Student Review Contest Extravaganza!

[Two-twenty]

Welcome to the Student Review Contest
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Greetings all!

In (belated) celebration of the Anime Academy’s 6th anniversary, I’ve decided to hold a student review contest, one bigger than anyone we've seen before. It’s open to anyone, newbie or veteran, who has an account on the forums and thinks they can churn out a good review.

“Sounds kicking rad! Tell me more!”

Unlike previous Student Review Contests, this one doesn’t have a theme. You can review whatever anime you want. Bear in mind though, it’s all well and easy to heap praise or throw stones, so as per the professorship contests, reviews showing your ability to discern the good anime from the bad a looked upon favourably.

“Why should I enter?”

This time, there are glorious prizes! Two packs of them! You can opt to enter in either the “Action Prize Pack” and receive action anime-related prizes or the “Comedy Prize Pack” and receive comedy anime-related prizes. Also, there’s no restriction on what type of review can win a prize pack. If you want to win the Action Prize Pack with a review of an anime comedy (or vice-versa), that’s fine!

“I’m new the Anime Academy and I’m a bit lost on how to write a review. Help!”

Make sure to check out the Library at AnimeAcademy.com (http://www.animeacademy.com/). The art of Reviewing Anime (http://www.animeacademy.com/aora.php) lecture is also very handy in figuring out how to structure your review. There are also many helpful threads right here in the forum. The Student Review Archive (http://www.animeacademy.com/forums/showthread.php?t=22283) contains both links to other student reviews and all of the entries and winners from previous Student Review Contests.

“How is the winner going to be decided?”

Ultimately, the professors decide who receives the prizes, BUT, you get to have some say in who the winner is also! More on this later though…

“Anything else I need to know?”

Well yeah, read the following two posts carefully, but apart from that, not really. Just have fun with it! Go hog wild!

[Two-twenty]

Fabulous Prizes!

It’s what we’re all here for!

ACTION PRIZE PACK!

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- The official Bleach artbook “All Colour But The Black” by Kubo Tite. It features 108 pages (almost all of which are in full colour) and a poster. 21.5 x 30cm (I have no idea what this is in inches). Brand New!

- A Bleach plastic placard thingy, most probably a pencil board of some sort (I dunno, I got it free with the artbook. I also can’t be bothered measuring it. It’s about 28-ish x 16-ish centimeters. Go metric system!). It features Ichigo in Bankai form on the front and some Bleach omake cartoons on the back (in Japanese).

- The Twelve Kingdoms light novel volume #1 “The Twelve Kingdoms: Sea of Shadow” by Ono Fuyumi- hardback. (Adapted into a damn good anime back in 2003). From the blurb:
Yoko Nakajima’s life has been fairly ordinary until Keiki, a young man with golden hair, tells her that she is his master and must return to his kingdom. With the help of a magic sword and a magic stone against the demons on her tail, Yoko begins her quest for both survival and self-discovery in her new land.

- 22.5 x 15.5cm (8 x 5.5 inches approx.) Death Note notebook. A replica Death Note featuring the rules of the Death Note, comes in its original box.

- Death Note necklace (I have no idea how long it is and I’m not opening the plastic to find out). It features a cross design, with the anime title inscribed as well as a skull at the top. Brand new, factory sealed.

COMEDY PRIZE PACK!

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- Yotsuba&! Volume 1 by Kiyhiko Azuma. From the blurb:
From the wacky mind of Azumanga Daioh creator Kiyohiko Azuma, it’s Yotsuba&! Schools out for summer, and Yotsuba’s out of her mind! She’s new in town—she could very well be new to the planet Earth—and with no knowledge of the world around her along with an unnatural fear of air conditioners, this green-haired gal has her neighborhood spinning out of control!

