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Anime USA 2019 AMV Contests CLOSED, Winner's posted, 3rd post down.

Post by Freki » Sun Aug 11, 2019 1:50 pm

Welcome to the 2019 Anime USA AMV Contest!
The Anime USA AMV staff welcomes you to this year’s Anime Music Video Contest! It is our pleasure to bring you our sixth year contests! This year the convention theme is the Creatures and Critters! It is our hope that you enjoy creating your videos for our contest, as we look forward to viewing them! This document describes the contests, events, rules, entry process, video and audio specifications, and panel submissions for the 2019 convention. Welcome to this year’s contest!

** Live Action videos are allowed! See the rules for specific instructions! **

This year’s events are as follows:

The Main AMV Contest: This is your standard AMV contest, and any AMVs submitted to this should be for a general convention audience. I would say be aware of the potential for people under the age of 15 to be in attendance. Any AMV disqualified due to content will be shifted to the Halloween Horror Contest or an After Hours showcase dependent upon the Editor’s request.
The Horror Contest (18+ content allowed): Try your hand at being naughty or giving nightmares! Two categories available and live action videos will be placed in one of those categories as normal. Violence, gore, nudity and language restrictions will be lifted or lessened as needed. Please note rule #2 covers the lessened restrictions.

AMV Showcase: AUSA AMV Staff will choose videos that did not make the final cut. If an AMV is disqualified but it falls within the rules of the main contest, it will be shown here time permitting. You may also request to have a video go directly into this showcase. The AMV staff will determine what content will be placed in this panel. Videos going directly into the showcases will not count against the amount of videos allowed for the submission in the contests.

AMV After Hours Showcase: 18+ content allowed, allows for more violence/gore, some nudity and some offensive language but not in extreme amounts. This is not a contest but a place where you can have your videos shown if you wish if your video(s) contain mature content. We will automatically shift any video submitted to the main contest that cannot compete to these showcases unless you wish to enter them into the Naughty and Nice Contest.

AMV Panels: Do you like AMVs and want to share thoughts you have about them? Do you make AMVs? Are you an AMV Judge at another con? If you wish to discuss AMVs then apply for a panel spot! The AMV Coordinator will inform anyone of accepted panels, and the panel times. These panels are for anything to do with AMV's, your top 10, your best editing tips, your best tips to have AMV's judged well in contests. Also if you wish to have 18+ content please inform us on your panel submission. You do not need to be an editor or staff to present a panel.

Fan Parodies: We may show some parody videos/movies, an example is “This is Otakudom!”, at Anime USA. If you know of a fan parody you would like to have shown or you made one yourself let us know!

AMV Editor/Judge Round Table: This is where the Judges and Editors get together and talk about the judging of AMVs so that each other can understand what the other is looking for and changes to Anime USA's judging criteria may happen as a result of this. If this is scheduled in the Main AMV room then it is open to any attendee as well and questions can be asked of either the Judges or the Editors.

Anime USA 2018 AMV Contest Rules:

Submissions will be accepted starting March 28th, 2019
Submission deadline: September 30nd, 2019 by 11:59pm Pacific time. (FOR ALL FORMATS AND SUBMISSION VECTORS)


