The AnimeUSA 2012 Thread

[Castor Troy]

Congrats to all the finalists

[Kionon]

Congrats to all the finalists!

[Brakus]

Yay finalists! Yay me for making finals again here!

One last dance, one last chance to see some of the best AMVs this year. Good luck, all!

[Kionon]

One last dance for Brakus Jane, one last chance to kill the pain. </TomPetty>

[TnAdct1]

Saturday 5:30pm - 8:30pm :: AMV Contest Winners/Iron Editor
Saturday 8:30pm - 10:00pm :: Ponies Anthology II
Saturday 10:00pm - 11:30pm :: AMV Hell 6

Oh yeah, Saturday night is going to be a fun night at AUSA.

[NepNep]

How did the contest go? Are the winners posted anywhere?

[l33tmeatwad]

How did the contest go? Are the winners posted anywhere?

Heard from a friend that was there that it went well and everyone seemed to enjoy the entire contest. My friend told me all the winners, but I don't remember them all...I'm sure Vic will post them all soon enough.

What I do remember:
Best in Show: PonyNote
Parody: Spiral Rangers
Best Action: All Hallow's Odd
Runner-Up Action: Naruto Ball Z
Best Comedy: Mother's Day Special
Runner-Up Comedy: Kount Krausula
Best Upbeat: Once Upon a Time in Russia

If I mixed anything up I apologize, it was a bit noisy on the other end of the phone conversation...

[NepNep]

How did the contest go? Are the winners posted anywhere?

Heard from a friend that was there that it went well and everyone seemed to enjoy the entire contest. My friend told me all the winners, but I don't remember them all...I'm sure Vic will post them all soon enough.

What I do remember:
Best in Show: PonyNote
Parody: Spiral Rangers
Best Action: All Hallow's Odd
Runner-Up Action: Naruto Ball Z
Best Comedy: Mother's Day Special
Runner-Up Comedy: Kount Krausula
Best Upbeat: Once Upon a Time in Russia

If I mixed anything up I apologize, it was a bit noisy on the other end of the phone conversation...

That's great Thanks for posting that. Congrats to all the winners ^-^ Good videos that won

[Brakus]

I had live-blogged the results on my Facebook. The results were:

Trailer/Parody:
2nd- "The Avengers Live TV" by EimiJ7
1st- "Spiral Rangers" by snapxynith

Drama/Serious:
2nd- "7 Days" by drewaconclusion
1st- "Save the World" by milkmandan & maganate

Action:
2nd- "Naruto Ball Z Shippuuden" by RDS (Castor Troy)
1st- "All Hallow's Odd" by Warlike Swans

Romance/Sentimental:
2nd- "Beyond the Slope" by StarTrinity009
1st- "BFB" by Jump Cut Productions

Upbeat:
2nd- "Hands Up!" by Drabazz
1st- "Once Upon a Time in Russia" by Vlad Pohnert

Comedy:
2nd- "Kount Krausula" by drewaconclusion
1st- "Mother's Day Special" by l33tm33twad

Best in Show: "PonyNote" by VivifxAMV

Iron Editor: Erika Thompson (retains championship)

Interesting way the winners of Action and Comedy turned out -- at the end of the first count, there was a tie in the Action category. So the votes were recounted, and at the end of the second count, there was a definitive winner in Action but a tie in Comedy. Instead of counting for a 3rd time, the scores were averaged out in each category, and the winner edged out the runner-up by 1/2 vote. For what it's worth, I voted for "All Hallow's Odd" for Action. Who says your vote doesn't count in these things?

Anyway, congrats to all the winners. And also, thank you to the 15-or-so people that voted for my video in Action, even though I had no chance of placing in the top 2.

BTW, let me share a moment from Sunday's Random AMV showing: "Pony Bebop" plays, and a part of the audience groans in disapproval. Amanda and I laughed uncontrollably - such a perfect reaction. Later on, VicBond plays a Firefly mock OP set to Cowboy Bebop, then immediately plays a parody of that set to My Little Pony. I turn around and yell "DAMMIT VIC!" and the other few editors started laughing. So it just goes to show that not every Pony parody has been made... yet.

[Warlike Swans]

Interesting way the winners of Action and Comedy turned out -- at the end of the first count, there was a tie in the Action category. So the votes were recounted, and at the end of the second count, there was a definitive winner in Action but a tie in Comedy. Instead of counting for a 3rd time, the scores were averaged out in each category, and the winner edged out the runner-up by 1/2 vote. For what it's worth, I voted for "All Hallow's Odd" for Action. Who says your vote doesn't count in these things?

Interesting, and thanks! (And I lost a contest earlier this year by a single vote during a tie-breaker. Single votes *do* carry weight in these things.)

Out of curiosity, do you recall if "Crazy Maybe" played in Romance or Comedy?

Congratulations to the other winners ^_^