2026 AMV Contest Winners
Thank you everyone for your patience. First, we would like to say a very big thank you to all the AMV creators who submitted their AMVs for this year's contest. We received over 100 submissions this year!
We would also like to say thank you to all the audience members that stayed for the whole duration of the AMV Contest screening to cast your voting ballots.
And now without further ado, we're very happy to announce the winners (and runners-up) of this year's Otakuthon AMV Contest 2026!
Public Ballot Voting
Category: Dance/Rhythm
Winner: Entry 05 - "The Vertical Expression of a Horizontal Desire" by SilkAMV
Runner-up: Entry 04 - "Come to Brazil" by E_01
Category: Action
Winner: Entry 14 - "Uprising" by ShinRyu
Runner-up: Entry 13 - "Sukuna Affirmations" by TehPhoenix
Category: Drama
Winner: Entry 21 - "Leaving Fireflies" by AbyssBreakingstudios
Runner-up: Entry 19 - "Frontier Psychiatrist" by Luminis
Category: Originality
Winner: Entry 24 - "Confession" by Ileia
Runner-up: Entry 31 - "David on the Street" by GodlyNova
Category: Romance
Winner: Entry 36 - "I'm with you, Nakamura!" by KOCHiiKUN
Runner-up: Entry 33 - "Harems Are Too Easy" by SilkAMV
Category: Comedy/Parody
Winner: Entry 45 - "Choso Ballin'" by Ileia
Runner-up: Entry 43 - "The AMV Sleep World Championship" by SpuddStaaa
"People's Choice" for Best AMV
Winner: Entry 14 - "Uprising" by ShinRyu
Runner-up: Entry 45 - "Choso Ballin'" by Ileia
AMV Contest Judges Voting
Judges' Category: "Anime Guy - Best of Show" - The best AMV overall.
Winner: Entry 14 - "Uprising" by ShinRyu
Runner-up: 2-way tie
Entry 43 - "The AMV Sleep World Championships" by SpuddStaaa
Entry 44 - "Bitch I'm a Bus Driver" by Paul Geromini
Judges' Category: "Best Visual Effects/Video Editing" - The AMV that displayed excellent editing and/or best use of visual effects.
Winner: Entry 14 - "Uprising" by ShinRyu
Runner-up: 2-way tie
Entry 02 - "Slice of Ice: Final Mix" by SliceofLife
Entry 43 - "The AMV Sleep World Championship" by SpuddStaaa
Congratulations to all the winners! Thank you to everyone who submitted their AMVs to the contest! We hope that everyone will participate again in next year's Otakuthon AMV Contest!