ANIMETHON 2024 AMV Contest

[Vlad G Pohnert]

Runnning since 2003! This year Animethon is back on Auguest 9-11, 2024.

After much hard deliberation from the judges, here is a list of the finalists by credit name and video title. Also listed are those in the pre-show, these are the videos that play just prior to the start of the contest during seating. The Contest is scheduled to take place on Friday, August 9, 2024 starting with the pre-show at 4:00 PM in Main Events and the winners will be shown and announced on Sunday afternoon.

We will also be showing all the accepted non-finalist videos in the AMV Room on Sunday starting at 1:00 PM.Thanks to everyone who entered.

FINALISTS:

Bionic Slime
BulkaCoco
E_01
F-Zero TV
HaloKami Productions
Ileia
Ileia & Dr. Dino
MadMegatax
meleechampion
MinetChan (PixelBlended Studios) (2x)
MoonlitSlash
NameBrand__
Nuke
PhoinkU
Qwaqa
Rider4Z (Otaku Lounge Productions)
SilkAMV
SonsofKorhal9
Speedy180 (Lightning Bear Studios) (2x)
SpuddStaaa
Synæsthesia Productions (2x)
Takeshi
ThatOneGuy
Troubleclef
Tyken (Otaku Lounge Productions)
VectorConduct
ZeonicFreak

PRE-SHOW (Honerable Mentions):

Alessandro Cubicciotti
Lelani
Silent Hero
thefanvideoer2

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DEADLINE: Friday, June 21, 2024

QUICK RULES SUMMARY (Full set of rules can be found HERE):

• The duration limits for each submission are as follows:
--- AMV Entries: 60 seconds minimum, 6 minutes maximum.
--- Trailers, Commercials or Intros: 30 seconds minimum, 3 minutes & 30 seconds maximum.
• No more than 2 entries per person/group.
• No subtitles, watermarks, logos, text, or credits.
• Must not have premiered before September 1, 2023.
• The majority of your entry’s video content must consist of anime-styled or manga-styled content. See exceptions.
• Audio for all AMV entries (except Trailer/Commercial/Intro) must be majority music. No excessive dialogue.
• Must be age 14+ appropriate.
• AMV-Hell style entries will not be accepted.
• No music and/or dialogue generated by voice-cloning technologies (deepfake audio).
• Entries created using Machine Learning technologies (AI) and not the creation of the entrant may be disqualified.
• Must satisfy our technical requirements.

As the contest will be two hours in length, all accepted entries will be judged by a panel of judges to determine the finalists.


SUMMARY OF AWARDS

AMV fixed categories have been eliminated and replaced with a larger number of elements that make up the essence of the AMV (i.e. Dramatic, Artistic, Parody, Trailer, Effect Oriented, etc.) found on the entry form. Once all entries have be received after the deadline, all the selected elements will be tabulated and all accepted entries will be grouped into the top six most common categories for judging.

Category Awards
Up to six Awards. Categories will be determined after the submission deadline

AMV Contest Coordinator Choice Award
Awarded to a video selected by the AMV Contest Coordinators

Grand Prize Awards
Best in Show
Audience Favourite

Best “Made in Alberta” Award
Awarded to a video entry made in the province of Alberta


Looking forward for all your great entires

Vlad & Zane
Animethon 2024 AMV Coordiantors

[Vlad G Pohnert]

Got some great entires so far, keep them comming as the deadline is just over 3-1/2 weeks away.

Vlad

[SynaesthesiaVideos]

submitted two vids!

[Vlad G Pohnert]

Thanks so far for all the submisisons, clould use more comedy and trailers

VLad

[Vlad G Pohnert]

Still looking for more submissions, one week to go! More comedy and Trailers still needed

Vlad

[Vlad G Pohnert]

FInlaists in the first message

[ProstrateConstantly]

Here are the winners for the Animethon 2024 AMV Contest!

Best Trailer - Izuku Midoriya Takes Off by MadMegatax


Coordinators Choice - Amor ex Machina by Synaesthesia Productions


Best Action - Choose Your Fighter! by HaloKami Productions


Best Dramatic - Nicorette by F-Zero TV


Best Fun/Upbeat - Anya's Life Lessons by SpudStaaa


Best Romantic/Sentimental & Best Made in Alberta - Just the Girl by MoonlitSlash


Best Comedy/Parody & Audience Favorite & Best in Show - Run Makoto Run by Qwaqa