Awards: 2003

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2003 AMV Contest

OTAKON would like to announce the winners of its 2003 Anime Music Video Contest. The winning entries were determined from ballots cast by the members of Otakon 2003. After viewing the screening of entries, members were asked to vote for their single most-favorite anime music video in
each of five categories: Romantic/Sentimental, Dramatic/Serious, Action, Upbeat/Rhythm, and Humorous/Satirical. 501 votes were cast.

This year's contest received entries from 185 unique individuals or groups, a new record for the convention. Entries were screened in a 120-minute contest, and as seven non-competing screening tapes (six general screening tapes and one late-night screening tape). The contest was shown twice at the convention: once Friday night in the 4,500-seat Main Events room (on three screens!) and once Saturday afternoon in the 2000-seat Video Room One. Attendance at both showings was approximately 90% of room capacity.

The general screening tapes were each shown two times during the convention -- on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday mornings in the 800-seat Video Room Four. The late-night screening tape was shown once on Saturday night. A tape of entries that scored highly in the evaluation process but that were not selected as contest finalists was also screened Saturday night in a consolation screening.

The winner in each category receives an Otakon Golden Hiroko-chan trophy, some anime and/or manga booty from the Otakon dealers room, and the warm, fuzzy feeling of a job well done.

Winning videos are described in the form of "Song" by Artist; Anime used; Producer/Director received ## of the votes cast. (Numbers may not add up to the total number of ballots cast because some members did not vote in all categories.)

Romantic/Sentimental
Winner	Glory of Love Daniel Chang	Vision of Escaflowne Peter Cetera "Glory of Love"
Runner Up	Deceptive Passions Meredith "Men" Cantoni	Fushigi Yuugi Sugarcult "Pretty Girl (The Way)"
Honorable Mention	Desperado Alex Mirra	Love Hina The Eagles "Desperado"
Serious/Dramatic
Winner	Searching Steven "Grover" Voccola	Trigun Five for Fighting "Superman"
Runners Up	Mad World Nightowl Pictures	FLCL (Furi Kuri) Gary Jules "Mad World"
	Urban Ragnarok Part 1 thefinalact.net	Metropolis E.L.O. "Twilight"
Honorable Mention	A Beautiful Failure of a Film Louis Kratz	Shin Seiki Evangelion Guster "Airport Song"
Action
Winner	The Need for Speed Skyfire AMV	Macross: Do You Remember Love, Macross VFX2, Macross Plus Keny Loggins "Danger Zone"
Runner Up	Die Another Day VicBond007	Noir Madonna "Die Another Day"
Honorable Mention	Hindi Sad Diamonds Brad DeMoss	Ah! Megami Sama! Moulin Rouge OST "Hindi Sad Diamonds"
	Variations of D Minor Vancore Studios	Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust Rhapsody "The Dark Tower of the Abyss"
Upbeat/Rhythm
Winner	It's Tricky to Make a Music Video Lee Sheng	69 Various Anime Run DMC "It's Tricky"
Runner Up	Stop the Rock Indifferent Productions	Various Apollo Four Fourty "Stop the Rock"
Honorable Mention	Vanilla Vash Senta Miller	Trigun Vanilla Ice "Ice Ice Baby"
Humorous/Satirical
Winner	Lollipops, Sunshine, and rrrRRRrrr Doki Doki Productions	Card Captor Sakura & Various Iniquity "The Bullet's Breath"
Runner Up	We Want YOU! Vlad G. Pohnert	Various The Village People "In the Navy"
Honorable Mention	Hard Knock Anime WESTWARE	Various Shin Seiki Evangelion OST "Kannon D-Dur" Goldmember OST "Hard Knock Life"
	Who Let the Fros Out? Ashyukun	Moko Moko Afro Ken & Various The Bahamen "Who Let the Dogs Out?"
	Mokushi Desu Ne, Boku Genki Desu Yo Tom "The Fish" Guttadauro	Various REM "It's the End of the World As We Know It"

All entries not listed here received less than the mean level of votes per entry for that category.

OTAKON would like to thank everyone who participated in the 2003 Anime Music Video Contest. Congratulations to all who submitted entries!

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FREQUENTLY-ASKED QUESTIONS:

WHERE CAN I GET A COPY OF THE OTAKON ANIME MUSIC VIDEO CONTEST?

Despite -- and in fact because of -- numerous requests, OTAKON cannot provide copies of the Anime Music Video Contest tape. While we appreciate the high level of interest this fan activity engenders, we are only human and could not even begin to satisfy the large number of requests for copies desired by general anime fandom. Thank you for your understanding of our position.

2003 Costume Contest

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2003 Modeling Contest