Original announcement/call for submissions hidden here:
Spoiler :
So I contacted my local upcoming convention - AniMinneapolis 2013 (http://animinneapolis.com/) - to see if they would be having an AMV contest this year, but they unfortunately replied that no one on staff had stepped up to run one.
Well, I thought to myself, that just won't do! So I said to them, I says, hey! I'll run a contest!
And now there's a contest!
The only downside is that it's pretty last minute - DEADLINE IS 11:59pm CST FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 2013 (only one week before the convention)!
So take a look at the rules and eligibility requirements, dust off whatever you've got in editing storage, and help us make a great last minute contest!
Rules & Guidelines here: http://animinneapolis.com/amv-contest
Feel free to contact me if you have any questions~
My e-mail address: lilricki13@hotmail.com
My profile: http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members ... id=1085114
Much love to you all!
-Megane Girl
Well, I thought to myself, that just won't do! So I said to them, I says, hey! I'll run a contest!
And now there's a contest!
The only downside is that it's pretty last minute - DEADLINE IS 11:59pm CST FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 2013 (only one week before the convention)!
So take a look at the rules and eligibility requirements, dust off whatever you've got in editing storage, and help us make a great last minute contest!
Rules & Guidelines here: http://animinneapolis.com/amv-contest
Feel free to contact me if you have any questions~
My e-mail address: lilricki13@hotmail.com
My profile: http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members ... id=1085114
Much love to you all!
-Megane Girl
Here is the list of AMVs that won awards. 
Spoiler :
Award: BEST IN SHOW
Title: Utopia Online
Category: Romance
Editor: Studios in Technicolor (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Sword Art Online
Audio: “Youtopia (Radio Edit)” by Armin van Buuren (feat. Adam Young)
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Award: BEST ACTION
Title: Dunkin Donuts
Editor: RAWdangers (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Basquash!
Audio: “Cracks (Flux Pavilion Remix)” by Freestylers
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org
Award: BEST COMEDY
Title: Cute and Cuter
Editor: NightMistress85 (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Chi’s Sweet Home; Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni; Higurashi No Naku Koroni Kai; Lucky Star; Magical Pokan (Magipoka); Sugar, A Little Snow Fairy; When They Cry – Higurashi
Audio: “I’m Cute” by Animaniacs
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Award: BEST DRAMA
Title: Lionheart
Editor: Nekokitkat (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Okami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki (Wolf Children: Ame and Yuki)
Audio: "King and Lionheart" by Of Monsters and Men
Links: (Video on YouTube)
Award: BEST FUN
Title: Boots & Boys
Editor: Bobbitt the Hobbit (YouTube Channel)
Footage: D.Gray-man
Audio: “Boots & Boys” by Ke$ha
Links: (Video on YouTube)
Award: BEST ROMANCE
Title: The Recollection of a Princess and a Pilot
Editor: StarTrinity009 (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: The Princess and the Pilot
Audio: “If I Never Knew You” by Jon Secada & Shanice
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Award: HONORABLE MENTION – Romance Category
Title: Spent On You
Editor: PillsCureEverything (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Air
Audio: Air, “Payphone (Clean)” by Maroon 5
Links: (Video on YouTube)
Award: AUDIENCE FAVORITE
Award: “It’s Funny Because It’s True” Coordinator’s Choice Award
Title: This Ain’t A Cutscene!
Category: Comedy
Editor: James Blond (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Persona 4 – The Animation, High School of the Dead
Audio: “Kingdom Hearts/RE4 Rant” by MC Chris (aka Christopher Brendan Ward)
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Award: “So When Does the Movie Come Out?” Judge’s Choice Award
Title: The Lone Front
Category: Drama
Editor: Druzaik (a-m-v.org Profile)
Footage: Clannad; Clannad After Story; Ef – A Tale of Memories; Tokyo Magnitude 8.0
Audio: “Twelve Days Awake” by The American Dollar
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Award: “All the Feels!” Judge’s Choice Award
Title: Wonderful People
Category: Romance
Editor: Yami Ten'ou Studios (a-m-v.org Profile) (Vimeo Channel)
Footage: Clannad; Clannad After Story
Audio: “Read All About It (Part III)” by Emeli Sande
Links: (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Award: “Best Use of Attention Deficit Disorder” Judge’s Choice Award
Title: A Bodacious Pirate Video
Category: Comedy
Editor: Rick Adams (a-m-v.org Profile)
Footage: Bodacious Space Pirates
Audio: “He’s a Pirate” by Hans Zimmer, “The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything” by Relient K, “Girl Power” by Shampoo, “The Worst Pirate in the World” by Ceann, “Me Pirate Mom” by Jake and the Neverland Pirates
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Award: “I’d Totally Watch That Movie” Judge’s Choice Award
Title: DRRR Knight
Category: Fun
Editor: 19Pokemon (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Durarara!!
Audio: Batman – The Dark Knight Rises trailer
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Title: Utopia Online
Category: Romance
Editor: Studios in Technicolor (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Sword Art Online
Audio: “Youtopia (Radio Edit)” by Armin van Buuren (feat. Adam Young)
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Award: BEST ACTION
Title: Dunkin Donuts
Editor: RAWdangers (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Basquash!
