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AMVs to Sakura-Con 2004

Postby TaranT » Sun Oct 05, 2003 2:23 am

On the subject of "why you should enter the Sakura-Con AMV contest"...

This is a post from the Sakura-Con message board:

Shadow Kisa wrote:I LOVE KUSOYARO PRODUCTIONS!!!! He did Dreams Come True by SES to Fushigi Yuugi (winner at Sakura-Con 2000 - ed.) and "Sappy Self Indulgence"....I am this guy's ultimate fan girl! (In the Northwest anyway.)

I also enjoy Doki Doki Productions, VicBond007, and Aluminum Studios videos.

I also know the girl from Otaku Productions, Hakura, but I haven't talked to her in a long time and I don't think she is going to Sakura Con in 2004.

I just love AMVs! I SO want to be an AMVer's groupie. But all the REALLY good AMVers live on the east coast. And I live up here in the northwest. Boo hoo!


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Postby Dannywilson » Sun Oct 05, 2003 5:20 am

I wonder if there will be any way to do digital submissions this year.... oh well...
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Postby FurryCurry » Sun Oct 05, 2003 6:08 am

Dannywilson wrote:I wonder if there will be any way to do digital submissions this year.... oh well...


Last year CArnesen accepted DVD submissions, perhaps this year online will be possible. Hard to say.

That post TaranT linked was the best motivation for me to make sure I have a kickass vid ready for SK2k4 yet. 8)
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Postby NME » Sun Oct 05, 2003 10:54 am

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Postby XenoDrake » Sun Oct 05, 2003 11:35 am

Question: being new to cons in general, what is Sakura-Cons main atraction? like AWA is big for AMVs and they have had a rather large dealers room each time i have been. the only cons i have gone to are AWA 8-9, Jacon 2002, and MetroCon 2003, so im a bit of a con newb. i hear alot about this one, but taking a trip all the way across the country for anime is a bit drastic, but i dont care about that ^_^

i wanted to get more into the anime fandom, and what better way then cons eh? i guess what im asking is has anyone been dissapointed by Sakura-Con?


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Postby FurryCurry » Sun Oct 05, 2003 4:45 pm

Really, SakuraCon's biggest draw is simply that it's in the Northwest. AFAIK, it's the only con you can drive to in a single day if you live north of California and west of Salt Lake city.

It's nice and all, but lacks the huge VAT/AMV draw of AWA.

It's decently sized, a little larger than AWA, but sufficiently smaller than something like AX to be more fun, while still drawing a decent number of guests of honor from Japan, when they don't stay home because of war, like last year. :?

The AMV situation seems to be improving with Chris Arnesen in charge of it, and I'd love to see it become a sort of "AWA west" in the future.

They also have a very nice charity auction with great stuff, but that's beside the point if it takes most of your spare cash just to get there.

Basically, it's just a generally decent all-around anime con, without any particular reason to make a huge trip all the way across the country unless you have an excess of spare money and time just waiting to be used.
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Postby XenoDrake » Sun Oct 05, 2003 6:18 pm

well, it wasent but an hour or so after i posted, that i was informed that its like only a few weeks from JACON, and thats close enough for me to drive to, so leme think here, spend all my money on getting TO the con, or spend at all AT the con.......


^_^ thanks for the feedback tho


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Postby CArnesen » Sun Oct 05, 2003 10:14 pm

FurryCurry wrote:
Dannywilson wrote:I wonder if there will be any way to do digital submissions this year.... oh well...

Last year CArnesen accepted DVD submissions, perhaps this year online will be possible. Hard to say.

I certainly want to be able to start accepting submissions (both mail and online) by November 1st. <keeps fingers crossed>

FurryCurry wrote:The AMV situation seems to be improving with Chris Arnesen in charge of it, and I'd love to see it become a sort of "AWA west" in the future.

Thanks for your words of encouragement. I've recently made plans to purchase an editing system that I will be using for the Sakura-Con AMV program and I've already started working on scripts and storyboards for the production.

I'm taking a cue from programs like the Oscar Awards and MTV Music Video Awards into the design of the Sakura-Con AMV program. It's expected to be quite elaborate, but very impressive.

I hope to also take the elements that I will be using on the AMV contest and using them in the Opening Ceremonies with the GOH Introductions, Staff Introductions, etc.
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Postby Dannywilson » Mon Oct 06, 2003 9:33 am

CArnesen wrote:Thanks for your words of encouragement. I've recently made plans to purchase an editing system that I will be using for the Sakura-Con AMV program and I've already started working on scripts and storyboards for the production.

