Year 2016 is closing to an end, and we propose to celebrate the New Year together! AMVNews invites both AMV creators and viewers to participate in creation of a collective greeting for all AMVNews visitors. Each of you is welcome to make a New Year greeting in any form: a small AMV or any other kind of video, audio message, any kind of art or text greeting, etc. Any type of creation is good as long as it  is within the bound of reason and not beyond the bounds of decency. Don't forget to mention the author's name!

Please send your greetings to Minstrel via PM, letters accepted till December 30th. All your greetings will be published on frontpage in New Year night.

Below you can see how it turned out the years before: 

2014
2015
2016

Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz?
My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends.
Worked hard all my lifetime, no help from my friends,
So Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz?


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Author: kyle_m
Anime: Niea_7
Music: Janis Joplin - Mercedes Benz remix

Studio EtoJeAMV Team invites everyone to participate in EtoJeCON 2016 Winter contest. Exclusive videos made specially for the event are accepted. Submission deadline is January 31st, 2017.

Contest thread at AMVNews forum
Contest rules (Russian, English)
Registration of participants

Contest video of AKROSS Con 2016 

Author's comment: I tried to tell a story with spoiling too much about the series. If you haven't seen Kōtetsujō no Kabaneri I hope this video inspires you to watch. And I hope they make a second season.

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Author: Rider4Z
Anime: Kotetsujou no Kabaneri
Music: Sabaton - Resist and Bite

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Промо китайского полнометражного мультфильма Big Fish & Begonia, выполненное в формате музыкального клипа. Анимация за авторством B&T Studios и Studio Mir (ранее работали над сериалом The Legend of Korra).

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Author: Liang Xuan, Zhang Chun
Anime: Big Fish & Begonia
Music: 陈奕迅- 在这个世界相遇 (Eason Chan - Meet in this world)

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Contest video of AKROSS Con 2016 

Author's comment: Hello AKROSS! This is Mr.Memory from China. It’s my first time to take part in a video competition and it’s also my first attempt to make a crossover. My love for AMV and MAD first appeared after I saw reAct’s third chapter: A psalm for kings in February 2015. At that time I was in Grade 8 and I started by making 4 or 5 videos only using Vegas. I got to know AMVs better and saw Umika’s videos for the first time in June. They inspired me a lot and the idea of making a crossover arisen in my mind. I wanted to make high quality videos, using more than just simple edits, so I started to learn software like After Effects and Premiere. After I entered Grade 9 in September 2015, I had to prepare for the graduation test of junior school (which we call Zhongkao in China), so I didn’t have time to make videos. Over the year of Grade 9, I created my storyboard, searched for anime and music clips, and watched a lot of tutorials. I also got advice and encouragement from reAct. The last semester of Grade 9 started at this years’ February 16th, the same day as Umika’s funeral. I cried and had a much stronger urge of making the crossover I planned. I got a good score in the graduation test and successfully received the offer of high school in July. Afterwards I went straight to Shenzhen to meet reAct in person. We had a lot of fun and discussed my crossover and AMVs deeply. In August I did more research and found inspiration from Umika’s “Sincerity”, Darkcat’s “Crossing” and Kunqu’s tutorials. By the time high school started in September I had finished all the preparation work and started to make the AMV. “Another” was the first anime I watched, it feels good to look back in time and be myself. In the past few months, a lot of authors and friends helped me and gave me advice during the making of this video, especially reAct. I am very excited to enter this contest as a Chinese and compete against contestants from all over the world. I want to thank everyone who helped me and also to you for taking your time to read this and support my AMV!


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Author: Mr.Memory
Anime: Another, Hyouka, Guilty Crown, Hanasaku Iroha, Kyokai no Kanata, Plastic Memories, Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso, Sakurako-san no Ashimoto ni wa Shitai ga Umatteiru
Music: Nightcall - Dead V

Let us invite you to AMV Central, a new AMV community founded by veterans of A-M-V.org. Join AMV Central to share your works, discuss anything AMV-related and have a good time!

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Xilence - Good ol' times	Squardz - Limit Break	ANVMADARA - Trailer: Final Fantasy XV
Pushok - Pupperchoo	BeautyxPain102 - Psychosis	Breaker - Intro

Summary statistics for AMVs in Exam section for given period:
Number of releases: 44
Average rating: 2.95
Number of comments: 280 (~6.4 comments per video)
Number of votes: 1122 (~25.5 votes per video)
Moved to the front page as a result of voting: 8 (~15 %)

Dear creators and audience, do not forget to visit our Exam section where novice authors are waiting for your advice. There you can also vote for best videos which in your opinion shoud be moved to the front page. 

Contest video of AKROSS Con 2016 

Author's comment: This is a video I've always been eager to accomplish for three years since I met AMV. My enthusiasm and love for AMV are all encoded in it. Taking ‘beyond the boundaries’ as a base, I tell my own story by creating some new scenes. Hope you will like it!

Картинка Making Of (~4.7 MB) 

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Author: DarkCat
Anime: Kyoukai no Kanata
Music: Avril Lavigne - When You're Gone

CubiCon 2016 contest is over. And the winners are: 

FIRST PRIZE: Igor Ognev – prism phoenix
RUNNER-UP PRIZE: Gefy Dy – έγκλημα

Follow the link to watch all semi-finalists, quite a lot of good works there: CubiCon 2016 semi-finalists.