Hello everyone! Anime NYC is now accepting entries for its AMV Contest & AMV Shorts Showcase!
Entries will be accepted until Saturday, June 21, 2025 @ 11:59PM Eastern.
Finalists will receive a badge membership to Anime NYC 2025, and the respective winners of the contest will receive either a trophy or a medal depending on their placement!
Before anything, I do want to say with great remorse that we will not be returning captions to Anime NYC's 2025 AMV Contest. I am proud that we tried to last year, and I genuinely do believe our contest was better because of it. But because of many limitations as well as many close calls last year, I thought it best to shelve the idea for now. I apologize to anyone who is disappointed by this.
The Categories
- Trailer: AMVs that are set to parody or otherwise utilize commercials, trailers, or other promotional media as the audio source for the video.
- Action: Videos that center on fast paced scenes and exhilarating moments in animation.
- Drama: Videos that focus on more serious or thrilling moods and stories.
- Romance/Sentimental: Videos that focus on more emotional sentiments such as romance, platonic expression, character growth, etc.
- Upbeat: Videos that are energizing, uplifting, and overall fun for the viewer.
- Comedy/Parody: Videos that make us laugh, a category that doesn’t need much explaining!
- AMV Shorts Showcase: A free for all fun for all, we will accept all short AMVs that adhere to our rules that have a minimum of 15 seconds, and a max of 1 minute. TikTokers welcome!
General Rules (Condensed)
- AMVs must not have been posted publicly before June 5th, 2024 by 11:59 PM Eastern.
- Anime NYC welcomes animation from all around the world, not restricted to Japan.
- A participant may submit up to two videos to the Main Contest Showcase, but each video must be entered into a different category. An editor may enter a third video if and only if the third is submitted to Comedy or Trailer.
- Additionally, a participant may also submit 3 AMV Shorts.
- Our AMV Shorts Showcase has a minimum video length of 15 seconds and a maximum length of 1 minute.
- For the Trailer category minimum video length is 1 minute and a maximum length of 5 minutes.
- For all other categories, minimum video length is 1 minute and 15 seconds and a maximum length of 5 minutes.
- Videos should not contain credits that are separate from the video duration, such as intros or outros will not be accepted under any circumstance. Videos that contain excess content as mentioned above will be trimmed by the coordinator. Therefore it is recommended that you ensure your video only contains what is necessary to the AMV.
- Files sizes should be kept small. Please keep files to be at max 2 GB for larger files, the coordinator will compress the file using AMV Tool or other encoding software. Videos that are larger than the indicated file size will be compressed by the coordinator.
- Videos should not reference other events or contest.
Content Standards
- Videos should not contain excessive violence, language, or content that would place it above a PG-13 rating.
- Curse words are permitted in entries but should be used sparingly and must not dominate the lyrics or dialogue.
- Videos containing racial slurs and other derogatory language aimed to denigrate or unfairly harass others are barred from the contest.
- Symbols of hate or sensitive imagery such as Nazi emblems, KKK garments, and other religious/political symbolism are not allowed, no matter the circumstance or context.
- Nudity, sexual content, or excessive gore/violence will be considered on a case-by-case basis, but will usually cause disqualification.
