Article 1: Contest description

Crusade Contest is an amateur music video contest.

The music videos must have been created from music and anime (Japanese cartoons) sources. This contest is free and for noncommercial-use.

 

Article 2: Deadline

If you participate in the contest, the deadline for your part will be sent to you with your track at e-mail address that you used when you registered.

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Article 3: Contest organizers

This contest is organized by Luciole AMV and Raion-SAMA, two French Anime Music Videos Makers

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Article 4: Submissions terms

4.1 This contest is free and opened to all.

4.2 The videos mustn’t be shown on the Internet before the organizers gives the contest results.

4.3 Only anime or manga related videos will be accepted. Video games related videos will also be accepted.

You can mix those images with real sources if anime sources represents at least 60% of sources.

4.4 In order to participate to this contest you must totally agree with the following rules.

 

Article 5: Submission process

Each participant must fill the electronic inscription sheet available here.

 

Article 6: Technical requirements

6.1 The following formats are accepted:

Containers: AVI, MP4, MKV, MPEG, MPEG2, WMV

 

Video Codecs: H264, XviD, DivX (5, 6 and 7), MPEG, MPEG2, WMV9

 

Audio Codecs: MP3, AAC, WMA, FLAC, Vorbis

 

Framerate: Up to 60 frames per seconds

 

6.2 The video size must NOT exceed 500 MB, except under certain justified circumstances (High Definition).

6.3 No intro or outro, is needed. However we ask to furnish with the registration a png. Avatar that will be use to represent you during the contest (example)

 

Article 7: How to send your video

Your video must be uploaded on Mega, Media Fire or any free and valid file sharing web-site and sent by mail to the address furnish with your battle announcement. 

If you encounter any problem during your video upload, please contact us through the support forum placed at your disposal.

 

Article 8: Guarantees

8.1 Each participant (person or group) must guarantee his/her exclusive ownership of the video he/she submits. This guarantee must extend to the direct or indirect violation of any of the exclusive rights of a copyright owner.

8.2 Each participant accepts that his/her video can be publicly displayed, become downloadable on websites such as AMV France or Crusade Contest

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Article 9: Jury

The jury will be composed at 100% of the public

 

Article 10: Ranking criteria

The public will vote for the winner by, basing their judgment on editing quality, conversion, originality, aestheticism, and coherence.

 

Article 11: Results

The results will be announced on Crusade Contest’s website.

 

Article 12: disqualification

12.1 The organizing committee reserves the right to disqualify any submission without having to justify, in any way, its decision.

12.2 You are prohibited from posting any unlawful, libelous, defamatory, inflammatory, threatening, pornographic, profane, scandalous, or other material that may give rise to civil or criminal liability or otherwise violate any applicable law.

12.3 By submitting a video to this contest, you agree on the Terms and Conditions sated on this page.

12.4 If you don’t respect the deadlines you’ll be simply disqualified.

 

Article 13: Modifications or Contest Cancellation

The organizers may at any time revise these Terms and Conditions by updating this posting. Your submission to this Contest is contingent upon your agreement to be bound by any such revisions and you should therefore periodically visit this page to review the current Terms and Conditions. They can also, within its rights and at any moment, cancel the Contest.

 

Article 14: Data Policy

According to French law 78-10 from January 6th 1978, you have the right to access, modify or delete any data referring to you. We do not transfer any kind of data concerning contestants out of AMV France Association. If you have any question regarding our data policy, please feel free to contact us through our forum.

 

Article 15: Rules interpretation

Any misinterpretation of the rules will be resolved by the Contest officials. Such decision is final. Protests regarding the judgment of the Contest will not be accepted.