1) Each person/studio may submit up to 3 AMV’s in total for the Main AMV Contest. 2 AMV’s in total for the After Hours Horror Contest. No matter which contest you submit you may only have one AMV per category.
*NOTE*: If you are part of a studio, you may submit AMV’s either as yourself or as the studio. You are still limited to the submission limits of each contest no matter which association you apply to each video.
2) The Main AMV Contest (The Main Contest): No nudity, offensive language or excessive violence or gore. The audience for this will be a general, all age audience! This will be evaluated during judging, if it is noticed before the submission window ends, you will be contacted to see if you can edit the video for submission here.
The Horror Contest (18+ Allowed): The rules are relaxed somewhat, still extreme amounts of gore, violence, nudity, sexual content or language can be cause for disqualification from the contest. Live action videos are accepted in both the Nightmare and Naughty categories.
3) Videos may not be more than 1 year old upon the date of its final submission to the contest, not have been submitted to this contest before, nor have won 3 or more category or best in show awards from separate contests. We must keep new ideas coming forward and give everyone the best chance to enjoy winning or participating in a contest. (Specific judge awards are not considered)
4) Ensure your Video is between one minute and six minutes in length, exception is the trailer/parody category where the minimum length is 30 seconds.
5) You may use footage from video games, anime, Japanese live action or any other content as well as you may even use stop motion footage you created yourself*. Your AMV must contain at least 75% content from works inspired by Japanese video games or Japanese anime. You must conform to the general audience rating with all footage no matter where you get it from. Some examples of such animation that is inspired by Japanese anime or video games would be the new Netflix Voltron, Avatar the Last Air Bender and Korra, this list is not complete and videos will be judged on a case by case basis. This rule does not apply to non-competing videos.
*Exception is the Live Action Category where you may use any sources of live action content and not just Japanese live action content. To qualify for this category you must have more than 60% live action content. Special Note: Live Action AMV’s will be looked at hard for content due to the realistic portrayal of blood and violence, Please be aware that any disqualified Live Action AMV may be shifted to the After Hours Horror Contest or an After Hours showcase.*
6) Dubbed audio from licensed content is not allowed. You may record your own dialog but you cannot take the script and read it!
7) Do not include any subtitles from your original sources. You may however add in your own as long as you do not just copy the subtitles. Game footage and live action content are included in this; you must have a clean capture.
8) Do not include any bumpers or credits for your video, Title cards will be made by the AUSA AMV Staff to introduce your video, even if it does not make finalist as we may be showing it in our overflow showcases. I want you to get the exposure if possible. If you want to place a buffer at the beginning or very end of the video of 2 seconds or less in total, you may only do so with black screen; these 2 seconds will not be considered part of the video length. ** Please note we may decide to remove said bumpers or credits at our discretion by replacing it with a black/blank video if it is not hard to do. This does not guarantee it will not be disqualified **
9) Do not use any commercial studio logos or other forms of watermarks that you did not create yourself as a parody of said logo or your own logo. NO FORM OF REFERENCE TO THE MPAA ITSELF WHAT SO EVER; you may however parodies of the formatting of the screen are allowed, just do not name the MPAA look to the following video for an example of how to do it correctly: “http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members ... p?v=197392”. Do not try to cover up watermarks with your own, we do see these, and repeated violations of this rule may be enforced in any way the AMV staff and Coordinator deem appropriate, up to and including permanent banning for contest and/or showcase submissions.
10) With the exception of the parody/trailer category, excessive narration or dialog could be grounds for disqualification.
11) Submissions should not contain unaltered video from your audio selection’s official music video. If this is seen even in sections of your AMV it may be grounds for disqualification.
12) Attendance to the Convention is not needed to enter, our request to know if you will be at the convention is for our informational use only. We love calling people up and handing you your prize in recognition of your hard work! Please come to the convention if you can!
13) Anime USA is not responsible for Lost, damaged, misdirected, or stolen submissions or prizes if you decide to ship physical media.
14) Anime USA AMV Staff and any Judges are precluded from entering this AMV contest. (This means other Anime USA staff can submit to this contest if they wish).
15) We reserve the right to reject or disqualify any entry for any reason; all rules here are subject to change and will be applied equally to all submissions once posted. An FAQ will be posted if it seems that a rule is ambiguous. Some AMV’s may be disqualified from the contests but may show up in a showcase and this is at AMV staff discretion.
16) All submissions must be attributed to an entry into the Google Docs form for submissions. The File name MUST match exactly to the question asking for the file name! This is to make sure we can match your video up with your entry to properly judge it.
17) All submissions become the property of Anime USA and will not be returned and may be used in panels or showcasing subsequent to the actual contest airing, proper credit will always be given to the editor if it is used in any form what so ever.
18) Anime USA AMV staff may alter the rules at any time. Any change that is enacted is retroactive to the beginning of the submission window and any video affected will be communicated to the Editor(s) at that time.
19) All decisions by Anime USA’s AMV staff are final.
If you have any questions please feel free to ask, as I strive to answer any question put to me no matter how trivial it may seem, by emailing: Jon.Webb@AnimeUSA.org

