Tournament of POWA Round 1 Results From Sunday, February 24th to Wednesday, March 13th 2019 the POWA Anime Club held six polls to make up the first Round of the Tournament of POWA (https://powaclub.com/powa-hall-of-fame/). 120 anime series watched by the club were split into groups of four and matched up against one another, eventually ending with 30 series to go into Round 2. The first part of this document analyses the results of the round. Winners will be bolded throughout. For the complete final results of the polls, go to page 4. Facts and Analysis Which series continued to the next round? Round 1-1: JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, Anohana, Overlord, Eden of the East and Mushishi. Round 1-2: Welcome to the N.H.K., Full Metal Panic!, Steins;Gate, 91 Days and ReLIFE. Round 1-3: The Devil Is a Part-Timer!, Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, Durarara!!, Baccano! and Is This a Zombie? Round 1-4: Interviews with Monster Girls, The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior, Toradora!, Everything Becomes F: The Perfect Insider and The Pet Girl of Sakurasou. Round 1-5: KonoSuba, Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto, Psycho-Pass, Kokoro Connect and Spice and Wolf. Round 1-6: Clannad, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Erased, Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid and The World God Only Knows. Were there any ties? Yes, three pairs of series in Round 1-3 (Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? and Girls und Panzer, Gurren Lagaan and Durarara!! , Darker than Black and Baccano! ) earned the same votes and thus were forced to go into a tie breaker poll. Which series received the highest percentage of votes? The Pet Girl of Sakurasou, which received 68.2% of the votes for its question in Round 1-4 (Wolf’s Rain vs Bokurano vs Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple vs The Pet Girl of Sakurasou ). Which series that continued to the next round received the lowest percentage of votes? The World God Only Knows, which received 26.9% of the votes for its question in Round 1-6 (The World God Only Knows vs Rental Magica vs Kamen no Maid Guy vs Dennou Coil). 1
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Tournament of POWA Round 1 Results From Sunday, February 24th to Wednesday, March 13th 2019 the POWA Anime Club held six polls to make up the first Round of the Tournament of POWA (https://powaclub.com/powa-hall-of-fame/). 120 anime series watched by the club were split into groups of four and matched up against one another, eventually ending with 30 series to go into Round 2. The first part of this document analyses the results of the round. Winners will be bolded throughout. For the complete final results of the polls, go to page 4.
Facts and Analysis Which series continued to the next round? Round 1-1: JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, Anohana, Overlord, Eden of the East and Mushishi. Round 1-2: Welcome to the N.H.K., Full Metal Panic!, Steins;Gate, 91 Days and ReLIFE. Round 1-3: The Devil Is a Part-Timer!, Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, Durarara!!, Baccano! and Is This a Zombie? Round 1-4: Interviews with Monster Girls, The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior, Toradora!, Everything Becomes F: The Perfect Insider and The Pet Girl of Sakurasou. Round 1-5: KonoSuba, Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto, Psycho-Pass, Kokoro Connect and Spice and Wolf. Round 1-6: Clannad, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Erased, Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid and The World God Only Knows. Were there any ties? Yes, three pairs of series in Round 1-3 (Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? and Girls und Panzer, Gurren Lagaan and Durarara!!, Darker than Black and Baccano!) earned the same votes and thus were forced to go into a tie breaker poll. Which series received the highest percentage of votes? The Pet Girl of Sakurasou, which received 68.2% of the votes for its question in Round 1-4 (Wolf’s Rain vs Bokurano vs Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple vs The Pet Girl of Sakurasou). Which series that continued to the next round received the lowest percentage of votes? The World God Only Knows, which received 26.9% of the votes for its question in Round 1-6 (The World God Only Knows vs Rental Magica vs Kamen no Maid Guy vs Dennou Coil).
Did any series receive no votes? Six series received no votes:
● Shirobako in its Round 1-2 question (Gugure! Kokkuri-san vs Steins;Gate vs Shirobako vs Cowboy Bebop).
● Vampire Knight in its Round 1-2 question (Moyashimon vs Galilei Donna vs Vampire Knight vs ReLIFE).
● Arakawa Under the Bridge in its Round 1-4 question (Arakawa Under the Bridge vs Everything Becomes F: The Perfect Insider vs Barakamon vs Charlotte).
● Toriko and Utawarerumono in their Round 1-5 question (Psycho-Pass vs Dimension W vs Toriko vs Utawarerumono).
● The Prince of Tennis in its Round 1-6 question (Fate stay/night: Unlimited Blade Works vs Robotics;Notes vs Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid vs The Prince of Tennis).
Which series that did not make it to the next round received the highest percentage of votes? Dimension W, which received 37.5% of the votes for its question in Round 1-5 (Psycho-Pass vs Dimension W vs Toriko vs Utawarerumono). It was beaten by Psycho-Pass, which received 54.2% of the votes. Which question received the most “abstain” votes? The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior vs Star Driver vs Genshiken vs My Bride is a Mermaid in Round 1-4, which had 27.3% “abstain” votes. Which question received the least “abstain” votes? Three questions received no “abstain” votes at all:
● Tales of the Abyss vs Penguindrum vs Toradora! Vs Slayers in Round 1-4. ● Space Battleship Yamato 2199 vs Clannad vs Canaan vs Gate in Round 1-6. ● Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches vs Fate/Zero vs Scrapped Princess vs
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood in Round 1-6. Were there any series that continued to the next round that were dropped from the club? Yes. Full Metal Panic! (dropped in 2009), Toradora! (dropped in 2010) and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (dropped in 2010). What series that continued to the next round did POWA watch most recently? The Pet Girl of Sakurasou, which finished screening at POWA on 16/12/2018. What series that continued to the next round did POWA watch the longest ago? Spice and Wolf, which finished screening at POWA in 2008.
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What series that continued to the next round is the newest? Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid, which finished its original airing on 06/04/2017. What series that continued to the next round is the oldest? Full Metal Panic!, which finished its original (first season) airing on 18/06/2002. What is the most common airing year for series that continued to the next round? 2016, which had five winners (91 Days, ReLIFE, KonoSuba, Haven't You Heard I'm Sakamoto? and Erased). This is followed closely by 2012, which had four (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, The Pet Girl of Sakurasou, Psycho-Pass and Kokoro Connect). 2015 and 2011 had three. 2017, 2010, 2009, 2008 and 2007 had two. 2014, 2013, 2006, 2005 and 2002 had one. What series that continued to the next round has the highest My Anime List score (as of Thursday, March 14th 2019)? Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood which has a MAL score of 9.24. Steins;Gate follows closely with a score of 9.13. What series that continued to the next round has the lowest My Anime List score (as of Thursday, March 14th 2019)? Everything Becomes F: The Perfect Insider which has a MAL score of 7.31. Psycho-Pass 2 (the second season of Psycho-Pass) follows closely with a score of 7.52. What is the average (mean) My Anime List score of all the series that continued to the next round (as of Thursday, March 14th 2019)? The average MAL score of all the series comes out to 8.18.
