The AnimeUSA 2012 Thread

[TnAdct1]

Out of curiosity, do you recall if "Crazy Maybe" played in Romance or Comedy?

That video was played in the Comedy category.

[Brakus]

Here's the ballot with all the finalists and their entries:

[VivifxAMV]

>< Best in show! I am really honored haha. This was such a lovely weekend with that news, and getting to see the season 3 premier of MLP.

*bronies on* Although if I keep winning all these contests Vic is coordinating, someone might suspect something is suspicious....

Congrats to all the winners!

[VicBond007]

I'm VicBond and I approve of this list.

I had live-blogged the results on my Facebook. The results were:

Trailer/Parody:
2nd- "The Avengers Live TV" by EimiJ7
1st- "Spiral Rangers" by snapxynith

Drama/Serious:
2nd- "7 Days" by drewaconclusion
1st- "Save the World" by milkmandan & maganate

Action:
2nd- "Naruto Ball Z Shippuuden" by RDS (Castor Troy)
1st- "All Hallow's Odd" by Warlike Swans

Romance/Sentimental:
2nd- "Beyond the Slope" by StarTrinity009
1st- "BFB" by Jump Cut Productions

Upbeat:
2nd- "Hands Up!" by Drabazz
1st- "Once Upon a Time in Russia" by Vlad Pohnert

Comedy:
2nd- "Kount Krausula" by drewaconclusion
1st- "Mother's Day Special" by l33tm33twad

Best in Show: "PonyNote" by VivifxAMV

Iron Editor: Erika Thompson (retains championship)

Interesting way the winners of Action and Comedy turned out -- at the end of the first count, there was a tie in the Action category. So the votes were recounted, and at the end of the second count, there was a definitive winner in Action but a tie in Comedy. Instead of counting for a 3rd time, the scores were averaged out in each category, and the winner edged out the runner-up by 1/2 vote. For what it's worth, I voted for "All Hallow's Odd" for Action. Who says your vote doesn't count in these things?

Anyway, congrats to all the winners. And also, thank you to the 15-or-so people that voted for my video in Action, even though I had no chance of placing in the top 2.

BTW, let me share a moment from Sunday's Random AMV showing: "Pony Bebop" plays, and a part of the audience groans in disapproval. Amanda and I laughed uncontrollably - such a perfect reaction. Later on, VicBond plays a Firefly mock OP set to Cowboy Bebop, then immediately plays a parody of that set to My Little Pony. I turn around and yell "DAMMIT VIC!" and the other few editors started laughing. So it just goes to show that not every Pony parody has been made... yet.

[l33tmeatwad]

I had live-blogged the results on my Facebook.

That's what Twitter is for...letting the public know fail

*bronies on* Although if I keep winning all these contests Vic is coordinating, someone might suspect something is suspicious....

Don't worry, Vic's secret is out of the bag, we all know he's a Brony

[Vlad G Pohnert]

Cool... I beat out Hand up and it beat me out at Anime Vegas Awesome! Spread the wealth I say!

Congrads to the winners.. looking forward now to next years new batch of AMVs

Vlad

[VivifxAMV]

*bronies on* Although if I keep winning all these contests Vic is coordinating, someone might suspect something is suspicious....

Don't worry, Vic's secret is out of the bag, we all know he's a Brony [/quote]

Oh I know XP That's why he's the best. He's up there with coolest moments of my life where I won Best in Show at Otakon and I was like "Can I give you a hug?" And he was like "Nah, but you can give me a bro-hoof".

Major Pony Swag right there. Sonic rainbows were going on in the background everything became 20% cooler. It was just that legit of a moment.

[Brakus]

I had live-blogged the results on my Facebook.

That's what Twitter is for...letting the public know fail

But my tweets are private, and I didn't bother to un-protect them just for AUSA.

*bronies on* Although if I keep winning all these contests Vic is coordinating, someone might suspect something is suspicious....

Don't worry, Vic's secret is out of the bag, we all know he's a Brony

Yeah, apparently he doesn't do AMVs anymore. He just does parody OPs using ponies.

[l33tmeatwad]

And he was like "Nah, but you can give me a bro-hoof".

You got jipped...you should have gotten this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wm5HDx16U0I

[Miracle_Falcon]

Interesting way the winners of Action and Comedy turned out -- at the end of the first count, there was a tie in the Action category. So the votes were recounted, and at the end of the second count, there was a definitive winner in Action but a tie in Comedy. Instead of counting for a 3rd time, the scores were averaged out in each category, and the winner edged out the runner-up by 1/2 vote. For what it's worth, I voted for "All Hallow's Odd" for Action. Who says your vote doesn't count in these things?

Interesting, and thanks! (And I lost a contest earlier this year by a single vote during a tie-breaker. Single votes *do* carry weight in these things.)

Out of curiosity, do you recall if "Crazy Maybe" played in Romance or Comedy?

Congratulations to the other winners ^_^

Ha, sounds like you and I are in a similar boat. I submitted Freeze Ray/Phone/Microwave to romance and found it was in comedy, which makes enough sense - though competing against Pony Note and Mother Lover is rough.

Btw: I didn't see this kid myself, but a few of my friends sitting near me swear there was a kid dressed up as Trunks during the AMV contest. He was taken out by an adult just a little after the Mother Lover video played.