Anime Boston 2025 AMV Contest and HAMV Contest - Winners!

[LantisEscudo]

Hello, everyone!

I'm happy to announce that the AMV Contest for Anime Boston 2025 is now open and accepting entries!

There's been a few changes this year, so please make sure you read the rules before submitting. The high points of the changes:

• The deadline for submissions to be uploaded to our servers is 11:59 PM Eastern Time on April 12, 2025.
• Freshness cutoff is one year before the convention. Videos publicly available before May 23, 2024 are not eligible.
• Content is restricted to a PG-13 rating.
• Category descriptions have all been updated to hopefully improve clarity.
• Fun/Comedy and Romance/Sentimental have been renamed to Fun/Humor and Sentiments to better describe the types of videos the categories are intended for.
• The Trailer/Commercial category has been retired. Trailers and Commercials can still be entered, but they'll compete in the most appropriate category for their content (Drama for serious ones, Fun/Humor for comedic ones, etc.).
• Minimum duration for videos has been increased from 30 seconds to 60 seconds.
• A new Shorts category has been added for videos between 15 and 60 seconds in duration.
• The maximum number of entries an editor may contribute to has been updated to a maximum of two main category videos (one per category) and up to five Shorts.
• Generative AI content is prohibited, in particular "deepfake" audio.

The full rules are available here.
The submission form is available here.

Also this year, the Hentai AMV Contest is returning!

• The deadline for the Hentai AMV Contest is 11:59 PM Eastern Time on May 3, 2025.
• The freshness rule for the Hentai AMV Contest is two years before the convention (May 23, 2023).
• The additional rules for Hentai AMV Contest are available here.
• The submission form for the Hentai AMV Contest is available here.

Thanks in advance to everyone that submits, and I can't wait to see what people have come up with this year.

[alphasigmaevolved]

Are collabs allowed for the Hentai AMV contest? I still expect it to count as one full submission, but just wanted to ask first.

[LantisEscudo]

Are collabs allowed for the Hentai AMV contest? I still expect it to count as one full submission, but just wanted to ask first.

Yes, collabs are allowed. The easiest way to indicate that on the form would be including all contributors in the "Name for Credits" field.

[LantisEscudo]

Hi, everyone!

We're down to the last two weeks to submit to the AMV Contest!

Please remember, you can submit up to two videos to the main contest categories, and up to five videos to the Shorts category.

We look forward to to submissions in any category, though numbers for the Shorts and Other categories are particularly thin right now, so please get your submissions in soon, especially if they fit those categories!

Thank you to everyone who's submitted so far, and good luck to everyone that submits.

[LantisEscudo]

Hi everyone!

The submission deadline for Anime Boston is only one week away, so please get your submissions in soon!

We're still a bit thin for entries in the Other and Shorts categories, so entries there would be greatly appreciated.

Remember you can submit up to FIVE shorts in addition to TWO in the other categories (the form will unfortunately only allow submitting one Short at a time, we're working on fixing that for next year).

Thanks to everyone who's submitted so far, and we're looking forward to seeing what comes in during the final week.

[LantisEscudo]

Hello, everyone!

It's the final day to submit to Anime Boston, so if you haven't yet, please do!

Thanks in particular to everyone who's entered a Short - the numbers there are looking much better. Other could still use some help, so if you've got one that would fit there, please send it in.

The submissions so far have been amazing, and I can't wait to see what comes in over the final day. Thank you, and good luck to everyone!

[LantisEscudo]

Hello, everyone!

Before anything else, I want to say thank you to everyone that submitted an entry to Anime Boston 2025. I know I say every year that I'm surprised at the creativity we see in the entries we receive, but that's because every year it's true.