- FLCL soundtrack pack. Featuring all three original soundtracks to FLCL. The song lists are as follows:

O.S.T. 1:
01. Last Dinosaur (Off Vocal Version)
02. Ride On Shooting Star
03. Sad Sad Kiddie
04. Carnival (Off Vocal Version)
05. Runner's High -FLCL Version-
06. Instant Music
07. Stalker (Off Vocal Version)
08. Rever's Edge (B-6)
09. Stalker Goes To Babylon
10. One Life
11. Pain (A-7)
12. Kabalevsky
13. Hybrid Rainbow
14. Selfish (BB-6)
15. Pink (A-6)
16. Beautiful Morning With You (Off Vocal Version)
17. Sleepy Head (Off Vocal Version)
18. Bran-New Love Song
19. Come Down (Off Vocal Version) 20. Advice (FLCL Arrange Version) 21. Little Busters

O.S.T. 2:

01. Crazy Sunshine
02. White Ash
03. Taxi
04. Nightmare (Off Vocal Version)
05. Patricia (Off Vocal Version)
06. Natsu no omoide (B-4)
07. Blues Drive Monster
08. Funny Bunny
09. Mamiko
10. Ogiri
11. Harumi
12. High Risk (B-9)
13. Weekend (C-4)
14. Kamareta
15. Another Morning
16. Last Dinosaur
17. I Think I Can


O.S.T. 3:

01. Sad Sad Kiddie
02. Sleepy Head
03. I Think I Can
04. Blues Drive Monster
05. CARNIVAL
06. Come Down
07. Crazy Sunshine
08. STALKER
09. Nightmare
10. Funny Bunny
11. Beautiful morning with you
12. Advice
13. Runners HIGH
14. HYBRID RAINBOW
15. LITTLE BUSTERS
16. LAST DINOSAUR
17. Ride on shooting star

- 19cm/8 inch (1/8 scale) PVC Haruhi Suzumiya figurine from the anime The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. It features Haruhi dressed in her school uniform and an optional directors loudspeaker. This figurine comes painted, finished and in its original box.

PLEASE REMEMBER!
That you can only win one of these prize packs. You can’t enter for both of them. Choose wisely!

[Two-twenty]

Rules!

Yes, as with any contest, there are rules, and because a fair bit of time and money has gone into setting this up, there are a couple of extra ones, so even if you are a Student Review veteran, please make sure you read through the rules carefully before submitting an entry. Unlike the past Student Review Contests, I’m not going to be lenient with the rules. If you break the rules, you will be disqualified.

1. One entry per person.
2. Only a completed anime can be reviewed.
3. The entry must be written entirely by you.
4. Entries that have been entered in previous Anime Academy Student Review Contests, any other review contest or have been submitted as a review on another website (blogs included) will not be accepted.
5. Entries must be posted before the one month deadline. Entries that are posted afterwards will be disqualified.
6. The deadline goes by Australian Eastern Standard Time.
7. Once the entry is submitted it is final. No more editing is allowed, regardless of whether it is still before the deadline. If “ Last edited by [name] : [Date] at [Time]” appears below your entry, the entry will be disqualified. You will, however, be allowed to re-submit another different review provided it doesn’t break any of the other rules. (Don’t bother just deleting your post and re-submitting it, we will know).
8. All reviews must include: A title; genre; company; format; dates; grade (in percentage); highs; lows; summary and a review. Images and captions are still optional.
8. The word count of the review must be between 300-600 words.
9. The summary must be within 50-150 words.
10. You can only enter for one of the prize packs.
11. You must indicate which prize pack you want to win in your review.
12. Multiple accounts with multiple reviews will not be tolerated. Contestants found out to have entered more than once under a different account will have their entries deleted and all accounts banned.
13. We reserve the right to unconditionally disqualify any entry we suspect to be breaking the rules.
14. Questions, queries or comments should be posted in this thread. Alternatively, send a Private Message to me or email me at Two-Twenty@animeacademy.com. I am the organizer of this contest, so only contact me in regards to it and not any of the other staff members.
15. Entries for the Action Prize Pack are to be submitted in this thread (http://www.animeacademy.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24992). Entries for the Comedy Prize Pack are to be submitted in this thread (http://www.animeacademy.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24991). DO NOT POST YOUR ENTRIES IN THIS THREAD.
16. Entries close at 11:59pm on the 26/11/07 Australian Eastern Standard Time
17. Sorry about all these bloody rules.

Just to make it a bit easier, here is an example of how a student review is generally structured:

[screencap with caption*]

Title:
Genre:
Company:
Format:
Dates:
Grade:

Summary:

[screencap/s*]
Highs:
Lows:

Review:

Prize pack: I would like to enter to win the Action/Comedy prize pack

* not mandatory

As you can see, it reflects the way reviews on the main Anime Academy site are structured, however, it doesn’t need to be exactly like this. If you want to do it differently, go for it, just make sure you include all the necessary components (once again is not necessary).

