Tsukino-Con 2025 AMV Contest Deadline 02/02/25

[Tsukino-ConBC]

As we head into the Winter Months, Tsukino-Con has announced its return for 2025, and with that, a return of our wonderful AMV Contest!

THE QUICK RULES

✦ Submit all your videos to: amv@tsukinocon.com or at the following Google Form found here:

✢Title:
✢ Anime/Video Game:
✢ Style: (AMV/PMV/GMV/MEP)
✢ Song:
✢ Artist:
✢ Creator: (Handle & email)
✢ Category: (Action, Fun/Upbeat, Drama, Romance/Sentimental, Best In BC or Comedy)
✢ From: (Where you're from)

✦ 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.
✦ No bumpers or credits. MP4 less than 500MB is preferred. No technical defects.


THE FULL RULES

The Tsukino-Con AMV Contest is one of Tsukino-Con’s largest events, airing for about 2 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 favorites. The contest is open to anyone—amateurs, professionals, and everyone in between.

The deadline for submissions is: Feburary 2nd at 11:59pm PST

CATEGORIES:

Videos will be sorted into five categories:

1. Drama

2. Action

3. Fun/Upbeat

4. Romance/Sentimental

5. Best In BC

6. 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 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.

✦ All MEPS must have every creator credited who participated in the video.

✦ All art in AMVS, PMVS, etc, must not be slideshowed but have technical aspects within them in full-screen format.

✦ 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.

✦ Voice overlays for dramatic effect are allowed as well as sound FX.

✦ 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, and etc, must meet the technical requirements below.

✦ Any entries that use or are found to have used AI will not be accepted

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 re-submit 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.

BEST OF BC REQUIREMENTS

Best of BC is a new category, exclusive to local AMV makers based in British Columbia. This category was created with the intent to help foster growth within our local community to create the next wave of AMV makers. This is an open category accepting all of the previously listed categories above. If you are a BC creator, you can choose to submit your video for its consideration in another category in addition to Best of BC. However, if your video is deemed a finalist in that category, it will not be considered a finalist in the Best Of BC category. If technical requirements aren’t met, however, we will try and email you back to get your submission in. (See requirements below.) Note: All BC videos will be shown during the exhibition. All AMV’s must meet these requirements for submission:

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENT FOR BEST OF BC

Made by a resident living in British Columbia, Canada

Must meet the technical and the general requirements listed above.

Must not be a staff member working within the AMV contest circle for Tsukino-Con.

HOW TO SUBMIT

Editors are able to submit by filling out the following form here:, if you prefer, submit all videos to: amv@tsukinocon.com. If you are submitting via email, please be sure to provide the video via GoogleDrive or other filesharing services

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.

JUDGING

Judging the entries for the AMV contest will consist of a panel of a minimum of three (3) to five (5) Tsukino-Con staff members. Of these members, the AMV Contest Coordinator must be in attendance. All categories must have a minimum of five (5) entries, no more than seven (7) entries will be permitted in a single category.

All videos that have been chosen by the judges will be shown at a panel and then judged by our lovely guests who choose to attend.

EXEMPTIONS

In the interest of fairness for all competitors, staff members who are involved with Tsukino-Con, are ineligible to submit videos for the contest.

AMV SMACKDOWN

AMVs that win contest awards will progress to the AMV Smackdown. Winning videos will compete head to head against winners in previous years to determine which winner is the current best in its respective categories. After audience voting, the winner of the head to head battle is crowned smackdown champion and will represent its winning category in the following Tsukino-Cons.


Thanks for reading this far, and let's make this AMV contest a great one!

[Tsukino-ConBC]

Good Evening Editors!

It has been brought to our attention that our Google Form was causing some issues regarding restricted access that was accidentally preventing submissions.

Please be advised that we have corrected the issues preventing submissions, and this should no longer be an issue. If this problem does persist, please contact us directly either by PM, or through our direct email address.

Happy Editing!

[twist58]

I recently submitted 1 video to your contest.

[cagayakegirlz]

Submitted a video!