GHIBLI CUP 2024 Information

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This is the information thread for the sixth annual Ghibli Cup! Running from January to February, the 2024 tournament has the lowest-ranking host yet, Pom Poko, which was first released 30 years ago.

As usual, there will be a qualifying stage in December prior to the main event. These qualifiers will take place across Facebook, Discord and Twitter - for further details on how this will work, have a look at the post below.
The main tournament will consist of a group stage, quarter finals, semi finals and a final. Please see the post on voting rules for a reminder of how the different stages operate. Voting is open to all, including non-members!

Here is the schedule for Ghibli Cup 2024:

Qualifying stage: Friday 8 December - Friday 15 December
Draw for groups: Sunday 17 December
Last Ghibli Tavern Rankings update before the competition: week of Monday 18 December
Group stage (round 1): Wednesday 17 January - Saturday 20 January
Group stage (round 2): Saturday 20 January - Tuesday 23 January
Quarter finals: Friday 26 January - Monday 29 January
Semi finals: Friday 2 February - Monday 5 February
Final: Friday 9 February - Monday 12 February

WINNER: Whisper of the Heart



Rules and other details can be found below, and you can ask questions or give comments in the discussion thread.

Enjoy!

RESULTS AND SCHEDULE

Group stage: Wednesday 17 January - Tuesday 23 January

DARUMA GROUP
Only Yesterday 22pts
Grave of the Fireflies 19pts
The Wind Rises 15pts
Pom Poko 10pts

MANEKINEKO GROUP
Spirited Away 27pts
The Tale of Princess Kaguya 14pts
When Marnie Was There 13pts
My Neighbours the Yamadas 8pts*

*The score for My Neighbours the Yamadas includes two "pity points" earned because at least two people omitted it in the first voting round, and then again in the second voting round.

KITSUNE GROUP
Whisper of the Heart 29pts
My Neighbour Totoro 17pts
Princess Mononoke 16pts
From Up on Poppy Hill 4pts

SHACHIHOKO GROUP
Kiki’s Delivery Service 19pts
The Boy and the Heron 16pts*
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind 11pts**
Laputa: Castle in the Sky 11pts**

*The score for The Boy and the Heron includes three "pity points" earned because at least two people omitted it in the first voting round, and at least four omitted it in the second voting round.
**Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind finishes above Laputa because it received more first-choice votes (3).


Quarter finals: Friday 26 January - Monday 29 January

Quarter final 1
Only Yesterday 3 v 4 The Tale of Princess Kaguya

Quarter final 2
Whisper of the Heart 4 v 3 The Boy and the Heron

Quarter final 3
Spirited Away 6 v 1 Grave of the Fireflies

Quarter final 4
Kiki's Delivery Service 2 v 5 My Neighbour Totoro


Semi finals: Friday 2 February - Monday 5 February

Semi final 1
The Tale of Princess Kaguya 2 v 6 Whisper of the Heart

Semi final 2
Spirited Away 6 v 2 My Neighbour Totoro


Final: Friday 9 February - Monday 12 February

Whisper of the Heart 5 v 4 Spirited Away


WINNER: Whisper of the Heart

QUALIFYING STAGE

The top five from Ghibli Cup 2023 all qualify automatically, along with the host Pom Poko and the new film The Boy and the Heron. The remaining 9 places will go to the winners of the qualifying stage.

This year, the qualifiers will take place on the Tavern’s Facebook page, Discord server and Twitter account. Facebook and Discord will each have a group of 6 films, while Twitter will have two groups of 3 films, and voting will last for a week. The top 3 on Facebook and Discord will qualify for the main tournament, together with the winners of each Twitter poll and the best runner up (in terms of vote share, or total votes if tied).

Links for the qualifying stage will be posted on Friday 8 December.


Qualified: Pom Poko, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, Kiki’s Delivery Service, Only Yesterday, Whisper of the Heart, The Boy and the Heron (How Do You Live?), Laputa: Castle in the Sky, The Tale of Princess Kaguya, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, The Wind Rises, Grave of the Fireflies, My Neighbours the Yamadas, From Up on Poppy Hill, My Neighbour Totoro, When Marnie Was There.


Qualifying stage: Friday 8 December - Friday 15 December

On Facebook:
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind 3
The Wind Rises 3
When Marnie Was There 2
Ponyo 2
Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro 1
The Cat Returns 0

On Discord:
Grave of the Fireflies 5
My Neighbours the Yamadas 5
My Neighbour Totoro 4
Porco Rosso 3
Arrietty 3
Howl’s Moving Castle 1

On Twitter:
(poll 1)
The Tale of Princess Kaguya 3
From Up on Poppy Hill 2*
Aya and the Witch 0
(poll 2)
Laputa: Castle in the Sky 5
Ocean Waves 1
Tales from Earthsea 0

*From Up on Poppy Hill qualifies as the best runner-up in the Twitter polls.

Ties are all broken according to the usual rules for qualifiers.

GROUPS

DARUMA GROUP
Pom Poko
Only Yesterday
Grave of the Fireflies
The Wind Rises


MANEKINEKO GROUP
Spirited Away
When Marnie Was There
The Tale of Princess Kaguya
My Neighbours the Yamadas


KITSUNE GROUP
Whisper of the Heart
Princess Mononoke
My Neighbour Totoro
From Up on Poppy Hill


SHACHIHOKO GROUP
Kiki’s Delivery Service
Laputa: Castle in the Sky
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
The Boy and the Heron

VOTING RULES

Voting rules are 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 Tavern Facebook page and Discord server will each have one group of 6 films, with voting lasting for one week. You will be allowed to cast up to 3 votes on Discord. The top 3 in each group will qualify for the main tournament.

The Tavern Twitter account will host the other 2 qualifying polls, each containing 3 films, also with one week of voting. The winner of each and the best runner up (based on better vote share, or just more votes if tied) will qualify for the main tournament.

Links for the qualifying stage will be posted on Friday 8 December, and the instructions will be explained again in each of these places.

In the event of a tie in any of these groups, 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 neither qualified 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. In the event that a title is not mentioned three times in a round, 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.