Anime Expo 2011 Anime Music Video Contest rules are up!

[s0matic]

Hmm...how odd...points that I brought up last year and was yelled at for... Then again, according to certain people all I do is cause "drama."

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Feel free to look back at last year. My main two complaints: Troll-esque videos and the judging.
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The points and complaints are incredibly valid imo, and I shared some of those concerns. To be fair though, the circumstances are a bit different, and the manner in which these points were brought up last year weren't necessarily "constructive."

[DigitalPanther]

- There are editors on the judging panel (not just me and Xstylus)(though I am not really judging in this instance unless it becomes a tie breaker situation). Several of the judges as well as being anime fans are also very much AMV fans. With rather sizable personal collections of AMVs they have gathered over the years. Our judges cover a wide spectrum. From 10 plus year veterans of AMVs to some new to AMVs and several stops in between. I would love to have more editors on the panel but ...thing is... most of you are in the contest which automatically disqualifies you as being one of the judges.

While I do go out of my way to get at least one or two "clueless" or relatively so judges who can represent the noob factor...the rest of judges while not all editors at least know how to edit and are savvy enough to recognize quality editing.

- Yes the Zetsubo Sensei and Persona 4 vids were a mistake. We have learned from it. To the point where if we see a vid that looks too perfect, (as a few did this year) we go find the source and compare. There have been a few that we have had to do that with. You will notice that we have allowed time between processing and the start of judging to be able to do that very thing. Check source in the hope of preventing a repeat of those incidents.

Radical Yue brings up some very valid points. As she had in the past. I attempted to learn and work in as much of what made sense from all of your collective feed back as I could. We do actually listen believe it or not.

Anyway, I just wanted to clarify that not all of the judges are "anime fans and nothing more".

Anyway, hope that helps a bit. You all really brought your "A" game this year. I have seen many very impressive videos. Its gonna be a good slog this year.

-DP

[Castor Troy]

But then again, maybe I should shut up before someone throws out that lovely "D" word again.

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GIANT UNDERPANTS!

[Rider4Z]

You all really brought your "A" game this year. I have seen many very impressive videos. Its gonna be a good slog this year.

and that being said i can wave bye to the competition. bye-bye AX

crawls in hole and dies X(

[Castor Troy]

You all really brought your "A" game this year. I have seen many very impressive videos. Its gonna be a good slog this year.

and that being said i can wave bye to the competition. bye-bye AX

crawls in hole and dies X(

[Rider4Z]

YOU MOCK MY PAIN

[machina21]

You Ninjas are hilarious.

[drewaconclusion]

YOU MOCK MY PAIN
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[Minimoto]

and that being said i can wave bye to the competition. bye-bye AX

crawls in hole and dies X(

If you're saying goodbye where does that leave me? Oh the woe!!!

[Castor Troy]

All the finalists will be editors we don't know and who come from a different galaxy than us lower beings.