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/a/
Animu & Mango
A logo.png
/a/ - Animu & Mango
Founded Spring 2015
Manager No representative
Team rep https://smuglo.li/a/
Team colors
Extra team colors
HEX color 5ABB5A
Top scorer Kaiser Reinhardo (18)
Top assister Kaiser Reinhardo (12)
Captain Kaiser Reinhardo
Nickname The Little Girls
The Meidos
Home Ground Kaiserstadt
Official Competition Record
W D L TOTAL EFFICIENCY
19 3 7 29 65.52%
GF GA GD
66 41 +25
Biggest win
/a/ A icon.png 6–2 Monster icon.png /monster/
June 20, 2015
Biggest defeat
/a/ A icon.png 0–3 Co icon.png /co/
December 13, 2019
First match
/a/ A icon.png 6–2 Monster icon.png /monster/
June 20, 2015
Team music
Anthem Squid Girl OP

Goal horn Nyanpassu~
DIO BRANDO Holy Diver
Reinhardo Symphony No. 9 in E minor
Takumi DEJA VU
Kits
Home kit A firstkit.png
Away kit A secondkit.png
Goalkeeper kit A gkkit.png


The representing team for 8chan's anime and manga board, /a/ is a member of /icup/'s Original 16 and the winner of the inaugural Infinity Cup. One of the most successful -- if not the most successful team -- in /icup/ history, /a/ is the only team in to finish in a top 4 placement in consecutive tournaments. Using the power of cute 2D girls and cute 2D boys, /a/ have found themselves with great success during their time in /icup/ and remain a force to be reckoned with.

History

Infinity Cup I

/a/ virtually defied all expectations given to it in the days leading up to /icup/ I. Boasting an incredible attack backed up by a stellar defense, /a/ opened its 2015 cup run with a 6-2 smashing of /monster/, which it quickly proved to be no fluke when it edged out /bane/ 5-3 in the quarterfinals thanks to a huge second half effort by Dio Brando. Even /v/, the other board in the Infinity Cup's version of the Tsundere Bowl, proved no match for /a/, losing 5-1 in its worst defeat to date. By the time /a/ met the other finalist, /christian/, it had amassed 16 goals while giving up just 6, one of the best goal differentials in the entire cup. Although opinion on the victor of the first Infinity Cup final in history was divided, a solid performance by /a/ locked up an easy 8-5 victory for the Meidos, and /a/ came home as the first champions of the Infinity Cup, with 24 goals in just four matches.

Infinity Cup II

After this dominant performance, /a/ went into Infinity Cup II as the team to beat. In a shocking turn of events, however, /co/ shut out /a/ in their first match of the Winter Cup, coming away with a 2-0 victory. For a brief while, /a/ seemed to be in danger of outright being eliminated from the cup in the group stages. Nonetheless, /a/ fought back, and a 3-1 victory over /hebe/ in the next match put /a/ back in the driver's seat, where a 3-2 victory against /cow/ locked /a/ in second place for Group A.

Although back in it to win it, /a/ experienced troubles in its Round of 16 opener against /his/, where for the first 77 minutes, neither team could score. In the fleeting moments of the match, though, Nano came through with a goal, which narrowly pushed /a/ to a 1-0 victory against the /his/torians. Similar circumstances in the Quarterfinal match against /starwars/ by Kaisaru Reinhardo again produced a narrow 2-1 victory for the reigning champions. At the last hurdle before the /icup/ II Finals, however, /a/ finally met its match in the Semifinals match against fellow Original 16 titan /tv/. Still another time, the match was in deadlock at 2-2 with just a few minutes remaining before extra time. Unfortunately for /a/, their late-game magic had run out, and Jean-Luc Picard put a ball in the back of the net in the 84th minute, propelling /tv/ (who went on to lose the final) to a 3-2 victory over /a/ and preventing a repeat. This left /a/ to vie for third place with /bane/ (who had lost to eventual champions /leftypol/ in an equally close match) in a game that /a/ went on to lose 3-2. However, despite this medal-robbing loss, /a/ had managed to pull a second impressive run in a cup full of equally impressive teams.

Infinity Cup III

Infinity Cup IV

Infinity Cup V

Infinity Cup VI

Roster

Main Article: /a/ Roster.

