AnimeNEXT 2008 AMV Contest -- RESULTS

[VegettoEX]

Yooooosh~. Here we go with the full information on the contest.

The contest was played four times throughout the entire convention (Friday @ 1 pm in Main Events, Saturday @ 9:30 am in Main Events, Saturday @ 1 pm in Video 2, Sunday @ 10 am in Main Events). Ballots were due Saturday by 5:00 pm. We had a total of twenty-nine videos in the contest. The videos were separated into five categories: Trailer/Parody, Romance, Action/Upbeat, Drama, and Comedy (four, four, seven, eleven, and three videos, respectively). This was the first year that we split-off the new "Romance" category, due to the increasing-number of romantic "Drama" videos received each year. At the end of the contest, a recap was played, which was basically a slide-show collection of all of the title cards and a uniquely identifying screen shot from the video, one after another. Each attendee could pick their single favorite video in each of the four categories; this would decide the five popular vote winners. After the ballots were counted, the judges (myself and Meri) selected one other video that we felt set itself apart from the other videos in some kind of way (with both technical and artistic merits).

All six winning videos were played during the awards ceremony to a packed main events room, which took place Saturday evening during the judges' deliberation for the cosplay awards.

So here's the full list of videos! Links to their respective entries on "the org" are provided where available.

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CATEGORY: TRAILER/PARODY --

( Video 01 )
Title: "Inuyasha's 300"
Editor: Samurai Jake
Footage: Inuyasha
Audio: "300" theatrical trailer

( Video 02 )
Title: "Beauty and the Baka"
Editor: Cyanna
Footage: Fruits Basket
Audio: "Beauty and the Beast" Original Theatrical Trailer

( Video 03 )
Title: "DoS Teaser Trailer"
Editor: Joe Namikaze
Footage: Original 3D CG & scanned stills
Artist: John Williams
Song: "The Planet"

( Video 04 )
Title: "YTMND AMV: Commander in Fad"
Editor: Drewaconclusion
Footage: various
Artist: various
Song: various


CATEGORY: ROMANCE --

( Video 05 )
Title: "Sunset"
Editor: Nessephanie
Footage: Nodame Cantabile
Artist: Glen Hansard and Marketa Irgloua
Song: "Falling Slowly"

( Video 06 )
Title: "It Happens Every Time"
Editor: Sugar-High-Productions
Footage: DNAngel
Artist: Dreamstreet
Song: "It Happens Every Time"

( Video 07 )
Title: "From This Moment On"
Editor: Immortal Productions
Footage: Chrono Crusade
Artist: Shania Twain
Song: "From This Moment On"

( Video 08 )
Title: "Love's In Your Eyes"
Editor: Dragon/Roy
Footage: Eureka Seven
Artist: Jonas Brothers
Song: "When You Look Me in the Eyes"


CATEGORY: ACTION/UPBEAT --

( Video 09 )
Title: "Gimme Some Lovin'"
Editor: Steve Albertson
Footage: Nerima Daikon Brothers
Artist: The Blues Brothers
Song: "Gimme Some Lovin'"

( Video 10 )
Title: "Baccano Swing!"
Editor: Nic Neidenbach
Footage: Baccano!
Artist: Jumpin' Jimes
Song: "Swing Shift"

( Video 11 )
Title: "Bryce and the Fat Man"
Editor: Bryce and the Fat Man
Footage: various
Artist: Maximum the Hormone
Song: "Chu Chu Lovely Muni Muni Mura Mura Purin Purin Boron Nurururerorero"

( Video 12 )
Title: "Guyver My End Has Come"
Editor: George David Stewart
Footage: Guyver
Artist: Ben Moody featuring Jason Miller & Jason "Gong" Jones
Song: "The End Has Come"

( Video 13 )
Title: "I'd Give My Heart"
Editor: Meliko
Footage: Suikoden III, Suikogaiden, Suikogaiden II
Artist: Within Temptation
Song: "Jillian"

( Video 14 )
Title: "Unfinished Business"
Editor: Dark Side Productions
Footage: Afro Samurai
Artist: 3 Doors Down
Song: "It's Not My Time"

( Video 15 )
Title: "Word Play"
Editor: Jubjub2
Footage: various
Artist: Daft Punk
Song: "Harder, Better, Faster"


CATEGORY: DRAMA --

( Video 16 )
Title: "Pyreflies Whispers of the Dead"
Editor: Ijexis
Footage: Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
Artist: Sigur Ros
Song: "Saeglopur"

( Video 17 )
Title: "Mirror Goddess"
Editor: Reverend Takahashi FAN
Footage: Ah! My Goddess
Artist: Helloween
Song: "Mirror, Mirror"

( Video 18 )
Title: "The Gift"
Editor: jasper-isis
Footage: Ef - A Fairy Tale of the Two & Ef - The Latter Tale
Artist: The Reign of Kindo
Song: "Do You Realize?"

