Zenkaikon 2009 AMV Contest

[gotenks794]

This is tomorrow. I hope I can get in...

[gotenks794]

Got up early. Drove two hours. Got in line at about 8:55. Waited for two hours in the freezing cold. Told to go home. Went to the mall. Spent con money on clothes.

[drewaconclusion]

Got up early. Drove two hours. Got in line at about 8:55. Waited for two hours in the freezing cold. Told to go home.

That's ridiculous.

[gotenks794]

Got up early. Drove two hours. Got in line at about 8:55. Waited for two hours in the freezing cold. Told to go home.

That's ridiculous.

I can understand that they ran out of room, but couldn't they have told us sooner? We all waited for over two hours. And it was really cold lol.

So did anyone even get to see the showing? BY 12PM there were still a looot of people in line.

[ReligionX]

AMV Contest Playlist

Action
01. Psygirl21- "Kakashi's Whispers" - Naruto - "Whispers in the Dark" by Skillet (Runner Up)
02. RiderG - "Rival Revival" - Dragonball Z - "Dark Chest of Wonders" by Nightwish
03. Rolfyboy8 - "Cockpit Angels" - Cockpit Angels - Blazing Angels Theme
04. Gotenks79 - "Rebel Tonight Live Forever" - Code Geass - "Die Tonight Live Forever" by Innerpartysystem (Winner)
05. Uchihapeinangel - "Deidara Feels like a Monster" - Naruto Shippuuden - "Monster" by Skillet

Romantic / Sentimental
06. KITTY PRODUCTION - "TAMAKI'S DAYDREAM" - Ouran Host Club - "Vampire Knight Guilty" by Rinne Rondo
07. RelenaRL - "The Climb - Summoner Yuna" - Final Fantasy X - "The Climb" by Miley Cyrus (Winner)
08. lionluver2005 - "Yuu's and Mikki's Ordinary Day" Marmalade Boy - "Ordinary Day" by Vanessa Carlton
09. Carolann Ingiosi – “Like Haruhi And Tamaki Used To” – Ouran Host Club – “Like We Used To” by A Rocket To The Moon (Runner Up Tie)
10. tigerjr228 - "Princess Tutu - Electricity" - Princess Tutu - “Electricity” by Billy Elliott (Runner Up Tie)

Dramatic Action
11. Shinz - "The City Of Sinergy" - Various Anime - "New York City" by Emigrate
12. Golden Heart - "If I Only Could..." Soul Eater & D.Gray Man - "Running Up That Hill Artist" by Placebo
13. animatedrejectx1 - "Apologize" - Naruto - "Apologize" by Sliverstein (Runner Up)
14. Virtual Dragon - "Ichigo Give into the Night" - Bleach - "Give into the Night" by Disturbed
15. BAITMASTER - "DEATH NOTE RHAPSODY" - Death Note - "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen (Winner)
16. Uchicakai96 - "Magnificent" - Kingdom Hearts I & II - "Magnificent" by U2

Dramatic Serious
17. Andyme - "The Ballad of Unrequited Love" - School Days - "Se me olvidó otra vez" by Rocío Durcal
18. Joci/Memorize - "Whispers of Darkness" - Yami no Matsuei - "Corrupt" by Depeche Mode
19. Nexus - "One Step To Agony" - Various Anime - Various Songs (Winner)
20. Saphirre - Affliction - Yami no Matsuei - "For you only" by Trading Yesterday
21. Nathalin - Wrong Impression - Perfect Blue - "Song Unspoken" by Lacuna Coil (Runner Up)

Upbeat
22. nikolakis - Empty Motion - Various Anime - "Love Gun" by Aya Hirano (Winner)
23. kyssifur - "Number 1" - Zero no Tsukaima, Myself; yourself - "Number 1" by Tinchy Stryder feat. N-Dubz (Runner Up)
24. Ashen Trees - "Soul Runner" - Soul Eater - "Dream Runner" by Access
25. Stratos - "Yuria" - Clannad - "You" by Yuria

Comedy / Parody
26. Luggeriano - "Grüno" - Gravitation - Brüno Movie Trailer Audio (Runner Up)
27. XAren0817X - "America's Pool Party" - Axis Powers Hetalia - "Pool Party" by The Aquabats
28. Fun289 Productions - "Code Spiderman" - Code Geass - Spiderman 1 Trailer Audio
29. HalOfBorg - The Anime Duet - Various Anime - "The Lover's Duet" by Sean Morey (Winner)
30. drewaconclusion - "Detroit Metal Marauders" - Detroit Metal City - "We Are The Marauders" by Brian Setzer

