Otakuthon 2023 AMV Contest - WINNERS ANNOUNCED!

[OtaKing_001]

Hello! Once again, I'm pleased to announce that the Otakuthon AMV Contest is back again for another year! We are now accepting submissions for the contest.

General Information

AMV entries will be screened at the Otakuthon AMV Contest Screening during the weekend of Otakuthon. The AMV Contest screening will consist of two hours worth of the best videos submitted for the contest. During the screening, the audience will vote for their favourite AMV through secret ballot in the following categories: Action, Comedy/Parody, Dance/Rhythm, Drama/Romance and Originality. The audience will also vote for the "People's Choice" award for the best AMV. If you are participating in the contest voting, please stay for the duration of the screening to give all AMVs a fair chance in the voting.

All AMVs submitted will also be automatically entered into the "Best of Show" category for best overall AMV, as well as the "Best Visual Effects/Video Editing" category. The winners of these two categories will be selected by a panel of AMV Contest judges prior to the convention.

Due to time constraints, not all AMVs will be shown during the contest screening.

Participants may enter a maximum of two video entries total (one entry per category).

Deadline: July 21st, 2023 at 11:59 pm

Content Guidelines

Video Content

• Videos may not be shorter than 1 minute and should not be longer than 5 minutes.

• The majority of the video footage must be from anime (Japanese animation) or from Japanese video games (e.g. Final Fantasy, Street Fighter, Metal Gear Solid, etc.).

• Live action or other sorts of animation footage are acceptable provided that they are not a dominant part of the video.

• Do not include any video opening or closing AMV creator or studio credits, title cards or bumpers. Otakuthon will be adding an opening title card to all entered AMVs containing the title of the music video, creator's / studio's name, source of video footage, voting category, and the music title.

• There should be no subtitles in the AMV unless it is an important element of the music video or if they are karaoke song lyrics. AMVs that breach this rule will be automatically rejected.

• There should be no watermarks, software logos, or text credits (such as the credits for Anime TV openings or endings) of any kind within the AMV. AMVs that breach this rule will be automatically rejected.

• Any AMV that contains hentai, full frontal nudity, explicit sexuality or other pornographic material, as well as extreme or excessive violence and gore will not be accepted for the AMV Contest. Scenes with graphic violence and/or sexuality, eroticism, ecchi, and horror are permitted.

Textual/Audio Content

• Music must be used as the main soundtrack and may be from any genre and in any language.

• Coarse language, including music lyrics, within the AMVs must be acceptable of what can be heard on public radio, prime time television, or any film that is rated 13+.

Submission Rules

Anime Music Videos (AMVs) submitted for competition must be your OWN work and must be an ORIGINAL work. You may NOT submit an AMV on another person's behalf.

We will be accepting submissions via e-mail only. Please send all contest submissions to amvcontest@otakuthon.com.

All AMVs for the contest must be submitted by July 21st, 2023 before 11:59 pm. If your AMV is submitted after this date, it will not be considered for the contest.

AMVs which are submitted can be entered into one of the following five categories:

• Action
High energy or over the top scenes that involves fast action fighting, epic battles, or even climatic sports scenes with an appropriate soundtrack to match the action.

• Comedy/Parody
Anything that will make an audience laugh or to see something silly. As well as poking fun of a particular anime, character or situation in a comedic way.

• Dance/Rhythm
AMVs with anime characters dancing to a beat, playing a musical instrument or even singing a song. Anything that will make the audience want to stand up and dance along!

• Drama/Romance
Scenes that are dramatic or theatrical. As well as scenes depicting love or romance between different characters. Anything that will elicit an emotional response.

• Originality
Something that is new and unique or has never been done before. Scenes and music put together in an original creative way, whether it be the editing, visual effects or a completely wild artistic concept.

Note: Otakuthon reserves the right to change an entry's category where appropriate.

To submit your AMV, send an email to amvcontest@otakuthon.com with the subject line "AMV Contest 2023 Submission" and provide the following information:

• Your name
• E-mail address and other contact info
• Title of your music video
• The category in which you would like the AMV entered (select one, see the list above)
• Source of video footage used (i.e. series, movies, etc.)
• Source of music or audio soundtrack used
• A link to download your AMV

When submitting for the Otakuthon AMV Contest, participants may enter up to a maximum of two AMVs BUT each video may only be entered into ONE category for voting.