Audio: “Cracks (Flux Pavilion Remix)” by Freestylers
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org
Award: BEST COMEDY
Title: Cute and Cuter
Editor: NightMistress85 (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Chi’s Sweet Home; Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni; Higurashi No Naku Koroni Kai; Lucky Star; Magical Pokan (Magipoka); Sugar, A Little Snow Fairy; When They Cry – Higurashi
Audio: “I’m Cute” by Animaniacs
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Award: BEST DRAMA
Title: Lionheart
Editor: Nekokitkat (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Okami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki (Wolf Children: Ame and Yuki)
Audio: "King and Lionheart" by Of Monsters and Men
Links: (Video on YouTube)
Award: BEST FUN
Title: Boots & Boys
Editor: Bobbitt the Hobbit (YouTube Channel)
Footage: D.Gray-man
Audio: “Boots & Boys” by Ke$ha
Links: (Video on YouTube)
Award: BEST ROMANCE
Title: The Recollection of a Princess and a Pilot
Editor: StarTrinity009 (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: The Princess and the Pilot
Audio: “If I Never Knew You” by Jon Secada & Shanice
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Award: HONORABLE MENTION – Romance Category
Title: Spent On You
Editor: PillsCureEverything (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Air
Audio: Air, “Payphone (Clean)” by Maroon 5
Links: (Video on YouTube)
Award: AUDIENCE FAVORITE
Award: “It’s Funny Because It’s True” Coordinator’s Choice Award
Title: This Ain’t A Cutscene!
Category: Comedy
Editor: James Blond (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Persona 4 – The Animation, High School of the Dead
Audio: “Kingdom Hearts/RE4 Rant” by MC Chris (aka Christopher Brendan Ward)
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Award: “So When Does the Movie Come Out?” Judge’s Choice Award
Title: The Lone Front
Category: Drama
Editor: Druzaik (a-m-v.org Profile)
Footage: Clannad; Clannad After Story; Ef – A Tale of Memories; Tokyo Magnitude 8.0
Audio: “Twelve Days Awake” by The American Dollar
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Award: “All the Feels!” Judge’s Choice Award
Title: Wonderful People
Category: Romance
Editor: Yami Ten'ou Studios (a-m-v.org Profile) (Vimeo Channel)
Footage: Clannad; Clannad After Story
Audio: “Read All About It (Part III)” by Emeli Sande
Links: (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Award: “Best Use of Attention Deficit Disorder” Judge’s Choice Award
Title: A Bodacious Pirate Video
Category: Comedy
Editor: Rick Adams (a-m-v.org Profile)
Footage: Bodacious Space Pirates
Audio: “He’s a Pirate” by Hans Zimmer, “The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything” by Relient K, “Girl Power” by Shampoo, “The Worst Pirate in the World” by Ceann, “Me Pirate Mom” by Jake and the Neverland Pirates
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Award: “I’d Totally Watch That Movie” Judge’s Choice Award
Title: DRRR Knight
Category: Fun
Editor: 19Pokemon (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Durarara!!
Audio: Batman – The Dark Knight Rises trailer
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
)And here is the full contest playlist in the order it was shown at the convention!
Spoiler :
Contest Playlist Order: #01
Title: Rock What You Got
Category: Fun
Editor: JudgeHolden (a-m-v.org Profile) )YouTube Channel)
Footage: 5 Centimeters per Second; A Certain Scientific Railgun; Amazing Nuts!; Bakemonogatari; Birdy the Mighty Decode; Black Rock Shooter; Bodacious Space Pirates; Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai; CANAAN; Cowboy Bebop - The Movie: Knockin' on Heaven's Door; Darker than Black: Gemini of the Meteor; Ergo Proxy; Fate/Zero; Girls und Panzer; Heaven's Lost Property; Heaven's Lost Property Forte; Kiddy Grade; Kurokami The Animation; Last Exile; Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha The Movie 1st; My Little Sister Can't Be This Cute; My-Otome; My-Otome 0~S.ifr~; Neon Genesis Evangelion 2.22 - You Can [Not] Advance; Puella Magi Madoka Magica; Regardless of My Adolescent Delusions of Grandeur, I Want a Date!; Rideback; Sailor Moon R: The Movie; Sekirei; Sekirei: Pure Engagement; Strike Witches; Sword Art Online
Audio: “So Beautiful” by Superchick
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Contest Playlist Order: #02
Title: Stay Down
Category: Action
Editor: ReggieSmalls (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Fate/Zero
Audio: “Stay Down” by El-P
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Contest Playlist Order: #03
Award(s): “So When Does the Movie Come Out?” Judge’s Choice Award
Title: The Lone Front
Category: Drama
Editor: Druzaik (a-m-v.org Profile)
Footage: Clannad; Clannad After Story; Ef – A Tale of Memories; Tokyo Magnitude 8.0
Audio: “Twelve Days Awake” by The American Dollar
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Contest Playlist Order: #04
Title: We Are All Illuminated
Category: Drama
Editor: Sprinkle Sprankles (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: 5 Centimeters Per Second; Ano Hi Mita Hana No Namae O Bokutachi Wa Mada Shiranai; Another; Black Rock Shooter; Children Who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below; Code: Breaker; Deadman Wonderland; Ef – A Tale of Melodies; Ef – A Tale of Memories; K; Kanon; Lagrange – The Flower of Rin-ne; Naruto Shippuden; The Pet Girl of Sakurasou; Saint Seiya; Steins;Gate; Waiting in the Summer
Audio: “Illuminated” by Hurts
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Contest Playlist Order: #05
Award(s): BEST ROMANCE
Title: The Recollection of a Princess and a Pilot
Category: Romance
Editor: StarTrinity009 (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: The Princess and the Pilot
Audio: “If I Never Knew You” by Jon Secada & Shanice
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Contest Playlist Order: #06
Title: [un]Needless Violence
Category: Comedy
Editor: Dubbleslice (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Needless
Audio: “Lights Out” by Mindless Self Indulgence
Links: (Video on YouTube)
Contest Playlist Order: #07
Title: Influence of a Drowsy God
Category: Action
Editor: SuRgE (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Neon Genesis Evangelion
Audio: “Influence of a Drowsy God” by Stone Sour
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video on Veoh)
Contest Playlist Order: #08
Title: Dust in the Wind
