Nan Desu Kan

Welcome to another year of the NDK Anime Music Video Contest. Please be sure to read through all of these rules before submitting your video. A few important things to keep in mind, please remember that submitting a video is not a right. We expect to have an overwhelming number of entries this year, and there simply will not be enough time to show them all. We are currently working on expanding our AMV programs to show as many as we can, but there just isn't enough time in the weekend to show them all along with our other events. Also keep in mind that we are aware that some mistakes can be made, both on the editor's end and our own. If any mistakes are made on either end, we have given ourselves enough time to be able to work with you to correct any such mistakes before the con begins.

So now onto the rules!

• Do not send us your only copy of your video, as it will not be returned to you. There will simply be too many entries and editors to also add shipping videos back to our list of things to do.
• You may send up to 3 videos to this contest.
• All videos may not have been submitted to any prior NDK AMV event.
• There is no set time limit for length of any video
• Videos may not include any scenes of extreme graphic or sexual content. We do understand that this is an anime con, and some artistic content will be permitted, but the judging staff reserves the right to disqualify any video they deem in poor taste.
• Specific times and dates for AMV events will be announced at a later date.
• Special seating arrangements will be made for attending editors, also to be determined at a later date.
• NDK AMV staff reserves the right to make changes to these rules as we see fit at any time.

Submission Due Date

All videos must be in the hands of the AMV Staff by midnight, August 16th, 2009. If for some reason you cannot make this deadline, you must make prior arrangements with the AMV staff before this date or your entry will not qualify.

Judging and awards

Once again, the world famous "Asukas" will be the awards handed out to our top winners of this event. Awards will be given in the following categories:

• Category X — Best use of artist vision and complex style.
• Action/Adventure — Best use of movement and pace
• Drama/Romance — Best use of emotion and feeling
• Comedy/Parody — Best use of well... just simply funny or amusing

The audience will vote by ballot for their favorite video in each category, along with their choice for best in show video. Best of show awards will also be awarded by the AMV judging staff, and by the attending AMV editors. There will also be a special award presented for the best video using video game footage; this video can be awarded from any category.

Editors do not need to be present at the con in order to win or receive an award.

Title Bumpers

Please do not include title bumpers to your videos. Title bumpers are defined as anything before or after the video itself that says what the video is, or who made it. We will be adding uniform title bumpers to each video shown in the contest. If your video is submitted with a title bumper, the NDK AMV staff reserves the right to edit out the bumper to comply with our standards. We have a tremendous amount of experience in this matter so there is little room to worry, but it is best that you make these cuts yourself rather than have us do it.

Submissions

All video submissions must be accompanied with appropriate video and editor contact information. Failure to providing full information can lead to disqualification of one or all of your videos. Please provide the following information.

• Editor Name
• Studio or Surname
• Mailing address
• E-mail address
• Phone number

Also for each video provide the following information:

• Title of the Video
• Name of the music or audio artist
• Title of the music or audio
• Name of footage used (if over 3 sources it is ideal to list as various)
• Name of category preferred to be entered in (Although please keep in mind that the AMV does reserve the right to move any video into any category they deem it is best suited for)

There are two methods in which you may send in your entries:

Mail your entry in on CD or DVD disc. If you mail your entry in by disc, please keep them in file format, not in a DVD Movie format. Entries can be mailed to:

You may also submit your entries on-line by our upload site. Please provide all of the necessary contact information in the comments section of the site, but please also send a copy of your contact information to me at scottanime@comcast.net. This way to ensure receipt of your entries. If you cannot fit all information into the upload site box, please provide enough information so we can accurately link it to your additional e-mail with the full contact information. It is imperative that we get all required contact information, or your video may not be qualified to be shown.

Video Formats

We would prefer that your file arrives as either a MPEG or AVI. If you choose to select a format that is different from the two listed please send us an e-mail at scottanime@comcast.net to confirm that it will work with our system. Yes we can convert several types of formats such as .WMV and others, but we prefer that you handle the conversion yourself so you are happy with the quality output. Please choose a simplified resolution, such as 720×480, 704×480, 640×480, etc. This will make converting to our standards easier. We have a lot of hard drive space available and would rather sacrifice size over quality, so please do not be afraid to send us the best quality video you have, we are projecting on screens over 20 feet wide and we want your video to look as good as much as you do.

Please, however, do not submit any videos that include subtitles or other logos, not associated with the video. (Example: Cartoon Network logo, or subtitles from a fansub) If you make a subtitle or logo yourself that serves a purposeful use on the video that is fine.

Also, please if possible, have the video name written in the file name when submitting a video. We take a great deal of care to match up the correct video with the correct editor, but with over a hundred entries, it can be hard to distinguish files when they all read (narutoAMV.mpg) or (FFXvid.avi)

We will do our best to confirm each entry as quickly as we can, but please be patient with us if these confirmations are not immediate; the AMV staff has other responsibilities to attend to outside the contest as well. Also be aware that history has shown that a majority of videos will come in the last week leading into the deadline, as a result it becomes more difficult to confirm each video as it comes in as we prep the entire event.

If you have any questions regarding this event, please do not hesitate to contact the AMV staff at anytime so that we may assist you. Also please keep an eye on the NDK forums as some questions are answered there, it is also a good place to keep up to date on changes and updates regarding the event.

Thank you for your valued support of this event, and good luck to all.