Finalists

Our prescreening judges have finished their work, and we now have our list of finalists. In alphabetical order by credited name, the finalist editors are:

AbyssBreakingStudios
AngelicDaze
BecauseImBored1
Christine Zhang
EverAqua
FashionableJellyfish
Fay-Sa
Gina Nelson
HaloKami Productions
James Blond
K Squared Edits
KeiichiFace (Tsunderbird Studios)
Kireblue
Link187
MadMegatax
Matthew Stanton
Moonpie
Nashironeko
Obsidian Zero
packook
Paul Geromini
PieandBeer
Pyrothemusical
SeanPNG
shorisquared
Speedy180 & Neko Kitkat
SpuddStaaa
Takeshi
Violet Skies
Well That's Puntastic
Xophilarus
ZeonicFreak

Finalists should already have received a notification email; if your name is on the list and you haven't received a finalist notification, please let me know and I'll resend it.

Overflow Showing

Videos that were not selected as finalists for the 2025 AMV Contest will be shown all day on Sunday in the Fan Creations Track (Hynes 312).

We do have far more videos than we can play even in that amount of time, so we would like to prioritize showing videos by editors in attendance. If you are attending the convention, you can speak to anyone at the tech desk at the front of the room during the showing to have your videos moved up in the queue to be played or to be replayed if you missed them earlier in the showing.

AMV Editors Dinner

If you will be attending Anime Boston and will be in town Thursday evening, please consider joining us at the AMV Editors Dinner. This is an unofficial event, open to everyone in the editing community. You can find the details and RSVP in the Anime Boston Forums: https://forums.animeboston.com/viewtopi ... =6&t=39707

Fan Creations Track

We've got a whole weekend of blocks of AMVs and other Fan Creations planned for this year's convention. If you'll be attending, please stop by the Fan Creations Track in Hynes 312 and check out what we have to offer. You can follow any of Anime Boston's social channels to see the full schedule when it gets announced (usually 1-2 weeks before the con starts).

Thank you again to everyone who submitted this year. You've given us an amazing contest to show, and without your entries, this wouldn't be possible.

[LantisEscudo]

Hi, everyone,

Just a quick update, I just found out that the "your video has been processed" emails for Hentai AMV entries haven't been going out (the new form wasn't correctly linked to something somewhere), so I'll be resending those emails to all of the HAMV entrants so far.

Speaking of the HAMV Contest, there's just over a week left to submit, so if you have an entry you'd like to submit, please do so soon!

Thank you, and I apologize for the inconvenience with the emails.

[alphasigmaevolved]

I replaced one of my HAMV contest submissions.

Will there be a finalist list for the HAMV contest as well?

[LantisEscudo]

Hello, everyone!

Thank you once again to everyone who submitted an entry this year, and I'm happy to announce the list of finalist videos and award winners for Anime Boston 2025!

SHORTS

Video T1
Dandadanny Phantom
Danny Phantom Opening Theme
Dandadan
packook

Video T2
Bill and Ben
Tom Cardy - Let the Children Watch
Buddy Daddies
SpuddStaaa

Video T3 Winner: Best Short
No magic spells are gonna work ennui
Carter Vail - Internet Songs 2
Mashle
BecauseImBored1

Video T4
Country Roads
Axl Lee ft. shar - Country Roads
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
Pyrothemusical

Video T5
Cute by 4
Welyn - Home Depot Theme except it's a rap
Do It Yourself!!!; Yuru Camp
Obsidian Zero

DRAMA

Video D1 Winner: Best Drama
Found Family
Noah Kahan - Orange Juice
Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood
SeanPNG

Video D2
Ghosts Over Sunflowers
Taylor Swift - Florida!!!
The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes
KeiichiFace (Tsunderbird Studios)

Video D3
Aim for the Sky
Cast of Come From Away - Me and the Sky
Gunbuster
AngelicDaze

Video D4
Curtain Call
Tessa Violet - When The Curtain Falls
Perfect Blue
James Blond

Video D5
Misery's Smile
Imagine Dragons - Enemy
My Hero Academia
Speedy180 & Neko Kitkat