Category: Drama
Editor: Dinger (a-m-v.org Profile)
Footage: Grave of the Fireflies
Audio: “Dust in the Wind” by Kansas
Links: (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Contest Playlist Order: #09
Award(s): “All the Feels!” Judge’s Choice Award
Title: Wonderful People
Category: Romance
Editor: Yami Ten'ou Studios (a-m-v.org Profile) (Vimeo Channel)
Footage: Clannad; Clannad After Story
Audio: “Read All About It (Part III)” by Emeli Sande
Links: (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Contest Playlist Order: #10
Award(s): BEST COMEDY
Title: Cute and Cuter
Category: Comedy
Editor: NightMistress85 (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Chi’s Sweet Home; Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni; Higurashi No Naku Koroni Kai; Lucky Star; Magical Pokan (Magipoka); Sugar, A Little Snow Fairy; When They Cry – Higurashi
Audio: “I’m Cute” by Animaniacs
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Contest Playlist Order: #11
Title: The Swinging Bandit
Category: Fun
Editor: CatnipMafia (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Detective Conan; Magic Kaito
Audio: “Clash” by Caravan Palace
Links: (Video on YouTube)
Contest Playlist Order: #12
Title: Dark Side
Category: Drama
Editor: Brad DeMoss (a-m-v.org Profile) (Vimeo Channel)
Footage: Memories
Audio: “Dark Side” by Kelly Clarkson
Links: (Video on Vimeo)
Contest Playlist Order: #13
Title: Duality
Category: Action
Editor: SangoRulez (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Black Rock Shooter
Audio: “Duality” by Slipknot
Links: (Video on YouTube)
Contest Playlist Order: #14
Award(s): “Best Use of Attention Deficit Disorder” Judge’s Choice Award
Title: A Bodacious Pirate Video
Category: Comedy
Editor: Rick Adams (a-m-v.org Profile)
Footage: Bodacious Space Pirates
Audio: “He’s a Pirate” by Hans Zimmer, “The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything” by Relient K, “Girl Power” by Shampoo, “The Worst Pirate in the World” by Ceann, “Me Pirate Mom” by Jake and the Neverland Pirates
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Contest Playlist Order: #15
Award(s): BEST IN SHOW
Title: Utopia Online
Category: Romance
Editor: Studios in Technicolor (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Sword Art Online
Audio: “Youtopia (Radio Edit)” by Armin van Buuren (feat. Adam Young)
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Contest Playlist Order: #16
Title: Waltz S
Category: Fun
Editor: Iren S.S. (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel) (Vimeo Channel)
Footage: Samurai Champloo
Audio: “Vienna Waltz” by Johann Strauss
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video on Vimeo) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Contest Playlist Order: #17
Title: 50 Ways for Your Partner to Die
Category: Comedy
Editor: Tsu
Footage: Resident Evil 4; Resident Evil 5; Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles
Audio: “50 Ways to Say Goodbye” by Train
Links: (none available yet)
Contest Playlist Order: #18
Title: Fight
Category: Action
Editor: Ikuna
Footage: Attack on Titan
Audio: “Watercolor” by Pendulum
Links: (none available yet)
Contest Playlist Order: #19
Award(s): BEST ACTION
Title: Dunkin Donuts
Editor: RAWdangers (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Basquash!
Audio: “Cracks (Flux Pavilion Remix)” by Freestylers
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org
Contest Playlist Order: #20
Title: Burn It Down
Category: Drama
Editor: StephenMcC55 (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Heaven’s Lost Property; Heaven’s Lost Property Forte
Audio: “Burn It Down” by Linkin Park
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Contest Playlist Order: #21
Award(s): “I’d Totally Watch That Movie” Judge’s Choice Award
Title: DRRR Knight
Category: Fun
Editor: 19Pokemon (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Durarara!!
Audio: Batman – The Dark Knight Rises trailer
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Contest Playlist Order: #22
Title: Sayonara Memory
Category: Romance
Editor: Pierre Young
Footage: Detective Conan
Audio: “Sayonara Memory” by 7!! (Seven Oops)
Links: (none available yet)
Contest Playlist Order: #23
Award(s): BEST FUN
Title: Boots & Boys
Category: Fun
Editor: Bobbitt the Hobbit (YouTube Channel)
Footage: D.Gray-man
Audio: “Boots & Boys” by Ke$ha
Links: (Video on YouTube)
Contest Playlist Order: #24
Title: One More
Category: Action
Editor: SammySamaProductions (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Soul Eater
Audio: “One More” by Superchick
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Contest Playlist Order: #25
Award(s): HONORABLE MENTION – Romance Category
Title: Spent On You
Category: Romance
Editor: PillsCureEverything (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Air
Audio: Air, “Payphone (Clean)” by Maroon 5
Links: (Video on YouTube)
Contest Playlist Order: #26
Title: ex animo (From the Heart)
Category: Drama
Editor: yodizzle (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Kingdom Hearts; Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories; Kingdom Hearts II; Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days; Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep; Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete; Final Fantasy VII: Dirge of Cerberus; Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core; Final Fantasy X; Final Fantasy XII; Final Fantasy XIII; Final Fantasy XV
Audio: “A Dream Within a Dream” by The Glitch Mob
Links: (Video on YouTube)
Contest Playlist Order: #27
Title: Falling Apart
Category: Action
Editor: DarkPheonix11 (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Bleach
Audio: “Falling Apart” by Zebrahead
Links: (Video on YouTube)
Contest Playlist Order: #28
Award(s): BEST DRAMA
Title: Lionheart
Category: Drama
Editor: Nekokitkat (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Okami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki (Wolf Children: Ame and Yuki)
Audio: "King and Lionheart" by Of Monsters and Men
Links: (Video on YouTube)
Contest Playlist Order: #29
Title: Stay Young
Category: Romance
Editor: PieandBeer (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: FLCL
Audio: “Alone Together” by Fall Out Boy
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Contest Playlist Order: #30
Award(s): AUDIENCE FAVORITE, “It’s Funny Because It’s True” Coordinator’s Choice Award
Title: This Ain’t A Cutscene!
