Anime California AMV Finals + Winners

[Cali_Ninja]

yes some were.
As i mentioned earlier anyone who used the f bomb managed to find their AMV in adult...... we have a PG 13 show. Which means we have to draw a line.

A lot of your stuff got moved. Sadly. The kill la Kill piece got moved into adult...and to avoid having three Madoka Magika pieces in Drama we moved Nebula into Horror. I apologize if you feel this hurts your odds at winning.

[UnluckyArtist]

I'm okay with it, id rather not be in a huge ball pit of same animus.

[Obsidian Zero]

Were some of them switched to different categories? I really don't remember submitting a horror video, lol

They have such a huge action block this year, so they needed to have a new category to help balance things out. My Soul Eater action AMV got moved to Horror as well. I was surprised, but I'm interested to see how it all plays out.

[Cali_Ninja]

Seriously if you saw the AMV pool we got you would assume Soul Eater and Madoka Magicka were the most popular anime ever.

[Obsidian Zero]

Wow. That's surprising, since Soul Eater is a few years old now. How did I make it if there were so many entries? O_o Dang...well, I suppose my AMV is good for horror.

You can't forget SnK, either. I'm assuming you got an overwhelming amount of those.

[Cali_Ninja]

surprisingly we got more soul eater and madoka.......
and a good 45% of the soul eater stuff was awful and just programmable....

[Obsidian Zero]

Wow, Soul Eater beat out Titan? That's surprising. I expected Madoka to be popular, though. Sorry about that! >_< I hope my Soul Eater AMV is different enough from the others to keep the audience entertained. Honestly, when I made this I was thinking that it would be a rarity, and that I had missed the whole popularity boat. But I wasnt the only one thinking that, apparently. XD

Also, I asked a question earlier that might've gotten lost in other responses. You mentioned prize sponsors earlier: what will the prizes be for the regular contest? Are you awarding a Judge's or Audience's Choice along with the "Best of?" And if I win anything, can I pay for you to send a poster with the title images of the AMVs? I was intrigued by this, because I've never heard of a con doing something like it. I'd really like to have one to keep in my room.

[Cali_Ninja]

Yeah that was the idea to try some new things. However due to me losing staff and some other unexpected issues the posters will be on delay. I apologize for this.

The Known Prizes as it stands of this very moment and hopefully we will be adding to this and not losing stuff.

Judged by 33% Initial Review, 33% Staff Peer Review, 33% Audience.
Best of Show
Best in Category.

100% Audience
Audience Choice

100% Initial Review
Moderators Choice

50% Initial Review, 50% Peer Review
Mastery Award
Journeyman Award
Novice Award

[Obsidian Zero]

Sounds awesome! I would love to be there. @_@ I really like how you guys are doing things, and I'd like to see what the posters look like, if you don't mind.

Also, was I put into Novice or Journeyman? And how are those categories judged?

[Cali_Ninja]

It's a very complex calculation where we factor range of artist, technical skill, creative skill, concept and thematic mastery.
It's very fun.