ACTION

Video A1
Fake It till you Make It
Todrick Hall - Wanted
Revue Starlight
Kireblue

Video A2
Mission Impossible
Lalo Schifrin, Yuri Krutikov - Mission Impossible
Spy x Family
Takeshi

Video A3 Winner: Best Action
BADDEST U(A)P
Joey Valence & Brae - THE BADDEST (Custom Edit)
Dandadan
shorisquared

Video A4 Winner: Judges' Choice
Crisis of '87
DIAMANTE - 1987
Bubblegum Crisis
ZeonicFreak

Video A5
Fire(s)truck
Royal Republic - Fireman & Dancer
Promare, Promare: Side Lio, Promare: Side Galo
PieandBeer

SENTIMENTAL

Video S1
Baby Buddy Brigade
Michael Bublé - Haven't Met You Yet
Buddy Daddies
MadMegatax

Video S2 Winner: Best Sentimental and Best of Show
I Choose Us
Alex Warren - Carry You Home
Pokemon
Gina Nelson

Video S3
Courage is not the Absence of Fear
Sara Bareilles - Brave
Komi Can't Communicate
Violet Skies

Video S4
A Fool's Garden
Lauren Aquilina - Fools
Bloom into You
Fay-Sa

Video S5
Imposter Syndrome
KAYKO - What If
Bocchi the Rock
SpuddStaaa

UPBEAT

Video U1
Sunrise to Sunset
Hoku - Perfect Day
Akebi's Sailor Uniform
FashionableJellyfish

Video U2 Winner: Best Upbeat
A Bar AMV (Weeby)
Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy)
Various Anime [50]
AegithZ

Video U3
Transcend-Dandy Cha Cha
Tom Cardy - Transcendental Cha Cha Cha
Space Dandy
EverAqua

Video U4
Joy's Run Loose
MercyMe - Happy Dance
Various Anime [14]
AbyssBreakingStudios

Video U5 Winner: Best Editing
Good Feeling
pearl wave - Good Good Feeling
Akebi's Sailor Uniform; Sing a Bit of Harmony
Nashironeko

OTHER

Video H1
Bocchi The Brat
Charli XCX - Girl, So Confusing
Bocchi the Rock
Well That's Puntastic

Video H2 Winner: Best Other
Spy x Courier
The Courier Trailer Audio
Spy x Family
SpuddStaaa

Video H3 Winner: Best Concept
Asylum
Peggy - Alice
School-Live!
Xophilarus

Video H4
Skatestopper
Heartstopper Trailer Audio
SK8 The Infinity
K Squared Edits

Video H5
Jelly Fish
Julian Smith - Jellyfish
Josee, the Tiger and the Fish; Princess Jellyfish
Link187

FUN/HUMOR

Video F1
onlyBREADS
Anya Nami - Bread
Various Anime [37]
HaloKami Productions

Video F2 Winner: Best Fun/Humor and Made In New England
My Hearing is Bad
Cast of Shucked - Corn
Various Anime [54]
Paul Geromini

Video F3
Maybe the Real Friends Were the Dungeons We Ate Along the Way
Flight of the Conchords - Friends
Delicious in Dungeon
Moonpie

Video F4
The ABC's(?) of Anime
Barenaked Ladies - Crazy ABC's
Various Anime [29]
Matthew Stanton

Video F5
First Measure
Taylor Swift, Magik Mike, Tom Wallace, and Shittyflute - Various Parodies of "Shake it Off" and "Love Story"
Hibike! Euphonium
Xophilarus

Action Winner: Coordinator's Choice
Planetary Parade
Dua Lipa - Physical
Sailor Moon
MadMegatax

The full list of Overflow videos is in the Anime Boston Forums and I'll be posting the Hentai AMV Contest results momentarily.

I'll also be in contact with the editors that didn't pick their awards up at the convention soon to arrange shipping. Congratulations to all the winners, and I can't wait to see what next year brings.