It's time to pick a host for the next Ghibli Cup! This will work the same way as last time, where the host becomes the theme for the tournament, and gets to bypass the qualifying round and automatically go in as a top seed.

As before, the point isn't particularly about choosing your favourite, just the one that seems like a good fit, keeping in mind I'll make a logo and stuff based on the host. Here's a rundown of the reasons behind each candidate (all anniversaries this time around), to help you decide:

Porco Rosso (current ranking: 10, eliminated in the group stage last time)
2022 will be Porco Rosso's 30th anniversary! I know it's popular but it never seems to do as well as I expect, so maybe it'll stand a better chance as the host???

Princess Mononoke (current ranking: 3, eliminated in the quarter finals last time)
2022 will be Princess Mononoke's 25th anniversary. Since it is highly ranked and already qualifies after getting to the quarter finals last time, being a host may have less of an impact in this case.

The Cat Returns (current ranking: 17, eliminated in the group stage last time)
As usual, I wanted to include a less obvious candidate that's low in the Ghibli Tavern rankings. The Cat Returns will be 20 years old in 2022.


Comments and questions are of course welcome! I'll give everyone two weeks to choose, so the poll will close on 24 October.

Since it was the lowest of the three choices, I thought that I would give 'The Cat Returns' my vote, this time around, to host this years Ghibli Cup...

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Thank you husky for the input, and to the others who voted! Looks like we have a fairly decisive result in favour of Porco Rosso. I'll be back again soon in the discussion thread with a logo and stuff, and I'll be posting the new information thread too.

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Sigh, odd man out, lol

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