AnimeNext 2006 AMV Contest

VegettoEX · Post by **VegettoEX** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 2:03 pm

Yooooosh~. Here we go with the full information on the contest.

The contest was played five times throughout the entire convention (Friday back-to-back 9 am & 11 am in Main Events, 6 pm in Panel 1 immediately following the AMV panel; Saturday 9 am in Main Events; Sunday 9 am in Main Events). Ballots were due Saturday by 5:00 pm. We had a total of twenty-four videos in the contest. The videos were separated into four categories: Trailer/Parody, Action, Drama, and Comedy (three, six, ten, and five videos, respectively). At the end of the contest, a recap was played, which was basically a slide-show collection of all of the title cards and a uniquely identifying screen shot from the video, one after another. Each attendee could pick their single favorite video in each of the four categories; this would decide the four popular vote winners. After the ballots were counted, the judges (myself and Meri) selected one other video that we felt set itself apart from the other videos in some kind of way (with both technical and artistic merits).

All five winning videos were played during the awards ceremony to a packed main events room, which took place Saturday evening during the judges' deliberation for the cosplay awards.

So here's the full list of videos! Links to their respective entries on "the org" are provided where available.

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CATEGORY: TRAILER/PARODY --

( Video 01 )
Title: "Ask A Sennin"
Editor: Dark Side Productions
Footage: Naruto
Artist: Ask A Ninja
Audio: "Nin-Dogs"

( Video 02 )
Title: "All New For '72"
Editor: Hoshizora Productions
Footage: Gundam SEED
Artist: Yoko Kanno
Audio: "Yakitori"

( Video 03 )
Title: "Alchemator 2: Judgement Day"
Editor: Joe Stumm
Footage: Fullmetal Alchemist
Audio: Terminator 2 Trailer

CATEGORY: ACTION --

( Video 04 )
Title: "On My Earth"
Editor: AtomX
Footage: Akira
Artist: Saosin
Song: "I Can Tell There Was An Accident Here Earlier"

( Video 05 )
Title: "Getting Away"
Editor: Touya_girl Productions
Footage: Elfen Lied
Artist: Papa Roach
Song: "Getting Away With Murder"

( Video 06 )
Title: "Kingdom Cross"
Editor: Bluestreak2
Footage: Kingdom Hearts
Artist: 403 Forbiddena
Song: "Southern Cross"

( Video 07 )
Title: "YuYu Tentai Survivor"
Editor: Megan Orchison
Footage: YuYu Hakusho
Artist: Tatsuhia Suzuki
Song: "Just A Survivor"

( Video 08 )
Title: "The Angel is Approaching!!"
Editor: Reincarnation Studio
Footage: Neon Genesis Evangelion
Artist: Klaus Bedelt / Hans Zimmer
Song: "He's a Pirate"

( Video 09 )
Title: "Blessed Child's Waking Nightmare"
Editor: Scoob
Footage: Elfen Lied
Artist: Nightwish
Song: "Bless The Child"

CATEGORY: DRAMA --

( Video 10 )
Title: "I Believe You, But My X-Gun Don't"
Editor: JMI Productions
Footage: Gantz
Artist: My Chemical Romance
Song: "The Ghost Of You"

( Video 11 )
Title: "Haunting Me"
Editor: Leiko-chan studios, KeytotheLeyline7
Footage: Inu-Yasha
Artist: Evanescence
Song: "Haunted"

( Video 12 )
Title: "Lovers End"
Editor: Valion
Footage: Tsukihime
Artist: The Birthday Massacre
Song: "Lovers End"

( Video 13 )
Title: "Hitomi, Take my Hand"
Editor: Mandisa Washington
Footage: The Vision of Escaflowne
Artist: Dido
Song: "Take my Hand"

( Video 14 )
Title: "An Alchemist's Regret"
Editor: jubjub2
Footage: Fullmetal Alchemist - Conqueror of Shambala
Artist: Sting
Song: "Fragile"

( Video 15 )
Title: "The Digital Resistance to innocence"
Editor: Brian Kaufman
Footage: Serial Experiments Lain & Original Footage
Artist: Robert Miles
Song: "Children" (Dreams Version)

