Rules are here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15KE ... f0uyu3efcv
Yes, those are the official rules on the Otakon website.
DEADLINE IS MONDAY 11:59PM EST JUNE 23RD.
Not much has changed, though we did more clearly define just how hard you have to work to get disqualified. Anything with excessive objectionable content now officially gets shooed away into AMVs After Dark, and you still get your entrant ribbons since we are, after-all, playing your video!
Finalists will be announced on-or-around JULY 12TH.
Submissions for 2025 are closed. We received 154 entries from 154 unique editors. Your unprecedented support is both recognized and appreciated!
THE AMV CONTEST:
Schedule subject to change, but right now we have the AMV contest playing 4 times in AMV Theater.
Noon and 8:45pm Friday
Noon and 8:45pm Saturday
All screenings are the same contest, and all screenings will have audience voting.
Winners will be announced Sunday at 1PM.
AMV CONTEST FINALISTS:
Videos/categories hidden in-case the creator wants it to be a surprise
AegithZ
BoxJoe
cocopan
drewaconclusion
END films
EverAqua
iangoh99
Ileia
JMI Productions
Just In Time Production
K Squared Edits
Lelani
Link187
MadMegatax
Melee!
MentalFate
Meri
Monomogu
Nashironeko
NinjaristicNinja
Obsidian Zero & Xophilarus
Otaku Lounge Productions (Tyken)
SabiChii
Sayoria
Seasaltmemories
Silent Hero
SilkAMV
SonsofKorhal9
SpuddStaaa
Synæsthesia Productions
TehPhoenix
TheLazyDaze
TritioAFB
VegettoEX
Violet Skies
VivifxAMV
Well That's Puntastic
ZeonicFreak
AMV CONTEST NON-FINALISTS:
If you didn't make the final contest, don't worry, with that many entries, competition is fierce! We'll still do our best to play your video, and you still get AMV Contest entrant ribbons!
AMV Contest Non-Finalist screenings are scheduled for:
Friday 9:00am-10:15am
Saturday 9:00am-10:15am
Sunday 2:15pm-4:00pm
All screenings will be unique videos. The playlist will start out sorted alphabetically by studio name, but if you let us know that you're present, we'll move your video up so that you can see it. Due to time constraints, we'd like to get as many videos played as possible, which means that we really would prefer playing each non-finalist only once. If your studio is Aaaalan's Anime Adventures, hopefully you can show up 9AM Friday!
AMVS AFTER DARK:
Did you send us an entry that can't be shown while the sun is up? Awesome! While we don't have a place in the contest for such entries, we still appreciate them. They will be shown during AMVs After Dark, starting at 12:30am Sunday (AKA: "Saturday" night). For all intents and purposes, your entry is still treated like a non-finalist, so be sure to collect your AMV Contest Entrant ribbons!
AMV CONTEST ENTRANT RIBBONS:
If you send us a video that doesn't get disqualified, you're entitled to 3 AMV Contest Entrant ribbons (so that 2 of your coolest friends can hang out with you). These are not Otakon memberships, you still need to properly attend the con. These entitle you to skip the line for the AMV Contests and AMV Awards, as well as sit in the rows reserved for entrants. They are good all weekend long. You can retrieve them from the AMV Theater staffer stationed outside of AMV Theater (there should always be at-least one). If you can't find them, come inside, the booth will have a limited quantity as well.
IRON EDITOR:
2024 Iron Editor champion SpuddStaaa is returning to defend his crown against 2024's AMVs After Dark guest host, PrincessMareep! And this year the gloves...and everything else...comes off...
That's right. Starting at 11:15pm Friday (subject to change), Mel will finally be able to swear with the mic on, as we present an uncensored 18+ Iron Editor. Don't worry, this will not become a normal thing, barring any complications, all-ages Iron Editor will return for Otakon 2026. This is just an idea that we've been kicking around for the better part of a decade, and the time to act is now.
They'll have to use at-least 5 of these 8 police-themed sources if they want to cop a victory:
Amai Choubatsu - Watashi wa Kanshu Sen'you Pet
Heartwork - Symphony of Destruction
A Kite
Legend of the Wolf Woman
Luv Wave
Spy of Darkness
Tokyo Private Police
Wicked City
Plus the secret source!
PANELIST SUBMISSION INFO:
Panel submissions are closed and the panelist list has been finalized. Check your spam for an automated E-mail from programming@otakorp.org. You would get the automated E-mail from this address if you submitted an AMV Theater panel, or we accepted/denied from the other programming departments as well (panels, workshops, etc).
AMV Theater panelists have received a much more detailed E-mail from myself, so that should not have gone to spam.
The Otakon 2025 schedule is here: https://www.otakon.com/info/schedule/
The schedule is still subject to change, but we hope it doesn't!