Category: Comedy
Editor: James Blond (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Persona 4 – The Animation, High School of the Dead
Audio: “Kingdom Hearts/RE4 Rant” by MC Chris (aka Christopher Brendan Ward)
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Contest Playlist Order: #31
Title: Planet Powers
Category: Action
Editor: Budgiebear23 (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Sailor Moon
Audio: “Coloris” by She
Links: (Video on YouTube)
Contest Playlist Order: #32
Title: В Излучине Дона
Category: Drama
Editor: Kyssifur (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: First Squad – The Moment of Truth
Audio: “A Don-Kanyar Felől” by Makám
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Contest Playlist Order: #33
Title: Turning the Tables
Category: Action
Editor: Magicflier (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Saki; Saki Achiga-hen
Audio: “Over And Under” by Egypt Central
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Contest Playlist Order: #34
Title: 8th Grade Goober Syndrome
Category: Comedy
Editor: MycathatesyouAMV (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Chunnibyou
Audio: “Goofy Goober Theme Song” and “Goofy Goober Rock” from The Spongebob Square Pants Movie
Links: (none available yet)
Contest Playlist Order: #35
Title: 39 Degrees Fahrenheit
Category: Fun
Editor: "LC"_Lapen (a-m-v.org Profile)
Footage: Moondrive; Gala; 'Wanwa' the Doggy; Global Astroliner; Dimension Bomb; Shanghai Dragon; Kung Fu Love; Eternal Family; Mind Game
Audio: “The Hope of Tomorrow (Ryu☆ Remix)” by Ryu☆
Links: (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Title: Rock What You Got
Category: Fun
Editor: JudgeHolden (a-m-v.org Profile) )YouTube Channel)
Footage: 5 Centimeters per Second; A Certain Scientific Railgun; Amazing Nuts!; Bakemonogatari; Birdy the Mighty Decode; Black Rock Shooter; Bodacious Space Pirates; Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai; CANAAN; Cowboy Bebop - The Movie: Knockin' on Heaven's Door; Darker than Black: Gemini of the Meteor; Ergo Proxy; Fate/Zero; Girls und Panzer; Heaven's Lost Property; Heaven's Lost Property Forte; Kiddy Grade; Kurokami The Animation; Last Exile; Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha The Movie 1st; My Little Sister Can't Be This Cute; My-Otome; My-Otome 0~S.ifr~; Neon Genesis Evangelion 2.22 - You Can [Not] Advance; Puella Magi Madoka Magica; Regardless of My Adolescent Delusions of Grandeur, I Want a Date!; Rideback; Sailor Moon R: The Movie; Sekirei; Sekirei: Pure Engagement; Strike Witches; Sword Art Online
Audio: “So Beautiful” by Superchick
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Contest Playlist Order: #02
Title: Stay Down
Category: Action
Editor: ReggieSmalls (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Fate/Zero
Audio: “Stay Down” by El-P
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Contest Playlist Order: #03
Award(s): “So When Does the Movie Come Out?” Judge’s Choice Award
Title: The Lone Front
Category: Drama
Editor: Druzaik (a-m-v.org Profile)
Footage: Clannad; Clannad After Story; Ef – A Tale of Memories; Tokyo Magnitude 8.0
Audio: “Twelve Days Awake” by The American Dollar
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Contest Playlist Order: #04
Title: We Are All Illuminated
Category: Drama
Editor: Sprinkle Sprankles (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: 5 Centimeters Per Second; Ano Hi Mita Hana No Namae O Bokutachi Wa Mada Shiranai; Another; Black Rock Shooter; Children Who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below; Code: Breaker; Deadman Wonderland; Ef – A Tale of Melodies; Ef – A Tale of Memories; K; Kanon; Lagrange – The Flower of Rin-ne; Naruto Shippuden; The Pet Girl of Sakurasou; Saint Seiya; Steins;Gate; Waiting in the Summer
Audio: “Illuminated” by Hurts
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Contest Playlist Order: #05
Award(s): BEST ROMANCE
Title: The Recollection of a Princess and a Pilot
Category: Romance
Editor: StarTrinity009 (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: The Princess and the Pilot
Audio: “If I Never Knew You” by Jon Secada & Shanice
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Contest Playlist Order: #06
Title: [un]Needless Violence
Category: Comedy
Editor: Dubbleslice (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Needless
Audio: “Lights Out” by Mindless Self Indulgence
Links: (Video on YouTube)
Contest Playlist Order: #07
Title: Influence of a Drowsy God
Category: Action
Editor: SuRgE (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Neon Genesis Evangelion
Audio: “Influence of a Drowsy God” by Stone Sour
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video on Veoh)
Contest Playlist Order: #08
Title: Dust in the Wind
Category: Drama
Editor: Dinger (a-m-v.org Profile)
Footage: Grave of the Fireflies
Audio: “Dust in the Wind” by Kansas
Links: (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Contest Playlist Order: #09
Award(s): “All the Feels!” Judge’s Choice Award
Title: Wonderful People
Category: Romance
Editor: Yami Ten'ou Studios (a-m-v.org Profile) (Vimeo Channel)
Footage: Clannad; Clannad After Story
Audio: “Read All About It (Part III)” by Emeli Sande
Links: (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Contest Playlist Order: #10
Award(s): BEST COMEDY
Title: Cute and Cuter
Category: Comedy
Editor: NightMistress85 (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Chi’s Sweet Home; Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni; Higurashi No Naku Koroni Kai; Lucky Star; Magical Pokan (Magipoka); Sugar, A Little Snow Fairy; When They Cry – Higurashi
