AMVs
Bring Anime to the Next Level in the AMV Showings!
Calling all AMV Editors – join the DerpyCon AMV Contest and show off your talent, creativity, storytelling skills, and overall masterclass over the craft. Submitted videos will be put into the ultimate gauntlet in our AMV showings, including the DerpyCon AMV Showcase Contest and the Saturday Morning Cartoons Contest. If you are interested in submitting AMVs for showing in any of the contests, take a look at the rules below and fill out an application.
AMV Contest Applications are Open until August 9th, 2023 at 11:59:59pm EDT.
If you have any questions, please contact our Head of AMVs using our Help Desk.
DerpyCon 2023 AMV Finalists
Action/Adventure
Battle of the Sexes by Lelani
Bloodforge by SilkAMV
Pack A Punch by Nashironeko
Rise by Seritulus
Slay The Slayers by Nuke
Welcome To The Anime Parade! by Bionic Slime
Comedy/Parody
A Thousand Bops by ZeonicFreak
Chainsaw 288 by PotsAndPants
Hey Y’all! Let’s Wig Out! by Sadashi Fox
Real Men On Ice! by Silvercoat
The Retired Yakuza by Nuke
Ultimate High School Jury Duty by SpuddStaaa
Drama/Serious
A War In My Pocket by ZeonicFreak
Breathe by Jordan Sawyers
In Another Life by ResyAMV
Last Dance by Lelani
Life Is An Existential Crisis for Overthinkers by Pablo Shoe
War Of Solitude by FaDougGaming
Romance/Sentimental
A Life In Pictures by Nuke
Our Journey Through Time by Nashironeko
Quietdrive – Until The End by Animetrix Videos
Still With You by John
What Sk8rs Want by ResyAMV
White (Rose) Knight by Bunny Yojimbo
Upbeat/Dance
Do Ya Think I’m Spacing by Vancore
Firework by Shima Berry
Girl Power Across The Moon by SadashiFox
Help! These Officers Are Too Cute… by SonicFreak1111
Uma Gait by Nashironeko
We’ll Meet Again by ThatOneGuy
Read the Following Rules and Apply Below
DerpyCon AMV Showcase:
- Action/Adventure
- Drama/Serious
- Romance/Sentimental
- Upbeat/Dance
- Comedy/Parody
Saturday Morning Cartoons:
- Cowabunga Pizza (Action)
- 4Kids4Ever (Comedy)
- Why Not Commercials (Trailers)
- Entries will be accepted from August 9th, 2022.
- Entries into the DerpyCon AMV Showcase may be no shorter than 1 minute and no longer than 6 minutes. Entries into the Saturday Morning Cartoons Contest may be no shorter than 30 seconds and no longer than 5 minutes.
- Entries must be family-friendly (appropriate for a PG-13 audience).
- For the DerpyCon AMV Showcase Contest:
- At-least 75% of each entry’s video content must consist of anime, manga, or video game derived content.
- None of the video content can be from live-action; entries with live-action will be rejected.
- At-least 75% of each entry’s audio content must be music.
- None of the audio content can be from the original source material or dub.
- At-least 75% of each entry’s video content must consist of anime, manga, or video game derived content.
- For the Saturday Morning Cartoons Contest:
- At-least 75% of each entry’s video content must consist of anime or american cartoon derived content.
- None of the video content can be from live-action; entries with live-action will be rejected.
- At-least 75% of each entry’s audio content must be music.
- None of the audio content can be from the original source material or dub.
- This rule does not apply to entries submitted into the “Why Not Commercials”.
- At-least 75% of each entry’s video content must consist of anime or american cartoon derived content.
- Attendance as DerpyCon 2023 is not required for contest entry. Attendance at the convention has no effect on the judging process.
- Entries from DerpyCon 2023 Staff and Volunteers are not allowed.
- By submitting an entry, entrants agree that: they have read, understand, and will comply with all official rules and consent to their AMV, name, and information used for the purposes of promotion of the DerpyCon 2023 AMV Contest.
- By submitting an entry, entrants grant DerpyCon the rights to show the entry at DerpyCon 2023 and all future DerpyCon events.
- Entries shall not contain any watermarks, credits, bumpers, or information that is not directly related to the video content.
- Parody watermarks, bumpers, and corner info are allowed in entries submitted into the “Why Not Commercials” category in the Saturday Morning Cartoons Contest.
- Entries shall not contain subtitles that have not been created and added by the editor.
- Entries shall be MP4 encoded with x264/h264 codec.
- Entries should be in 1080p resolution and 29.97 fps format, if possible. All entrants will be scaled to this resolution.
- Leave 3 seconds of black space both before and after the entry.
- Do not include a title screen, or lead in/out bumpers; video information and credits will be added by DerpyCon.
- All video editing and concepts must have been made/designed/added by the entrant.
- Each entrant is allowed to submit up to one (1) submission per category and up to three (3) submissions in total for the competition.
- Entries from multi-editor collaborations are allowed but will count as one submission for each member of the collaboration.
- Submissions will only be accepted via our file upload section of the form or via downloadable link (ie Google Drive, Box, Dropbox, etc.).
- Links to YouTube or similar video service are not allowed.
- DerpyCon reserves the right to disqualify any submission for any of reason, without warning.
- Entries into the Saturday Morning Cartoons Contest are meant to capture the essence of watching Saturday morning cartoons in some fashion. DerpyCon reserves the right to move videos submitted to this Contest to the AMV Showcase Contest if deemed to not fit.