Antonio E. Gonzalez was kind enough to post the list of the AX 2008 AMV-contest winners to Usenet. I'm re-posting it here, with his comments and typos... No links yet, to YouTube or animemusicvideos.org - let's all look for them together!
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
Quote:"Be a Man" - Winner of Best Action, also a surprisingly funny video, but just well-made above all. It's a Gurren Lagann video to Donny Osmond's "I'll Make a Man Out of You" from Mulan. IMHO, shoulda won Best in Show.--
"The Harassment of Kyon" - Winner Best Comedy, Best in Show. Ever notice the way Itsuki looks at Kyon throughout the Haruhi series? Yeah, this video takes that, and blows it completely out of context, in hilarious fashion to Avril Lavigne's "Girlfriend." Well, if one had to win BiS, this one worked, down to the twist ending.
"Bustin'" - Another good comedy one, thojugh it might've worked better in Action. The editing was perfect, but I coudn't get into it. Oh, FF: Advent Children to Ray Parker Jr.'s "Ghostbusters."
"Farewell" - Winner of Best Drama, unfair usage of Saikano; hell, not only Saikano, but James Blunt's "Goodbye My Lover." Anyway, those wouldn't have mattered had the editing not worked, but it did, so this one was a guaranteed victory; and guaranteed to leave about half the audience in tears . . .
"Fat Friend" (?) - Gudam 0083 to Stephen Lynch's "Big Fat Friend." I almost felt guilty about finding this one funny . . . almost. Still, while the editing wasn't quite up to par, it was very funny . . . in a horribly un-PC way . . .
"Anime Girls Need Mood Rings" - Quite a few to Relient K's "Mood Rings."
"Sousuke's Changes" - FMP to Army of Me's "Going Through Changes."
"Ouran High School Never Ends" - Ouran High School Host Club to Bowling for Soup's "High School Never Ends."
"Endless Frontier" - Outlaw Star to Star One's "Set Your Controls."
"Lovestruck Radiance" - AMG to Michael Mansion's "Let Me In (Darwin's Hemstock Remix)."
"Condemned Memoir" - Elfen Lied to The Birthday Massacre's "Blue." Bloody, seriously bloody.
"Falling Dreams" - Kingdom Hearts to Within Temptation's "See Who I Am."
"FREEDOM" - KARAS to Blood Stain Child's "FREEDOM." Not quite as bloody as the Elfen Lied one, but still . . .
"Catch Me If You Can Zenigata" - Lupin III to Brad Paisley's "Fifth Gear."
"Redeem Us!" - S-Cry-ed to Within Temptation's "Our Solemn Hour."
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