Audio: “I’m Cute” by Animaniacs
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Contest Playlist Order: #11
Title: The Swinging Bandit
Category: Fun
Editor: CatnipMafia (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Detective Conan; Magic Kaito
Audio: “Clash” by Caravan Palace
Links: (Video on YouTube)
Contest Playlist Order: #12
Title: Dark Side
Category: Drama
Editor: Brad DeMoss (a-m-v.org Profile) (Vimeo Channel)
Footage: Memories
Audio: “Dark Side” by Kelly Clarkson
Links: (Video on Vimeo)
Contest Playlist Order: #13
Title: Duality
Category: Action
Editor: SangoRulez (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Black Rock Shooter
Audio: “Duality” by Slipknot
Links: (Video on YouTube)
Contest Playlist Order: #14
Award(s): “Best Use of Attention Deficit Disorder” Judge’s Choice Award
Title: A Bodacious Pirate Video
Category: Comedy
Editor: Rick Adams (a-m-v.org Profile)
Footage: Bodacious Space Pirates
Audio: “He’s a Pirate” by Hans Zimmer, “The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything” by Relient K, “Girl Power” by Shampoo, “The Worst Pirate in the World” by Ceann, “Me Pirate Mom” by Jake and the Neverland Pirates
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Contest Playlist Order: #15
Award(s): BEST IN SHOW
Title: Utopia Online
Category: Romance
Editor: Studios in Technicolor (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Sword Art Online
Audio: “Youtopia (Radio Edit)” by Armin van Buuren (feat. Adam Young)
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Contest Playlist Order: #16
Title: Waltz S
Category: Fun
Editor: Iren S.S. (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel) (Vimeo Channel)
Footage: Samurai Champloo
Audio: “Vienna Waltz” by Johann Strauss
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video on Vimeo) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Contest Playlist Order: #17
Title: 50 Ways for Your Partner to Die
Category: Comedy
Editor: Tsu
Footage: Resident Evil 4; Resident Evil 5; Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles
Audio: “50 Ways to Say Goodbye” by Train
Links: (none available yet)
Contest Playlist Order: #18
Title: Fight
Category: Action
Editor: Ikuna
Footage: Attack on Titan
Audio: “Watercolor” by Pendulum
Links: (none available yet)
Contest Playlist Order: #19
Award(s): BEST ACTION
Title: Dunkin Donuts
Editor: RAWdangers (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Basquash!
Audio: “Cracks (Flux Pavilion Remix)” by Freestylers
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org
Contest Playlist Order: #20
Title: Burn It Down
Category: Drama
Editor: StephenMcC55 (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Heaven’s Lost Property; Heaven’s Lost Property Forte
Audio: “Burn It Down” by Linkin Park
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Contest Playlist Order: #21
Award(s): “I’d Totally Watch That Movie” Judge’s Choice Award
Title: DRRR Knight
Category: Fun
Editor: 19Pokemon (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Durarara!!
Audio: Batman – The Dark Knight Rises trailer
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Contest Playlist Order: #22
Title: Sayonara Memory
Category: Romance
Editor: Pierre Young
Footage: Detective Conan
Audio: “Sayonara Memory” by 7!! (Seven Oops)
Links: (none available yet)
Contest Playlist Order: #23
Award(s): BEST FUN
Title: Boots & Boys
Category: Fun
Editor: Bobbitt the Hobbit (YouTube Channel)
Footage: D.Gray-man
Audio: “Boots & Boys” by Ke$ha
Links: (Video on YouTube)
Contest Playlist Order: #24
Title: One More
Category: Action
Editor: SammySamaProductions (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Soul Eater
Audio: “One More” by Superchick
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Contest Playlist Order: #25
Award(s): HONORABLE MENTION – Romance Category
Title: Spent On You
Category: Romance
Editor: PillsCureEverything (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Air
Audio: Air, “Payphone (Clean)” by Maroon 5
Links: (Video on YouTube)
Contest Playlist Order: #26
Title: ex animo (From the Heart)
Category: Drama
Editor: yodizzle (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Kingdom Hearts; Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories; Kingdom Hearts II; Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days; Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep; Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete; Final Fantasy VII: Dirge of Cerberus; Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core; Final Fantasy X; Final Fantasy XII; Final Fantasy XIII; Final Fantasy XV
Audio: “A Dream Within a Dream” by The Glitch Mob
Links: (Video on YouTube)
Contest Playlist Order: #27
Title: Falling Apart
Category: Action
Editor: DarkPheonix11 (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Bleach
Audio: “Falling Apart” by Zebrahead
Links: (Video on YouTube)
Contest Playlist Order: #28
Award(s): BEST DRAMA
Title: Lionheart
Category: Drama
Editor: Nekokitkat (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Okami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki (Wolf Children: Ame and Yuki)
Audio: "King and Lionheart" by Of Monsters and Men
Links: (Video on YouTube)
Contest Playlist Order: #29
Title: Stay Young
Category: Romance
Editor: PieandBeer (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: FLCL
Audio: “Alone Together” by Fall Out Boy
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Contest Playlist Order: #30
Award(s): AUDIENCE FAVORITE, “It’s Funny Because It’s True” Coordinator’s Choice Award
Title: This Ain’t A Cutscene!