The Main AMV Contest categories:
Action
Comedy
Drama
Parody/Trailer
Upbeat
Romance
Live Action
The After Hours Horror AMV Contest: (separate mature/18+ content contest)
Nightmare (horror)
Naughty

Anime USA AMV Staff will judge the entries to determine the finalists, and then the finalists will be presented to the attendee audience to vote. Awards will be given to AMV’s that are Best in Category, Best in show, Director’s choice and Judge’s choice. Second place will be announced and recorded. There may be other awards given at the discretion of the AMV staff.
This year we will be accepting submissions in the following forms:

Digital delivery (delivery via Internet, preferred way), this can be a share via Google docs or Dropbox. Please note if using Dropbox it would be best to share a folder with me directly but you can send a link to the Dropbox share if you wish. Second note: Please realize that I do not subscribe to any special file share service and downloads delayed due to these services may not be accepted if I cannot get them in time for the contest deadline. Examples of shares like this are Fileshare, Mega, Mediafire and other services that limit data download. Please note you will not be automatically not accepted because of these, but if I cannot download them from that vector I will not be able to accept the AMV thus why I recommend Dropbox as the primary vector.

Optical (CD/DVD/Blu-ray) -- Please contact me if you wish to submit this way. Please remember that these devices may not be returned to you.

Flash Media (all SD card sizes and USB flash drives) -- Please contact me if you wish to submit this way. Please remember that these devices may not be returned to you.

The deadline for receipt of all forms of submissions is September 30th, 2019 by 11:59pm. AUSA is not responsible for lost, damaged, stolen or incorrectly delivered submissions; you MUST take all precautions to protect your media if you ship! It is recommended that you use Digital delivery for material submission. Extensions will not be given unless the AUSA AMV Staff decides it is warranted, please let us know if there are problems and we will inform you if there is an extension warranted.

During judging of the submissions if there is an issue with your submission we will contact you to allow you to address or dispute the issue, and if you are able to correct or submit a different video, in place of the video with the issue, by the submission deadline that will be accepted. Please keep this in mind depending on how you submit your video(s) as some submission vectors may limit how much, how fast or how often we can download your videos. We recommend the following: Direct share via drop box or e-mail attachment if possible.

All submissions must meet the following standards:

Video Format:
MPEG 1
MPEG 2
M2TS (MPEG2 Transport Stream)
AVI (DivX or XviD for lossy codecs, UTVideo or Lagarith for lossless)
HuffYUV avi
MP4 (h264)
NOTE: We will not accept .MOV and .WMV so if you are using windows movie maker please make sure to set your output to .AVI.
Audio Format:
Uncompressed wav (PCM)
MPEG audio (mp3, mp2, etc.)

Resolution:
Full Screen: DO NOT LETTER BOX these entries or we will have to strip that and resize your work.
640 X 480
960 X 720
1440 X 1080
Wide Screen:
720 X 480 *
848 X 480
1280 X 720
1920 X 1080
* This particular resolution happens to be the default DVD resolution and the actual footage is either 640x480 or 848x480. Should you resize appropriately that is acceptable, if you choose to keep the resolution we recommend that you submit as MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 with a frame rate of either 29.97 or 23.976 flagged for 3:2 pull down. As stated above letterboxing is NOT accepted, please flag for 16:9 if that is the native aspect ratio of your footage.
Frame Rates: 23.976, 24, 25, 29, 97, 30 and 60. Any deviation from these listed rates and your video will be rejected (you can re-submit if time allows).

