Otakon 2010 Weblog
This year my attention (financially, anyways) swung back more to the dealer's room. That was mainly because the second season of Genshiken was out and I wanted to get more Macross disks. Still, here are the people who I bought stuff from.
Dealers' Room
Ninja-Bot - Another set of TWEWY buttons, which was greatly enjoyed.
Foam Brain Games - I got the "Whack a Catgirl" expansion, having gotten the game at PAX in March.
Anime Depot - I got two Macross disks (not marked up, even though it's out of print!) and Otaku-no-Video
Media Blasters - Genshiken 2
AMV Contest
These are the finalist videos in screening order. All information comes from the voting card handed out at the screening and the winners from a post on
this forum thread. Since YouTube videos often disappear, I've only linked to
AMV.org this year. Winners and runner-ups for each category are marked, as well as the best in show.
placement: studio name -
video name - song -
source anime (my picks).
TRAILER/PARODY
Cousin of Sparda Studios -
Tonight, on a very special Section 9... - "Sabotage" by the Beastie Boys -
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Winner: DiscoVader Productions -
Inception - "Inception (trailer audio)" by Warner Bros. -
various
EF Film Studio -
The Job - "Get Smart Theme" by Agent Orange -
Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door (my choice)
Runner-Up:Blood Sugar Productions -
The Headband of Eli - "The Book of Eli (trailer audio)" by Warner Bros. -
Afro Samari,
Afro Samari:Ressurection
DRAMA/SERIOUS
Winner: Meri & Mike "VagettoEX" LaBrie -
Ain't No Rest for the Wicked - "Ain't No Rest for the Wicked" by Cage The Elephant -
various
Runner-Up: Re-Evolution Studios -
Today, Forever - "What We Will Never Know" by InnerPartySystem -
Clannad,
Clannad After Story
MycathatesyouAMV -
A Journey Through the Pages - "Diary of Jane" by Breaking Benjamin -
EF - A Tale of Memories
Tech Crew Never Dies Productions -
Coming Home - "Major Tom(Coming Home)" by Shiny Toy Guns -
Macross Frontier, Voices of a Distant Star
Curry Mutton Pizza Productions -
Whore for the Cold World - "The Poet and the Pendulum" by Nightwish -
Death Wish (my choice)
Cyber Ninja Productions -
Defying Gravity - "Defying Gravity" by Idina Menzel -
Macross Frontier
ACTION
0SimplyAngel0 -
Bring it Back - "Astrosexy" by M-flo feat. CHEMISTRY -
Samurai Champloo
RiderG -
Fight for Life - "10th Man Down" by Nightwish -
various
smckevin -
Condemned Project - "I'm so Sick" by Flyleaf -
Ergo Proxy
irriadin -
Skin - "Skin" by Machinae Supremacy -
Claymore
Winner: wingz of silence -
Fallen Souls - "Falling Down" by Oasis/Prodigy -
Soul Eater (my choice)
Runner-Up: Brakus Media -
Gunsmith Cat City - "Bad City (Readymade 524 mix)" by SHOGUN -
Gunsmith Cats
ROMANCE/SENTIMENTAL
Oro$hi -
Nara - "No More Tears" by David Nevue -
various (my choice)
Anicsi -
Chain of Memories - "Down" by Jason Walker -
5 Centimeters per Second
s0matic -
Never Have Known - "You Found Me" by Kelly Clarkson -
Welcome to the N.H.K.!
Sonysdjsnmix -
Second Guesses - "Safe Side" by Tim Be Told -
His and Her Circumstances
Runner-Up: Code -
Anything But - "Ordinary Day" by Vanessa Carlton -
Howl's Moving Castle
Winner: Doomimus -
AMG in a Nutshell - "That Face" by Matthew Broderick & Cady Huffman -
Ah! My Goddess,
Oh My Goddess!(OAV)
UPBEAT/DANCE
Runner-Up: Cross/fade from AMP Studio -
Pacific Coast Party - "Pacific Coast Party" by Smash Mouth -
various
Winner: ZaCloud -
I Ain't Marryin' No Friggin' Horse!!! - "Big Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" by KT Tunstall -
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya,
Lucky Star (my best in show)
Sailor Death Productions -
Nucking Futs - "Basket Case" by Green Day -
Sora No Otoshimono
Machina21 -
Children of Daicon - "Prologue/Twilight" by Electric Light Orchestra -
various
Corsair -
Magic Over Mittens - "I Ain't Got Rhythm" by Phineas and Ferb -
K-On (my choice)
Lawrence Studios -
Noise Pollution - "AM Radio" by Everclear -
various
COMEDY
Best in Show: Scintilla -
And Now, a Word from Our Sponsors (Bland Name Edition) - "Burger Dance (International Remix)" by DJ Otzi -
Code Geas (my choice for best in show)
JubJub2 -
Stupid Couple - "Barber of Seville Overture" by London Symphony Orchestra -
Lovely Complex (my choice)
Cyanna -
Nausea in D Major - "I'm so Sick of You" by "Weird Al" Yankovic -
Nodame Cantabile,
Nodame Cantabile: Paris,
Nodame Cantabile: Finale
Runner-Up: VivifxAMV -
An AMV about TV - "Famous" by Scouting for Girls -
various
Winner: @ Productions -
Britannia, [Expletive] Yeah! - "America, F Yeah" by Trey Parker -
Code Geas
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