Otakuthon 2024 AMV Contest - WINNERS ANNOUNCED!

[OtaKing_001]

Hello!

Once again, I'm pleased to announce that the Otakuthon AMV Contest is back again for another year! We are now accepting submissions for the contest.

General Information

AMV entries will be screened at the Otakuthon AMV Contest Screening during the weekend of Otakuthon. The AMV Contest screening will consist of two hours+ worth of the best videos submitted for the contest. During the screening, the audience will vote for their favourite AMV through secret ballot in the following categories: Action, Comedy/Parody, Dance/Rhythm, Drama/Romance and Originality. The audience will also vote for the "People's Choice" award for the best AMV. If you are participating in the contest voting, please stay for the duration of the screening to give all AMVs a fair chance in the voting.

All AMVs submitted will also be automatically entered into the "Best of Show" category for best overall AMV, as well as the "Best Visual Effects/Video Editing" category. The winners of these two categories will be selected by a panel of AMV Contest judges prior to the convention.

Due to time constraints, not all AMVs will be shown during the contest screening.

Participants may enter a maximum of two video entries total but only one entry per category.

Deadline: July 5th, 2024 at 11:59 pm

Content Guidelines

Video Content

• Videos may not be shorter than 1 minute and should not be longer than 5 minutes.

• The majority of the video footage must be from an anime (Japanese animation) or from Japanese video games (e.g. Final Fantasy, Street Fighter, Metal Gear Solid, etc.).

• Live action or other sorts of animation footage are acceptable provided that they are not a dominant part of the video.

• Do not include any video opening or closing AMV creator or studio credits, title cards or bumpers. Otakuthon will be adding an opening title card to all entered AMVs containing the title of the music video, creator's / studio's name, source of video footage, voting category, and the music title.

• There should be no subtitles in the AMV unless it is an important element of the music video or if they are karaoke song lyrics. AMVs that breach this rule will be automatically rejected.

• There should be no watermarks, software logos, or text credits (such as the credits for Anime TV openings or endings) of any kind within the AMV. AMVs that breach this rule will be automatically rejected.

• Any AMV that contains hentai, full frontal nudity, explicit sexuality or other pornographic material, as well as extreme or excessive violence and gore will not be accepted for the AMV Contest. Scenes with graphic violence and/or sexuality, eroticism, ecchi, and horror are permitted.

Textual/Audio Content

• Music must be used as the main soundtrack and may be from any genre and in any language.

• Coarse language, including music lyrics, within the AMVs must be acceptable of what can be heard on public radio, prime time television, or any film that is rated 13+.

Submission Rules

Anime Music Videos (AMVs) submitted for competition must be your OWN work and must be an ORIGINAL work. You may NOT submit an AMV on another person's behalf.

We will be accepting submissions via e-mail only. Please send all contest submissions to amvcontest@otakuthon.com.

All AMVs for the contest must be submitted by July 5th, 2024 before 11:59 pm. If your AMV is submitted after this date, it will not be considered for the contest.

AMVs which are submitted can be entered into one of the following five categories:

• Action
High energy or over the top scenes that involves fast action fighting, epic battles, or even climatic sports scenes with an appropriate soundtrack to match the action.

• Comedy/Parody
Anything that will make an audience laugh or to see something silly. As well as poking fun of a particular anime, character or situation in a comedic way.

• Dance/Rhythm
AMVs with anime characters dancing to a beat, playing a musical instrument or even singing a song. Anything that will make the audience want to stand up and dance along!

• Drama/Romance
Scenes that are dramatic or theatrical. As well as scenes depicting love or romance between different characters. Anything that will elicit an emotional response.

• Originality
Something that is new and unique or has never been done before. Scenes and music put together in an original creative way, whether it be the editing, visual effects or a completely wild artistic concept.

Note: Otakuthon reserves the right to change an entry's category where appropriate.

To submit your AMV, send an email to amvcontest@otakuthon.com with the subject line "AMV Contest 2024 Submission" and provide the following information:

• Your full name
• E-mail address
• Title of your music video
• Creator's name - if you don't want to use your own name and instead wish to use another name or alias. For MEPs (Multi Editor Projects) either a group or studio name, or a maximum of two creator names will be accepted.
• The category in which you would like the AMV entered (select one category for each AMV entry, see the list above)
• Source of video footage used (i.e. series, movies, etc.)
• Source of music or audio soundtrack used
• A link to download your AMV

When submitting for the Otakuthon AMV Contest, participants may enter up to a maximum of two AMVs BUT each video may only be entered into ONE category for voting.