If you spot any mistakes in any of these rules or with the contest in general, feel free to tell me!

Once again, this thread is for disscussion of the contest. To enter, please post your entries in the relevant threads.

[Two-twenty]

Anyone who had their enteries swallowed by the forums pruning thing are welcome to repost whatever version of their entry they want.

[Zelkiiro]

*grumble*

I didn't save mine... :<

[Two-twenty]

*grumble*

I didn't save mine... :<
lolz

Do try to rewrite it though.

[SaiRong]

Argh, I just noticed a typo in my review. I re-read the thing a dozen times before submitting it, how could I miss that? Could someone please erase the last month of posts so I could submit it again?

[Shadowmage]

*grumble*

I didn't save mine... :<

>_<

I've experienced your predicament before. That's why I double back up everything I type.

[aoi_n_asul]

>_<

I've experienced your predicament before. That's why I double back up everything I type.

Include your sig and avatar as well when saving :)

*grumble*

I didn't save mine... :<

I truly feel for you. Truly. Look at the bright side. There's more or less, still a week left before deadline :)

[DorseyHorsey]

I'll be jumping out of lurkerdom for this. Expect something from me in a few days when I'm not as busy. :)

[Two-twenty]

Just a reminder, this closes at 11:59pm on the 26/11/07 (26th of November 2007) Australian Eastern Standard time. I think this was the right date. It got sucked up in the forums pruning, so I just went by what it said on the main AA page.

[Two-twenty]

You have less than a week people! Get your entries in!

[Zelkiiro]

Posted a new review.

It sucks.

I lose again, methinks.

[Barrelhaven]

Posted a new review.

It sucks.

I lose again, methinks.

Ah, working the sympathy angle, eh? Crafty, crafty. =)

[Zelkiiro]

Ah, working the sympathy angle, eh? Crafty, crafty. =)
Pfffffft.

[Shadowmage]

If worse comes to worse, shall we extend the deadline?

Anyways, write more reviews people! A competition is no fun without a lot of competition.

[Two-twenty]

Right! You all have about 12 hours, so if you haven't submitted your entry, do so now!

[AlterGenesis-X]

What's this? *gasp* A review contest FOR PRIZES?! Oh my. I should have never stopped visiting. :(

[Two-twenty]

What's this? *gasp* A review contest FOR PRIZES?! Oh my. I should have never stopped visiting. :(
You still have nine hours. GO! GO! GO!

[AlterGenesis-X]

I will try. :)

I think I'll just pull one out of the archives. LOL.

EDIT: It has been done. Good luck to all and as it is definitely a surprise to me, nice to be competing in a review contest with all the students again. :)

[Two-twenty]

I will try. :)

I think I'll just pull one out of the archives. LOL.

EDIT: It has been done. Good luck to all and as it is definitely a surprise to me, nice to be competing in a review contest with all the students again. :)
I do hope your review does not break rule number four:

4. Entries that have been entered in previous Anime Academy Student Review Contests, any other review contest or have been submitted as a review on another website (blogs included) will not be accepted.

[AlterGenesis-X]

Oh yeah, I think I'm pretty safe from that. This has been "internet-less", if that makes sense.

[Two-twenty]

Oh yeah, I think I'm pretty safe from that. This has been "internet-less", if that makes sense.
Good, good. Thanks for entering and best of luck!

[AlterGenesis-X]

Indeed. I will be jealous of whoever wins.

[Shadowmage]

Nice, very nice. Nine reviews (five in Comedy four in action). This should be fun.

[Two-twenty]

And, just like a swinging voter casts his ballot at the last-minute against John Howard, we have a cavalcade of last-minute entries, making this contest an actual contest.

Who will win? Will a newbie steal victory from a verterans hand? Will Two-Twenty hax the vote so an Australian wins so he doesn't have to pay as much for postage? Who's regretting entering for the comedy prize pack considering how many people entered in it? Who's thanking their rukee sutaa that they entered for the Action prize pack? Can Two-Twenty locate where the hell he put that f***ing Death Note necklace? How many questions can Two-Twenty think up? Will Sorrow-kun and Shadowmage split the NR vote? (Yes, I saw that thread Shadowmage) Will Zelkiiro lose again? How will you vote? Will Bob Hawke show up drunk again? How many tears will Joe Hockey shed? Can Kevin Rudd shake the notion of Labor being poor economic manag...oh wait sorry, wrong contest.

