Now that I've received a good amount of interest here and elsewhere, I've decided to set the deadline. I'd like to try at an end of October release date.
UPDATE 10/16:
Please read the following post: http://www.animemusicvideos.org/forum/v ... 5#p1465895
New Deadline: November 20th
UPDATE 2/07:
Complete, visit the announcement thread: http://www.animemusicvideos.org/forum/v ... 3&t=112030
Submission Rules:
The Theme:
This MEP will feature AMVs which include the Psychopaths found in anime, or those who may seem to be violently Psychotic.
The main focus is on the heartless, violent, emotionless monsters who call themselves human and the atrocious acts they perform.
This may include any who kill without discretion.
Although this is not a comedy MEP, a humor oriented clip may be accepted, as long as it's "Dark Humor".
In other words, something you know you shouldn't laugh at and yet do.
Content:
Any amount of blood and gore is allowed. Even non-explicit nudity is allowed. Other than hentai, anything goes and should be fine.
Length:
I don't want to put any specific length restrictions, so as to limit creativity. But the majority of clips will likely be under 1:00min.
So try your best to at least keep it under 1:30 and to keep it interesting. No one likes an AMV that drags on.
Format:
Ideally your video should be 640x480 for fullscreen or 848x480 for widescreen and should be 23.976 fps Progressive.
The preferred method of compression is a "Huffy", "Lagarith" or "UtVideo" lossless AVI, with an uncompressed WAV as the audio.
Although, an h.264 MP4 with 320kbps MP3 or AAC may also be accepted. In this case, I highly suggest compressing it with Zarx264gui.
If you submit a clip that doesn't meet these guidelines, I'll do my best to work with it still.
But as long as you check the render settings in your editing program, you should be able to meet these specs.
Quality:
Your video should be as high quality as possible, while still meeting the specifications above.
Unless subtitles are "intentional" and "necessary", they should not be present in your video.
No form of a watermark will be allowed. Although if you properly crop the watermark off, and it doesn't detract from the video to much, it should be acceptable.
Uploading Your Video:
Preffered methods of upload.
1. Dropbox
How To Upload:
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How To Upload:
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Considering each host has their own limitations and download limits, including expiration on how long files stay hosted.
Submiting Your Video:
Fill out the form located here: AMV Psychopathy Entry Form
It's suggested that you register an account, so you can check back on any feedback you may get from myself or one of the other judges.
And so you may also reply to any questions or concerns of the other judges.
If you choose to fill out the form as a guest, make sure to leave a contact email address.
In this case you will simply receive a message by email as to whether it was accepted or any needed modifications.
You will not receive any critique or opinions given from the other judges. Although, their opinion will effect the result of whether the video is accepted.
Question? Post it below and I'll respond as soon as possible.
I actually have the perfect song for this 