( Video 19 )
Title: "Cold Steel"
Editor: Stacy Moscariello
Footage: Fullmetal Alchemist
Artist: Breaking Benjamin
Song: "So Cold"

( Video 20 )
Title: "A Raven's Pride"
Editor: Scintilla
Footage: Princess Tutu
Artist: Echo Image
Song: "Need to be Proud"

( Video 21 )
Title: "Kleine Cossette"
Editor: Bleys and Daria Foust
Footage: Le Portrait de Petit Cossette
Artist: Barbi Schiller
Song: "Lebenslicht"

( Video 22 )
Title: "Escaping But Not Far"
Editor: SharinganBlue
Footage: Death Note
Artist: The Used
Song: "The Bird and the Worm"

( Video 23 )
Title: "Never Too Late"
Editor: Lee Moo Cow Productions
Footage: Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
Artist: Three Days Grace
Song: "Never Too Late"

( Video 24 )
Title: "I Can't Be Who You Are"
Editor: Anthony Arias
Footage: Tokyo Majin
Artist: Linkin Park
Song: "Leave Out All the Rest"

( Video 25 )
Title: "Kino's Dream"
Editor: Storm Warning Studios
Footage: Kino's Journey
Artist: Tom Petty
Song: "Runnin' Down a Dream"

( Video 26 )
Title: "King of Pain"
Editor: Heather Gill
Footage: Fullmetal Alchemist
Artist: The Police
Song: "King of Pain"


CATEGORY: COMEDY --

( Video 27 )
Title: "Heat Miser Mustang"
Editor: DoodlePlex Digital Studios
Footage: Fullmetal Alchemist
Artist: George S. Irving
Song: "Heat Miser"

( Video 28 )
Title: "Slayers COMEBACK"
Editor: VespaBee
Footage: Slayers (various)
Audio Source: "Cats Don't Dance" OST
Song: "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"

( Video 29 )
Title: "The Harassment of Kyon"
Editor: MysteriousRyder
Footage: The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Artist: Avril Lavigne
Song: "Girlfriend"

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So now let's get to the winners and runner-ups.

JUDGES' AWARD:
WINNER: "Pyreflies Whispers of the Dead"

TRAILER/PARODY:
WINNER: "YTMND AMV: Commander in Fad" (44% of category votes)
HONORABLE MENTION: "Inuyasha's 300" (27% of category votes)

ROMANCE:
WINNER: "Love's In Your Eyes" (44% of category votes)
HONORABLE MENTION: "Sunset" (22% of category votes)

ACTION/UPBEAT:
WINNER: "Word Play" (52% of category votes)
HONORABLE MENTION: "I'd Give My Heart" (13% of category votes)

DRAMA:
WINNER: "A Raven's Pride" (23% of category votes)
HONORABLE MENTION: "Escaping But Not Far" (20% of category votes)

COMEDY:
WINNER: "The Harassment of Kyon" (77% of category votes)
HONORABLE MENTION: "Heat Miser Mustang" (16% of category votes)

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For those that were/are curious:

CONTEST MAIN MENU MUSIC:
Zelda The Music (Nintendo Sound History Series); Track 70 - "The Legend of Zelda Theme Medley"

CONTEST OPENING MUSIC:
Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii) - Main Theme

CONTEST RECAP MUSIC:
Katamari Damacy (PS2) OST; Track 2 - "Katamari on the Rock ~Main Theme~"

CONTEST WINNERS OPENING MUSIC:
Pop'N Music 13 Carnival (PS2) - "Absolute (Rock Guitar)"

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So there we go! I think that's pretty much everything I can think of. If you have any further comments, questions, or suggestions about the contest, feel free to let me know.

It is the decision of the individual editor (or editors) to make their own videos available for download online. It is *not* the decision of the contest coordinators or any other AnimeNEXT staff.

Big props to all the tech and general convention crew that helped out during all of the showings. Thanks everyone, and we'll see you all again next year! *collapses*

[Rev. Takahashi Fan]

ha ha I was just thrilled to have made the list.

[SharinganBlue]

DRAMA:
WINNER: "A Raven's Pride" (23% of category votes)
HONORABLE MENTION: "Escaping But Not Far" (20% of category votes)

Wow...that close. It's always a tough fight in the Drama category. Thanks for the H.M.! Congrats Scintilla. The song's catchy.