Tsukino-Con 2016 AMV Contest - WINNERS POSTED

[allegoriest]

THE RESULTS ARE IN. I've included a YouTube link wherever one was provided by the creator when I requested it, or if I managed to find one. Please don't hesitate to PM me if you notice any errors, or to let me know about a YouTube video I might have missed.

Thank you so much again to everyone who submitted and participated! I'll be in contact with winners directly by email as well within the next 1-2 days regarding certificates and so on

ACTION
K Project – Wheapon (Ileia) *Winner: Best Action
Fate/Stay Night: UBW – Forging into Shadows (AnimeMashup)
Sword Art Online S2 – Dualism (Kiriforce)
Akame ga Kill – Every Scar Will Be My Throne (AntaresHeart07)
Baccano!! – Sleazy Swingers (BecauseImBored1)
Owari no Seraph – Never Back Down (AMV-X)
Attack on Titan – Reclaim (Xophilarus) *Runner Up: Action

DRAMA
Shinseki Yori – Ananun (Iren S.S.) *Winner, Coordinator's Choice Award
Paprika – Oneiro (PieandBeer)
Puella Magi Madoka Magica – Unleash the Contract (Xophilarus)
Death Parade – Panic Station (Kiriforce)
Fullmetal Alchemist – Crucible of Souls (Xophilarus & Shin AMV) *Winner: Best Drama
Puella Magi Madoka Magica – Not A Dream (OnyxAMVs) *Runner Up: Drama

ROMANCE/SENTIMENTAL
Various (Ghibli) – Fight Song (Maboroshi & MomtoCutiePia) *Winner: Best Romance/Sentimental & Runner Up: Best In Show
The Garden of Words – Evergreen (StarTrinity009)
Hibike! Euphonium – Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic (JSK)
Watamote – Sofa King Special (purplepolecat)
Your Lie In April – Colors (Bububun)
Love Stage! – What Makes You Beautiful (Hotaru T/Arctic Tribe) *Runner Up: Romance/Sentimental
Beyond the Boundary – Dying Days (Magicflier)

FUN/UPBEAT
One Punch Man – Singular Strike Gentleman (Glitzer) *Winner: Best Fun/Upbeat
Noragami – Yato's God Complex (Rider4Z)
Space Dandy – Just Funkin' Dandy (ShinAMV) *Runner Up: Fun/Upbeat
Various – 50 Flavors of 2015: Passing the Blame (Ileia & Kitsuner)
Various – Dance Intermission 2 (MoonieAMV)
High School of the Dead – Heads Will Roll (NepNep)
Himouto! Umaru-chan – Drink More Cola (King Redeem)

COMEDY
One Punch Man – Deadpunch (Rider4Z) *Winner: Best in Show
Outlaw Star – Outlaws of the Galaxy (Speedy180)
Various - OH HELL NO: The Sensible Horror AMV(shorisquared)
Various – Just Do It! (King Redeem)
Kill la Kill – Laugh at the Lurid (Unlucky Artist)
Attack on Titan: Junior High – Shingeki Babies (Ileia)
Free! – Fishsticks (NepNep) *Runner Up: Comedy
Black Butler – One Hell of a Host (BecauseImBored1) *Winner: Best Comedy

MADE IN BC
Videos submitted by local editors competing for the "Best in BC" award!

Steins;Gate – Disintigration (Kanada Jin)
Suzuka – Closing Time (Alex da Silva)
Noragami – Hell Yeah! (Paasou)
Brothers Conflict – Beautiful Lady (Happy Squeak)
Various – My Kokoro (See You Again) (ShinnoriYoru) *Winner: Best Made in BC
Noragami – Kyouran Hey Kids!! (Bahamut)
Various – Habits of Their Hearts (Jaylestial & Gothiecakes) *Runner Up: Made in BC

AMV SMACKDOWN
Every year, that year's winners are shown back-to-back with the previous year's winners in an AMV Smackdown, and the audience votes for their favourite by a show of hands. This year's Smackdown lineup was:

ACTION
2015 – Gurren Lagann – You Can't Deny Us! (BecauseImBored1)
2016 – K Project – Wheapon (Ileia) – WINNER

DRAMA
2015 – Princess Tutu – Nevermore (TrufflePig Studios)
2016 – Fullmetal Alchemist – Crucible of Souls (Xophilarus & Shin AMV) – WINNER

ROMANCE/SENTIMENTAL
2015 – N/A – New category
2016 – Various (Ghibli) – Fight Song (Maboroshi & MomtoCutiePia) – WINNER (default)

FUN/UPBEAT
2015 – Various – Fantastic Baby (Kirapet)
2016 – One Punch Man – Singular Strike Gentleman (Glitzer) – WINNER

BEST IN BC
2015 – N/A – New category
2016 – Various – My Kokoro (See You Again) (ShinnoriYoru) - WINNER (default)

BEST COMEDY
2015 – Various – Ship Happens (Vivifx) – WINNER
2016 – Black Butler – One Hell of a Host (BecauseImBored1)

BEST GENERAL / COORDINATOR'S CHOICE
2015 – One Piece – The Optimists (Rider4Z) – WINNER
2016 – Shinseki Yori – Ananun (Iren S.S.)

BEST IN SHOW
2015 – Various – Anime 404 (BakaOppai) – WINNER
2016 – One Punch Man – Deadpunch (Rider4Z)

Spoiler :

Rules
THE QUICK RULES

✦ Submit your videos to amv@tsukinocon.com with the following information:

✢ Anime:
✢ Song:
✢ Artist:
✢ Creator: (handle & email)
✢ Category: General, Action, Fun/Upbeat, Drama/Romance, or Comedy
✢ From: (where you live)

✦ Please submit your video via some sort of file sharing program. Our recommendation is Dropbox.
✦ Three (3) entries may be accepted per individual or group, to a maximum of one (1) per category.
✦ Videos must not have premiered publically (online, other cons, etc) prior to December 31, 2014, or have been shown in a previous Tsukino-Con AMV Contest.
✦ No bumpers or credits. MP4 less than 500MB is preferred. No technical defects.