I'm taking a cue from programs like the Oscar Awards and MTV Music Video Awards into the design of the Sakura-Con AMV program. It's expected to be quite elaborate, but very impressive.

I hope to also take the elements that I will be using on the AMV contest and using them in the Opening Ceremonies with the GOH Introductions, Staff Introductions, etc.


If you need hardware, for a backup/failsafe machine, I'll be bringing a Transportable rig down to the con with me. Plus M:I:3 should be ready for a showing by that point, if you want a repeat showstopper ala this year.
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Postby Farlo » Mon Oct 06, 2003 12:55 pm

NME wrote:IT'S PARTY TIME, LET'S HAVE SOME FUN WITH CRAZY TAXI!!!!!!!!!!!!1111oen.



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Postby CArnesen » Tue Oct 07, 2003 9:31 am

Dannywilson wrote:If you need hardware, for a backup/failsafe machine, I'll be bringing a Transportable rig down to the con with me.

Just in case of the worst I'll keep that in mind. The final program will be mastered in ISO MPEG-4 (AAC Audio) and a backup will be made into 2 DVD-Video disks.

Dannywilson wrote:Plus M:I:3 should be ready for a showing by that point, if you want a repeat showstopper ala this year.

I've been approached by other "multi-editor project coordinators" regarding having projects shown at Sakura-Con 2004. Hmm, this could work out extremely well. :twisted: <j/k>

Lots of pre-production is going into this year's contest and I'm sure it will show! Thanks again!
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Postby Onideus_Mad_Hatter » Tue Oct 07, 2003 12:30 pm

I'm most likely gonna be submitting an AMV to SakuraCon. Either the remastered version of my Outlaw Star video, or that other Cardcaptor Sakura one I've been working on for forever and a day...the one with the Cowboy Mouth song that I released some teaser footage for at one time.

Or maybe both, haven't read all the rules and such for SakuraCon yet so I dunno how many you can enter.
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Postby Onideus_Mad_Hatter » Tue Oct 07, 2003 12:40 pm

CArnesen wrote:I've been approached by other "multi-editor project coordinators" regarding having projects shown at Sakura-Con 2004. Hmm, this could work out extremely well. :twisted: <j/k>

Lots of pre-production is going into this year's contest and I'm sure it will show! Thanks again!


You know if you wanted to do some kind of an animated presentation type of thing, like anime characters on the screen presenting the awards, I could do the editing and lip synching for ya. You'd have to supply the voices...unless you would want me to try and pull audio from places in the series, that could work too, although mostly just with stuff that's been dubbed. Anyway, if you need anyone for any project type stuff, I've got some free time.
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Postby Topside » Tue Oct 07, 2003 3:47 pm

Yessssssssssssssssss! I'm finally going to Sakura Con this year!!! 8)

Hope to have a kickin' AMV done by then!

Even if I don't, I'll be there for the cosplay! Look for Captain Harlock.
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Postby isaacada1 » Fri Oct 10, 2003 8:52 am

Question: being new to cons in general, what is Sakura-Cons main atraction? like AWA is big for AMVs and they have had a rather large dealers room each time i have been. the only cons i have gone to are AWA 8-9, Jacon 2002, and MetroCon 2003, so im a bit of a con newb.


Each of the over now 50 anime conventions and festivals across North America have a unique programming feature. Traditionally the past few years, the conventions with the biggest push for amv's have been Akon, AX, AWA, & Otakon. I believe these are like the big four that people nickname "the grand slam" if they win them all. Then there's other convenstions such as Anime Boston, Anime Central, Anime North, Fanime, NDK, & Sakura-Con that have promote the amv contest in a big way.

i hear alot about this one, but taking a trip all the way across the country for anime is a bit drastic, but i dont care about that ^_^


That is a long way from Florida to Seattle. We've had people come from Florida to our convention since 2000. I'm hoping that Mabaroshi from Risingsun.net will be able to make it up this year.

I'm curious. How do you hear about Sakura-Con way down in Florida?

i wanted to get more into the anime fandom, and what better way then cons eh? i guess what im asking is has anyone been dissapointed by Sakura-Con?


Invariably, you'll have people supporting every convention, and people not supporting it. It's hard to please everyone. I will say that Sakura-Con already has over 600 people pre-registered for the convention, and its just under 200 days away. Hopefully that says something.

If you're curious about what happened at last years convention, check out this picture review.
http://www.usagichan.com/Sakura2003/
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