No. Position Player
2 Pos-GK.png Sadpanda
9 Pos-LB.png Megumin
20 Pos-CB.png Hoihoi-san
16 Pos-CB.png Retard Smug
5 Pos-RB.png Nagatoro
8 Pos-DMF.png Serval
14 Pos-DMF.png Aniki
10 Pos-CMF.png Chaika
11 Pos-CMF.png Nano
99 Pos-CF.png DIO BRANDO
22 Pos-CF.png Kaiser Reinhardo (Captain)
No. Position Player
25 Pos-GK.png QUALITY
23 Pos-CB.png Railgun
3 Pos-CB.png Takumi Fujiwara
12 Pos-CB.png Grumpy Jii-san
19 Pos-DMF.png awoo~
4 Pos-DMF.png Akkarin
6 Pos-SS.png Kaosu
24 Pos-SS.png Mana
7 Pos-CF.png Sakurafish
32 Pos-GK.png Pink
28 Pos-CB.png Drunk Mifune
13 Pos-CF.png Mosura-chan
                 Formation
A icon.png /a/
Formation: 4-2-2-2
AFormation.png
In effect since The 8chan Cup, /a/'s 4-2-2-2 maintained the offensive threat brought by their original 4-3-1-2, but added more support at midfield at the cost of some separation from attacking players. Originally a rigid, vertical 2-2-2 from the mid, much akin to the shape of a sword, /a/ modified tactics slightly for the 2019 Summer Infinity Cup and added some width, pushing the CMFs towards the wings.


Roster Stats

Main Article: /a/ Stats.

Player Matches Played Career Goals Career Assists Man of the Match
Megumin 18 0 0 0
Hoihoi-san 7 0 0 0
Retard Smug 13 0 0 0
Nagatoro 18 0 1 0
Serval 16 1 1 0
Aniki 18 2 1 0
Chaika 18 7 5 3
Nano 29 10 3 3
Sakurafish 8 4 0 0
Kaiser Reinhardo 29 18 12 4
Grumpy Jii-san 6 0 1 0
Railgun 6 0 0 0
Dio Brando 25 17 10 2
Drunk Mifune 2 0 0 0
awoo~ 9 0 1 0
Akkarin 11 0 0 0
Takumi Fujiwara 10 1 0 0
Mosura-chan 1 0 1 0
Goals Scored 66
Unknown 0
Opponent own goals 0
Total Goals: 66

Goalkeeper stats

Keeper Matches Played Goals Conceded Keeper Coefficient Total Saves
Sadpanda 13 13 1.00 13
Quality 2 2 1.00 2