All AMV entries will be automatically entered into the "People's Choice", "Best of Show", and "Best Visual Effects/Video Editing" categories.

To facilitate the judging process, please name your video file the same as your AMV title. Creators may submit their videos with their submission by:

• Providing a link from Google Drive/Onedrive/DropBox or on any Cloud services.
• Providing a link to the AMV on AnimeMusicVideos.org.

The following are a list of "DON'Ts" which will disqualify your submission:

• Don't send YouTube or similar video streaming site links.
• Don't send AMVs which you did not create.
• Don't send links from Megaupload, Depositfile or any similar website.

Format

Please note the following guidelines with respect to video format:

• All videos must be playable on a PC with the latest K-Lite Codec Pack installed.
• Files for competition should be AVI, MPG, WMV, MKV or MP4 format.
• DO NOT send videos in RealPlayer or QuickTime format.
• The minimal video resolution should be 1280x720 for widescreen, 960x720 for fullscreen.
• Videos with poor video quality (ex: pixelated, artifacting, etc.) will be rejected.

Awards

Each category winner will receive an award in the form of a certificate via mail. All winners will be announced on AnimeMusicVideos.org forums and the Otakuthon official Facebook page. Winners will be contacted via email to provide us with a mailing address so that the award can be shipped to you.

Note

• Otakuthon reserves the right to use any submitted AMVs, in whole or in part, for promotional purposes during and after the convention.
• Otakuthon does not guarantee that any AMV submitted will be screened. The convention reserves the right whether or not to screen an AMV for any reason.
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For any questions about the AMV Contest, please e-mail the AMV Contest Manager at amvcontest@otakuthon.com.

Otakuthon 2024 Website: https://www.otakuthon.com/2024/home/

[TritioAFB]

Can we have a Google sheet form soon?

[OtaKing_001]

Reminder that the submission deadline for the Otakuthon 2024 AMV Contest is fast approaching! If anyone wants to send in a submission, you have till Friday, July 5th, 2024 to do so!

[OtaKing_001]

FINAL CALL for submissions! The submission deadline is next week on Friday, July 5th, 2024 at 11:59 PM! Anyone who still wants to submit their entries, there is still time left to do so!

[TnAdct1]

Sent my latest video.

[animefan1]

Sent two submissions (and right at the last minute too!)

[OtaKing_001]

Submissions are now officially closed for the Otakuthon 2024 AMV Contest. Thank you for all those who have submitted their AMVs!

[OtaKing_001]

Thank you to everyone who submitted AMVs to this year's Otakuthon 2024 AMV Contest! There were a lot of good entries this year which made this year's AMV Contest Screening a great success!

To all those who stayed till the very end of the screening to do the public contest voting, a thank you to all of you as well!

As requested, here is the full list of the Otakuthon AMV Contest 2024 entries:

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Entry No. - Category - Title - Creator