All AMV entries will be automatically entered into the "People's Choice", "Best of Show", and "Best Visual Effects/Video Editing" categories.

To facilitate the judging process, please name your video file the same as your AMV title. Creators may submit their videos with their submission by:

• Providing a link from Google Drive/Onedrive/DropBox or on any Cloud services.
• Providing a link to the AMV on AnimeMusicVideos.org.

The following are a list of "DON'Ts" which will disqualify your submission:

• Don't send YouTube or similar video streaming site links.
• Don't send AMVs which you did not create.
• Don't send links from Megaupload, Depositfile or any similar website.

Format

Please note the following guidelines with respect to video format:

• All videos must be playable on a PC with the latest K-Lite Codec Pack installed.
• Files for competition should be AVI, MPG, WMV, MKV or MP4 format.
• DO NOT send videos in RealPlayer or QuickTime format.
• The minimal video resolution should be 1280x720 for widescreen, 960x720 for fullscreen.
• Videos with poor video quality (ex: pixelated, artifacting, etc.) will be rejected.

Awards

Each category winner will receive an award in the form of a certificate via mail. All winners will be announced on AnimeMusicVideos.org forums and the Otakuthon official Facebook page. Winners will be contacted via email to provide us with a mailing address so that the award can be shipped to you.

Note

• Otakuthon reserves the right to use any submitted AMVs, in whole or in part, for promotional purposes during and after the convention.
• Otakuthon does not guarantee that any AMV submitted will be screened. The convention reserves the right whether or not to screen an AMV for any reason.

For any questions about the AMV Contest, please e-mail the AMV Contest Manager at amvcontest@otakuthon.com.

Otakuthon 2023 Website: https://www.otakuthon.com/2023/home/

[Pyrothemusical]

Just submitted 2 entries! I feel like combining Drama/Romance into one category will definitely make it one of the more challenging categories to compete in, ha ha.

[TritioAFB]

I'm ready

[Silvercoat]

Sent you guys a couple. Good luck with the contest!

[OtaKing_001]

Thank you to everyone who submitted AMVs to this year's Otakuthon 2023 AMV Contest! We received a lot of good entries this year which made this year's AMV Contest Screening a great success!

To all those who stayed till the very end of the screening to do the public contest voting, a thank you to all of you as well!

As requested, here is the full list of the Otakuthon AMV Contest 2023 entries:

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Entry No. - Category - Title - Creator

01 - Dance/Rhythm - Nekovision - Offreds
02 - Dance/Rhythm - Welcome to the DCC - Takeshi & Kuroo
03 - Dance/Rhythm - Irregular Nation II - Lightning
04 - Dance/Rhythm - Life - KnightFlier80
05 - Dance/Rhythm - Liberated Woman - TritioAFB
06 - Dance/Rhythm - FOMO - ResyAMV
07 - Dance/Rhythm - Bocchi the Video Star - F-Zero TV
08 - Dance/Rhythm - Make The Moves Up As I Go - SonsofKorhal9
09 - Dance/Rhythm - This is Anime - ThatOneGuy
10 - Action - True Survivor - Flashmv
11 - Action - Dancing with Blades - Speedy180
12 - Action - DENJISTORM - Silent Hero
13 - Action - The Western - Wild Cowboys
14 - Action - The Beach Episode of Sports - SPuddStaaa
15 - Action - Rider's Joy - SilkAMV
16 - Action - Roaring 80's - Seasaltmemories
17 - Action - Toxic Killers - Daniel Bendtsen
18 - Action - Warriors - HDruid
19 - Action - Lose Control - ThatOneGuy
20 - Action - Amaranthine - Ramen Noodle Productions
21 - Originality - Typhoon - Silvercoat
22 - Originality - Double Take - BecauseImBored1
23 - Originality - Our Journey Through Time - Nashironeko
24 - Originality - A Life In Pictures - Nuke
25 - Originality - Sorcerers 0 - ENITZ
26 - Originality - eX memoirs - Davis Murphy
27 - Originality - Muzan Jackson - Elec
28 - Originality - Public Safety Denouncement - F-Zero TV
29 - Originality - I Don't Need Anyone - pinkmoondust
30 - Originality - Jujutsu Kaisen AMV - ko7.v
31 - Originality - Guts of Barbaria - ZeonicFreak
32 - Originality - The Anime Journey - SonsofKorhal9
33 - Drama/Romance - Sway - Ian Yu
34 - Drama/Romance - (AI)dol Culture - Pyrothemusical
35 - Drama/Romance - Beauty and the Celestial - HyperTails
36 - Drama/Romance - An Escape with Ghibli - SoCal AMVs
37 - Drama/Romance - LIGHT SWITCH - Simplyfx
38 - Drama/Romance - Echoing Coda - Troubleclef
39 - Drama/Romance - Last Dance - Lelani
40 - Drama/Romance - Freaky Game - Nuke
41 - Drama/Romance - Still With You - HDruid
42 - Drama/Romance - Watch Out - Flashmv
43 - Drama/Romance - Window - Twistvid
44 - Drama/Romance - Think of You - UtsukushiLight
45 - Drama/Romance - New Waves - Seki
46 - Comedy/Parody - Real Men On Ice! - Silvercoat
47 - Comedy/Parody - Gojo Thirst - Ariane Brisson
48 - Comedy/Parody - T.A.P.P. - There's A Poop Part - SilkAMV
49 - Comedy/Parody - Southern Fried Telenovela - drewaconclusion
50 - Comedy/Parody - Super Loid Bros. - SPuddStaaa
51 - Comedy/Parody - Food Porn - Speedy180
52 - Comedy/Parody - Pop Epic Rhapsody - Toon Addict Productions