Submission information:

Submissions will be required to have the Google Doc form filled out with the corresponding *CORRECT* file name. We need you to copy and paste the file name so that we can easily identify your video in the corresponding video folder. You will be able to send an upload link in the Google Doc, choose to share via drop box, or you may send the file via e-mail (Jon.Webb@AnimeUSA.org). Remember that if you do send via a file share link that there may be a time lag as I might not be able to get it right away as noted above, I recommend either using Google Drive or direct Drop Box Share. Please do not use VARIOUS when you have multiple anime/song sources, please list all sources up to a minimum of six sources. We will list various in many cases, but we need to confirm sources for judging. Use the following links for your submissions:

AMV Submission Link for Main Contest, Horror Contest and Showcasing:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI ... /viewform

Panel submission will be accomplished through the normal AUSA programming portal as well as via email submission directly to me (Jon.Webb@AnimeUSA.org). The AUSA Programming portal will be through the following link: (link to be added later)

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI ... eusa9fUSU

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*** Please note: I will be editing this if I find errors or mistakes so please feel free to send me a PM or email at Jon.Webb@AnimeUSA if you have questions or find a mistake I have made. I will immediately inform you all of an edit that affects any submissions! Thank you and once again! Welcome to the 2019 Anime USA AMV Contest! We are looking forward to seeing what you have to share with us!**
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Post by Freki » Sun Aug 11, 2019 1:52 pm

The AnimeUSA AMV staff is proud to present the finalist for the 2019 AMV contests! The videos listed are in no specific order

Main contest:
Action Category:
Legacy by Ramen Noodle Productions
Manic Melody by BecauseImBored1
The Deciding Moment by Pikapwn
Neverland by Team Instinct
La Croix by UnluckyArtist

Comedy Category:
The Hero We Need by Dragonrider1227
Diznee Presents: Kuroko’s Basketball by Pikapwn
Millions Dead by PaNTSU oF d00m
Lament of the Lo(ne)li Demon Lord by Toon Addict Productions
If You were Yaoi by Panda Powered Productions

Drama Category:
D E S T R U C T by Zane Kordich
Survivor by Studio le Croc
A Silent Friend by Captain Drew
Overthinker by Divine
Shame of Life by DoplerDo

Romance Category:
Maple Leaves by Bry_
The Real Me by Otaku Lounge Productions
You are the Reason by Zeeruy
Waving by Captain Drew
BUNNY GRRL by Shorisquared

Trailer/Parody Category:
Bubblegum Crisis 2032 by Maboroshi Studio
Full Metal Alchemist: Endgame by PaNTSU oF d00m
Everywhere She Goes by GloryQuestor
Fizzy Water Juice by Unlucky Artist
Kaguya Wants to Play a Game (of War) by Opner

Upbeat Category:
Dance Like It’s Your Life by Synaesthesia Productions
Bloom, Too by Slice of Life Anime
Hero-owos by Celia Phantomhive
Strawberry Starfruit by Unlucky Artist
Purrfect Pawsitivity by Shorisquared

HORROR Contest:
Final Solution by Zane Kordich
Detective Pikachu + Deadpool by Maboroshi Studio
Wolves of Hill House Trailer
Toxic by Erik Heckert
KonoSuba Rhapsody by Opner
The Search by Divine
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Post by Freki » Sun Aug 11, 2019 1:52 pm

The AnimeUSA AMV staff is proud to present the winners of the 2019 AMV contests!
Main contest:
Action Category:
Best in Category: Legacy by Ramen Noodle Productions
Runner-up: Manic Melody by BecauseImBored1
The Deciding Moment by Pikapwn
Neverland by Team Instinct
La Croix by UnluckyArtist

Comedy Category:
The Hero We Need by Dragonrider1227
Best in Category: Diznee Presents: Kuroko’s Basketball by Pikapwn
Runner-up: Millions Dead by PaNTSU oF d00m
Lament of the Lo(ne)li Demon Lord by Toon Addict Productions
If You were Yaoi by Panda Powered Productions

Drama Category:
D E S T R U C T by Zane Kordich
Survivor by Studio le Croc
Runner-up: A Silent Friend by Captain Drew
Best in Category: Overthinker by Divine
Shame of Life by DoplerDo

Romance Category:
Maple Leaves by Bry_
The Real Me by Otaku Lounge Productions
Runner-up: You are the Reason by Zeeruy
Best in Category: Waving by Captain Drew
BUNNY GRRL by Shorisquared

Trailer/Parody Category:
Bubblegum Crisis 2032 by Maboroshi Studio
Runner-up: Full Metal Alchemist: Endgame by PaNTSU oF d00m
Everywhere She Goes by GloryQuestor
Best in Category: Fizzy Water Juice by Unlucky Artist
Kaguya Wants to Play a Game (of War) by Opner

