Kigacon 2017 WINNERS POSTED!

[Davis 51]

See below for the finalist list. Category winners are bolded.

An especially huge thank you to everyone who submitted! Competition was fierce this year, not only did we had a very hard time choosing who made it into the finals, but the audience had an even harder time voting, with many close calls. Y'all are amazing!

TRAILER

Diebuster: A Gainax Story by: shorisquared. Anime: Diebuster, Gurren Lagann. Audio: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Trailer
Haikyuu!! TV-3 by: DOSKA. Anime: Haikyuu!! Song: We Will Survive/Redrum by: Revolt Production Music
NerveGear Online by: Kireblue & SerenityAMV Anime: Sword Art Online Audio: Nerve Trailer
Someone On The Ice by: Miikitouu Anime: Yuri On Ice!!! Audio: La La Land soundtrack
Paranoia Things by: King Redeem Anime: Paranoia Agent Audio: Stranger Things Official Trailer
Sailor Mars by: MinetChan Anime: Sailor Moon Crystal Audio: Wonder Woman Trailer

ACTION

Warriors by: DopplerDo Anime: Attack on Titan Song: Warriors Artist: Imagine Dragons
Fates Collide by: PaNTSU oF d00m Anime: Various Song: Worlds Collide Artist: League of Legends ft Nicki Taylor
Gurren - An American Musical by: Studio Hawk Anime: Gurren Lagann Song: My Shot Artist: Lin-Manuel Miranda
Vicissitude by: (Chaotic Bad-Raptor) ngsilver Anime: Space Pirate Captain Harlock (2013) Song: The Danger Artist: Kristine
Numinous by: MrNosec Anime: Various Songs: Various Artist: Audiomachine, Modestep & Koven
Blood Stained Uniform by: Gina Nelson Anime: Kill la Kill Song: Blood Artist: In This Moment

DRAMA

To Serve Man by: drewaconclusion Anime: Shiki Song: The Mosquito Song Artist: Queens of the Stone Age
Devoid by: MycathatesyouAMV Anime: Death Parade Song: Wake Up Artist: NF
Sacred Scars by: Glitzer Anime: Rouroni Kenshin Song: The Humbling River Artist: Puscifer
Deep End by: MinetChan Anime: Various Song: Deep End Artist: Ruelle
Saving the World by: Maboroshi Studio Anime: Giant Robo Song: What Are You Going to Do When You Are Not Saving The World Artist: Hans Zimmer
Don't Go by: Mysunsai Anime: Death Parade Song: Illusion Artist: VNV Nation

ROMANCE/SENTIMENTAL

La Vida Madoka by: shorisquared Anime: Madoka movies Song: Livin’ la Vida Loca Artist: Ricky Martin
Soothing Sunlight by: Glitzer Anime: Okami Song: Dirty Paws Artist: Of Monsters and Men
Pixel Perfect by: King Redeem Anime: Ore Monogatari!! Song: The Hit (Feat. Ninja Sex Party) Artist: TWRP
Hearts On Ice by: MinetChan Anime: Yuri!!! On ICE; Endless Night Song: These Silent Hearts Artist: BT
Eien No Love by: AMV-X Anime: Your Lie In April Song: A Thousand Years Artist: Christina Perri
Not Superhuman by: chibidani Anime: Doukyuusei Song: Superhuman (Alternative Mix) Artist: Juventa

UPBEAT

Money$hot by: MycathatesyouAMV Anime: Noragami, Various Song: 24K Magic Artist: Bruno Mars
Mr. Morioh Nice Guy by: Studio Hawk Anime: JoJo Bizarre Adventures Song: Mr. Nice Guy Artist: Will Smith
DeCake by: AntaresHeart07 Anime: Various Song: Cake by the Ocean Artist: DNCE
No More Lost Time by: chibidani Anime: Various Song: Kuaga (Lost Time) Artist: Pierce Fulton
Fun With Someone by: AMV-X Anime: Various Song: Mirror Mirror (Club Radio Edit) Artist: Sash!
Twintails and Music Clubs by: Kyci Anime: Various Song: First of The Year (Equinox) Artist: Skrillex

