2013 Nomination plans

[Deathscyther]

Nova Division
1. Natsume Rin (Little Busters!)
2. Fear Kubrick (Cube×Cursed×Curious)
3. Sumiyoshi Chisato (Koi to Senkyo to Chocolate)
4. Shizuku Mizutani (Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun)
5. Kurugaya Yuiko (Little Busters!)
6. Nishizono Mio (Little Busters!)
7. Miniwa Tsumiki (Acchi Kocchi)
8. Nōmi Kudryavka (Little Busters!)

Rin will be my Nova favourite this year. I like Fear a lot, so she's high on my list, even though she didn't do well in the year she participated. I hope Chisato, Yuiko and Mizutani make it in as well. Since most of the other characters that I wanted to nominate are already auto-qualified, Mio, Tsumiki and Kud get my spare votes.

Stella Division
1. Victorique de Blois (GOSICK)
2. Tsukimiya Ayu (Kanon)
3. Kawasumi Mai (Kanon)
4. Yui (Angel Beats!)
5. Katagiri Yūhi (Akane-iro ni Somaru Saka)
6. Kōsaka Kirino (Ore no Imōto)

Easy choice for me. Victorique is one my my favourites and I hope one of the Kanon girls gets in.

[Eater-of-All]

Nova
1. Natsume Rin - Little Busters
2. Onjouji Toki - Saki Achiga-hen
3. Sakai Wakana - Tari Tari
4. Ika Musume - Shinryaku! Ika Musume
5. Taneshima Poplar - Working!
6. Flower - Kowarekake no Orgol
7. Nagase Iori - Kokoro Connect
8. Misaki Mei - Another

Stella
1. Alice Carroll - Aria
2. Kawasumi Mai - Kanon
3. Nishizawa Ayumu - Hayate no Gotoku
4. Ryuuguu Rena - Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
5. Sunohara Mei - Clannad
6. Victorique - Gosick

[Sir Maddy]

Here's to nominating characters that won't make it into the regular season.

Not necessarily, I can see Rena just getting in, though sadly not making it to the preliminaries, due to other characters in Stella.
I hope this new project that's being released in Spring shall at least make her do better than last year.

[Ichigo-Sora]

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Stella:
Alice Carrol (ARIA)
Kinomoto Sakura (Cardcaptor Sakura)
Last Order (Toaru Majutsu no Index)
Vita (Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha)
Yuno (Hidamari Sketch)

[Desufire]

Is Tokido Saya (Little Busters!) qualified for nominations?

No anime appearance = no go. There's a similar case with the infamous Athena Thennos of Hayate no Gotoku fame...

But Saya does have an anime appearance

[xcrossfacekillahx]

Is Tokido Saya (Little Busters!) qualified for nominations?

No anime appearance = no go. There's a similar case with the infamous Athena Thennos of Hayate no Gotoku fame...

But Saya does have an anime appearance

Athena appeared because of a flashback. Why is she not allowed?

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5.The character must either appear in the production on a regular basis or have individual significance to the series’ storyline.

[Darth Blitzer]

Nova
1. Akemi Homura - Puella Magi Madoka ☆ Magica
2. Asakura Ryouko - Suzumiya Haruhi no Yūutsu
3. Akaza Akari - Yuru Yuri
4. Nanogahara Mio - Nichijou
5. Saten Ruiko - Toaru Kagaku no Railgun
6. Shiina Mayuri - Steins;Gate
7. Kurihara Chiaki - Mouretsu Pirates
8. Miniwa Tsumiki - Acchi Kocchi

Stella
Gokō Ruri - Ore no Imōto
Kinomoto Sakura - Cardcaptor Sakura
Nishizawa Ayumu - Hayate no Gotoku!
Ryūgū Rena - Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
Tachibana Kanade - Angel Beats!
Yui - Angel Beats!

[Cytrus]

PM the staff for an official take on the Tokido Saya case, but I don't think she will be eligible until she makes a proper anime appearance. if the anime staff decide to introduce her route/arc after dealing with the original story arcs first, you might have to wait until next year to get Saya in. Either way, I think the situation will resolve itself much faster than the Athena limbo.

[Zefyris]

Doesn't really change compared to last year's vote, I didn't watch that much anime last year after all :/.

PS : saying that a character 'appeared" in a anime with only this much is going a bit far xD. I understand the wish to see a character from a manga that you like participating though x].

[akumaxx]

That means "Tsukiyo Kujou @ The World God Only Knows" is invalid, due to have appeared in ending scene with a flash only.

[Bastion]

Athena appeared in a flashback, but isn't a plot-driving character yet, thus not qualifying for ISML.
Her manga appearances (two arcs) are important to the plot, but they aren't counted, and I'm doubtful she'll be for a while.
Himegami from the same series, has appeared only in anime, but given significance in the same manga-plot so if he were a 'she', she'd be qualifyable.

[Desufire]

Doesn't really change compared to last year's vote, I didn't watch that much anime last year after all :/.

PS : saying that a character 'appeared" in a anime with only this much is going a bit far xD. I understand the wish to see a character from a manga that you like participating though x].

Saya is from a Visual Novel, but close enough I guess (Her route was the best in the entire game, hence why I kind of want to see her in ISML)

[Bastion]

Nominated as posted above

[maglor]

Is Tokido Saya (Little Busters!) qualified for nominations?

No anime appearance = no go. There's a similar case with the infamous Athena Thennos of Hayate no Gotoku fame...

But Saya does have an anime appearance

Athena appeared because of a flashback. Why is she not allowed?

Article III Sec. 2Show

5.The character must either appear in the production on a regular basis or have individual significance to the series’ storyline.

