ANIMETHON 25 AMV Contest - Winners

[Vlad G Pohnert]

ANIMETHON 25 AMV CONTEST

This year Animethon is celebrating it's 25th Anniversary and has moved location to the Edmonton Shaw Conference Center. This means an exciting bigger and brand new Main Events room where the contest will be held!

WINNERS

BEST ACTION
"Chunchunmaru Hype" by Ramen Noodle Productions
("Wanna Get Hype" by District 78 to KonoSuba: God's Blessing on this Wonderful World )

BEST DRAMATIC
"This Is Violet Evergarden" by SaminatorDavis
("This Is Me" by Kesha to Violet Evergarden)

BEST FUN/UPBEAT
"SPF (Stereotypical Party Filler)" by Gina Nelson
("Cake by the Ocean" by DNCE to Various)

BEST TRAILER/COMMERICAL/INTRO
"Cowboy:Bebop Fallout" by Rider4Z
("Mission Impossible: Fallout" Trailer to Cowboy Bebop)

AMV COORDINATOR'S CHOICE
"Youth in Motion" by Xophilarus
("Afterlife" by Ingrid Michaelson to A Place Further than the Universe)

BEST MADE IN ALBERTA
"SAO Alert" by xSnowstorm102x
("Virus Alert" by Weird Al Yankovic to Sword Art Online)

BEST HUMOUR & AUDIENCE FAVOURITE
"Dunces & Dragons" by Mycathatesyou69 & King Redeem
("Dragon Slayer" by Ninja Sex Party to Various)

BEST ROMANCE/SENTIMENTAL & BEST IN SHOW
"Familiar" by shorisquared
("When She Loved Me" by Sarah McLachlan to She and Her Cat: Everything Flows)


25th ANNIVERSARY AMV CONTEST FAN FAVOURTE
"Anime 404" by BakaOppai

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FINALISTS

Here is the list of finalists (By Credit Name):

BasharOfTheAges
BecauseImBored1
Casual-Swimmer
Cirera / Tsunderbird Studios
Genm Level Billion
Gina Nelson (2X)
Indigo Team
ItsRequiem (2X)
Mycathatesyou69 & King Redeem
Nekokitkat
Nuke
PaNTSU oF d00m
Patrick Castro
PieandBeer (Tsunderbird Studios)
Ramen Noodle Productions
Rider4Z (2x)
Salt AMV
SaminatorDavis (2X)
Sean.PNG
Sean.PNG & Shorisquared
shorisquared
Showtime (2X)
SOGESNAKE
Studio le Croc
TheDestineeAMV
Valter RubyCube
Vhenrik
Xophilarus
xSnowstorm102x
Zeeruy


ALSO, this year we will have a 30 minute Pre-Show (Shown while we are seating Main Events for the contest)
Here is a list of the pre-show videos (from the non-finalists):

AngelMaeVictory
Bry__
Erik Heckert
Kyci
Lampi
Maboroshi Studio
MadMegatax
Nightcore Josh
tko03isaneditor
UnluckyArtist
William Wagar

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RULES SUMMARY

DEADLINE: Sunday, June 17, 2018

QUICK RULES SUMMARY (Full set of rules can be found HERE):

• AMVs: Must be a minimum of 75 seconds and maximum of 6 minutes.
• Trailers, Commercials or Intros: Must be a minimum of 30 seconds and maximum of 3.5 minutes.
• No more than 2 entries per person/group.
• No subtitles, watermarks, logos, text, or credits.
• Must not have premiered before December 1, 2017.
• The majority of your entry’s video content must consist of anime-styled or manga-styled content.
• Audio for all AMV entries (except Trailer/Commercial/Intro) must be majority music. No excessive dialogue.
• Must be age 14+ appropriate.
• AMV-Hell style entries will not be accepted.
• Must satisfy our technical requirements.

As the contest will be two hours in length, all accepted entries will be judged by a panel of judges to determine the finalists.

SUMMARY OF AWARDS

AMV fixed categories have been eliminated and replaced with a larger number of elements that make up the essence of the AMV (i.e. Dramatic, Artistic, Parody, Trailer, Effect Oriented, etc.) found on the entry form. Once all entries have be received after the deadline, all the selected elements will be tabulated and all accepted entries will be grouped into the top six most common categories for judging.

Category Awards:
Up to six Awards. Categories will be determined after the submission deadline

AMV Contest Coordinator Choice Award
Awarded to a video selected by the AMV Contest Coordinator

Grand Prize Awards:
Best in Show
Audience Favourite

Best “Made in Alberta” Award
Awarded to a video entry made in the province of Alberta

Vlad G Pohnert
Animethon 25 AMV Coordinator

[Vlad G Pohnert]

Just under a month to go.

Vlad

[Vlad G Pohnert]

Just over two weeks to go, need more of the awesome videos!

Vad

[Vlad G Pohnert]

About 11 days to go, need more trailers, upbeat, fun and comedy videos!

Vlad

[Vlad G Pohnert]

A week to go before the deadline! Short on Trailer, commercial and Fun videos!

Vlad

[Kireblue]

A week to go before the deadline! Short on Fun videos!

Vlad

working on it

[DopplerDo]

A week to go before the deadline! Short on Fun videos!

Vlad

working on it

Oh snap is THAT almost finished? Please please please let that beast out of the cage !!

[Rider4Z]

Gonna try for something new!!

[Vlad G Pohnert]

Two days to go!!!! MORE trailers, Commercials and comedy!

Vlad

[Rider4Z]

One new trailer coming up... i hope