THE FULL RULES
* These are not yet fully updated on the Tsukino-Con site though they will be within the next few days and I will link that page at that time. In the meantime, this forum post is gospel!

The Tsukino-Con AMV Contest is one of Tsukino-Con’s largest events, airing for about 2-3 hours at the con. The event is a showcase of fan-made music videos submitted directly by creators both local and from all over the world where you, the audience, get to vote on your favourites. The contest is open to anyone—amateurs, professionals, and everyone in between.

The deadline for submissions is: Saturday, February, 6th 2016, at 11:59PM PST.

CATEGORIES

Videos will be sorted into five categories:
1. General
2. Action
3. Fun/Upbeat
4. Drama/Romance
5. Comedy

Please note that these categories may be subject to adjustments depending on videos submitted.

GUIDELINES & REQUIREMENTS
Before you submit a video to the Tsukino-Con AMV Contest, please make sure it complies with our video requirements:

✦ Videos must not have premiered publically (online, other cons, etc) prior to December 31, 2014, or have been shown in a previous Tsukino-Con AMV Contest.
✦ Videos must be PG-13 and suitable for a con audience. Any songs with excessive swearing or anime footage with explicit nudity/violence/inappropriate themes will not be accepted.
✦ Videos must be between one (1) and six (6) minutes in length.
✦ Three (3) entries may be accepted per individual or group, to a maximum of one (1) per category. Submitting as part of a group counts as a submission for each individual.
✦ Videos must be 80% Japanese anime/manga or game footage.
✦ No credits, bumpers or trailers.
✦ No subtitles, watermarks, text, etc, though exceptions may be made if they are added by the creator as part of the video.
✦ All videos must be submitted by the original creator. Any submissions found to be in violation of this will not be accepted and you will be disqualified from participating in future contests.
✦ All AMVs must meet the technical requirements below.

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS
We will accept a variety of formats, but recommend the following. If for whatever reason we’re not able to work with the format you’ve submitted, we’ll contact you as soon as possible so that you can re-submit. If you can’t resubmit within 48 hours of the deadline your submission will be disqualified.

☀ No low-resolution entries. 1280x720 or greater is suggested.
☀ No audio or video quality defects (interlacing, blurring, distortion, low sample rate, etc).
☀ Suggested container is MP4.
☀ Maximum file size of 500MB.

HOW TO SUBMIT
So you’d like to submit a video to Tsukino-Con’s AMV Contest? FANTASTIC. You’re already our new best friend. To keep things simple:

Submit all videos to: amv@tsukinocon.com

When submitting your video please send us the following:

☀ the anime used in the video
☀ the name of the song used in the video
☀ the name of the artist who the song is by
☀ the name you want to go by as creator of the video and an email that you check regularly that we can contact you at
☀ the category you feel your video falls into
☀ where you are from

Example:

Say I made a sweet video using footage from the movie 5cm per second and I wanted to submit it. I would send:
✢ Anime: 5cm per second
✢ Song: Timeless
✢ Artist: Kate Havnevik
✢ Creator: chaos.cubix (randomemail@gmail.com)
✢ Category: Drama
✢ From: Victoria, B.C

Please submit your video via some sort of file sharing program. Our recommendation is Dropbox, but Windows Skydrive, Sendspace and Mediafire work alright too. Please include the link to your video in the email you send us with your submission information. We will NOT rip videos from YouTube links.

Once we received your video we will send your confirmation that we have received it. If you do not receive confirmation within one week of sending your video in, please email us again.

QUESTIONS, ETC.
By submitting an entry, contestants agree that they have read, understood & will comply by these rules. Contestants grant Tsukino-Con and the coordinators permission to use, copy, share and exhibit your entry in future showcases, exhibitions, and other events. We reserve the right to modify these rules at any time. Submitting to the contest does not guarantee inclusion as a finalist or inclusion in the contest even if all guidelines and requirements are met.

Again, please send any questions to amv@tsukinocon.com. I'm also happy to answer PMs, or you can reach me on Skype at "allegorier."

[Magicflier]

What does the General category accept?

[allegoriest]

What does the General category accept?

Primarily character or story-driven AMVs, and/or those that don't quite fit neatly in any of the other categories - not action-y enough to be action, cheerful but not upbeat enough to be in Upbeat, etc. Anything that wouldn't neatly fit in one of the other categories could be considered.

If you submit in General and we think it'd be better categorized elsewhere, we'll let you know (or the other way around).

[Magicflier]

Ok, I entered a few, and I'll do some sharing from my side.
I wish you luck for more entries!

[allegoriest]

Ok, I entered a few, and I'll do some sharing from my side.
I wish you luck for more entries!

Thank you so much! I appreciate it

[Ileia]

I remember last year and I'm really glad that this is going in a different direction. I'll send you some entries and I've pimped this thread around to see if I can garner some more support for you as well.

[allegoriest]

I remember last year and I'm really glad that this is going in a different direction. I'll send you some entries and I've pimped this thread around to see if I can garner some more support for you as well.

Ah, thank you so much! I really want to help make it work this year, so I really appreciate the support, Ileia! (everybody's been great so far).

[Radical_Yue]

ILEIA HAS ALERTED ME THAT HELP IS NEEDED. THE ALARM HAS BEEN SOUNDED.

[The_McLaughlin]

I'm hoping to have one done here in the next few days. Hopefully before February 1st, so if I do get it done I'll send it your way.

[alchemymini]

And submitted~!