#mahou shoujo tournament

[girls-with-eyebrows-tournament]

Congratulations to Honoka Yukishiro for being tumblr’s favorite Girl with Eyebrows!

It was a very close race, Suletta took the lead several times. But thanks to the insanity dedicated actions of the Precure fandom, Cure White has come out on top.

Congrats Ms. Yukishiro 💙🤍❄️

Everyone go watch Futari wa Precure. And no one pluck your eyebrows, in celebration of this victory

[animemusicbrackets]

Anime ED Showdown!!!: QUARTERFINALS

"Magia" by Kalafina

VS

"I'm Alive" by Becca

[magical-mascot-smackdown]

FINALS

Luna (Sailor Moon) vs. Kero-chan (Cardcaptor Sakura)

[best-anime-tournament]

[namedafterflowerstournament]

Botanic Tournament : Main Bracket !

Round 5 Poll U

Kyoko's first name countains the kanji for apricot

Sakura can mean cherry blossom in some cases but not here because that's not the kanji used in Kyoko's name

(Roses and apricots)

[haveyoureadthiscomic-poll]

Okay I'm going to open up nominations for this. They will last one week and will close on December 10th. Please submit superhero teams, and the most nominated teams will go up against each other in single combat until the winner is declared Tumblr's Favorite Superhero Team.

I will make a blog for it closer to the event.

[most-enchanting-magical-girl]

[green-magical-girl-showdown]

Submissions Open!

We all know green has a reputation of being under appreciated in magical girl designs, so lets have a tournament to highlight all the best Green Magical Girls (Gender Neutral) around!

We've got 15 slots to fill (Sailor Jupiter is automatically in the tournament as she is the gold standard) so I'm opening it up for suggestions. The characters with the most submissions will be included so act fast!

Submissions will be open until Monday, April 17, 2023, 5 p.m.(CST)

RULES

"Magical Girl" is a gender neutral term here. Submissions can be a girl, boy, enby or anything else

Please only magical girl characters. No mascots, objects or non-magical folk

Green MUST be a major part of color scheme of the overall design example - if the character has green hair and green accessories but their outfit is mostly black, that's ok. example - A character with pink hair, pink dress but has a green bracelet, I'm sorry but that won't count

Aqua green & neon lime green are ok!

Form changes are ok! (example - Idol Honey or Macadamia Hula Dance)

Series doesn't have to be mainstream. Indie projects, games, web comics etc. are ok to suggest!

Have fun!

If you have any questions feel free to ask!

[precurehairtournament]

Welcome to the Precure Hair Tournament!

Have you ever looked at a Cure and said, “I want her hair”? This is the tournament for you! Let’s see who has the prettiest hairstyle.

Rules

Precure characters only!

One character per submission. You can submit multiple times, but only submit a character once! Please don’t spam.

All characters are allowed! This is mainly for Cures but you’re free to submit secondary characters and villains as well. You can submit a Cure in her civilian form as well as power ups/alternate forms.

Play nice. Propaganda and light-hearted banter is fine, but if I see anyone being nasty on my polls or asks they will be blocked. (There’s no need to get heated over kids anime.)

Submit here!

Submissions will be open until March 25! (So a week.)

Other Precure/magical girl tournaments: @precureshowdown @mahoubracket @yuribracket @mahougender @magicalgirlshipsbracket @yes5gogo-tothepolls

[orange-magicalgirl-showdown]

Welcome to The Orange Magical Girl Tournament!

Submit Here!

Orange is one of my favorite colors, but unfortunately not of many magical girl series! So let's celebrate what we have and highlight all the wonderful orange magical girls that do exist! The current plan is for 15 characters, but that may change depending on the number of submissions

Submissions will be open until May 1st!

RULES:

Magical Girl is of course gender neutral here! Feel free to submit your favorite orange boys and enbys!

Transforming idols count for this tournament, but mascots don't

Form changes count, but specify in the submission!

Because so little orange magical girls exist, in this tournament I'm counting any magical girl with a majority orange color scheme! This means even if their hair is yellow, if their outfit is mostly yellow it counts. This also means most yellow PreCure with orange hair don't count, as only the hair is orange. Examples in the image below 👇(apologize for the bad quality)

The Gin Minowa rule: if a magical girl had her color changed, she doesn't count. Gin was orange in her original novel illustrations, but after the anime she's always red which means she doesn't count

Inspired by: @green-magical-girl-showdown @precureshowdown @precurehairtournament @mahougender @mahoubracket

I might open another tournament for more underused colors like white and black after this is done if this one is successful!

[best-underrated-anime]

Best Underrated Anime Group K Round 3: #K5 vs #K6

#K5: Adopted magical girl learns to love, live, and also fight

#K6: Slice of life in the middle of nowhere

Details and poll under the cut!

#K5: Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha ViVid

Summary:

Vivio Takamachi, a Sankt Kaiser royalty of ancient Belka, was previously subjected to mistreatment. Fortunately, she now lives a peaceful life with family and friends while practicing martial arts with her coach, Nove Nakajima. However, Vivio soon becomes the target of the mysterious fighter Heidi E. S. Ingvalt, who demands Nove to reveal the location of the ancient Belkan royals. Refusing to disclose this information, Nove finds herself in a losing battle, but Heidi soon falls unconscious. In addition, Nove discovers Heidi’s true identity to be a middle school student named Einhald Stratos.