01 - Dance/Rhythm - Be Strong For Me - Bale Wayner
02 - Dance/Rhythm - RUMBLE - TritioAFB
03 - Dance/Rhythm - Do You Like Cloudy Skies? - Ian Yu
04 - Dance/Rhythm - DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love - Elec
05 - Dance/Rhythm - White Night - E_01
06 - Dance/Rhythm - Moves on Ice - Complicated Muse
07 - Dance/Rhythm - A Love Letter To Ballroom - ResyAMV
08 - Dance/Rhythm - One Foot In Front Of The Other - ThatOneGuy
09 - Action - Shonen Jump History - YoungRich20
10 - Action - Break Your Vision - GodlyNova
11 - Action - Death by 1000 Match Cuts - Speedy180
12 - Action - The Phantom Cuts - James Blond
13 - Action - Kickstart My Heart - Takeshi
14 - Action - Sci-Fi Gangs - Bale Wayner
15 - Action - The Keeper - Elixir
16 - Action - Night Runners - zeromatter128
17 - Action - Parasite Eve - TheNight130
18 - Action - VALHALLA - Dominykas
19 - Action - Invincible - Sonicfreak1111
20 - Action - Crazy Frieren - SilkAMV
21 - Action - NEW WORLD - Vanitas
22 - Originality - Elden Ring The Anime Opening - Smallkillerz
23 - Originality - The Next Bond - Lelani
24 - Originality - Anime Overdose - Yrense
25 - Originality - Real AIs Realize Real Lies - KeiichiFace (Tsunderbird Studios)
26 - Originality - To Have Without Holding - Seasaltmemories
27 - Originality - Why Do Tears Mix with Rain? - Ian Yu
28 - Originality - Destiny - Pyrothemusical
29 - Originality - Anya's Life Lessons - SpuddStaaa
30 - Drama/Romance - Military Grade Top Surgery - PieandBeer
31 - Drama/Romance - Heartbeats - Alessandro Cubicciotti
32 - Drama/Romance - Kaguya Walker - SpuddStaaa
33 - Drama/Romance - Timeless Tether - AbyssBreakingStudios
34 - Drama/Romance - SWISH - Prostrate Constantly
35 - Drama/Romance - Chiaroscuro - AdventLostKaichou
36 - Drama/Romance - Island - Dreamerjordi
37 - Drama/Romance - Skyfall - Flashmv
38 - Drama/Romance - Relinquishment - Nuke
39 - Drama/Romance - Save Me - Lelani
40 - Drama/Romance - Starry Eyed - TwistVid
41 - Drama/Romance - Wake Me Up - BulkaCoco
42 - Drama/Romance - The Ballad of 4 Anime Couples (90's version) - Cosplay Joe
43 - Comedy/Parody - Welcome to the Glam Dungeon - AbyssBreakingStudios
44 - Comedy/Parody - Shenanigans - Dreamerjordi
45 - Comedy/Parody - T.I.T.A.N.S. - hilovids
46 - Comedy/Parody - You Are (Not) the Fluke of the Universe - Toon Addict Productions
47 - Comedy/Parody - Bang Yor Mom - TritioAFB
48 - Comedy/Parody - Do Math with U - Nuke

The votes from both the public ballots and AMV Contest judges are being tabulated right now. The winners will be notified first before the winners are publicly announced.

The public announcement of the winners will be released very soon! The winners will be posted in this Forum thread. Thank you for your patience.

[Bale Wayner]

Have the results been announced yet?

[OtaKing_001]

Thank you everyone for your patience. First, we would like to say a very big thank you to all the audience members that stayed for the whole duration of the AMV Contest screening to cast your voting ballots.

And now without further ado, we're very happy to announce the winners (and runner-ups) of this year's Otakuthon AMV Contest 2024!

Public Ballot Voting

Category: Dance/Rhythm

Winner: Entry 04 - "DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love" by Elec
Runner-up: Entry 08 - "One Foot In Front Of The Other" by ThatOneGuy

Category: Action

Winner: Entry 11 - "Death by 1000 Match Cuts" by Speedy180
Runner-up: Entry 15 - "The Keeper" by Elixir

Category: Originality

Winner: Entry 29 - "Anya's Life Lessons" by SpuddStaaa
Runner-up: Entry 23 - "The Next Bond" by Lelani

Category: Drama/Romance

Winner: Entry 37 - "Skyfall" by Flashmv
Runner-up: Entry 36 - "Island" by Dreamerjordi

Category: Comedy/Parody

Winner: Entry 47 - "Bang Yor Mom" by TritioAFB
Runner-up: Entry 43 - "Welcome to the Glam Dungeon" by AbyssBreakingStudios

"People's Choice" for Best AMV

Winner: Entry 04 - "DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love" by Elec
Runner-up: Entry 29 - "Anya's Life Lessons" by SpuddStaaa

AMV Contest Judges Voting

Judges' Category: "Best of Show" - The best AMV overall

Winner: Entry 15 - "The Keeper" by Elixir
Runner-up: 3-way tie
Entry 04 - "DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love" by Elec
Entry 20 - "Crazy Frieren" by SilkAMV
Entry 29 - "Anya's Life Lessons" by SpuddStaaa

Judges' Category: "Best Visual Effects/Video Editing" - The AMV that displayed excellent editing and/or best use of visual effects.

Winner: Entry 10 - "Break Your Vision" by GodlyNova
Runner-up: 4 -way tie
Entry 11 - "Death by 1000 Match Cuts" by Speedy180
Entry 15 - "The Keeper" by Elixir
Entry 25 - "Real AIs Realize Real Lies" by KeiichiFace (Tsunderbird Studios)
Entry 32 - "Kaguya Walker" by SpuddStaaa

Congratulations to all the winners! Thank you to everyone who submitted their AMVs to the contest! We hope that everyone will participate again in next year's Otakuthon AMV Contest!