Anime Saimoe Tournament 2007 has begin!

Anime Saimoe Tournament 2007(アニメ最萌トーナメント2007) has begin. It will ended on 3rd of November. This year has more than 3000 anime female character join this Tournament. The Anime Saimoe Tournament is a festival of anime characters competing their Moe(萌え).

Last year, the Saimoe Champion is Suiseiseki(from: Rozen Maiden) and 2nd place is Fate Testarossa(from: Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha) which lose only 67 vote. But this year alot of moe and famous Female Character has enter this great tournament.

The character must have following requirement:
- from 01/07/2006 to 30/06/2007,
- Animes newly broadcasted in Japan on TV or internet over 5 stories or a half of the full stories
in that period
-OVAs (Original Video Animations) newly released in Japan in that period
-Anime films newly screened in Japan in that period

Who will be the winner for this year? Let vote for it.

How to vote? please visit here.

Full list of character(from animesuki) - http://ranobe.com/up/src/up198344.txt

1st Prelim: Round 1
winner:
Hinagiku (Hayate no Gotoku) - 531 votes
Nagi (Hayate no Gotoku) - 524 votes
Yuno (Hidamari) - 458 votes
Alice (Aria S2) - 434 votes
Miyako (Hidamari) - 402 votes
Yoshinoya-sensei (Hidamari) - 308 votes
Kanna Chitose (Hitohira) - 254
Karura (Utawarerumono) - 248

(result with vote-time graph: click here)
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Saimoe schedule:
07/01 - The final day of character registration
07/02~03 - The reserve days for character registration
07/04~05 - rest
07/06~11 - The first qualification, the first part(6 days)
07/12 - rest
07/13~18 - The first qualification, the second part(6 days)
07/19 - rest
07/20~25 - The first qualification, the third part(6 days)
07/26~27 - rest
07/28~05 - The second qualification(9days)
08/06~07 - rest
08/08~15 - The first round, the first part(8 days)
08/16~20 - Obon holidays, Comiket
08/21~28 - The first round, the second part(8 days)
08/29 - rest
08/30~06 - The first round, the third part(8 days)
09/07 - rest
09/08~15 - The first round, the forth part(8 days)
09/16 - rest
09/17~24 - The second round, the first half(8 days)
09/25 - rest
09/26~03 - The second round, the second half(8 days)
10/04~05 - rest
10/06~13 - The third round(8 days)
10/14~15 - rest
10/16~23 - The forth round(8 days)
10/24~25 - off
10/26~29 - The quarter final(4 days)
10/30 - rest
10/31~01 - The semi final(2 days)
11/02 - rest
11/03 - The final(1 day)
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More info can go here:
Result and news update
Official site(English version)
http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?t=49120