Anime Banzai 2008 AMV Contest

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Anime Banzai 2008 AMV Contest

Postby zanedomain » Tue Jul 22, 2008 2:17 am

2008 Anime Banzai AMV Thread

Deadline = October 10th 2008

First off many thanks need to be given out to those who submitted the last 2 years. You helped make our AMV contest ROCK! I hope to see more from you all this year!

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AMV France Forum

Please post questions and such, I’ll be checking as often as I can to reply.

So send away! Let’s top last year’s entry count!


Entry Forms

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Proxy Form

Please visit the website for contest rules.

Update 9/19/08

Please ignore the format rules listed on the entry page regarding MP4 & x264/h264 I WILL accept these formats.
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Postby jubjub2 » Tue Jul 22, 2008 8:25 am

I'm in. ;)
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Postby zanedomain » Sat Jul 26, 2008 6:57 pm

Common guys, I'm getting a better response from the foreign AMV communities than I am here. :cry:

SEND ME STUFF :!:
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Postby zanedomain » Sat Jul 26, 2008 6:59 pm

jubjub2 wrote:I'm in. ;)


Thanks a lot, its always nice to see a return creator... and a previous winner as well :wink:
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Postby Darush » Sat Jul 26, 2008 7:29 pm

I'm definitely interested. Count me in.
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Postby Phantasmagoriat » Sat Jul 26, 2008 10:17 pm

I remember getting my first amv award ever from Anime Banzai XD. Getting the trophy in the mail was a real confidence-booster for me to continue making amv's. Sure, I'll send ya something :)

I was wondering about the submission format that says No AAC audio; All of my current amv's are h.264/AAC, and a lot of editors are doing that lately. If there's a way for you to accept AAC, it might make it easier to send you entries. I can switch to mp3 or PCM, but it's just a thought ;)
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Postby zanedomain » Sat Jul 26, 2008 11:50 pm

Phantasmagoriat wrote:I remember getting my first amv award ever from Anime Banzai XD. Getting the trophy in the mail was a real confidence-booster for me to continue making amv's. Sure, I'll send ya something :)

I was wondering about the submission format that says No AAC audio; All of my current amv's are h.264/AAC, and a lot of editors are doing that lately. If there's a way for you to accept AAC, it might make it easier to send you entries. I can switch to mp3 or PCM, but it's just a thought ;)


Sure I'll allow it. :D
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Postby blaku92 » Mon Aug 11, 2008 4:33 am

hmmm maybe... I haven't done anything in a while.
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Postby zanedomain » Tue Aug 12, 2008 7:34 am

New entry forms are complete, along with a massive update on the convention website.

See top of page for links.
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Postby zanedomain » Wed Aug 20, 2008 12:39 pm

Common guys, send me stuff.
It doesn't matter if you've entered you AMV into other conventions.
I also need more comedy videos.
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Postby Kazemon15 » Wed Aug 20, 2008 1:29 pm

zanedomain wrote:Common guys, send me stuff.
It doesn't matter if you've entered you AMV into other conventions.
I also need more comedy videos.


I'll try. I'll check out the rules and formats and everything now. All my AMVs so far I have sent have not made any finalist lists... <_< So I am reluctant to send some stuff...

Btw, what's the cutoff time for the video? I have one I'd like to send, but it's 6 mins and 30 seconds...

Nevermind, found it...

The Rules

Updated: 7/10/08

1. Each video will be limited to a maximum length of 7 minutes. Any submission that exceeds the time limit will be disqualified.


That made me very happy....I can now send my full video without cutting out a chunck of it. =3
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Postby Scintilla » Wed Aug 20, 2008 5:47 pm

If submitting an MPEG-2 file, is MPEG-1 Layer II audio also acceptable?

Can we send in an MPEG-2 file encoded as anamorphic widescreen (with the 16:9 flag)?

For the audio, what bit depths and sample rates are acceptable/preferred?
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Postby Kazemon15 » Wed Aug 20, 2008 8:01 pm

I'm a total noob when it comes to online file transfers, but... if I wanna send by FTP, where do I send it to? I sent to Otakon FTP because it had a server to upload it to...what's the server for this contest?
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Postby zanedomain » Thu Aug 21, 2008 3:23 pm

Scintilla wrote:If submitting an MPEG-2 file, is MPEG-1 Layer II audio also acceptable?

Can we send in an MPEG-2 file encoded as anamorphic widescreen (with the 16:9 flag)?

For the audio, what bit depths and sample rates are acceptable/preferred?


Yes you can send MPEG-2 16:9, with DVD spec sample rates in AC3 or MP2
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Postby zanedomain » Thu Aug 21, 2008 3:27 pm

Kazemon15 wrote:I'm a total noob when it comes to online file transfers, but... if I wanna send by FTP, where do I send it to? I sent to Otakon FTP because it had a server to upload it to...what's the server for this contest?


We could not get our server up in time for this years contest. Next year hopefully.

You can either mail me a copy on a cd/dvd or use an online file hosting service like Megaupload or Rapidshare. Or if you have a web/ftp/sftp server you can send me a link. There are places on the entry form for linkage.
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