Otafest 2019 - AMV Contest

[Vlad G Pohnert]

WINNERS

It was a great contest and we had comments from the audience that it was tough to decide their favorite. Thanks to everyone that entered.

Spookiest Trailer Award
"The Wolves of Hill House" by Tasha Livingstone (Otaku Lounge Productions) (The Haunting of Hill House Trailer to Wolf Children)

The Internet Is Weird Award
"YIAYMV" by Bennett Katz (We Wrote an Anime Theme Song by Jacksfilms to Various)

The Get Up and Dance Award
"Sugar Hips" by Shin (Body Talks by The Struts ft. Kesha to Welcome to the Ballroom)

The Cleanest Hero Award
"Plus Ultra Bodywash" by Maboroshi Studio (Old Spice Commerical to My Hero Academia)

Pacific Coast Highway Award (Awarded by Rider4Z)
"A New Light" by UnluckyArtist (New Light by John Mayer to Fireworks)


Judges’ 3rd Place
"Into The Cyber-Verse" by Ileia (What's Up Danger by Blackway & Black Caviar to Ghost In The Shell (Various))

Judges' 2nd Place & Can’t Sleep, Clowns will Eat Me Award
"Pachyderm Panic" by drewaconclusion (Pink Elephants on Parade by Disney Studio Chorus to Puella Magi Madoka Magica)

Judges' 1st Place & A Brush of Color Award
"Happy Little Clouds" by Glitzer (Bob Ross Remixed by Melodysheep to Various)


Audience Favorite 3rd Place
"KonoSuba Rhapsody" by Opner (Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen to KonoSuba: God's Blessing on this Wonderful World!)

Audience Favorite 2nd Place
"Bury A Friend" by mtagstyle (Bury A Friend by Billie Eilish to Tokyo Ghoul
,Tokyo Ghoul Root & Tokyo Ghoul Re)"

Audience Favorite 1st Place & The Rural Albertan’s Seal of Approval Award
"Girls und Chevy" by Showtime (Truck Got Stuck by Corb Lund to Girls und Panzer)


FINALISTS

Here is the list of finalists. Congratulation to to everyone that made it to the finals as judging was very tough with so many outstanding entries. Finalists are listed by Editor's Credit Name

The contest is scheduled to start at 9:00 pm on Saturday night in Main Events! Accepted Non-Finalists will be played in the AMV Room on Sunday from 10:00 am. Winners will be announced and played on Sunday at 2:30 pm in Main Events

AllegoriestAMVs
Auto AMVs
Bennett Katz
Bimyou
BioticAMVs
Cirera (Tsunderbird Studios)
DopplerDo
drewaconclusion
EnQuatre
Glitzer
Ileia
James Blond
King Redeem
Kireblue
Maboroshi Studio
MadMegatax (2X)
mtagstyle
Opner (2X)
Oscar
Salt AMV
Sean.PNG (2X)
Shin
shorisquared
Showtime
SOLO MVs
SuperEltanin
Tasha Livingstone (Otaku Lounge Productions)
Tigrin
UnluckyArtist
Will (2X)
Xophilarus and ShinAMV
Yue Li
Zeeruy

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Otafest’s AMV Contest is back and open to everyone who wants to submit an AMV video into competition.
You do not need to be present at the event to enter, but attendance is always encouraged when possible.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Friday, April 5, 2019
RULES & SUBMISSION FORM: HERE

Quick Rules Summary:
• The duration limits for each submission are as follows:
>> AMV Entries: 75 seconds minimum, 6 minutes maximum.
>> Trailers, Commercials or Intros: 30 seconds minimum, 3 minutes & 30 seconds maximum.
• No more than 2 entries per person/group.
• No subtitles, watermarks, logos, credits, references to other contests or text that is unnecessary to the concept.
• Must not have premiered before September 1, 2018.
• The majority of your entry’s video content must consist of anime-styled or manga-styled content.
• Audio for all AMV entries (except Trailer/Commercial/Intro) must be majority music. No excessive dialogue.
• Must be age 14+ appropriate.
• AMV-Hell style entries will not be accepted.
• Must satisfy our technical requirements.

AWARDS
Special Awards
- Up to a total of 8 special awards will be given out.
Judges’ Top Awards
- 1st Place (Best in Show), 2nd Place and 3rd Place
Audience Favorite Awards
- 1st Place, 2nd Place and 3rd Place

Awards and prizes will be given out at the event, however If you are unable to attend the festival and you win something, you will be notified after the event by email. Your mailing address will then be requested so that any awards and prizes may be sent to you.

Good Luck and we look forward to more amazing videos!

Vlad G Pohnert
Otafest 2019 AMV Coordinator

[Kireblue]

Just tried to send a video, but I got a "Error: No Details Found" message

Edit: I did get 2 confirmation emails though. Apparently it worked both times I tried even though the confirmation page has an error

[Vlad G Pohnert]

Just tried to send a video, but I got a "Error: No Details Found" message

Edit: I did get 2 confirmation emails though. Apparently it worked both times I tried even though the confirmation page has an error

Thanks for letting me know, I'll have the web master look into it

Vlad

[SOLO MVs]

So I've got an ANIME MIX MUSIC VIDEO and one anime in it has the broadcast logo. Can I blur that logo? Its not too big and I think it won't disrupt the mood of audience much. I was not preparing for this contest specifically and I just read the rules so please tell me If can get through this rule in any way possible. Thank you. Also there is a logo of youtube channel. I had to add it to sync the video with music.

[MaboroshiStudio]

• The majority of your entry’s video content must consist of anime-styled or manga-styled content.

Just want to make sure... does the new She-Ra show count as anime-styled? I have a colab I made with the kiddo...

[Vlad G Pohnert]

Although the style looks more closer to anime, I would still consider it non-anime

Vlad

[Vlad G Pohnert]

3 Weeks to go til the deadline!

Vlad

[Sephirothskr]

Submitted one romance!

[Vlad G Pohnert]

10 days left! Get them in soon

Vlad

[Vlad G Pohnert]

Just a reminder that there is 5 days left till the deadline and still need more entries.

Vlad