As many of you have probably heard, this year Quu(Patrick Bohnet) will be stepping down as coordinator of the Iron Editor Challenge(formerly know as Iron Chef AMV). This is the event that made it's debut at Anime Weekend Atlanta 7 in 2001 and soon spread to Anime Central along with a short stint at Fanime. Not wanting to see his pet project fizzle out, Quu has asked that I take over for him in order to keep the project running.
Rest assured that the event will continue to take place with the same level of professionalism, quirky secret ingredients, and top notch talent we've had for the past four years. One improvement over previous years will be a dedicated pair of identical AMV editing machines which will travel to the conventions hosting the Iron Editor Challenge. This allows for the editors to have machines specially designed for the demands of video editing as opposed to rental machines with flakey firewire ports. These machines are graciously provided by Otakorp, Inc., the non-profit organization responsible for Otakon. In addition to the competitions held at Anime Weekend Atlanta and Anime Central, the Iron Editor Challenge will be expanding to Otakon and Anime USA for 2005. Stay tuned for details.
Omar Jenkins
Iron Editor Challenge Coordinator