COMEDY

In Digestion by: drewaconclusion Anime: Various Song: Eat It Artist: Weird Al
Yato and Yukine (But Mostly Yato) by: joycecookie Anime: Noragami Song: You and Me (But Mostly Me) Artist: Josh Gad & Andrew Rannells
One Horn Man by: King Redeem Anime: One Punch Man + Various Song: Unicorn Wizard Artist: Ninja Sex Party
Farts of Glory by: Maboroshi Studio Anime: Yuri!!! on Ice Song: Blue Danub Artist: Johann Strauss II
Such a Big Dock by: shorisquared Anime: Oreimo Song: I Am Ur Leader Artist: Nyanners
Anime is Saved by: PaNTSU oF d00m Anime: Keijo!!!!!!!!, Prison School Song: Strength of a Thousand Men Artist: Two Steps from Hell

BEST IN SHOW: One Horn Man by: King Redeem Anime: One Punch Man + Various Song: Unicorn Wizard Artist: Ninja Sex Party

CONVENTION CHAIRS CHOICE: Anime is Saved by: PaNTSU oF d00m Anime: Keijo!!!!!!!!, Prison School Song: Strength of a Thousand Men Artist: Two Steps from Hell

CONTEST COORDINATORS CHOICE: Numinous by: MrNosec Anime: Various Songs: Various Artist: Audiomachine, Modestep & Koven

Honorable mentions (no prizes, but con staff wanted a bit of recognition to go to these entries. Every finalist was excellent, but these stood out for whatever reason):
Eien No Love by: AMV-X Anime: Your Lie In April Song: A Thousand Years Artist: Christina Perri
Vicissitude by: (Chaotic Bad-Raptor) ngsilver Anime: Space Pirate Captain Harlock (2013) Song: The Danger Artist: Kristine
Deep End by: MinetChan Anime: Various Song: Deep End Artist: Ruelle
Someone On The Ice by: Miikitouu Anime: Yuri On Ice!!! Audio: La La Land soundtrack
In Digestion by: drewaconclusion Anime: Various Song: Eat It Artist: Weird Al

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Rules and Prizes! are the same as last year! Posted below...

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That's right! It's not too late to enter our AMV contest. The cut off date is March 6, 2017

Here are the rules:

1. The categories will be
Trailers,
Action,
Drama,
Upbeat/Dance,
Romance/Sentimental,
Comedy/Parody
In the event of there being less than 4 trailers, the trailers submitted will be moved into the category most closely related to subject matter. Categories that do not receive at least 4 entries may be merged with their nearest counterpart; for details on how this may work, SEE THE BRACKETS BELOW. That is, if there are not enough entrants within each category, we will combine them into the category next closest in the parenthesis bracket. If you submitted to more than one category, and categories you submitted to end up merged, both your entries will still be counted, provided they both become finalists.

(((Action, Upbeat/Dance) (Trailers, Comedy/Parody)), (Drama, Romance/Sentimental))

Tech Specs:

2. Please ensure your video is in one of the following resolutions.
1920x1080,
1440x1080
1280x720,
960x720
848x480.
720x480 (MPEG 1 & 2 Exclusive, See rule 4)
640x480

3. We accept the following frame rates: 23.976, 24, 29.97, 30 and 60. If your submission is not in one of those, it will be rejected outright.

4. Please only submit in 720x480 if you plan to encode in MPEG or MPEG-2. Entrants submitting in this format and at this resolution are encouraged to submit in 4:3 Flagged MPEG-2, at either 29.97 fps, or 23.976 with 3:2 pulldown selected (see Scintilla’s guide for the best way to do this. If widescreen footage is used, follow the guide on how to letterbox it). If you are encoding in MPEG-2, please encode your audio as MPEG-1 Layer 2 or AC3. MP3s, WAVs, and others will not work and we will be forced to convert them.

