NY Anime Festival

Skylink · Post by **Skylink** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 12:40 pm

Unlike NYComic-Con, the NY Anime Festival is the first full-fledged Anime Convention to be held at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City. This is NYAF's first year, but judging how Comic-Con and Digital Life went on their first year, I don't expect a small turnout. From what they said in the e-mail, Speed and Trixie from Speed Racer were going to be there. Their exhibition hall list has quite the number of groups from Aardvark International to Yen Press (even Gaia Online is going to be there... but don't let that scare you.) Panels, Special Performances, etc... Things that you'd normally expect at a con. I see nothing about AMVs here though. I guess they don't know about us yet.

Anyway, more information can be found here at : http://www.nyanimefestival.com[/url]

vanslanzerdefanel · Post by **vanslanzerdefanel** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 8:05 am

I personally inquired on the forums, around 3 weeks from this message they will be posting AMV info or so a coordinator has quoted to me.

J.Alana · Post by **J.Alana** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 1:07 pm

Sounds cool! Great to see another NY based anime convention

Ijexis · Post by **Ijexis** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 2:57 am

I haven't been to a con, meant to go to AnimeNext 07 but plans did not work out. I am interested and most likely will be at this one. And yes, they are having an AMV Contest:

"AMV Contest
Anime Music Videos (AMVs) are remixes of anime and music pulled together from often divergent sources into astonishing works of art filled with action, drama, comedy, romance, and always a lot of heart. And the inaugural New York Anime Festival is proud to play host to a competition between the editors, storytellers, and artists that are AMV makers -- with the winners taking home prizes from sponsors including ADV Films, Bandai America, Bandai Entertainment, Bandai Visual, Central Park Media, Del Rey Manga, Media Blasters, TOKYOPOP, and VIZ Media. Vote for your favorite during the AMV Contest:

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Sunday, Dec 9
Anime Screening Room?"

Dragon/Roy · Post by **Dragon/Roy** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 11:14 pm

I will be there , Who else will be there?

Skylink · Post by **Skylink** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 1:04 am

I"m going. They haven't given much info on their AMV Contest though. Since there's no "deadline" declared, is it going to be Iron Chef style AMV?

Ijexis · Post by **Ijexis** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 9:33 pm

Skylink wrote:I"m going. They haven't given much info on their AMV Contest though. Since there's no "deadline" declared, is it going to be Iron Chef style AMV?

This is the information I got from the site regarding the AMV Contest...the deadline has passed already

"AMV ContestPLEASE NOTE: THE SUBMISSION DEADLINE HAS PASSED. NO FURTHER ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED.
WE'LL BE ANNOUNCING OUR FINALISTS IN EARLY NOVEMBER.

SUBMISSION JUDGING
What's next? After we receive your submission, the New York Anime Festival will contact you to let you know whether your AMV was accepted into the competition.

All AMVs will be judged by NYAF staff members during the month of October 2007, and three finalists from each category will be selected, contacted, and announced by November 1, 2007.

FINALIST JUDGING
All finalists will be screened at the New York Anime Festival, December 7-9 2007, with the each category's winner determined by ballots cast by the Anime Festival's attendees. In addition to Best Action, Best Comedy, Best Drama, Best Romance, and Best New York City AMVs, Best Editing and Best in Show prizes will also be awarded. The winners will be revealed at the New York Anime Festival's Closing Ceremonies.

PRIZES
The New York Anime Festival will be awarding prizes to the best AMV in each category as well as overall Best Editing and Best in Show awards. Winners will take home prize packages from Official Prize Sponsors including Bandai Entertainment, Central Park Media, Classic Media Group, Del Rey Manga, and Media Blasters."

Skylink · Post by **Skylink** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 9:45 pm

awww, that sucks.. And i my day couldn't get any worse, my button is broken. uck this