GHIBLI CUP 2020 Information

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Coming in January is the second Ghibli Cup. The host is Kiki's Delivery Service, chosen because we missed its 30th anniversary this year, and the original novel will be 35 years old in 2020.

Like last time, there will be a group stage, quarter finals, semi finals and a final. Please see below for voting rules for the different rounds. Everyone is welcome to participate!

New this time around is a qualifying round. This will reduce the field to 16 titles before the main competition.

Here is the schedule for Ghibli Cup 2020:

Qualifying round: Saturday 7 December - Saturday 14 December
Draw for groups: Sunday 15 December
Last Ghibli Tavern Rankings update before the competition: week beginning Monday 16 December
Group stage (round 1): Wednesday 15 January – Saturday 18 January
Group stage (round 2): Saturday 18 January – Tuesday 21 January
Quarter finals 1 and 2: Wednesday 22 January – Saturday 25 January
Quarter finals 3 and 4: Sunday 26 January – Wednesday 29 January
Semi finals: Friday 31 January – Monday 3 February
Final: Friday 7 February – Monday 10 February

WINNER: Spirited Away

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

Enjoy!

RESULTS AND SCHEDULE

Group stage: Wednesday 15 January – Tuesday 21 January

JIJI GROUP
Kiki's Delivery Service 18pts
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind 15pts
Ocean Waves 7pts
Ponyo 5pts

OSONO GROUP
Princess Mononoke 13pts
Laputa: Castle in the Sky 12pts
Porco Rosso 9pts
Howl's Moving Castle 8pts

URSULA GROUP
Spirited Away 19pts
When Marnie Was There 17pts
My Neighbour Totoro 9pts
The Wind Rises 3pts

TOMBO GROUP
Whisper of the Heart 15pts
The Tale of Princess Kaguya 11pts
Only Yesterday 10pts
Arrietty 0pts


Quarter finals: Wednesday 22 January - Wednesday 29 January

Quarter final 1
Kiki's Delivery Service 4 v 0 Laputa: Castle in the Sky

Quarter final 2
Spirited Away 4 v 1 The Tale of Princess Kaguya

Quarter final 3
Princess Mononoke 4 v 2 Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind

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


Semi finals: Friday 31 January – Monday 3 February

Semi final 1
Kiki's Delivery Service 3 v 4 Spirited Away

Semi final 2
Princess Mononoke 3 v 4 Whisper of the Heart


Final: Friday 7 February – Monday 10 February

Spirited Away 5 v 4 Whisper of the Heart


WINNER: Spirited Away

QUALIFYING ROUND

The quarter finalists from Ghibli Cup 2019 all qualify automatically, as does the host (Kiki's Delivery Service). The remaining 7 places will go to the winners of the qualifying round, where films are paired up randomly for a one-week poll.


Qualified: Kiki's Delivery Service, Whisper of the Heart, Spirited Away, Laputa: Castle in the Sky, Princess Mononoke, Only Yesterday, My Neighbour Totoro, The Tale of Princess Kaguya, When Marnie Was There, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, Porco Rosso, Ocean Waves, Howl's Moving Castle, The Wind Rises, Ponyo, Arrietty.


Qualifying round: Saturday 7 December - Saturday 14 December

My Neighbours the Yamadas 1 v 2 Arrietty

From Up on Poppy Hill 1 v 3 Howl's Moving Castle

Ponyo 4 v 0 Tales from Earthsea

Porco Rosso 3 v 0 The Cat Returns

Grave of the Fireflies 2 v 2 The Wind Rises*

Ocean Waves 3 v 0 Pom Poko

Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind 3 v 1 Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro

*The Wind Rises wins the tiebreaker due to having a better finish in the 2019 Ghibli Cup.

GROUPS

JIJI GROUP
Kiki's Delivery Service
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
Ocean Waves
Ponyo


OSONO GROUP
Laputa: Castle in the Sky
Princess Mononoke
Porco Rosso
Howl's Moving Castle


URSULA GROUP
Spirited Away
My Neighbour Totoro
When Marnie Was There
The Wind Rises


TOMBO GROUP
Whisper of the Heart
Only Yesterday
The Tale of Princess Kaguya
Arrietty

VOTING RULES

Voting rules are much the same as last time, but the group stage will be a bit more straightforward as they will all be groups of four.


Voting is open to all! The settings have been adjusted so you should be able to vote even without an account. If you have any difficulties, please post in the discussion thread.

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 round

Each qualifying round match is a one-on-one regular poll, with a seven-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 performance of each title in the previous tournament will be considered. Basically, the one that did best in 2019 will qualify.


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. Again, this is not something we can check, 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 rounds

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.