Upbeat Category:
Best in Category: Dance Like It’s Your Life by Synaesthesia Productions
Bloom, Too by Slice of Life Anime
Hero-owos by Celia Phantomhive
Strawberry Starfruit by Unlucky Artist
Runner-up: Purrfect Pawsitivity by Shorisquared

HORROR Contest:
Final Solution by Zane Kordich
Detective Pikachu + Deadpool by Maboroshi Studio
Runner-up: Wolves of Hill House Trailer
Best in Category: Toxic by Erik Heckert
KonoSuba Rhapsody by Opner
The Search by Divine

Best in Show: Diznee Presents: Kuroko’s Basketball by Pikapwn
Runner-Up: Overthinker by Divine


Once again, Congratulations to everyone that made finalists and the winners! I will update this post with Judge's Choice and Director's Choice within a day.
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Post by Freki » Sun Aug 11, 2019 1:55 pm

I do not know what happened, but the original post got locked. I have extended the deadline to Sept 30th because of this. I doubt we will be able to have you do any reworks at this point, we will try but no guarantees! We will take simple actions if needed (for instance cutting out bumpers and small things that do not change the video for the contest but for the viewing).
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Post by Rider4Z » Sun Aug 11, 2019 3:17 pm

Shame on the admin who didn't pay attention

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Post by Kireblue » Sun Aug 11, 2019 7:02 pm

Freki wrote:
Sun Aug 11, 2019 1:55 pm
I do not know what happened, but the original post got locked. I have extended the deadline to Sept 30th because of this. I doubt we will be able to have you do any reworks at this point, we will try but no guarantees! We will take simple actions if needed (for instance cutting out bumpers and small things that do not change the video for the contest but for the viewing).
Your original thread was auto locked because it went more than 3 months without a reply. If your thread ever get auto locked, feel free to message me and I can unlock it for you so that you won't need to make a new one.

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Post by Rider4Z » Sun Aug 11, 2019 7:19 pm

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Post by Freki » Sun Aug 11, 2019 11:33 pm

Kireblue wrote:
Sun Aug 11, 2019 7:02 pm
Freki wrote:
Sun Aug 11, 2019 1:55 pm
I do not know what happened, but the original post got locked. I have extended the deadline to Sept 30th because of this. I doubt we will be able to have you do any reworks at this point, we will try but no guarantees! We will take simple actions if needed (for instance cutting out bumpers and small things that do not change the video for the contest but for the viewing).
Your original thread was auto locked because it went more than 3 months without a reply. If your thread ever get auto locked, feel free to message me and I can unlock it for you so that you won't need to make a new one.
I'll message you about this because something is going on here and I won't go into it in the thread. Reposting was not an issue i just copy pasted it and changed a few things. Thanks though for the information.
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Re: Anime USA 2019 AMV Contests CLOSED, Finalists POSTED!

Post by Freki » Sat Oct 26, 2019 4:10 pm

There was a delay in getting the finalists posted and we have been able to clear up everything that needed to be done! I loved all of the entries this year and I am sorry for the issues that plagued this year's submission! Schedule is up! check it out if you will be going to Anime USA this year!
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Re: Anime USA 2019 AMV Contests OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS! EXTENDED ENTRY

Post by TnAdct1 » Thu Nov 07, 2019 5:44 pm

Upbeat Category:
Best in Category: Dance Like It’s Your Life by Synaesthesia Productions
Bloom, Too by Slice of Life Anime
Hero-owos by Celia Phantomhive

Strawberry Starfruit by Unlucky Artist
Runner-up: Purrfect Pawsitivity by Shorisquared
You may want to fix this.

Definitely an interesting contest this year, as I was torn between a couple of videos in most of the categories (and in Best in Show, with it nice to see Drama get some love in when it comes to the Runner-Up).

In other Anime USA news, my first attempt at hosting a panel, The Wonderful World of Disney AMV's, was a success with a decent crowd on Friday afternoon. The following is my playlist from the panel:

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