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2ch Forum's Saimoe Tournament 2010 Round 2: Groups A-D

The Anime Saimoe Tournament is an annual poll in which users from Japan's 2channel message board vote on the most moe (preciously cute) female anime character. Any female character in a television anime, anime film, original video anime (OVA), or web anime released between July 1, 2009 and June 30, 2010 is eligible for the tournament. (The main exceptions are characters from 18+ anime, who are not eligible.) The eligible characters are placed in brackets, and the winner is determined by popular vote; the winner of each bracket progresses to the next until a final vote between two characters determines the winner. This year's Anime Saimoe Tournament began on August 3 and features nearly 300 characters.

Foreigners are technically capable of participating in the tournament; English-language instructions on how to vote have been provided by an Anime Saimoe fan site.

ANN's reports on round one are available here (groups A&B), here (groups C&D), here (groups E&F), and here (groups G&H).

What follows are the round two results for groups A, B, C, and D. Note that the results are given chronologically, resulting in a slightly different visual order than the original Japanese chart.

Group A 9/14 * Yuno - Hidamari Sketch × Hoshimittsu - 444 (Winner) Miki Noda - GA: Geijutsuka Art Design Class - 317 Yachiyo Todoroki - Working!! - 208 9/15 * Nadeko Sengoku - Bakemonogatari - 911 (Winner) Nymph - Heaven's Lost Property - 96 Yui Hirasawa - K-ON!! - 727 9/16 * Nagi Sanzenin - Hayate the Combat Butler!! - 458 (Winner) Ikaros - Heaven's Lost Property - 213 Minami Shimada - Baka and Test - Summon the Beasts - 193

Group B 9/14 * Nanoha Takamachi - Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha The MOVIE 1st - 536 (Winner) Mayoi Hachikuji - Bakemonogatari - 225 Kana Ikeda - Saki - The Player - 481 9/15 * Isumi Saginomiya - Hayate the Combat Butler!! - 591 (Winner) Shinobu Oshino - Bakemonogatari - 376 Himari Noihara - Omamori Himari - 438 9/16 * Shana - Shakugan no Shana S - 453 (Winner) Nazuna - Hidamari Sketch × Hoshimittsu - 236 Ryou Fujibayashi - Clannad After Story - 122

Group C 9/17 * Yuuki Kataoka - Saki - The Player - 492 (Winner) Mizuki Himeji - Baka and Test - Summon the Beasts - 235 Nodoka Manabe - K-ON!! - 199 9/18 * Maria - Hayate the Combat Butler!! - 769 (Winner) Hisa Takei - Saki - The Player - 746 Mii Konori - A Certain Scientific Railgun - 39 9/19 * Nodoka Haramura - Saki - The Player - 378 (Winner) Mihoko Fukiji - Saki - The Player - 279 Hajime Kunihiro - Saki - The Player - 129

Group D 9/17 * Koromo Amae - Saki - The Player - 501 (Winner) Kuroko Shirai - A Certain Scientific Railgun - 344 Kyou Fujibayashi - Clannad After Story - 147 9/18 * Nanako Yamamoto - Hanamaru Kindergarten - 530 (Winner) Hiro - Hidamari Sketch × Hoshimittsu - 448 Aruru - Utawarerumono OAV - 323 9/19 * Kurimu Sakurano - Seitokai no Ichizon - 356 (Winner) Saki Amano - Kanamemo - 286 Wilhelmina Carmel - Shakugan no Shana S - 124

The next ANN report on the Saimoe tournament will take place on September 27 with the round two results for groups E, F, G, and H.