FanimeCon 2012 AMV Contest Finalists and Winners (Updated)

OK, it appears as though the AMVs that were shown at this year’s FanimeCon have started hitting the org, so I figure now’s as good a time as any to post about it…

Overall there were some amazing videos this year, and aside from the usual technical glitches (c’mon people, just burn a frakkin’ DVD and take all this unpredictable computer software out of the equation!) the contest went off pretty well. Unfortunately we missed the actual contest on Friday evening; fortunately they had a repeat showing the following day.

Thanks to Gintoki23 on the FanimeCon forums for posting this list – for some reason we never received a ballot, and I couldn’t read the video names on the screen, so I couldn’t write them down during the showing.

NOTE: I’ll update this post periodically as I find more links to the videos, so please check back often. Also when I learn which videos were the winners in the various categories, I’ll update this post with that info. If any of the videos that I linked to are incorrect (I have been known to make mistakes on occasion ;-). Plus I missed a fair chunk of the AMV contest, and on top of that, my memory is a bit hazy…) please let me know. Also, if you know of a link to any of the videos that I don’t have yet, please let me know as well.

Update: 2012-05-31, late evening: I’ve found a few more. For some reason I never think to look at other places (i.e. Youtube), and when I started searching Youtube, I started finding some more.

Update 2012-06-03: Removed a few incorrect links, and updated with the winners. Also found a link to the official listing of videos. Thanks to foester, Gaki and Marin Jei El on the Fanime forums for the additional info/corrections.

Behold the list of AMV contest entrants in all its glory, below the cut.

Action:

Welcome to the Pirate Age
Hands up! Judge’s Winner, Action, 3rd Place; Audience Winner, Action, 1st Place
Bebop Zone
Obsession
Extreme Ways
Until Then…
Avenencia Audience Winner, Action, 3rd Place (tie?)
ENKA. M. V Audience Winner, Action, 3rd Place (tie?)
Little Cream Soda Judge’s Winner, Action, 2nd Place
IRL
Undead Obsessions
The Perfect Deviant Blade
Skillex MEP (High School of the Dead) Judge’s Winner, Action, 1st Place; Audience Winner, Action, 2nd Place

Drama:

You Bring the Color
The Great Escape
V Izluchine Dona: In the bend of the Do Makam Audience Winner, Drama, 3rd Place
The Red Letter Audience Winner, Drama, 2nd Place
Electric Girl
Friends Forever
Fate Matrix Judge’s Winner, Drama, 2nd Place; Judge’s Winner, Best in Show; Audience Winner, Drama, 1st Place
Say Goodbye to Yesterday
Who Need Enemies?
Truncating Littlewood’s Law Judge’s Winner, Drama, 3rd Place
Here We are
Everything’s All Right
EVOL
No Soul, No Light
Simple Little Melody Judge’s Winner, Drama, 1st Place

Comedy:

A Brainless Video Judge’s Winner, Comedy, 2nd Place; Audience Winner, Comedy, 3rd Place
She Turned my Dad on
Manly Tears
Safety Dance Judge’s Winner, Comedy, 3rd Place; Audience Winner, Comedy, 2nd Place
FULLMETAL’S BACK Judge’s Winner, Comedy, 1st Place
Ballad of the Nice Guy Audience Winner, Comedy, 1st Place; Audience Winner, Best in Show

Experimental:

Tenshi Has Been Modified Judge’s Winner, Experimental, 3rd Place; Audience Winner, Experimental, 2nd Place
Evil Island Judge’s Winner, Experimental, 1st Place; Audience Winner, Experimental, 1st Place
Chosen Audience Winner, Experimental, 3rd Place
Live!
Its Di Gi Dupstep Nyo! Judge’s Winner, Experimental, 2nd Place

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