GHIBLI CUP 2021 INFORMATION

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Coming in January is the third annual Ghibli Cup. This time From Up on Poppy Hill, which will be 10 years old in 2021, is the host.

In the same way as last year, there will be a qualifying stage in December to narrow down the numbers, and then the main tournament in January-February will have a group stage, quarter finals, semi finals and a final. Please see below for voting rules for the different stages. Everyone is welcome to participate!

Here is the schedule for Ghibli Cup 2021:

Qualifying stage: Saturday 5 December - Saturday 12 December
Draw for groups: Sunday 13 December
Last Ghibli Tavern Rankings update before the competition: some day after Thursday 17 December
Group stage (round 1): Sunday 10 January - Wednesday 13 January
Group stage (round 2): Wednesday 13 January - Saturday 16 January
Quarter finals 1 and 2: Tuesday 19 January - Friday 22 January
Quarter finals 3 and 4: Saturday 23 January - Tuesday 26 January
Semi finals: Friday 29 January - Monday 1 February
Final: Friday 5 February - Monday 8 February

WINNER: Whisper of the Heart


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

Have fun!

RESULTS AND SCHEDULE

Group stage: Sunday 10 January - Saturday 16 January

LITERATURE CLUB GROUP
Laputa: Castle in the Sky 11pts
From Up on Poppy Hill 10pts
The Tale of Princess Kaguya 8pts
Ocean Waves 7pts

ARCHAEOLOGY CLUB GROUP
Spirited Away 13pts
My Neighbour Totoro 9pts
Porco Rosso 7pts
The Cat Returns 1pt

PHILOSOPHY CLUB GROUP
When Marnie Was There 15pts
Princess Mononoke 10pts*
Kiki's Delivery Service 10pts*
Howl's Moving Castle 7pts
*Princess Mononoke is above Kiki's Delivery Service because it has more first-choice votes.

CHEMISTRY CLUB GROUP
Whisper of the Heart 14pts*
Only Yesterday 14pts*
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind 5pts
Grave of the Fireflies 3pts
*Whisper of the Heart is above Only Yesterday because it has more first-choice votes.


Quarter finals: Tuesday 19 January - Tuesday 26 January

Quarter final 1
Laputa: Castle in the Sky 2 v 3 My Neighbour Totoro

Quarter final 2
When Marnie Was There 4 v 1 Only Yesterday

Quarter final 3
Spirited Away 2 v 2 From Up on Poppy Hill*
*Spirited Away wins the tiebreaker because it had more points in the group stage.

Quarter final 4
Whisper of the Heart 3 v 1 Princess Mononoke


Semi finals: Friday 29 January - Monday 1 February

Semi final 1
My Neighbour Totoro 2 v 2 When Marnie Was There*
*When Marnie Was There wins the tiebreaker because it won by a bigger margin in the quarter finals.

Semi final 2
Spirited Away 0 v 4 Whisper of the Heart


Final: Friday 5 February - Monday 8 February

When Marnie Was There 2 v 5 Whisper of the Heart


WINNER: Whisper of the Heart

QUALIFYING STAGE

The quarter finalists from Ghibli Cup 2020 all qualify automatically, as does the host (From Up on Poppy Hill). The remaining 7 places will go to the winners of the qualifying stage, where films are paired up randomly for a one-week poll.

One extra feature being tested this year is holding some qualifiers away from the forum. Match 4 (Only Yesterday v The Wind Rises) will take place on the Ghibli Tavern Discord server, and Match 6 (Howl’s Moving Castle v Ponyo) will be held on the Facebook group.


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


Qualifying stage: Saturday 5 December - Saturday 12 December

Grave of the Fireflies 2 v 2 Arrietty*

Porco Rosso 3 v 0 Pom Poko

Ocean Waves 3 v 0 My Neighbours the Yamadas

Only Yesterday 5 v 0 The Wind Rises (held on Discord)

My Neighbour Totoro 2 v 1 Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro

Howl’s Moving Castle 16 v 3 Ponyo (held on Facebook)

The Cat Returns 2 v 1 Tales from Earthsea

*Grave of the Fireflies wins the tiebreaker due to having outperformed Arrietty in past competitions.

GROUPS

LITERATURE CLUB GROUP
From Up on Poppy Hill
Laputa: Castle in the Sky
The Tale of Princess Kaguya
Ocean Waves

ARCHAEOLOGY CLUB GROUP
Spirited Away
My Neighbour Totoro
Porco Rosso
The Cat Returns

PHILOSOPHY CLUB GROUP
Princess Mononoke
Kiki's Delivery Service
When Marnie Was There
Howl's Moving Castle

CHEMISTRY CLUB GROUP
Whisper of the Heart
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
Only Yesterday
Grave of the Fireflies

VOTING RULES

Voting rules are the same as in the 2019 and 2020 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

Each qualifying stage 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 2020 will qualify. If either or both failed to qualify in 2020, their best ever tournament finishes will be used to break the tie.

Note that one qualifying match will be held on Discord, and one on Facebook. These will also have the rule of one vote per person, and take place over the same schedule.


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.