Anime Music Videos & Fan Created Videos Submission Rules & Policy

Submission Rules

Creators could submit their videos by doing the following:

• By e-mailing the URL of the website where the video is being hosted or a bittorent link of the video.
• For AMVs, if your video can be downloaded from AnimeMusicVideos.org, please send a link to where the video can be downloaded.
• Using a free upload service such as MegaUpload.com to upload your own videos.
• We will not accept IRC addresses and DO NOT attach the actual video to the e-mail.

Please send your link to the AMV Contest Director - amvcontest@otakuthon.com

Deadline to submit ANY video is Sunday, June 30th, 2007.

If your video is submitted after this date, they will not be considered for either the contest or for screenings.

When submitting your videos, please provide the following:

• Your name
• E-mail address or other contact info
• The title of your video
• A short description (no more than 50 words)
• Your source footage
• Source of your music or audio soundtrack

When submitting for the AMV Contest, make sure to add the category (see below) in which you want your AMV to be judged in.

When submitting an amateur dub, please provide the names of the voice actors and other production credits.

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Submission Policy

Otakuthon is looking for the following:

• Anime Music Videos (AMVs) for AMV Contest.

  AMVs submitted for competition must be ORIGINAL works. When submitting for the AMV Contest, make sure to add the category in which you want your AMV to be judged in. The 6 categories are:

  • Humour/Parody
  • Action
  • Drama
  • Effects
  • Originality
  • Special category for the worst possible AMV

  The majority of the video footage must be from Japanese animation. Live action or other animation footage is acceptable provided that they are not a dominant part of the video. Music must be used as the main soundtrack and could be from any genre and in any language. There should be no subtitles in the AMV unless it is an important element of the music video or if they are karaoke song lyrics. AMVs must be no shorter than 1 minute.

  Prizes will be presented to all category winners as well as a special prize pending on each category. Prizes will also be presented to the two runner ups for each category.

• Anime Music Videos (AMVs) for non-competitive screenings.

  AMVs submitted for non-competitive screenings will be shown at various times throughout the convention. Theses AMVs do not need to be original works.

  The majority of the video footage must be from Japanese animation. Live action or other animation footage is acceptable provided that they are not a dominant part of the video. Music must be used as the main soundtrack and could be from any genre and in any language. There should be no subtitles in the AMV unless it is an important element of the music video or if they are karaoke song lyrics. AMVs must be no shorter than 1 minute.

• Fan Parodies

  The main theme for any parody could be a Japanese animation, a video game, or anything related to otaku fandom.

• Amateur (Fan-) Dubs

  Amateur dubs of Japanese animation TV or OAV episodes will be accepted. The dubbing must be either in English or French. We will accept no more than four episodes per series.

• Other Fan Produced Works

  If your video does not fit into any of the above criteria, please e-mail the Programming Coordinator (programming@otakuthon.com) prior to submitting your work. Provide a detailed description of your video so that the Programming Coordinator could decide whether or not to accept the submission.

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Content Restrictions

Any videos that contain hentai, graphic sex or other pornographic material will NOT be accepted. Videos that contain extreme violence, eroticism, ecchi, strong sexual content and full frontal nudity will be shown during a late time slot (after 9 PM).

Coarse language, including music lyrics, must be acceptable of what can be heard on public radio, prime time television, or any film that is rated PG-13.

All videos will be pre-screened by the Otakuthon staff. We will reserve the right to accept or reject any video based on the prescribed criteria and/or for any valid reasons.

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Format

All videos must be able to be playback on a PC with the Combined Community Codec Pack (CCCP) installed. Please refrain from submitting videos in Realplayer or Quicktime format.

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Screenings

AMVs (non-competitive) and parodies will be shown during various times at the convention. Amateur dubs will be shown in either the English or French language rooms at scheduled times.

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Note

By submitting any AMV, Fan Parody, Amateur Fan-dub or any other Fan produced works, you are allowing Otakuthon to use these videos for promotional purposes during and after the convention.

Otakuthon does not guarantee that any video submitted will be screened. The convention reserves the right whether or not to screen a video for any reason.

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