Matsuricon 2025 AMV Contest - ANNOUNCING WINNERS

[ahinton]

The Matsuricon 2025 AMV Contest is now in the books. Here are our winners and runners up from the contest:

Runner Up – Action:
SUPA PUNCH by Ileia; One Punch Man; Supa Good by Yung Gravy

Best of Action:
Let’s Go | Anime Mix by CalvinCShinobi; Various; Let's Go by JayAyWhy, E.X.A. & Canon

Runner Up – Comedy:
Bam Ba Bam by doomfish; Dan Da Dan; Beethoven, No 5 by Veritas

Best of Comedy:
Not My Dann Job by AbyssBreakingStudios; Dan Da Dan; Hey, I Don't Work Here by Tom Cardy

Runner Up – Drama:
For the runner up of Drama we announced at the con a different video. However the one you see below was the actual runner up. And on behalf of the Matsuricon AMV Contest, please accept our apologies for this inconvenience.
Heretic by SliceofLife; Arcane; Which Witch by Florence and the Machine

Best of Drama:
The Shadow Leaves by Twister; Naruto; Où tu ne m'attendais pas by Isabelle Adjani (feat.Christophe)

Runner Up – Romance:
Parenting x Family by Nashironeko; Spy x Family; I Gave You My Heart by Vian Izak x Juniper Vale

Best of Romance:
Problem Solver by Sonicfreak1111 & Jose; Clannad & Toradora; No Problems by Ginger Root

Runner Up – Shorts:
DANDADANNY PHANTOM by Silent Hero; Dan Da Dan; Danny Phantom Theme Song

Best of Shorts:
Back to the Drawingboard by SpuddStaaa; Zenshu & Shrek; If I Went Back In Time by Tom Cardy

Runner Up – Trailer\Commercial:
100 Years Later by hotterhatter2211; Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead; 28 Years Later Trailer

Best of Trailer\Commercial:
Anya: The Musical by K Squared Edits; Spy x Family; Annie (1982) Trailer

Runner Up – Upbeat/Dance:
Shizuku II by KiRr for Fulguria Team; Various; Feels Like You by Adventure Club & Codeko

Best of Upbeat/Dance:
Pretty Girl Mantra by MentalFate; Various; Mantra by JENNIE

Runner Up – Audience Choice:
Dance The Night by E_01; Various; Dance The Night by Dua Lipa

Runner Up – Best of Show:
The Shadow Leaves by Twister; Naruto; Où tu ne m'attendais pas by Isabelle Adjani (feat.Christophe)

Winner Audience Choice & Best of Show:
Uprising by ShinRyu; VARIOUS; Various OST Spiderverse

I will be reaching out to all of the winners for arrangements on getting you your awards. Please be on the look out for your emails.

On behalf of all of Matsuricon and of course the Matsuricon AMV Contest, thank you all again for your videos, for allowing them in our contest, and of course congratulations to all of the winners. And we hope to see everyone again next year.

***************************************************The Following Was the Original Contest Set List*******************************************

The Matsuricon 2025 AMV Contest Set List is now available. Below was our set list for the 2025 campaign.

Pre-Contest Showing
1. Eleven Hearts: Beat as One by Sonicfreak1111; Inazuma Eleven; Road To Win feat. Ted Poley by Jun Senoue
2. CRUSH EVERYTHING by Gomibako Team; Various; RATATATA by Electric Callboy x BABYMETAL
3. Depression Reincarnation by SpuddStaaa; Mushoku Tensei; Karma by AJR

Trailer\Commercial
TC-1 - Arcane - Men of Progress - Original Trailer by Langarang; Arcane; Toxic (cover by 2WEI), Toxic (cover by Archimia)
TC-2 - 100 Years Later by hotterhatter2211; Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead; 28 Years Later Trailer
TC-3 - Anya: The Musical by K Squared Edits; Spy x Family; Annie (1982) Trailer

Action
A-1 – Let’s Go | Anime Mix by CalvinCShinobi; Various; Let's Go by JayAyWhy, E.X.A. & Canon
A-2 – Come Alive by E_01; Honkai: Star Rail; Come Alive by SanZ, HoYoMix
A-3 – SUPA PUNCH by Ileia; One Punch Man; Supa Good by Yung Gravy
A-4 – Uprising by ShinRyu; Various; Various OST Spiderverse
A-5 – Royal Revue by Scoob; Princess Peach: Showtime!; One Girl Revolution by Superchick

Drama
D-1 – Heretic by SliceofLife; Arcane; Which Witch by Florence and the Machine
D-2 – Ma raison d'être by Nashironeko; Violet Evergarden; I Am Already Enough by Fearless Soul
D-3 – The Shadow Leaves by Twister; Naruto; Où tu ne m'attendais pas by Isabelle Adjani (feat.Christophe)
D-4 – Fallacy by BecauseImBored1; Delicious in Dungeon; Young and Beautiful by Lana Del Ray
D-5 – Pick Up by HiikaryLi; Link Click; Pick Up by Omri

