Anime Central 2026 AMV Masquerade Contest - ACEN THE MUSICAL

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Because I forgot to put a time for the actual website, I will be taking entries for the next three hours before I start processing and sending people their video copies to review. If you are having rendering issues, now is the time to fix them!

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Hallmark finalists announced!

Below is the list of names of editors and the number of videos they got in. A full video playlist will be provided closer to the actual contest showing. 
All videos will be played during our AMV Hallmarks contest showing on May 15th, 5:00pm CST, but will also have the opportunity to win one of our awards and be played during the actual Masquerade halftime show on May 16th, 6:00-9:00 pm CST. If you are in attendance and you win, you are also eligible for our prize tickets which when redeemed can be used with our prize tent.

The AMV Contest Award show will be played on Saturday May 16th at 9:00 pm where we will replay all the Masquerade halftime show winners alongside out Joker Troupe IC winners and our first ever AMV Masquerade contest winners who have all been voted on and selected.

Please keep an eye out for livestream links where I will do my best to stream/record the contest alongside the AMV room itself. All livestream links will be put in the https://stream.amv-masquerade.com/ website at a later date or will be emailed out before con. The website will be updated closer to con. Ignore the lackluster homepage as it's still in progress.

AngelicDaze x2
Bionic Slime
BlackRockAMVs
Chaiberry
Dr.Dinosaur
Drohack
E_01
Elixir
Elixir & SliceofLife
EverAqua
HaloKami Productions x2
Harmadillo x2
haunter103
hilovids
Ileia x3
Iris Edit
James Blond x2
Kireblue
meleechampion
Mysunsai
Nashironeko
Nekokitkat
NinjaristicNinja
Rider4Z
SasukeChanx
Sayoria
ShadowCore89 AMVs
shorisquared
SilkAMV
Silvercoat
SliceofLife
Takeshi
TehPhoenix & Link187
Troubleclef
Twister
Vanitas
Vanitas & BxP
Vanitas & Spike
xSkylark

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Now that I've sorta recovered from my two week trip as well as ACEN, I'm gonna document the winners from the award stream for those who missed out. I loved running this format, and I'm excited to do this again next year. Stay tuned for next year's theme announcement! I will continue to improve the website so it looks not basic next year as well as do my best to document all the videos featured below on there.

Masquerade Winners

Best Intensity: Maximum Umapower by ShadowCore89 AMVs
Best Drama: Inescapable Fallout by TehPhoenix
Best Sentimental: Nostalgia 64 by thefanvideoer2
Best Upbeat/Fun: The Gospel of Gene by AngelicDaze
Best Romance: 7 Tips to Drive a Man Wild by SeanPNG
Best Freestyle: DeScrybed by StandardQuip
Best Musical Theater: The Gospel of Gene by AngelicDaze
Best Freestyle Short: beep beep by AngelicDaze
Best HYPE Short: Uma Supreme by BoxJoe
Best Comedy Short: flirt with your dad by paukshop
Best Nonfinalist: I Love My Dog by CrescentEnvy
Ileia's Pick: The Gospel of Gene by AngelicDaze
Audience Choice: Inescapable Fallout by TehPhoenix
Best in Short: Uma Supreme by BoxJoe
Best in Show: The Gospel of Gene by AngelicDaze

Hallmark Winners

Best Intensity: Reze Roulette by Ileia
Best Drama: Start Again by Elixir & SliceofLife
Best Sentimental: Parenting x Family by Nashironeko
Best Upbeat/Fun: Puppet Master by AngelicDaze
Best Comedy: I've Created A Pokemonster! by Sayoria
Best Trailer: Mifune Nights: The Ballad of Speed Racer by Ileia
Best Psyche/Thriller: Singularity by Twister
Best Character Profile: Spandex Butterfly by Rider4Z
Best Technical: Pokémon Adventures x departure! by NinjaristicNinja
Best Storytelling: Girl Of The Eleventh Hour by HaloKami Productions
Best Dance: The Vertical Expression of a Horizontal Desire by SilkAMV
Best Editing: RATATA by Elixir
Best in the Midwest: Wolf Walkers by Bionic Slime

Judge Picks

Matt's Pick: Heretic by SliceofLife
Dan's Pick: To Be Soda Pop by Drohack
Doug's Pick: I've Created A Pokemonster! by Sayoria
Jes' Pick: Pokémon Adventures x departure! by NinjaristicNinja
Jay's Pick: Mifune Nights: The Ballad of Speed Racer by Ileia
Barbarian's Pick: Shimmer Anatomy by EverAqua
Anthony's Pick: 2982 is our end by Iris Edit

Joker Troupe IC Winners

1st Place: Shapes of Emotion by phin and JAKEH
2nd Place: You Promised by Jose
3rd Place: R.E.M. by SliceofLife & Vanitas
Best Musical Theme: Perihelion by Xophilarus

Coordinators Choice
Set in Stone by Nekokitkat