Sadly Tokido Saya is ineligible as she has no spoken lines nor made any contribution to plot advancement. It is the same case with Tennos Athena. Suirenji Ruka was a borderline case, but her help with the ring and lull solidified her standing as eligible character.

[Ash Falls Town]

Sadly Tokido Saya is ineligible as she has no spoken lines nor made any contribution to plot advancement. It is the same case with Tennos Athena. Suirenji Ruka was a borderline case, but her help with the ring and lull solidified her standing as eligible character.

Isn't the case with Athena Tennos (or A-Tan) because we never saw her face and her real name wasn't used? As well as only appearing in one flashback for a limited amount of time.
She (or rather A-Tan) did speak and her existence technically contributes to plot advancement.

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Although I think I ended up voting for an ineligible character anyway...
Because I remembered a rule wrong and a character in a similar situation was allowed in the winter tourney...

Although in any case sometimes people vote for characters they know are ineligible just to show support for them anyway.

[maglor]

Sadly Tokido Saya is ineligible as she has no spoken lines nor made any contribution to plot advancement. It is the same case with Tennos Athena. Suirenji Ruka was a borderline case, but her help with the ring and lull solidified her standing as eligible character.

Isn't the case with Athena Tennos (or A-Tan) because we never saw her face and her real name wasn't used? As well as only appearing in one flashback for a limited amount of time.
She (or rather A-Tan) did speak and her existence technically contributes to plot advancement.

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Although I think I ended up voting for an ineligible character anyway...
Because I remembered a rule wrong and a character in a similar situation was allowed in the winter tourney...

Although in any case sometimes people vote for characters they know are ineligible just to show support for them anyway.

Consider that there is 3 seasons of Hayate no Gotoku. Athena's relative role as well as absolute time/impact/spoken line amount, is just too small. Surely you don't want the infamous Swim Club Girl A in Code Geass situation we saw from Best Moe Tournament 2008?

[Bastion]

Isn't the case with Athena Tennos because we never saw her face and her real name wasn't used? As well as only appearing in one flashback for a limited amount of time.
She did speak and her existence technically contributes to plot advancement.

I think the reason for Athena's inelligibility is the time requirement, she appeared once, and that isn't enough. While she did contribute to the plot with that, it's not until later events that it shows. Technically 'she' didn't speak either, it was Hayate relating the flashback to us.
We were hoping the movie, and then Season 3, would allow her to be eligible, but it hasn't happened yet, so it'll be at least 2014 (depending on the content of 'S4') before she has a chance

[Ash Falls Town]

Consider that there is 3 seasons of Hayate no Gotoku. Athena's relative role as well as absolute time/impact/spoken line amount, is just too small. Surely you don't want the infamous Swim Club Girl A in Code Geass situation we saw from Best Moe Tournament 2008?

No I don't want either Athena nor Swim Club Girl A to be eligible for ISML 2013. I also don't want Miku Hatsune to be eligible either.

(There are girls I would have liked to be eligible that I didn't vote for because I wasn't 100% sure if they would have been eligible.)
(There is also a girl I voted for this year that on further contemplation may be ineligible in spite of around 2 hours of screen time. A mistaken impression due to a character with even less screen time appearing in last years winter tournament from which you took Nova auto-qualifications from as well as silence from the staff when I mused on possibly voting for her.)

I'm just saying that A-Tan had lines and her existence had a minor effect on a conversation in Hayate no Gotoku Season 2 but in spite of that she is ineligible (for quite sensible reasons). By this we can conclude that a character with EVEN LESS support for eligibility, Tokido Saya in this case, would also be ineligible.

I also have no idea why akumaxx referenced Tsukiyo Kujou however I don't believe she should be eligible either.

[maglor]

(There are girls I would have liked to be eligible that I didn't vote for because I wasn't 100% sure if they would have been eligible.)
(There is also a girl I voted for this year that on further contemplation may be ineligible in spite of around 2 hours of screen time. A mistaken impression due to a character with even less screen time appearing in last years winter tournament from which you took Nova auto-qualifications from as well as silence from the staff when I mused on possibly voting for her.)

Sorry that I haven't been paying enough attention to your post. Please name the girls you were referring to and I will review them as soon as possible.

[Ash Falls Town]

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It's a 3 minute anime with a 30second opening.
It did however last 1 whole year and so the total run time of content (excluding opening) still amounts to over 2 hours and she has significant screentime in most episodes.
Originally I thought that short anime were allowed as long as put together the show could be considered a full length episode equivalent¹² however after looking through the rules again I came across this

Section 3. Eligibility for the Preliminary Period (and subsequently the Regular Season and Postseason) additionally requires the character's appearance in a full-length animation published and distributed in Japanese media (television, theatre, Internet-exclusive videos, and video discs) on a commercial scale by a registered animation studio.

Which seems to suggest my understanding of the rules is incorrect.
(Bolding Mine)

1 This was in part due to characters from various short shows (Recorder and Randsell, Yurumates and Chitose Get You specifically) appearing in the seasonal tournaments.
2 Full length episode in this case refers to total run time content (excluding openings and endings) lasting as long as an average 22 minute episode (including opening and ending) as in the case of an average TV anime episode.

Also I'm sorry that my last post came off as needlessly aggressive as I was feeling frustrated at the time however I do realise that that isn't a sufficient excuse and I would like to apologise to the ISML staff and to all forum viewers who were distressed by my post.
I thank you very much for your time. I am very grateful for all the ISML staff creating this tournament. I am extremely grateful that you are willing to go this far now and on occasions in the past especially after how badly I acted.
Also please don't feel the need for an apology. My problems in this case are of my own making.

Also just for reference the girls I wasn't 100% sure were eligible were three girls for Sengoku Collection. However since I had a hard time choosing between them anyway this is probably for the best.