Saiyuri 2008 at Yamibo (updated on Sep 8th)

I was planning to write about this after yamibo has recovered from its periodical closing-due-to-forbidden-thread hickups, but then I found the brief activity Onz moderator had done in Saimoe board got some of English yuri fans' attention already. So I shall explain this year's Saiyuri contest a little bit below. On the other hand, don't worry if you can't register at yamibo right now, just come back after the weekend and it'll most likely come back by then.



Rules of Saiyuri 2008

1. Who's in for the Saiyuri Queen 2008?

A. Ranging from who appeared/will appear in between 2007.10-2008.9 anime (TV, OVA, movie) and have yuri indication to them, yamibo members can organize them by series and build a main supporting thread for each anime, with details about the anime, characters and resources etc. Please refer to the 2006 Saiyuri for most of the details.

(Onz mod has made a reference list including most of the qualifying anime of this Saiyuri, including Aria the Origination, Blue Drop, Candy Boy, Mnemosyne, Shoujo Sect, My Otome Zwei 0.Sfir, Koihime Muso, Ikkitousen, Bleach etc. I've added the list at the end of this entry.)

Or.
B. Any previous series that has yuri/shoujoai characters but has not participated in any Saiyuri contest, for example Battle Athletes, Devilman Lady, Oniisama E etc.

C. All characters submitted will be evaluated by the mods before they are admitted for competition.

2. Who can vote?

Anyone who registered at Yamibo before Aug 4th, 2008. Don't use your multiple ID to vote more than once, as you will be punished badly if found out. For people who can not vote this time, I suggest you still register, as the limit would be Aug 4th, 2009 for the next Saiyuri contest, most likely.

3. How to vote?

The individual voting is the same as in Saiyuri 2007, that you have to both vote and reply with the character's name and belonging series in the format of the beginning of the thread. The complicated restrictions of the voters are all for the fairness of the competition, as a 50,000 ID forum can easily give enough trouble to the Saiyuri organizing committee. Competitions begin and end at 10am GMT+8 every day, 24 hours per match and will have breaks between rounds. The first match starts on Oct 20th, 2008. (needs confirmation when yamibo restarts)

4. How to follow the results?

Saiyuri board would have sticky threads in words and graphics to describe the daily result.

5. How to enjoy this competition without understanding Chinese?

Saiyuri competition has a history of inviting international yuri fans to come participate, there would be a dedicated thread in English just for English users. Estimated >50% yamibo users can read English as well. So feel free to ask questions, and most likely people will gladly help you. Clicking on random thread may bring you surprises, too, as people create plenty of fan arts and AMVs for this event.

6. Other things I should know?

This year there will be no additional votes for original fan work, but one new fan work will be demonstrated for each character in every single match. Prepare to right-click a lot :)))

After the main matches for the Saiyuri Queen title this year, there will be an other tournament with a different rule and different candidates, briefly selecting highly popular characters from manga, game etc (not anime) for considerations to compete in the main tournament next year. The details will be announced then.


7. One thing you may not want to know...

is that if everything goes well, I will retire this time. I may still rant about it in shoujoai and help answer some questions, but I will no longer be the mod of Saiyuri board. Onz mod is quite reliable and she'll certainly do a good job in carrying on this tradition.



If there's something else I am not clear about, ask me and I'll be glad to answer you. All the best to you, my friend.


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Attached:

Current list of anime with yuri elements
2007.10-2008.9

* Blue Drop: Tenshitachi no Gikyoku
* Werubēru no Monogatari ~Sisters of Wellber~ 2nd
* Dennō Coil(Coil A Circle of Children)
* Shigofumi
* Minami-ke: Okawari
* Aria The Origination
* Penguin Musume
* Mnemosyne -Mnemosyne no Musumetachi-
* Candy☆Boy
* Ikki Tousen Great Guardian
* Hidamari Sketch×365
* Bamboo Blade
* You're Under Arrest: Full Throttle
* My-Otome 0~S.ifr~
* Shōjo Sect
* Koihime Musō
* Strike Witches
* Naisho no Tsubomi
* Mokke
* Bleach
* Silver Soul

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