Natsukashii Award
'Future Nostalgia' by Joker Troupe & Friends ("Future Nostalgia" by Dua Lipa to Various)
Smoking Never Looked Cooler Award
'Astringent Aftertaste' by Complicated Muse ("Blow" by Jackson Wang to Chainsaw Man)
Ate and Left No Crumbs Award
'Big Little Tike' by SilkAMV ("Control" by Halsey to Spy x Family)
My Villain Origin Story Award
'Misery's Smile' by Speedy180 & Nekokitkat ("Enemy" by Imagine Dragons to My Hero Academia)
Anime Drinking Game Award
'A Bar AMV (Tipsy)' by AegithZ ("A Bar Song (Tipsy)" by Shaboozey to Various)
Gen X Nostalgia Award
'Crisis of '87' by Zeonic Freak ("1987" by DIAMANTE to Bubblegum Crisis)
Judges' Runner-up
'Dance the Night' by E_01 ("Dance The Night" by Dua Lipa to Various)
Audience Favourite Runner-up
'Virgin Gojo' by shorisquared ("I'm A Virgin" by The Weeknd to Jujutsu Kaisen, Hunter x Hunter, Boruto)
The Intense Tea Party Award
Judges' 1st Place (Best in Show)
Audience Favourite
'Mob's Tea Party' by SilkAMV ("Annabelle's Tea Party" by NIVIRO to Mob Psycho 100, One Punch Man, Mashle: Magic and Muscles)
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Otafest’s AMV Contest is back for another year and open to everyone who wants to submit an AMV video into competition.
You do not need to be present at the event to enter, but attendance is always encouraged when possible.
FINALISTS
Here are our finalists (credit name only). The Contest will be on Saturday night in the Main Events room and all accepted non-finalists will be played Sunday in the AMV Room just before the winners are be shown in Main Events. Good luck to everyone!
AbyssBreakingStudios
AegithZ
cocopan
Complicated Muse
Dreamerjordi
E_01
hemlocksoames
hotterhatter2211
IcePhoenix2
Joker Troupe & Friends
Kireblue (x2)
Lelani
MadMegatax
Moonpie
Rider4Z
Rye
SeanPNG and Troubleclef (Joker Troupe)
shorisquared (x2)
SilkAMV (x2)
Silvercoat
Speedy180 (x2)
SpuddStaaa (x2)
Synæsthesia Productions
Takeshi
TehPhoenix
TritioAFB
unaccetpable
Zeonic Freak
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This year I have some big shoes to fill in taking over the contest from Vlad Pohnert after so many years, but I look forward to another year of great videos!
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Friday, April 4, 2025
SUBMISSION RULES & ENTRY FORM
Quick Rules Summary:
- The duration limits for each submission are as follows:
- AMV Entries: 75 seconds minimum, 6 minutes maximum.
- Trailers, Commercials or Intros: 30 seconds minimum, 3 minutes & 30 seconds maximum. - No more than 2 entries per person/group.
- No subtitles, watermarks, logos, credits, references to other contests or text that is unnecessary to the concept.
- Must not have premiered before July 1, 2024
- 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.
- No music and/or dialogue generated by voice-cloning technologies (deepfake audio).
- Entries created using Machine Learning technologies (AI) and not the creation of the entrant will be disqualified.
- Special Awards
- Up to a total of 8 special awards will be given out. - Judges’ Top Awards
- 1st Place (Best in Show) and Runner-up - Audience Favourite
- 1st Place and Runner-up
Good Luck to everyone!
Rory Mahood
Otafest 2025 AMV Coordinator