( Video 16 )
Title: "Tragic Memories"
Editor: Dragon/Roy
Footage: Rurouni Kenshin - Tsuiokuhen
Artist: Cold
Song: "Cure My Tragedy"

( Video 17 )
Title: "Heaven's Angel"
Editor: Steffi Wexler & Tammy Wexler
Footage: Inu-Yasha
Artist: DJ Mystik
Song: "Send Me An Angel"

( Video 18 )
Title: "Distant Places"
Editor: Jessica Nunn
Footage: Voices of a Distant Star
Artist: Backstreet Boys
Song: "Incomplete"

( Video 19 )
Title: "Top Of The World"
Editor: Studio Tarantella
Footage: Kiki's Delivery Service & My Neighbor Totoro
Artist: The Carpenters
Song: "Top Of The World"

CATEGORY: COMEDY --

( Video 20 )
Title: "Floyd's Nightmare or How I Learned to Stop Worrying About the Voices in My Head"
Editor: Parodic Productions (with credit to Black Sun Productions)
Footage: Azumanga Daioh, Neon Genesis Evangelion, & Various Webcomics & aMotion
Artist: A Perfect Circle
Song: "Counting Bodies Like Sheep to the Rhythm of the War Drums"

( Video 21 )
Title: "Anime: Lifestyles of the Animated and Fabulous"
Editor: Michael Zubrzycki
Footage: Various
Artist: Various
Song: Various

( Video 22 )
Title: "The Cat That Won't Cop Out"
Editor: Cacophony
Footage: My Neighbor Totoro
Artist: Isaac Hayes
Song: "Theme From Shaft"

( Video 23 )
Title: "Ugly Girl Sakura"
Editor: Mikkamous
Footage: Naruto
Artist: Adam Henderson
Song: "Ugly Girl"

( Video 24 )
Title: "Channel Surfin' 2"
Editor: Bryan M.S. Minnix
Footage: Various
Artist: Various
Song: Various

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So now let's get to the winners and runner-ups. Categories were extremely close this year, yet again!

TRAILER/PARODY:
WINNER: "Alchemator 2: Judgement Day" (61% of category votes)
HONORABLE MENTION: "Ask A Sennin" (31% of category votes)

ACTION:
WINNER: "On My Earth" (23% of category votes)
HONORABLE MENTION: "Kingdom Cross" (20% of category votes)
HONORABLE MENTION: "Blessed Child's Waking Nightmare" (20% of category votes)

DRAMA:
WINNER: "The Digital Resistance to innocence" (34% of category votes)
HONORABLE MENTION: "Heaven's Angel" (14% of category votes)

COMEDY:
WINNER: "Anime: Lifestyles of the Animated and Fabulous" (70% of category votes)
HONORABLE MENTION: "Floyd's Nightmare or How I Learned to Stop Worrying About the Voices in My Head" (15% of category votes)

JUDGES AWARD:
WINNER: "Lovers End"

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So there we go! I think that's pretty much everything I can think of. If you have any further comments, questions, or suggestions about the contest, feel free to let me know.

It is the decision of the individual editor (or editors) to make their own videos available for download online. It is *not* the decision of the contest coordinators or any other AnimeNEXT staff.

Big props to all the tech and general convention crew that helped out during all of the showings. Thanks, everyone, and we'll see you all again next year! *collapses*

jade_eyed_angel · Post by **jade_eyed_angel** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 2:53 pm

oo congrats to all winners! (wish i woke up on time to go ^^; lol)
scob good job!!!!!!!! =DD

Devil^Shin · Post by **Devil^Shin** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 3:45 pm

yeah cograts to all winners

Shinodude · Post by **Shinodude** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 4:37 pm

nice job scob and congrats to all the winners

jubjub2 · Post by **jubjub2** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 4:45 pm

Congratulations everyone! What a great lineup!

Nice job, Scoob!

Brad · Post by **Brad** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 8:33 pm

oshi...

Nice!

Willen · Post by **Willen** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 4:01 am

Congrats to all.

Wow, the voting in Action was close.

Touya_girl · Post by **Touya_girl** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 12:15 pm

Congratz to everyone. My video is now up if anyone wants it.