Upbeat\Dance
UD-1 – Pretty Girl Mantra by MentalFate; Various; Mantra by JENNIE
UD-2 – Dance The Night by E_01; Various; Dance The Night by Dua Lipa
UD-3 – Don’t Zombie Now by Speedy180; Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead; Don’t Stop Me Now by Queen
UD-4 – Shizuku II by KiRr for Fulguria Team; Various; Feels Like You by Adventure Club & Codeko

Shorts
S-1 - Country Roads by Pyrothemusical; Frieren: Beyond Journey's End; Country Roads by Shar
S-2 - Back to the Drawingboard by SpuddStaaa; Zenshu & Shrek; If I Went Back In Time by Tom Cardy
S-3 - Johnny Toguro by MarkMann; Yu Yu Hakusho; Johnny Bravo Intro
S-4 - DANDADANNY PHANTOM by Silent Hero; Dan Da Dan; Danny Phantom Theme Song

Romance\Sentimental
RS-1 - Parenting x Family by Nashironeko; Spy x Family; I Gave You My Heart by Vian Izak x Juniper Vale
RS-2 - Temporal Trespass by SeanPNG of Joker Troupe; Arcane; The View Between Villages by Noah Kahan
RS-3 - Flint and Spark by Troubleclef of Joker Troupe; Howl’s Moving Castle; No Way to Relax When You Are On Fire by Dora Jar
RS-4 - Problem Solver by Sonicfreak1111 & Jose; Clannad & Toradora; No Problems by Ginger Root
RS-5 - Chasing Cats by Silent Hero; A Whisker Away; Chasing Cars by Tommee Profitt & Fleurie

Comedy
C-1 - Bam Ba Bam by doomfish; Dan Da Dan; Beethoven, No 5 by Veritas
C-2 - Get Back Up Again by Shane; Hunter × Hunter; Get Back Up Again by Anna Kendrick
C-3 - Not My Dann Job by AbyssBreakingStudios; Dan Da Dan; Hey, I Don't Work Here by Tom Cardy


Our contest showing will take place at the Greater Columbus Convention Center\Hyatt Regency Hotel in Main 2 (Regency Ballroom) on August 30th, 2025 at 5:15 PM EDT. For those that will not be able to make it, we'll be doing a live recording of the contest though it'll not be a direct live stream. The recording will be posted at a later date.

Winners will be announced the next day August 31st, 2025 and I'll post the winners in this thread after they are announced, hopefully by the end of the day.

Thank you to everyone in the AMV community for your videos. We look forward to showcasing them to our Matsuricon audience.

***************************************Below is Archived for the Year*********************************

From 08/01/25
Registration is now closed. Thank you to all of the AMV community. We have received the most submissions in the history of our contest. As such we're still sorting out the registration list and I'll be reaching out to anyone if there are any issues with the videos.

If you have any questions on videos entered into the contest but not yet confirmed, please reach out to matsuriconamv@gmail.com. I will also be sending an email to those that are in our contest queue in the coming days as to what the next steps will be and what to expect.

Thread Update 06/03/25: Friendly Reminder that the registration to the Matsuricon 2025 AMV contest is the End of Day, July 31st, 2025. We could use videos from all categories. Also, promotional video coming soon.

Registration is now open. Promo video is coming soon. I'll update this thread as soon as it's ready to be shared.

The Matsuricon AMV Contest is back again for our 8th season in action. And we hope everyone is able to submit to this year's contest. Matsuricon is scheduled for August 29th - 31st, with the contest proper scheduled for the 30th, at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, OH, USA. Contest showing dates and times, are still pending.

(Starting April 15th or "tax day" in the U.S.A.) We're accepting all of your registrations. Deadline for this year is E.O.D. July 31st, 2025

For those interested, our rules and registration links are below. But here's a few items of note for you.

We now have 7 categories:

• Action

• Comedy

• Drama

• Romance

• Upbeat/Dance

• Trailer/Commercial

• Shorts (new category)

And like last year if you don't know what category your video should be in, just choose "HELP" and we'll decide it for you.

All footage types allowed
Attendance is not required to win.
We'll be providing 9 total awards:

• 7 category awards

• 1 Best of Show

• 1 Audience Choice

Oh one more thing. Are you located in the Midwest of the U.S.A.? We're going to showcase AMVs from our region in a separate exhibition. And we'll also post the registriation form for this as well. Please see the rules for more info.

And finally if you need to reach out to the contest coordinator (me), you can either replay to this thread or reach out to me directly via matsuriconamv@gmail.com

Link to Rules:

Contest Registration:

Midwest AMV Fest Reg:

[ahinton]

Bumping this up to remind everyone the deadline to register your videos is the E.O.D. July 31st, 2025. We could use videos from all categories. Also if you have already submitted but not sure about your videos' status (we're not sending direct emails unless the video has been rejected for rules), feel free to reach out via email and I'll be happy to let you know if you have a video submitted or not.

[ahinton]

Bumping this up to remind everyone that registration ends on July 31st on 11:59 PM PST. We are still in the market for videos of all of our categories including shorts.

[ahinton]

One more bump as there's just 4 days left before we close registration for the Matsuricon 2025 AMV Contest.

[ahinton]

Final Bump of the year.