GHIBLI CUP 2022 Information

EDIT: Unfortunately it seems that some of the posts in this information thread (including this first one) have become corrupted and they are now left blank.

Anyway, this is what's left of the information thread for Ghibli Cup 2022, where the "host" film was Porco Rosso!

RESULTS AND SCHEDULE

Group stage: Wednesday 12 January - Tuesday 18 January

FIO GROUP
Kiki's Delivery Service 17pts
When Marnie Was There 16pts
Porco Rosso 11pts
Aya and the Witch 4pts

GINA GROUP
Whisper of the Heart 20pts
Grave of the Fireflies 11pts
Laputa: Castle in the Sky 10pts
From Up on Poppy Hill 8pts

PICCOLO GROUP
Princess Mononoke 19pts
My Neighbour Totoro 12pts
The Tale of Princess Kaguya 10pts
The Wind Rises 7pts

MAMMA AIUTO GROUP
Spirited Away 20pts
Howl's Moving Castle 12pts*
Only Yesterday 12pts*
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind 10pts

Howl's Moving Castle is above Only Yesterday because it got more first-choice votes (2).


Quarter finals: Friday 21 January - Monday 24 January

Quarter final 1
Kiki's Delivery Service 5 v 1 Grave of the Fireflies

Quarter final 2
Princess Mononoke 4 v 2 Howl's Moving Castle

Quarter final 3
Whisper of the Heart 4 v 2 When Marnie Was There

Quarter final 4
Spirited Away 5 v 1 My Neighbour Totoro


Semi finals: Friday 28 January - Monday 31 January

Semi final 1
Kiki's Delivery Service 3 v 2 Princess Mononoke

Semi final 2
Whisper of the Heart 3 v 2 Spirited Away


Final: Friday 4 February - Monday 7 February

Kiki's Delivery Service 3 v 5 Whisper of the Heart

QUALIFYING STAGE

The quarter finalists from Ghibli Cup 2021 all qualify automatically, as does the host (Porco Rosso) and Aya and the Witch. The remaining 6 places will go to the winners of the qualifying stage.

A change this year is that the qualifiers will take place entirely on the Tavern Facebook page and Discord server. Each platform will have one large group of 7 films, with voting lasting for a week. The top 3 in each group will qualify for the main tournament. Links for the qualifying stage will be posted on Saturday 11 December.


Qualified: Porco Rosso, Whisper of the Heart, When Marnie Was There, My Neighbour Totoro, Spirited Away, From Up on Poppy Hill, Laputa: Castle in the Sky, Princess Mononoke, Only Yesterday, Aya and the Witch, Howl's Moving Castle, Kiki's Delivery Service, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, Grave of the Fireflies, The Tale of Princess Kaguya, The Wind Rises.


Qualifying stage: Saturday 11 December - Saturday 18 December

On Facebook:
Howl’s Moving Castle 11
Kiki’s Delivery Service 8
The Wind Rises 2
Ponyo 1
Arrietty 0
My Neighbours the Yamadas 0
Pom Poko 0
(The positions of Arrietty, My Neighbours the Yamadas and Pom Poko are in order of their best results in previous Ghibli Cups)

On Discord:
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind 6
Grave of the Fireflies 5
The Tale of Princess Kaguya 4
Ocean Waves 3
The Cat Returns 2
Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro 1
Tales from Earthsea 0

GROUPS

FIO GROUP
Porco Rosso
When Marnie Was There
Kiki's Delivery Service
Aya and the Witch


GINA GROUP
Whisper of the Heart
Laputa: Castle in the Sky
From Up on Poppy Hill
Grave of the Fireflies


PICCOLO GROUP
Princess Mononoke
My Neighbour Totoro
The Tale of Princess Kaguya
The Wind Rises


MAMMA AIUTO GROUP
Spirited Away
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
Only Yesterday
Howl's Moving Castle

VOTING RULES

Voting rules are (mostly) the same as previous tournaments, and voting is open to all!


One rule that applies to all rounds is that late votes will not count. I will post in the relevant thread to confirm that voting is closed, and at that point I will check the score. No votes cast after this time will be considered in the result.


Qualifying stage

The qualifying stage is the one part that is different this year. The Tavern Facebook page and Discord server will each have one large group of 7 films, with voting lasting for one week. Because these are big groups, the Discord group allows you to cast up to 3 votes in each one, while you get 1 vote on Facebook. The top 3 in each group will qualify for the main tournament.

Links for the qualifying stage will be posted on Saturday 11 December, and the instructions will be explained again there.

In the event of a tie, the performance of each film in the previous tournament – and then in all tournaments – will be considered. Basically, if title A finished in 14th place last time, it wins the tie against title B that finished in 15th place; if one failed to qualify last time, then title C that finished 11th one time wins the tie against title D that has never done better than 13th.


Group stage

Group stage voting takes place in two rounds. You may vote once during the first three days, and then once more during the last three days.

To vote, please rank the group’s Ghibli titles in order of preference. To make calculation simpler, put the top choice first, second choice second, and so on. Please do not include any that you have not seen. This is not something that can be checked, but out of fairness, please respect this rule. At the end of the first round, the current scores will be announced, and you may post your second round vote.

Each title will be given points according to their placement in a vote. The bottom will receive 0, the next will receive 1, and so on. An exception is made if somebody only votes for one, in which case it will receive 1 point. You do not need to vote the same way twice - the purpose of the rounds is to allow people to give more points to titles they think are underrated, and fewer points to those they think have enough already.

One “pity point” is given to a title for every two times per round that it is not mentioned in a list. This helps give less well-known titles an advantage over those that are disliked. If a title is not mentioned three times, it will receive one bonus point, and the third non-mention does not carry over.

At the end of the group stage, the winner and runner-up will progress to the quarter finals.

In the event of a tie in points, the title with more first-choice votes will be placed higher. If they are still tied, second-choice votes will be considered, then third-place. If this still does not solve the tie, the earliest voter’s preference will win.


Knockout stages

From the quarter finals onwards, each round is a one-on-one regular poll, with a three-day limit. You will get one vote in each matchup. When the poll closes, the winner is the title with the most votes.

In the event of a tie, the margin of victory - and then the total number of votes - in the previous round will be considered. If the tie remains unresolved, the round before that will be checked, and then finally the group stage tiebreaker rules will apply.

In the final only, there will be an extra tiebreaker rule, to avoid the winner being decided based on previous results. If there is a tie when voting finishes in the final, the thread will be opened for posting. Members may then post their preference, and the first post will be the deciding vote.