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What's the best annual anime music video contests?

Postby KoJiRoHx » Tue Jul 27, 2004 10:00 pm

What are the best annual AMV contests you can enter globally (U.S/Europe/Asia)? And who hands out the best prizes?
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Postby Kalium » Tue Jul 27, 2004 10:06 pm

AWA is regarded as the most prestigious contest.
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Postby ANTDrakko » Tue Jul 27, 2004 10:14 pm

One thing I never understood....

Why is AWA the most prestigious? I would have to say Otakon because its pretty much the biggest Anime Convention in the states that I can think of.
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Postby Toji Fujawara » Tue Jul 27, 2004 10:20 pm

ANTDrakko wrote:One thing I never understood....

Why is AWA the most prestigious? I would have to say Otakon because its pretty much the biggest Anime Convention in the states that I can think of.


ok why not ill add in my 2 cents.

From what i have heard on the forms this is what i know

Otakon is the most competative. And as of last year it was the biggest convention in the states by the way.

AWA: has more catagories meaning more entrys will be competing plus they are the only (to my knowldge) to have 3 seperate contests. (i.e. expo, masters, and pro).

In the way of prizes i dont know what awa gives but from what i have seen Otakon gives discounts and sometimes free anime realated items from the dealers room plus a plack or something along those lines.

and about awa being held as the most prestigious....i woud say that in the states that Otakon and Awa are held at equal regard.

Thats just me please correct me if im wrong.
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Postby genestarwind21122 » Tue Jul 27, 2004 10:24 pm

I third it. I also have to say Otakon. It is the hardest amv contest to get into. Which makes it that the best videos will compete. Basically Toji stated what Otakon gives you plus it's #1 currently for attendance.
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Postby dwchang » Tue Jul 27, 2004 10:39 pm

ANTDrakko wrote:One thing I never understood....

Why is AWA the most prestigious? I would have to say Otakon because its pretty much the biggest Anime Convention in the states that I can think of.


I'd probably agree with you on Otakon. It was easily the strongest contest I saw last year. I mean ~200 entries -> 30? I guess one could argue that since it's audience voting..blah blah blah?

Toji Fujawara wrote:In the way of prizes i dont know what awa gives but from what i have seen Otakon gives discounts and sometimes free anime realated items from the dealers room plus a plack or something along those lines.


They do? ;)

Otakon gives you a nice little trophy with the Title of the award engraved on it like so:

"Otakon 200X
Hiroko-Chan Award

200X AMV Contest Winner
Best XYZ Video"

as well as a few anime DVDs or Soundtracks (this stuff is fairly standard I imagine), but I think the trophy is the nicest thing since it's sorta nostalgic :).

As for AWA, I believe for Expo they give nice little certificates. For Pro, little clear, rectangular trophies and for Masters, the Master's jacket.

As for prestigious and such, that's probably dependent on the person. As I said earlier, Otakon is audience-based and some don't agree with such systems. AWA Pro is creator-based and some folks think that's a more accurate system. Like I said, everyone is different.

If you wanna go purely by con size and competitiveness, I agree with Drakko.
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Postby dwchang » Tue Jul 27, 2004 10:44 pm

To go a step further, one could probably also argue that our very own "Viewer's Choice Awards" are the "best" in that (almost) every video from the year is competing and everything is determined by the users of this site. Fan or creator.

I guess what I'm getting at is, there's no definite "best." It's all relative to what you want out of the contest and such.
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Postby madmallard » Wed Jul 28, 2004 3:16 am

part of why many people find affinity with AWA's amv program & contests was the intention wherever possible to play all videos submitted.

this carried over as many years as we could until entries exceeded the time block we were allowed in the main events room.

Then, technology became available, and fan demand was capable enough that we secured an actual room for the duration of the con. This allowed us to continue to try and play every last entry we received (until entries themselves exceeded the duration of the con).

wether any of this makes us -better- is just subjective. there really is no answer.
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Postby madmallard » Wed Jul 28, 2004 3:19 am

for example: some people prefer swag to certificates or trophies.

AWA doesn't have much material in that regard when compared to other shows & contests (tho we've had some in the past).
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Postby trythil » Wed Jul 28, 2004 5:16 am

If controversy is any measure, the most prestigious contest is easily the .org Viewer's Choice Awards.

I've never seen so much bitching in my life until I watched my first VCA.
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Postby ANTDrakko » Wed Jul 28, 2004 10:03 am

Good point, I completely forgot about the .org's Viewers Choice Awards.

However, I still have to stick with Otakon. ^_^.

I never knew Otakon gave Prizes! w00t, I really hope I win now. Do they have 2nd and 3rd places in the catageories? Hmmm....
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Re: What's the best annual anime music video contests?

Postby MCWagner » Wed Jul 28, 2004 10:17 am

KoJiRoHx wrote:What are the best annual AMV contests you can enter globally (U.S/Europe/Asia)? And who hands out the best prizes?


The conversation seems to have drifted away from your point here, and into "prestige", which is damn hard to quantify.

"Best" really depends on what you're looking for. If you're looking for fabulous prizes, than other places probably have us beat. All our budget goes towards the tech stuff to run the VAT room :(. In the end, we barely have ~$400 to spend on the prizes for everyone. If you're just looking to get your video shown, we may be your best bet, since everyone in Expo is assured of getting at least one vid shown, and we usually get everything in the other contests shown. If you're looking for size of audience, then somewhere else is better, since AWA is a fairly little con, as these things go (5,000 last year, but the pre-reg numbers for this year are starting to look scary...). If you're looking for size of competition, I think we're still top of that heap. Expo last year had 263 entries, Pro had 54, and Masters had 16. If the judging method is important to you, consider that we only have one award that's technically done by audience response (Fan Favorite). The others are judged by committee (Expo), competitors (Pro), or...well...me (Masters'). We don't do audience voting or sound-meter checks

So, again, "best" is up for grabs. We've tried to add a bit of "prestige" to our contests with the Masters' format, but whether or not it works depends on what you think of it.
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Postby ANTDrakko » Wed Jul 28, 2004 10:59 am

Heh, thats another thing that kinda urks me: Why is audience voting such a bad thing?

I mean, I dunno about everyone else, but I create videos for the audience.

Not that I don't trust the judges of any convention, I think the people that organize these larger AMV contests are highly trustworthy. I just think that it kind of defeats the purpose of having the contest screened in front of the Audience.

::shrug::

Just my two cents...

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Postby EBwiz » Wed Jul 28, 2004 11:15 am

I agree with Drakko on this one. I mean, shouldn't the people who are viewing the video, the people being the audience who attends the showings, choose what's best in a democratic sort of fashion. I mean, Judges are audience members too, but they don't equal the vast majority of people who like the video.

Granted, we can go on and on about how experienced judges can view technical quality and the like, but really, that's not the point... It's whether or not the audience enjoyed the video. Scrutinizing only goes so far.
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Postby genestarwind21122 » Wed Jul 28, 2004 11:47 am

ANTDrakko wrote:Heh, thats another thing that kinda urks me: Why is audience voting such a bad thing?

I mean, I dunno about everyone else, but I create videos for the audience.

Not that I don't trust the judges of any convention, I think the people that organize these larger AMV contests are highly trustworthy. I just think that it kind of defeats the purpose of having the contest screened in front of the Audience.

::shrug::

Just my two cents...

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I agree as well. The audience should be the ones to decide what videos they like and what they didn't. Judges are fine if they are experienced and know what to look for. They probably have to be trained to look at every aspect of the video and be able to interpret the songs on so many different levels which puts alot of pressure on them. If the audience vote you get a wide view on the amvs

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