MOTEMOTE Final Bracket!

The MOTEMOTE! Character Battle is held annually every December 1st (FAKKU's birthday). It is a contest where our beloved anime girls go against each other for the title of Motemote Champion for the year. And you, the users, get to decide who wins! Every 24 hours, a new battle will appear on the front page, where you can vote for who you think should advance to the next round. The contest proceeds in a knockout tournament fashion until the final winner is picked.

What's in it for you, you ask? Apart from the joys and tears that will come with watching your favorite girls win or lose, you also have the chance to win prizes! Yes, all you have to do is create a bracket where you predict the outcome of the entire contest. Whoever's bracket is most similar to the final outcome wins first prize, the second most similar wins second prize, and so on. Also you are allowed (and encouraged) to post pictures of the girl you support on the thread to try and get others to vote for her.

You will be able to create your brackets on December 1st if you register before December 1st. So do not ask if you can create them now. Your brackets, once submitted, will also be final, so think carefully before you fill it out if you want to win. You are also strongly encouraged to check FAKKU every day when the battles start, so you can give your favorite girls your support. Remember, every vote counts.

Also, many of you seem to be confused about what Motemote actually means. Motemote, written もてもて, is an adjective used to describe someone who is extremely popular. For example, もてもてなキャラクタ would mean "very popular character". Now, the catch is that Motemote can sometimes be used to denote the feeling one feels towards one who is popular. Have you ever thought a girl (or guy) would make a good partner because of how popular she (or he) was? This feeling is what it is. In other words, Motemote is a very general appeal: all you need to do is vote for the girl you like better, be it because she's sexy, she's cute, she's awesome, she's moe, her personality is great etc. (however, don't vote for a character just because the series is popular; this is a contest of characters, not a contest of series). This way, by definition, the champion will be the most Motemote, since she is the most popular contestant.

With that out of the way, here are the starting brackets! Please note that girls who were in MOTEMOTE 2007 are not eligible to be in MOTEMOTE 2008. You will notice that Group 1 has been changed; we've simply swapped characters around to be as fair as possible while creating some great starting and potential battles. Please spread the word, as well as this image everywhere you go!

Now, because Jacob would rather die than choose which Strike Witches girl to include in the contest, we've decided to let you decide. Between now and December 1st, in order to eliminate ten of the eleven girls, we will be hosting one or two battles every day; as you can see, the first two have already begun. Apart from determining the final Strike Witch, it also allows you to get a feel of what the contest will be like.

Enjoy this awesome annual event!

THX SO MUCH FOR CHANGING HORO'S FIRST OPPONENT!

EDIT: some of these match ups actually look really interesting, now i really can't wait!

The animes that I have watched only produced 6 characters here.
Am I at a disadvantage?

depends on who's point of view. During the battles, ppl (me included probably) will be posting images of who they want to win, and trying to convince ppl like urself who might not know the chara to vote for her instead of the other so, just look at images and vote for the one that fits the descripton of MOTEMOTE

It's getting closer and closer and CLOSER!

GOD! I love being a man!

I can't wait until all this Thanksgiving business is done and December is here.

Is it just image? Can`t I describe their personality to draw others???

LOL that just what usually happens, if you saw last years MOTEMOTE, battle threads were full of ppl trying to convince to undecideds with everything they could, images, descriptions, etc

omfg. yes!
i finally understand what the hell is going on. yay!
[size=10]i will soon be able to make my own bracket. :] [/h]

Kita kita kita kita kita kita kita kita kita kita kita kita kita kita kita kita kita kita kita kita kita kita kita kita kita kita kita kita!!

Can't wait till the other groups get posted. And good thing for rearranging the girls in group 1. Horo's gotta Haruhi-like following now... it's quite scary.

What?! NO C.C.?! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Well snap, there goes my favorite character xD

OMG it's gonna be Fuzucking CHAOS and that's the way I love it.

She was in last years MoteMote she can't be entered again this year

at last! i finally understand whats going on.LOL

Groups 1 and 2 seem to have the heaviest hitters and should make for some epic battles. I really hope Minori gives Horo a run for her money in group 1 (if they both get that far). In group 2 I'll be looking forward to a Nagi-Tomoyo war. Group 3 seems to have more of the people I don't care about, and Michiko and Minamo, the people I DO care about, probably won't make it too far.

You will basically choose who you think will win each individual battle until there is one winner. The battles will be in a tournament style bracket and you will be predicting the final outcome

Wow, more of my favorites are here than I thought. I don't know if that's a good or bad thing.
I foresee many difficult decisions...

Noooo~~ Anya vs Tear... ;_;
Once again, life has given me a difficult choice.

The ONLY difficult battle for me is Haruka vs. Chizuru. Haruka is the more realistic sexy woman and very classy, but Chizuru is SO THICK. Oh lord what I would do with Chizuru. 8)