18+ AMV Competition

Submission Rules

• The submission deadline is Sunday, the 28th of July 2024 at 23:59:59.
• Your AMV must have been finished or premiered after the 11th of June 2021.
• You may enter this AMV with one entry. Are you collaborating with other AMV editors? That still counts as one entry! 
• Please note that Abunai! staff and sponsors are not eligible for entry. Your entry will be denied.

Video Rules

• Title bumper/credits are not allowed. If you submit an AMV with a title bumper or credits we will request you submit a clean version. A title card will be added by us for the convention.
• “Special thanks” screens are allowed, but cannot include material from sources.
• Sources you are allowed to use in your AMV are as follows: Anime, Manga, (fan)art and game footage (as long as it follows the rules below). There is no limit to the number of sources you are allowed to use. 
• Usage of non-Japanese sources is allowed as long as it is similar to an anime style. If you are unsure whether your source is allowed or not, you can check by contacting our AMV team through email.
• Do note that your source usage needs to be in accordance with the Dutch law. This includes, but is not limited to the following, which we must emphasise:
  • Depiction of sexual situations with characters that are canonically minors is not allowed to be included in your entry.
  • Depiction of characters that visually or contextually appear as minors in sexual situations is not allowed to be included in your entry. We reserve the right, at all times, to decide if a character is considered to come across as a minor.
  • We do not allow scenes to include rape, sexual assault or any situation depicted to be non-consensual. We may make an exception based on how the subject matter is handled, for example in a serious and respectful manner. Please contact us for this matter directly.
  • Content showing animals in sexual situations with humans is not allowed.

• Despite mature content being allowed, we do want to point out that we will be looking more strictly at the context of the AMV to determine if it includes lengthy grotesque content simply to disturb or shock. We believe the AMV submitted must have context warranting mature content to be used. Content/sources should not have the sole purpose of shocking/disturbing the audience. This can include content depicting explicit suicide/self-harm, extreme fetishes, extended depictions of torture, gruesome surgical depictions and other content commonly associated with snuff films. However, if you are unsure if your source is allowed please contact the AMV Netherlands team via e-mail.
• We do not allow AI-generated content. We do however allow the usage of AI to upscale media in case you would like to upscale an old anime.
• We recommend the following resolutions: 1280x720p or 1920x1080p. Other resolutions will be accepted but we cannot guarantee they can be displayed in their full quality.
• The maximum length is five minutes (excluding intro/outro), but shorter entries (about three minutes in length) are preferred.
• A Multi Editor Project is allowed.
• The preferred file type is MP4. Other file types may be rejected.
• Logos, subtitles and watermarks from sources are not allowed. You are allowed to add subtitles or texts to your AMV.
• Frame blending which resembles ghosting in your entry, (example: http://amvnews.ru/images/news/mistakes/04.jpg ) can badly affect the general score to the point of disqualification if used excessively.  
• Allowed frame rates are as follows: 23.976/24 fps, 29.97/30 fps, or 59.97/60 fps.