AMV General Screening Playlist

01. Space Channel Gurhal - "Nobody Drops Anchor Like Luffy" - One Piece - Flapjack - "Down With The Ship"
02. Luggeriano- "Stolen Moments" - Various Anime - "Oraanu Pi" by E. S. Posthumus
03. Angry Gnome - "Super Sparkley Magic Attack Time Fun Friends" - Toradora - "Never Had Nobody Like You" by M Ward
04. Lithe-Fider - "To Be By Your Side" - Digimon - "To Be By Your Side" by Bruno Coulais
05. Uchihapeinangel - "Listen to your heart Sasuke" - Naruto - "Listen Your Heart" by DHT
06. BAITMASTER - "FINAL REQUIEM" - Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children - "Requiem For a Dream" by Clin Mansell
07. XAren0817X - "Hero" - Kingdom Hearts 1 & 2 - "Hero" by Skillet
08. HalOfBorg - "Hell Girl Likes A Pink Pill" - Hell Girl - "Just Like A Pill" by Pink
09. Katrina Forest - "Pride Vs. The Cows" - Various Anime - "Cows With Guns" by Dana Lyons
10. ET Productions - "Fight Carnival" - Cowboy Bebop the Movie & Hell Girl - "Ladies and Gentlemen" by Saliva
11. ReligionX - "Are You Listening" - RideBack - "Sweetness (Studio Demo)" by Jimmy Eat World.
12. RiderG - "Reason to Smile" - One Piece - "Innocence" by Avril Lavigne
13. Rolfboy8 - "Video games (anime style) - Cockpit Angels" - The Cockpit - Blazing Angels Soundtrack
14. SleepyOwl - "The Color of Dreams" The Cat Returns & Spirited Away - "Dream To Dream" by Cathy Cavadini
15. animatedrejectx1 - "Colors of the Rainbow" - Kingdom Hearts 1 & 2 - "Colors of the Rainbow" by DJ Skeptyk
16. Kage Okami Productions - "Let You Down" - Bleach - "Let You Down" by Eyeshine

[plankster]

I had a hunch that my video, Cockpit Angels, didn't win, but I was hoping it would. If I submitted one of my best videos, Kingdom Bleach, it would've won, but I'm not allowed to submit any videos that have won any award, and Kingdom Bleach won three in the last three contests. Anyway, I congratulations to the winners. You did a great job.

[ReligionX]

I can understand that they ran out of room, but couldn't they have told us sooner? We all waited for over two hours. And it was really cold lol.

So did anyone even get to see the showing? BY 12PM there were still a looot of people in line.

Congratulations on winning the Action Category. I really wish you could have been there. The room was overfilled beyond capacity, and we had to turn people away from viewing the contest unfortunately. None of the other contest winners were present during the times that the contest winners were announced. I will need to e-mail all winners to send them their trophies.

I do agree with you that it was not good that we were not able to tell people when we were going to run out of registrations for Saturday. Because we had people not show up after pre-registering, we were able to able to accept more people At Door. Instead of 214, according to our count, we may have been able to accept 250, or more.

I don't know why ANYONE wouldn't pre-register for ANY anime convention. It is, without fail, ALWAYS faster, easier, and cheaper than At Door Registration. I have been hearing so much disgruntled rhetoric from people about how we "failed as a convention" for reaching capacity and had to turn people away. If you were to go anywhere else that was sold out, like a sold out music concert event, or a sold out sporting event, you wouldn't show up and complain that they don't have tickets for you, would you? We had a count down up until midnight the day before the convention with how many At Con Registrations were available. We were accepting pre-registrations up until midnight Friday right before the convention.

Friday Night 11:59 PM:
"Number of Zenkaikon 2009 At-Door Memberships Available
Saturday: 214; Sunday: 725; Two-Day: 214"

The only logical thing that our convention can do is expand next year. Based on our figures from last year, we were not prepared to accept so many people. No one gave us a reason to. If you check the Zenkaikon forum, it is very inactive in terms of a reflection of it's current popularity.

Zenkaikon 08 & 09 AMV Head,
AnimeNEXT 09 & 10 AMV Head,
Tandokucon 07 AMV & Fan Parody Head

[gotenks794]

Oooh I won... I'm no longer mad at Zenkaikon.

Congrats everyone else.

[torothebully]

Runner up not bad for my first try. I knew it was between one other video and myself in the dramatic theme. Though the person who made Death Note awesome job! And congrats to all the winners I hope everyone had fun!

[ladygrimmjow]

well at least i did better at cosplaying then i did at the amv