Category: Comedy
Editor: James Blond (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Persona 4 – The Animation, High School of the Dead
Audio: “Kingdom Hearts/RE4 Rant” by MC Chris (aka Christopher Brendan Ward)
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Contest Playlist Order: #31
Title: Planet Powers
Category: Action
Editor: Budgiebear23 (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Sailor Moon
Audio: “Coloris” by She
Links: (Video on YouTube)
Contest Playlist Order: #32
Title: В Излучине Дона
Category: Drama
Editor: Kyssifur (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: First Squad – The Moment of Truth
Audio: “A Don-Kanyar Felől” by Makám
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Contest Playlist Order: #33
Title: Turning the Tables
Category: Action
Editor: Magicflier (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Saki; Saki Achiga-hen
Audio: “Over And Under” by Egypt Central
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Contest Playlist Order: #34
Title: 8th Grade Goober Syndrome
Category: Comedy
Editor: MycathatesyouAMV (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Chunnibyou
Audio: “Goofy Goober Theme Song” and “Goofy Goober Rock” from The Spongebob Square Pants Movie
Links: (none available yet)
Contest Playlist Order: #35
Title: 39 Degrees Fahrenheit
Category: Fun
Editor: "LC"_Lapen (a-m-v.org Profile)
Footage: Moondrive; Gala; 'Wanwa' the Doggy; Global Astroliner; Dimension Bomb; Shanghai Dragon; Kung Fu Love; Eternal Family; Mind Game
Audio: “The Hope of Tomorrow (Ryu☆ Remix)” by Ryu☆
Links: (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Here is the list of exhibition entries in the order they were shown following the contest. These entries were submitted just to be screened, and not for competition.
Spoiler :
Title: Evangelion
Category: Trailer, Action
Editor: Radacsi Csaba (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Neon Genesis Evangelion
Audio: Battleship trailer
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Title: Haters Gonna Hate
Category: Action, Comedy
Editor: JudgeHolden (a-m-v.org Profile) )YouTube Channel)
Footage: Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
Audio: “Hang It Up” by The Ting Tings
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Note – this AMV should have been shown during the overflow entries (see below), but was mistakenly shown here instead.
Title: Heart’s Reason
Category: Drama, Romance
Editor: Magicflier (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Koi to Senkyo to Chocolate; Oda Nobuna no Yabou; Dakara Boku wa H ga Dekinai; Kono Naka ni Hitori Imouto ga Iru!; R-15; Sengoku Collection; Campione!; Sword Art Online; Accel World; Tari Tari; Kokoro Connect; Dog Days; Medaka Box; Yuru Yuri; Little Busters
Audio: “Shattered” by Trading Yesterday
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Title: KtMI-frctrAMV.mp4
Category: Other
Editor: seasons (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Key the Metal Idol
Audio: “Fracture” by Seefeel
Links: (Video on YouTube)
Title: Let’s Rock
Category: Dance/Fun, Comedy
Editor: NightMistress85 (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Angel Beats; BECK, Mongolian Chop Squad; Black Heaven; K-ON!; NANA
Audio: “Ain't Nothing Wrong With That” by Robert Randolph & the Family Band
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Category: Trailer, Action
Editor: Radacsi Csaba (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Neon Genesis Evangelion
Audio: Battleship trailer
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Title: Haters Gonna Hate
Category: Action, Comedy
Editor: JudgeHolden (a-m-v.org Profile) )YouTube Channel)
Footage: Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
Audio: “Hang It Up” by The Ting Tings
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Note – this AMV should have been shown during the overflow entries (see below), but was mistakenly shown here instead.
Title: Heart’s Reason
Category: Drama, Romance
Editor: Magicflier (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Koi to Senkyo to Chocolate; Oda Nobuna no Yabou; Dakara Boku wa H ga Dekinai; Kono Naka ni Hitori Imouto ga Iru!; R-15; Sengoku Collection; Campione!; Sword Art Online; Accel World; Tari Tari; Kokoro Connect; Dog Days; Medaka Box; Yuru Yuri; Little Busters
Audio: “Shattered” by Trading Yesterday
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Title: KtMI-frctrAMV.mp4
Category: Other
Editor: seasons (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Key the Metal Idol
Audio: “Fracture” by Seefeel
Links: (Video on YouTube)
Title: Let’s Rock
Category: Dance/Fun, Comedy
Editor: NightMistress85 (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Angel Beats; BECK, Mongolian Chop Squad; Black Heaven; K-ON!; NANA
Audio: “Ain't Nothing Wrong With That” by Robert Randolph & the Family Band
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Spoiler :
Title: Velociraptor
Category: Action
Editor: Kyssifur (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Evangelion 1.11; Evangelion 2.22
Audio: “Dinosaurs with Guns (Cyberoptix remix)” by Teki Latex
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Title: These Little Wonders
Category: Romance, Drama
Editor: SammySamaProductions (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Romeo x Juliet
Audio: “These Little Moments” by Savanna Owen
Links: (Video on YouTube)
Title: The 08th Team
Category: Action, Trailer
Editor: Dinger (a-m-v.org Profile)
Footage: Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team
Audio: “The A-Team Theme Song” by Mike Post & Pete Carpenter
Links: (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Title: Summer Hearts
Category: Romance
Editor: RAWdangers (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Ano Natsu de Matteru
Audio: “Wild at Heart” by Gloriana
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Title: Save the World
Category: Drama, Action
Editor: Studios in Technicolor (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Guilty Crown
Audio: “Save the World (Radio Mix)” by Swedish House Mafia
Links: (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Title: Progress
Category: Action, Drama
Editor: 19Pokemon (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: ]Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone; Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance; Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
Audio: “How Far We’ve Come” by Matchbox Twenty
Links: (Video on YouTube)
Title: Pillar Man, Pillar Man
Category: Action, Drama
Editor: "LC"_Lapen (a-m-v.org Profile)
Footage: Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
Audio: “Super-Charger Heaven” by White Zombie
Links: (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Title: Our Times
Category: Action
Editor: Yami Ten'ou Studios (a-m-v.org Profile) (Vimeo Channel)
Footage: Sailor Moon
Audio: “Crystallize” by Lindsey Stirling
Links: (Video on Vimeo)
Title: Orgasmic Moonfall
Category: Romance, Dance/Fun
Editor: MycathatesyouAMV (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: MM!