When she regains consciousness, Einhald clarifies that she has no animosity toward ancient Belkan royals. Having inherited the passion to defend and harboring regretful memories of her ancestor, the ancient Belkan ruler Claus Ingvalt, she simply wants to prove that her fighting ability is strong enough to protect others. Intrigued by the girl's situation, Nove arranges for Einhald to meet with Vivio. Although they get off to an unconventional start, Vivio enthusiastically trains with Einhald, assisting her in finding peace of mind while developing a vivid friendship along the way.

Propaganda:

It’s such an interesting setting, like it’s so fucking weird and I love it despite the queerbaiting. But basically these two magical girls retire ro run a dojo and adopt another magical girl who was abused. It focuses on the abused kid (previous series focused on the two magical girls) and that kid learning to be a kid and fight not for survival but like fun, and making friends and having a family they trust. All while in a sci-fi magical world with some fascinating and enjoyable world building. It has flaws, but for me the setting and characters make up for the sometimes misogynistic additions.

Trigger Warnings: Child Abuse, Gender Identity/Sexuality Discrimination

#K6: Non Non Biyori

Summary:

Hotaru Ichijou's lifestyle completely changes when she leaves Tokyo and moves with her family to the isolated Asahigaoka village. Her new school has only five students including herself, all sharing a single classroom regardless of grade level. There are no convenience stores in the area, and it can take up to two hours for a bus to arrive.

Nevertheless, Hotaru finds herself captivated by the countryside's charm thanks to her four unique schoolmates with whom she quickly forms a genuine bond. The most colorful of them is Renge Miyauchi, a first-grader who is often perceptive despite her age. However, no less intriguing are the three Koshigaya siblings: the quiet oldest brother Suguru, the petite older sister Komari, and the prankish youngest sister Natsumi.

Having someone from the city join their cheerful little group enlivens the ordinary days in Asahigaoka. Not only does Hotaru bring firsthand knowledge from the alluring outside world, but her fresh outlook on life welcomes a blossom of change to their usual routine.

Propaganda:

Non Non Biyori is a show that, at first glance, seems to be little more than a standard Iyashikei affair with above average background art and below average character writing. What the show lacks in surface-level complexity, however, it makes up for with its delivery of capital T Themes.

The first season serves as a foundation, where it creates a strong sense of place through gorgeously rendered background art. We’re frequently given long, wide-angle shots of the background as characters walk through going about their business. The characters, though simply written, are given strong interactions with each other in order to grant a better understanding of the sense of community within the town. This serves to establish the town itself as the single most important element of the show, allowing the themes to blossom come season two, where we can better see the underlying melancholy behind the show’s lighthearted tone.

Non Non Biyori is ultimately a show about good times that can never last. The town they live in and the lifestyle it represents is dying, and the kids will grow up someday and will probably leave in search of better opportunities, with the possibility that they will never return to their hometown. Even in the short term, the age gap between the characters means that high school and eventually college will separate them, and though they’ll likely remain friends things will have irreversibly changed. Though the threat of change looms over the narrative, importantly, it’s not something that’s ever lingered on for too long, and when it is, it’s delivered with a “less is more” mentality, where we’re given only enough information to infer how the characters are feeling ourselves without it needing to be explicitly stated. This approach delivers Non Non Biyori’s central message: that even though change is inevitable and all good things come to an end, the single best thing a person can do is enjoy the good while it lasts.

Trigger Warnings: None.

When reblogging and adding your own propaganda, please tag me @best-underrated-anime so that I’ll be sure to see it.

If you want to criticize one of the shows above to give the one you’re rooting for an advantage, then do so constructively. I do not tolerate groundless hate or slander on this blog. If I catch you doing such a thing in the notes, be it in the tags or reblogs, I will block you.

Know one of the shows above and not satisfied with how it’s presented in this tournament? Just fill up this form, where you can submit revisions for taglines, propaganda, trigger warnings, and/or video.

[girls-with-eyebrows-tournament]

✦ round 3, part 2 ✦

[animemusicbrackets]

Anime ED Showdown!!!: INTERMISSION ROUNDS

for the sake of post length, videos under cut:

Sayonara Bye Bye" by Mawatari Matsuko (JPN), Stephanie Nadolny (ENG)

VS

"Shunkan Sentimental" by SCANDAL

VS

"Refrain Boy" by ALL OFF

VS

"Magia" by Kalafina

[magical-mascot-smackdown]

Magical Girl Mascot Tournament!

(bracket layout adapted from a base by @mad-scientist-showdown [link])

Here's the bracket! Round 1 Side A will be posted in a moment.

Match-ups were seeded as best I could, based on number of nominations, amount of notes on nomination posts, and the results of the preliminaries. Luna is in spot #1 because she's Iconic.

Please remember to be civil: this is supposed to be fun, not a grudge-match.

The ask-box will be open for questions and propaganda - I can't promise to get to everything but will try my best.

Regarding Character Eligibility:

'Magical Girl' is used as a gender neutral term in polls. A character does not need to be female for their mascot to count.

Several grey-area characters went through preliminary polls to determine whether they would be included. You can find these polls under the tag #eligibility polls.

The polls in the current round will be linked below the cut:

Finals

Luna vs. Kero-chan

[best-anime-tournament]

[namedafterflowerstournament]

Botanic Tournament : Main Bracket !

Round 3 Poll RR

Kyoko has the kanji 杏 in her name, where it is pronounced "ko" and means apricot

(Apricots and primrose)