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The votes from both the public ballots and AMV Contest judges are being tabulated right now. The winners will be notified first before the winners are publicly announced.

The public announcement of the winners will be released very soon! The winners will be posted in this Forum thread. Thank you for your patience.

[Zeonic Freak]

So what were the results of the contest? I couldn't find anything online about it.

[SpuddStaaa]

It's still being tabulated I believe.

[OtaKing_001]

Otakuthon AMV Contest 2023 Winners

Thank you everyone for your patience. First, we would like to say a very big thank you to all the audience members that stayed for the whole duration of the AMV Contest screening to cast your voting ballots.

And now without further ado, we're very happy to announce the winners (and runner-ups) of this year's Otakuthon AMV Contest 2023!

Public Ballot Voting

Category: Dance/Rhythm

Winner: Entry 08 - "Make The Moves Up As I Go" by SonsofKorhal9
Runner-up: Entry 09 - "This is Anime" by ThatOneGuy

Category: Action

Winner: Entry 19 - "Lose Control" by ThatOneGuy
Runner-up: Entry 18 - "Warriors" by HDruid

Category: Originality

Winner: Entry 22 - "Double Take" by BecauseImBored1
Runner-up: Entry 27 - "Muzan Jackson" by Elec

Category: Drama/Romance

Winner: Entry 45 - "New Waves" by Seki
Runner-up: Entry 37 - "LIGHT SWITCH" by Simplyfx

Category: Comedy/Parody

Winner: Entry 50 - "Super Loid Bros." by SPuddStaaa
Runner-up: Entry 46 - "Real Men On Ice!" by Silvercoat

"People's Choice" for Best AMV

Winner: Entry 22 - "Double Take" by BecauseImBored1
Runner-up: Entry 19 - "Lose Control" by ThatOneGuy

AMV Contest Judges Voting

Judges' Category: "Best of Show" - The best AMV overall

Winner: Entry 22 - "Double Take" by BecauseImBored1
Runner-up (3-way tie):
Entry 02 - " Welcome to the DCC" by Takeshi & Kuroo
Entry 08 - " Make The Moves Up As I Go" by SonsofKorhal9
Entry 11 - "Dancing with Blades" by Speedy180

Judges' Category: "Best Visual Effects/Video Editing" - The AMV that displayed excellent editing and/or best use of visual effects.

Winner: Entry 11 - "Dancing with Blades" by Speedy180
Runner-up: Entry 19 - " Lose Control" by ThatOneGuy

Congratulations to all the winners! Thank you to everyone who submitted their AMVs to the contest! We hope that everyone will participate again in next year's Otakuthon AMV Contest!