Match history

Note: Results list /a/'s goal total first

Date Opponent Competition Result Scorers
June, 2015 Monster icon.png /monster/ 2015 Summer Infinity Cup 6-2 W Goal 5'22' Kaiser Reinhardo
Goal 18'78' DIO BRANDO
Goal 64' Nano
Goal 82' Fluffy Yukari
June, 2015 Bane icon.png /bane/ 2015 Summer Infinity Cup 5-3 W Goal 5' Nano
Goal 45+' Fluffy Yukari
Goal 79'89'90+1' DIO BRANDO
June, 2015 V icon.png /v/ 2015 Summer Infinity Cup 5-1 W Goal 32'53' DIO BRANDO
Goal 35' Kaiser Reinhardo
Goal 59' Nano
Goal 72' Kircheis
July, 2015 Christian icon.png /christian/ 2015 Summer Infinity Cup 8-5 W Goal 5'45+'56'64' DIO BRANDO
Goal 7' Girls Pooping
Goal 35'58'84' Kaiser Reinhardo
December, 2015 Co icon.png /co/ 2015 Winter Infinity Cup 0-2 L
January, 2016 Hebe icon.png /hebe/ 2015 Winter Infinity Cup 3-1 W Goal 29'83' Kaiser Reinhardo
Goal 90+' Let's All Love Lain
January, 2016 Cow icon.png /cow/ 2015 Winter Infinity Cup 3-2 W Goal 44' Takumi
Goal 56' Kaiser Reinhardo
Goal 89' DIO BRANDO
January, 2016 His icon.png /his/ 2015 Winter Infinity Cup 1-0 W Goal 77' Nano
January, 2016 Sw icon.png /starwars/ 2015 Winter Infinity Cup 2-1 W Goal 79'88' Kaiser Reinhardo
January, 2016 Tv icon.png /tv/ 2015 Winter Infinity Cup 2-3 L Goal 12' DIO BRANDO
Goal 82' Let's All Love Lain
January, 2016 Bane icon.png /bane/ 2015 Winter Infinity Cup 2-3 L Goal 9' DIO BRANDO
Goal 90' Kaiser Reinhardo
July 22, 2018 Bane icon.png /bane/ The 8chan Cup Group C 1-1 D Goal 85' Sakurafish
July 28, 2018 2hu icon.png /2hu/ The 8chan Cup Group C 3-1 W Goal 7' Kaiser Reinhardo
Goal 14' Sakurafish
Goal 75' Aniki
July 28, 2018 Ausneets icon.png /ausneets/ The 8chan Cup Group C 3-2 W Goal 37'42' Sakurafish
Goal 48' Chaika
August 5, 2018 Bane icon.png /bane/ The 8chan Cup Knockout Stage 0-1 L
January 4, 2019 Gamergatehq icon.png /gamergatehq/ The 8chan Cup 4 Group B 0-0 D
January 5, 2019 Ck icon.png /ck/ The 8chan Cup 4 Group B 4-1 W Goal 29'66' Kaiser Reinhardo
Goal 52' Chaika
Goal 59' Nano
January 12, 2019 Tv icon.png /tv/ The 8chan Cup 4 Group B 1-0 W Goal 23' Nano
January 19, 2019 Bmn icon.png /bmn/ The 8chan Cup 4 Knockout Stage 1-2 L Goal 49' Chaika
November 22, 2019 Ck icon.png /ck/ 2019 Summer Infinity Cup Group B 1-1 D Goal 71' Nano
November 23, 2019 B icon.png /b/ 2019 Summer Infinity Cup Group B 1-0 W Goal 3' Kaiser Reinhardo
November 29, 2019 Pone icon.png /pone/ 2019 Summer Infinity Cup Group B 2-0 W Goal 39' Chaika
Goal 43' Kaiser Reinhardo
December 7, 2019 2hu icon.png /2hu/ 2019 Summer Infinity Cup Knockout Stage 2-1 W Goal 11' Nano
Goal 67' Dio Brando
December 13, 2019 Co icon.png /co/ 2019 Summer Infinity Cup Knockout Stage 0-3 L
August 9, 2020 Otter icon.png /otter/ Infinity Cup 6 Group E 3-1 W Goal 50' Nano
Goal 56' (pen.) Aniki
Goal 62' Chaika
August 16, 2020 Ita icon.png /ita/ Infinity Cup 6 Group E 1-0 W Goal 7' Nano
August 23, 2020 Art icon.png /art/ Infinity Cup 6 Group E 3-2 W Goal 31'88' DIO BRANDO
Goal 36' Serval
August 29, 2020 Otter icon.png /otter/ Infinity Cup 6 Knockout Stage 2-0 W Goal 23' Kaiser Reinhardo
Goal 45+0' Chaika
August 30, 2020 Monster icon.png /monster/ Infinity Cup 6 Knockout Stage 1-2 L Goal 41' Chaika

Rivalries

Bane logo.png
/bane/ - The Pl/a/ne Scene
First meeting in the Quarterfinals of the 2015 Summer Infinity Cup, /a/'s rivalry with The Big Guys ended in a 5-3 /a/ victory on their way to winning the inaugural championship. In the 2015 Winter Infinity Cup, the two teams seemed destined for a collision course in the Final. However after losing their respective Semifinal matches, the two teams had to settle for a battle over 3rd Place. /bane/ ended up taking that match and evening the rivalry at one win apiece. The rivalry continued as the two teams were drawn into the same group for The 8chan Cup. After a 1-1 draw to open up the Group Stage, the two teams collided again in the Quarterfinals, with /bane/ emerging victorious in a 1-0 victory. This last meeting has given /bane/ the edge in the matchup, and the two have yet to meet since.
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/co/ - East vs West
Cartoons or Anime? Whenever the two come within 50 miles of each other, a slew of ruined threads and shitflinging is sure to follow. Those pleasantries have extended to the pitch, with /a/ and /co/ facing off twice in Cup history. Drawn into the same group for the 2015 Winter Infinity Cup, /co/ took their matchup by a score of 2-0, though /a/ got the last laugh by advancing on 6 points, leaving /co/ at the bottom with 3. The two teams would not meet again for almost four years. Working their respective ways through the 2019 Summer Infinity Cup, the two collided in the Quarterfinals, with /co/ again getting the best of /a/, this time by a score of 3-0. Does this mean cartoons are better than anime? When it comes to the pitch, it seems that statement is true.
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