [Sanzen'in Nagi] Hinamori Amu
Over/Under: 18000
Over

ARENA 08: Chii [Holo] Sunohara Mei [Ikaros]
Over/Under: 18000
Over

ARENA 09: [Senjōgahara Hitagi] Takamachi Nanoha [Shirai Kuroko] Ryōgi Shiki
Over/Under: 18000
Over

ARENA 10: [Kasugano Sora] Kōzuki Kallen Fate Testarossa [Hirasawa Ui]
Over/Under: 18000
Over

ARENA 11: Shinku Ryūgū Rena [Kushieda Minori] [Furukawa Nagisa]
Over/Under: 18000
Over

ARENA 12: [Aragaki Ayase] [Asahina Mikuru] Fujibayashi Ryō Suigintō
Over/Under: 18000
Over

ARENA 13: Watashi [Kurasaki Fūko (Sky Raker)] [Takenaka Hanbee] Kusaribe Hakaze
Over/Under: 18000
Over

ARENA 14: Kurokami Medaka [Irisviel von Einzbern] [Nishizumi Miho] Mizutani Shizuku
Over/Under: 18000
Over

ARENA 15: [Himenokōji Akiko] Erica Blandelli [Ayukawa Tenri] Ibara Mayaka
Over/Under: 18000
Over

ARENA 16: [Saigusa Haruka] [Matsumi Kuro] Natsume Asako Shimada Minami
Over/Under: 18000
Over

ARENA 17: [Lala Satalin Deviluke] [Sakai Wakana] Mōri Ran Onjōji Toki
Over/Under: 18000
Over

ARENA 18: Tōsaka Rin [Charlotte Dunois] [Nagato Yuki] Illyasviel von Einzbern
Over/Under: 18000
Over

ARENA 19: Louise Vallière [Katsura Hinagiku] [Suzumiya Haruhi] Victorique de Blois
Over/Under: 18000
Over

ARENA 20: [Hirasawa Yui] Konjiki no Yami Sengoku Nadeko [Shana]

Over/Under: 18000
Over

Everybody Wants To Be At Catz

Everybody Wants To Be At Catz, a set on Flickr.

Everybody wants to be a cat,
because a cat's the only cat
who knows where it's at.
Everybody's pickin' up on that feline beat,
'cause everything else is obsolete.
Now a square with a horn,
can make you wish you weren't born,
ever'time he plays;
and with a square in the act,
he can set music back
to the caveman days.
I've heard some corny birds who tried to sing,
but a cat's the only cat
who knows how to swing.
Who wants to dig
a long-haired gig
or stuff like that?
When everybody wants to be a cat.
A square with that horn,
makes you wish you weren't born,
ever'time he plays;
and with a square in the act,
he's gonna set this music back
to the Stone Age days.
Everybody wants to be a cat,
because a cat's the only cat
who knows where it's at;
while playin' jazz you always has a Welcome mat,
'cause everybody digs a swingin' cat.
Everybody digs a swingin' cat.