Audio: “Hot Mess” by Cobra Starship
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Title: oh no …
Category: Drama
Editor: StarTrinity009 (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: ]Voices of a Distant Star; The Place Promised in Our Early Days; 5 Centimeters Per Second
Audio: “Missing You” by John Waite
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Title: New Horizons
Category: Drama, Romance
Editor: Sprinkle Sprankles (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: 5 Centimeters Per Second; Clannad; Clannad After Story; Clannad: Another World, Kyou Chapter; Clannad: Another World, Tomoyo Chapter; Code: Breaker; Hotarubi No Mori E; Howl’s Moving Castle; Spirited Away; Sword Art Online
Audio: “New Horizon” by Ninja Tracks
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Title: Witch’s Realm
Category: Drama
Editor: Dubbleslice (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica
Audio: “Kamp” by Kukui
Links: (Video on YouTube)
Title: What Are The Odds?
Category: Romance
Editor: James Blond (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Welcome to the NHK
Audio: “Creeps Me Out” by Ima Robot
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Title: in aeternum (Forever)
Category: Drama, Romance
Editor: yodizzle (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Kingdom Hearts; Kingdom Hearts II
Audio: Dialogue from Dawson’s Creek, music from the YouTube video "Magnificent Journey- Sound Adventures (Epic Emotional)" by YouTube username "TheMusicFlowChannel"
Links: (Video on YouTube)
Title: Gjutyun
Category: Other
Editor: Iren S.S. (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel) (Vimeo Channel)
Footage: Genius Party Beyond; Amazing Nuts!
Audio: “Follia D'amore” by Raphael Gualazzi, “Jesters of the Moon (FFIX OST)” by Nobuo Uematsu
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org) (Video on Vimeo)
Title: Deliver Us
Category: Drama, Action
Editor: Nekokitkat (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic
Audio: “Deliver Us,” performed by Ofra Haza, composed by Han Zimmer
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org) (Video on Vimeo)
Title: Chosen
Category: Drama
Editor: Tsu
Footage: Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Audio: “Chosen (The Final Fight)” by Robert Duncan
Links: (none available yet)
Title: Blessed Memories
Category: Drama
Editor: Druzaik (a-m-v.org Profile)
Footage: Kotoura-san
Audio: “Perfect” by Hedley
Links: (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Title: A Place for My Head
Category: Action, Comedy
Editor: SuRgE (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Trigun
Audio: “A Place for My Head” by Linkin Park
Links: (Video on YouTube)
Category: Action
Editor: Kyssifur (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Evangelion 1.11; Evangelion 2.22
Audio: “Dinosaurs with Guns (Cyberoptix remix)” by Teki Latex
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Title: These Little Wonders
Category: Romance, Drama
Editor: SammySamaProductions (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Romeo x Juliet
Audio: “These Little Moments” by Savanna Owen
Links: (Video on YouTube)
Title: The 08th Team
Category: Action, Trailer
Editor: Dinger (a-m-v.org Profile)
Footage: Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team
Audio: “The A-Team Theme Song” by Mike Post & Pete Carpenter
Links: (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Title: Summer Hearts
Category: Romance
Editor: RAWdangers (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Ano Natsu de Matteru
Audio: “Wild at Heart” by Gloriana
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Title: Save the World
Category: Drama, Action
Editor: Studios in Technicolor (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Guilty Crown
Audio: “Save the World (Radio Mix)” by Swedish House Mafia
Links: (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Title: Progress
Category: Action, Drama
Editor: 19Pokemon (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: ]Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone; Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance; Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
Audio: “How Far We’ve Come” by Matchbox Twenty
Links: (Video on YouTube)
Title: Pillar Man, Pillar Man
Category: Action, Drama
Editor: "LC"_Lapen (a-m-v.org Profile)
Footage: Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
Audio: “Super-Charger Heaven” by White Zombie
Links: (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Title: Our Times
Category: Action
Editor: Yami Ten'ou Studios (a-m-v.org Profile) (Vimeo Channel)
Footage: Sailor Moon
Audio: “Crystallize” by Lindsey Stirling
Links: (Video on Vimeo)
Title: Orgasmic Moonfall
Category: Romance, Dance/Fun
Editor: MycathatesyouAMV (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: MM!
Audio: “Hot Mess” by Cobra Starship
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Title: oh no …
Category: Drama
Editor: StarTrinity009 (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: ]Voices of a Distant Star; The Place Promised in Our Early Days; 5 Centimeters Per Second
Audio: “Missing You” by John Waite
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Title: New Horizons
Category: Drama, Romance
Editor: Sprinkle Sprankles (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: 5 Centimeters Per Second; Clannad; Clannad After Story; Clannad: Another World, Kyou Chapter; Clannad: Another World, Tomoyo Chapter; Code: Breaker; Hotarubi No Mori E; Howl’s Moving Castle; Spirited Away; Sword Art Online
Audio: “New Horizon” by Ninja Tracks
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Title: Witch’s Realm
Category: Drama
Editor: Dubbleslice (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica
Audio: “Kamp” by Kukui
Links: (Video on YouTube)
Title: What Are The Odds?