5. We accept the most file formats and methods of compression, however, we will not accept .mov or .wmv files. If you are using Windows Movie Maker, please output to AVI. If we are unable to convert to .MPG, we will attempt to contact you.

6.There is a file-size limit of 2 Gigabytes.

7. No studio bumpers or official logos. If we can’t remove it, and you can’t get us a clean version, the video is disqualified.

8. No audio from the official English dubs.

General Rules:

8. No nudity, or excessive gore/violence. Keep it PG-13.

9. Run time may be anywhere between 1 minute and 6 minutes. This will be strictly enforced.

10. Each entrant is permitted a single entry per category.

11. Acceptable footage includes Anime and Japanese Video Game footage. ‘American’ anime such as Afro Samurai, Animatrix, etc. is accepted, so long as it is at least partially animated by a Japanese Animation Studio.

12. Audio must be primarily music and may not include excessive dialogue/narration. The exception is videos that qualify as “trailers.”

13. Entries will be sent through an upload site such as DropBox, or through the AnimeMusicVideos.org catalog. With the exception of AnimeMusicVideos.org, one should not have to register or pay anything to be able to download a video. If we find it’s behind a
registration wall/paywall, we will ask for another link. If you do not provide one, you will be disqualified.

14. Entrants who knowingly attempt to circumvent these rules will have ALL of their submissions disqualified.

15. Videos will be accepted regardless of past victories in other contests, as long as they have been made between March 13th 2016 and the deadline (March 6, 2017). NO ANTI-TROLLING RULE!

16. We reserve the right to reject any video for any reason whatsoever.

How to Enter:

Send your submissions to anime@cnu.edu with the subject line “AMV CONTEST ENTRY 2017.” If you do not submit it with that subject line, there is no guarantee we will enter it. Videos should contain either the studio name or the name you want to appear on the ballot, followed by a dash and a video title, like this: “Studio name – Video"
In your email, include a link to download your video, and a TEXT FILE (that means .txt)
containing the following:
Name (Please use your real name)
Video Title
Source Anime
Song Used
Song Artist
Category desired (we reserve the right to change this)
Email (again, this is in case we have to contact you. We will not give away your email for any
reason).
Address.
Are you attending the con? (Y/N).
We will email you when we have received and tested your entry to play on our system. The later you send your entry, the later we will get back to you. If you send at the last minute, you will NOT receive confirmation until after the deadline has passed, and there may not be time to resubmit if something goes wrong!

Contestants found to be falsifying information will be disqualified AND permanently banned from this contest.

Awards include first place in each category, Best in Show, and Coordinators choice.

Each category winner, along with Coordinators Choice, shall receive a $25 gift certificate to Amazon.com. No runner up prizes.
NOTE: PRIZES SHALL ONLY BE AWARDED TO UNITED STATES CITIZENS! .

If we receive too many entries to screen during our allotted time, finalists shall be determined by a panel of four judges, including myself. Judges shall be barred from voting in the final contest.
Entrees will be examined based on originality, editing skill, video/audio output quality, and entertainment value.

As stated above, if we do not receive at least 4 entries in a category, it will be merged with the next “nearest” category.

[Studio Hawk]

Submitted!

[Davis 51]

Tomorrow is the last day for submissions! We have received a fair good bit. I will be posting category submission count later tonight, along with a 'received' confirmation list.

[Davis 51]

Aaaand contest over! Thanks everyone for another great year! Prizes will be sent within the next few weeks.

[shorisquared]

Congrats to everyone who participated and won! It's such an honor! Here's the YouTube playlist (only missing 6 videos):
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... NBrkghSlET

[AMV-X]

Congratulations to the winners! And many thanks for the honorable mention!

[Kyci]

Congrats everyone!

[shorisquared]

Sweet. Can't wait to get them winnings!

[Davis 51]

I apologise for the delay, everyone. The prizes will be shipped out within 24 hours. Please keep an eye on your inboxes. Digital gift cards will be emailed to the address provided in the submission form.