The AnimeNEXT Anime Music Video (AMV) Contest returns for 2013! A longtime staple of AnimeNEXT programming, the AMV Contest gives you the chance to showcase your artistic visions and editing skill on the big screen, in front of all of your fellow anime fans. Here are this year’s rules and entry form; please read through the rules completely before submitting your entry:
AnimeNEXT 2013 AMV rules
AnimeNEXT 2013 AMV entry form
Entrants have until April 27 to send their videos in. We look forward to seeing your best!
Winners from AnimeNEXT 2012:
Coordinators’ Choice
The Kingdom of L.F.S. by DriftRoot
using footage from Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
set to the trailer from Knights of Badassdom
Best Trailer/Parody
Evil Island by MeliChan923
using footage from Resident Evil 4
set to the trailer from Shutter Island
Best Romance/Sentimental
Stay by Helix
using footage from 5 Centimeters Per Second
set to “Stay” by Hurts
Best Drama
Fairytale of Lies by RiderG
using footage from Romeo x Juliet
set to “Faster” by Within Temptation
Best Action
Put Ya Guns On! by irriadin
using footage from Sengoku Basara, Sengoku Basara 2, and Sengoku Basara: The Last Party
set to “Becoming Insane” by Infected Mushroom
Best Artistic
Pop Culture by Sephiroth/DMRA
using footage from various anime
set to “Pop Culture” by Madeon
Best Dance/Fun
Hands Up! by Drabaz
using footage from Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z
set to “Dynamite” by Taio Cruz
Best Comedy
Sorry for being Hercule, Sincerely Mr. Satan by l33tmeatwad
using footage from Dragon Ball Z
set to “Sexy And I Know It” by LMFAO