Category: Romance
Editor: James Blond (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Welcome to the NHK
Audio: “Creeps Me Out” by Ima Robot
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Title: in aeternum (Forever)
Category: Drama, Romance
Editor: yodizzle (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Kingdom Hearts; Kingdom Hearts II
Audio: Dialogue from Dawson’s Creek, music from the YouTube video "Magnificent Journey- Sound Adventures (Epic Emotional)" by YouTube username "TheMusicFlowChannel"
Links: (Video on YouTube)
Title: Gjutyun
Category: Other
Editor: Iren S.S. (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel) (Vimeo Channel)
Footage: Genius Party Beyond; Amazing Nuts!
Audio: “Follia D'amore” by Raphael Gualazzi, “Jesters of the Moon (FFIX OST)” by Nobuo Uematsu
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org) (Video on Vimeo)
Title: Deliver Us
Category: Drama, Action
Editor: Nekokitkat (a-m-v.org Profile) (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic
Audio: “Deliver Us,” performed by Ofra Haza, composed by Han Zimmer
Links: (Video on YouTube) (Video Info on a-m-v.org) (Video on Vimeo)
Title: Chosen
Category: Drama
Editor: Tsu
Footage: Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Audio: “Chosen (The Final Fight)” by Robert Duncan
Links: (none available yet)
Title: Blessed Memories
Category: Drama
Editor: Druzaik (a-m-v.org Profile)
Footage: Kotoura-san
Audio: “Perfect” by Hedley
Links: (Video Info on a-m-v.org)
Title: A Place for My Head
Category: Action, Comedy
Editor: SuRgE (YouTube Channel)
Footage: Trigun
Audio: “A Place for My Head” by Linkin Park
Links: (Video on YouTube)
Finally, for anyone who is interested in such things, here is some information on the judging process and a special bit about the lone “normie” (read: non-otaku) judge.
Spoiler :
Since the contest was last-minute, most of the judges were people I knew personally and could count on to do the job right and quickly. (I was veeeery careful not to discuss the entries with any of them until they had finished judging – no coordinator bias!) One was a close friend and AMV enthusiast. One was an old college friend (currently living in Japan), an AMV enthusiast and connoisseur of live-action fanvids. One was the current AMV showcase runner for AniMinneapolis. And one was a film buff – but completely non-otaku “normie” – who also happened to be my brother. A little more on that in a bit.
The AMVs were scored out of ten points in four scoring categories:
Editing – technical skill – how cleanly was the footage cut, did the action match the beats, were the special effects (if any) well done, etc.
Editing – creativity – did the cuts mean something? were the shots pieced together to form a new idea? etc.
Choice of music/footage – rate the effect of combining that footage with that music, etc.
Overall effect – what was the AMV’s overall effect? do you think the editor achieved what s/he set out to do? etc.
After that, each judge had ten “bonus points” per category to distribute amongst the videos in that category as they saw fit (because sometimes you really love an AMV but just can’t explain why!).
So that’s how the scoring worked. I don’t present this as a perfect system, but rather an example – a lot of people expressed gratitude to me for stepping up and running this contest, so if there are other cons out there lacking AMV contests, maybe this system I’ve described here can give others a jumping off point for starting their own.
And now about my “normie” non-otaku film buff brother as a judge: first, he was already planning to accompany me to the con – just to see what this anime thing was all about – and he wrote about his experiences here (he does talk about the AMV judging experience): http://moviematrimonymn.blogspot.com/20 ... tends.html
Second, I think – and this is my personal opinion – that one of the marks of a great AMV is if it can be enjoyed even if the audience doesn’t know the source material. This isn’t true in all cases, of course, but many times I’ve viewed amazing AMVs - completely ignorant of the anime being used – and then been so enraptured by them that I have to go and find those series, just so I can enjoy those AMVs a bit more. My brother, of course, knew almost none of the source footage, so he was a true gauge of this quality.
Finally, my brother does love and study film – and what, really, are AMVs other than musical short films we create? I really do believe it is an art.
The AMVs were scored out of ten points in four scoring categories:
Editing – technical skill – how cleanly was the footage cut, did the action match the beats, were the special effects (if any) well done, etc.
Editing – creativity – did the cuts mean something? were the shots pieced together to form a new idea? etc.
Choice of music/footage – rate the effect of combining that footage with that music, etc.
Overall effect – what was the AMV’s overall effect? do you think the editor achieved what s/he set out to do? etc.
After that, each judge had ten “bonus points” per category to distribute amongst the videos in that category as they saw fit (because sometimes you really love an AMV but just can’t explain why!).
So that’s how the scoring worked. I don’t present this as a perfect system, but rather an example – a lot of people expressed gratitude to me for stepping up and running this contest, so if there are other cons out there lacking AMV contests, maybe this system I’ve described here can give others a jumping off point for starting their own.
And now about my “normie” non-otaku film buff brother as a judge: first, he was already planning to accompany me to the con – just to see what this anime thing was all about – and he wrote about his experiences here (he does talk about the AMV judging experience): http://moviematrimonymn.blogspot.com/20 ... tends.html
Second, I think – and this is my personal opinion – that one of the marks of a great AMV is if it can be enjoyed even if the audience doesn’t know the source material. This isn’t true in all cases, of course, but many times I’ve viewed amazing AMVs - completely ignorant of the anime being used – and then been so enraptured by them that I have to go and find those series, just so I can enjoy those AMVs a bit more. My brother, of course, knew almost none of the source footage, so he was a true gauge of this quality.
Finally, my brother does love and study film – and what, really, are AMVs other than musical short films we create? I really do believe it is an art.
~Megane Girl
