"Team Rocket wants YOU!" to join this contest.
Since you're going to be red in the face, and subject to torturing yourself through editing this, I shall list the prices first.
All are used unless otherwise stated!
(Hey, I don't have much money, k?)
Games
If you win, you can choose ONE game. :!O
PS2 - Dragon Rage
PS2 - Devil May Cry
Dreamcast - Sega Rally Championship
Dreamcast - Time Stalkers
N64 - Pokemon Stadium
N64 - Pokemon Stadium 2
N64 - Yoshi's Story
PSX - Tekken
PSX - Jetmoto
PSX - Nightmare Creatures
PSX - Final Fantasy Chronicles
OR
Manga
Basara #20 (Japanese)
OR
DVDs
You may choose ONE of the following:
Ayashi no Ceres volume 1
Ayashi no Ceres volume 2
Ayashi no Ceres volume 3
Blue Submarine no. 6 volume 1
Blue Submarine no. 6 volume 2
^-- all region 1 USA releases --^
Les dossiers du manga vol. 1(contains 1 hour and 30 minutes of promotional anime material to France - 1st episode of Harlock saga as well as "Les mysterieses Citees D'or"[don't know french]. Also has articles, pictures, etc. This is unused, never been playes, came in a france magazine and the DVD is whatever region France uses[i'm not sure what it is]).
OR
You can choose three of the following:
(all are NEWTYPE USA magazine DVDs. They contain only the first episode of each listed anime IN ENGLISH)
Magical * Shopping Arcade Abenobashi
Final Fantasy Unlimited
Full Metal Panic!
[gensomaden] Saiyuki
Kaleido Star
Happy Lesson
RahXephon
Panyo Panyo Di Gi Charat
^-- Region 1 --^
OR
2 newtype DVDs and a Panyo Panyo Di Gi Charat poster(newtype)
Picture upon request only...
OR THE ULTIMATE PRIZE!
Escaflowne: The Movie Official Soundtrack
(Now... I have a duplicate of this OST.. I have the OST that came with the ultimate edition box of the movie... It comes in a DVD case with the CD and a small insert with lyrics. This CD has never been played, however it is part of the 3 DVD set of the ultimate edition box, leaving things to be wanted. I also have[but cannot find at the moment] the import of the OST. It has a small crack on the cover and comes with a booklet of pictures and I believe an interview as well as some lyrics. None of the songs' names are translated and the CD has been played multiple times. It probably has scratches on it. I'm emotionally attached to the import

There's nothing soecial about the ultimate prize as there will only be ONE winner for the contest. I just named it the ultimate prize since, well... I figured everyone would want that more than anything else. =p
ANYWAY. Onward.
RULES!
- You must use DVD footage
- You must use the song provided
- You CANNOT, under ANY circumstances, use the anime "Pokemon".
Even using ONE frame will get you disqualified. Superimposing something will get you disqualified. There is ZERO TOLERANCE for Pokemon.
- Subs, unless put there purposefully, will get you disqualified
- You may edit the song, but it MUST remain at LEAST three minutes in length.
- You must Lip synch. Yes, I know, it's horrible. You don't have to lip synch the whole thing, but you must incorporate lip synching SOMEHOW.
- This contest wasn't made for humor videos, but you probably don't have any ideas for anything else... But, if you can get around it, TRY(try) and make it a serious AMV. Again, you don't have to. But try.
- Deadline, as of now is undecided, but WILL be before September.
I want to TRY to get these to play at AWA 10, if I can figure something out. =p
- You can NOT show betas/completed works to people outside the contest.
- you CAN enter the video into the database, as long as a link is NOT provided until a specific date for voting(TBA).
- your final submition to me can be of any format EXCEPT Real Media and Quicktime(however you should keep a huffy on your Harddrive for later use/submition to cons etc.).
- You CAN work in teams of up to FOUR(such as your studio or just friends).
SONG
http://saiyanquatre7.tripod.com/index.htm
mp3 within a zip archive. If this link goes I have a more reliable server, but I'd rather stick with tripod because it's.. Uh... More free. >>
I will also hand out a high quality wav before you submit your final work.
How the winner is decided!
After the deadline has passed, you must host your video... Whether it be Tripod, the donut, or your own server.
Once that's done, a thread will be created in either General AMV(probably) or here.
All links will be posted in the thread, and then people must post with their votes. There are no polls. No emails or PMs. Just posts saying who you vote for. Participants can not vote.
Voting rules will be ironed out later, but this is the jist.
After a specific number of votes and/or a certain timeframe(whichever comes first, I guess) voting will be closed, and whoever has the most votes for the best AMV wins and gets to select their Prize(s).
Voting will be based on:
- incorporation of lip synch
- how well the footage matches/blends with the music
- editing synch
- video quality(audio will not be judged)
- story(if any)
- reviewability
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That's it!
I will be leaving on Sunday to go on a two week vacation(I get to meet YCSTR!) so any questions/comments on or after Sunday will probably not be answered for... well, atleast two weeks.
I hope there will be some competitors, as this is my first contest I'm hosting, and um... Stuff. Yes.
The contest will OFFICIALLY start(meaning, will not crash and burn) when at LEAST 5 people compete.
HOW TO SIGN UP!
Post here with your:
-username
-group(if editing in a group. State usernames)
- anime used
- genre/story
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Have fun.

Don't kill yourselves.