Anime Saimoe Tournament (AST)アニメ最萌トーナメント

Is an online popularity contest. Held annually on the Japanese Internet discussion board 2channel since 2002, fans vote for the most moe anime character of the year. In recent years, the tournament has garnered growing attention from international fans, and inspired a number of similar contests.

Year	CHAMPION	Runner-Up	Third and Fourth	Fifth through Eighth
2002	Sakura Kinomoto	Ayumu Kasuga	Tomoyo Daidouji, Doremi Harukaze	Isami Hanaoka, Miyu Kouzuki, Tsubasa Shiina, Koboshi Uematsu
2003	Riku Harada	Motoko Hara	Éclair, Hiyono Yuizaki	Kiku #8, Mikaze Honjou, Sora Naegino, Arashi Shinozuka
2004	Rosemary Applefield	Nadja Applefield	Luna, Maia Mizuki	Elenore Baker, Nagisa Misumi, Sora Naegino, Ranpha Franboise
2005	Nanoha Takamachi	Souseiseki	Shinku, Rei Mii	Kanna, Shizuru Fujino, Natsuki Kuga, Katsura Seina
2006	Suiseiseki	Fate Testarossa	Shana, Chikaru Minamoto	Erurū, Yuki Nagato, Eri Sawachika, Rin Tōsaka
2007	Rika Furude	Nagi Sanzenin	Shinku, Rena Ryugu	Louise, Tsukasa Hiiragi, Konata Izumi, Nanoha Takamachi
2008	Kagami Hiiragi	Tsukasa Hiiragi	Hinagiku Katsura, Nagisa Furukawa	Fuko Ibuki, Tamaki Kawazoe, Tomoyo Sakagami, Kirino Chiba
2009	Taiga Aisaka	Yui Hirasawa	Nodoka Haramura, Mihoko Fukuji	Koromo Amae, Isumi Saginomiya, Louise, Yuki Kataoka
2010	Azusa Nakano	Nagi Sanzenin	Koromo Amae, Nodoka Haramura	Shana, Ruiko Saten, Aoi Yamada, Mafuyu Shiina

Info Taken:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anime_Saimoe_Tournament

アニメ最萌トーナメント 2010

Saimoe 2010

Nakano Azusa (K-ON!)

Runner Up 2010

Sanzenin Nagi (Hayate no Gotoku)

Semi-Finals 2010

Amae Koromo (saki)

Hanamura Nodoka (Saki)

Quarter Finals 2010

Shana (Shakugan no Shana)

Saten Ruiko (To Aru Kagaku no Railgun)

Yamada Aoi (Working!)

Shiina Mafuyu (Seitokai no Ichizon)

アニメ最萌トーナメント 2009

Saimoe 2009

Aisaka Taiga (Toradora!)

アニメ最萌トーナメント 2008

Saimoe 2008

Hiiragi Kagami (Lucky Star)

アニメ最萌トーナメント 2007

Saimoe 2007

Furude Rika (Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni)

アニメ最萌トーナメント 2006

Saimoe 2006

Suiseiseki (Rozen Maiden)

アニメ最萌トーナメント 2005

Saimoe 2005

Takamachi Nanoha (Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha)

アニメ最萌トーナメント 2004

Saimoe 2004

Rosemary Applefield (Ashita no Nadja)

アニメ最萌トーナメント 2003

Saimoe 2003

Harada Riku (D.N Angel)

アニメ最萌トーナメント 2002

Saimoe 2002

Kinimoto Sakura (Cardcaptor Sakura)

My Review:

There are still got another 2 saimoe character competition,International Saimoe League(ISML) which starts from 2008 and Best Moe Tournament(KBM) which starts from 2006.In 2010,Akiyama Mio was the winners of KBM and ISML,Tachibana Kanade was the second in KBM while Misaka Mikoto was the second in ISML.Well,turn to main topic AST,The Saimoe 2010 was Azusa,look like the big winners of saimoe tournament all from K-ON!.The 2nd was Nagi and most unexpected was the anime ~saki~ got 2 character in the semi-finals for 2 year,last year 2009,saki got 4 character in top 8 and last time the semi-final was koromo and mihoko.Other famous moe character like shana,saten ruiko and shiina mafuyu was also ranked top 8.Hopefully next year 2011 got a new moe chracter that can give us a impact and become the next Saimoe!!!