STAY TUNED! As I answer most of these questions and try figure out how the hell I'm going to decide how we vote for winner. Huzzah!

[AlterGenesis-X]

7 entries? Whoa, GG me. :(

[Two-twenty]

I've been thinking over how to do this and I'm not quite sure. There are two options:

a) If there were only a few entries, as per student review contests in the past, I was going to only make two polls where the general AA masses decide the winner (I trust you all not to cheat, but we'd still chack to be safe)

b) If there were many entries, as per professorshop contests, we'd have two polls to decide the finalists then have the professors decide the winner. The problem is, we have one with a lot and one with a few. (It seems one must never underestimate the power of HAROOHEE).

What say you unwashed AA masses?

I'm more willing to go with option a) because it's more in-line with what we used to do with Student Reviews and, now that I'm not a full-time student (no more government support) and now that the election is over (no more opion polls = much less work) I best get this done while I still have the money for postage.

[Shadowmage]

I'm leaning toward option a.

Instead of polls, how about if we vote directly with our posts? It's cumbersome to count, but it makes cheating easier to detect. (We can easily ban those who try to stack votes with multiple accounts and disqualify their votes.)

[Two-twenty]

I'm leaning toward option a.

Instead of polls, how about if we vote directly with our posts? It's cumbersome to count, but it makes cheating easier to detect. (We can easily ban those who try to stack votes with multiple accounts and disqualify their votes.)
When you make a poll there an option to "Make votes public" which "Displays all users who voted, and what choice they voted for."

I think that would be the best way to stop cheaters, it saves time counting and it doesn't rely on my maths skills which are elementary at best.

[SaiRong]

Plan A seems the most straightforward, and has my vote.

[Akimichi Choji]

a seems best...

[ShinoMatrix]

When you make a poll there an option to "Make votes public" which "Displays all users who voted, and what choice they voted for."

I think that would be the best way to stop cheaters, it saves time counting and it doesn't rely on my maths skills which are elementary at best.

Yeah, and never underestimate the difference in laziness between posting and clicking a poll... you could end up with a very limited number of voters :XD:

[Two-twenty]

Option a) it is then. I'll set up the finals poll tommorow.

[Two-twenty]

Three days to go. I'd be nice if some more people, you know, voted.

[Akimichi Choji]

ya..I seem to be falling back in the polls...YOU KNOW PEOPLE, JUST SAYING MY REVIEW WAS GOOD DOESN'T PUT THE PRIZES IN THE MAIL!!!

[aoi_n_asul]

Three days to go. I'd be nice if some more people, you know, voted.

I'll vote, I'll vote.

To the Comedy Pack entrants: An honor, guys, to be creamed by you :D

*Off to the polls*

[ShinoMatrix]

Wait wait wait... I had a 100% vote in my favour before... stop voting people :XD:

srsly, good luck everyone

[Two-twenty]

There's a day to go people and the voting turn-out has been awful. Get your last-minute votes in, [i]please[/].

[Barrelhaven]

There's a day to go people and the voting turn-out has been awful. Get your last-minute votes in, [i]please[/].

Maybe you should put the sticky in all the forums to get more exposure, but I doubt it'd affect the outcome. Shino and C0MPL3X are going to run away with it.

[Two-twenty]

And the winners are: C0MPL3X and ShinoMatrix!

Congrats! Drop me a private message with you name and postal address and I'll mail you the prizes ASAP.

Thank you to all who entered and voted and made this contest enjoyable!

[Zelkiiro]

Grumble grumble...

[Akimichi Choji]

at least I got one vote...thanks kira

[aoi_n_asul]

Shall we all weep for Haruhi over a round of brewskies?? My congratulations to COMPL3X and ShinoMatrix =) Any chance you 2 are feeling the Christmas spirit of giving and sharing??

Congratulations everyone for a job well done. And 2-20, give yourself a pat on the back for organizing this extravaganza ;)

[C0MPL3X]

And 2-20, give yourself a pat on the back for organizing this extravaganza
Yes, lot of pats on the back for taking your time, efforts (and money) in trying to create something fun and interesting for people. Need more people like you to keep this place alive and active d(0,0)b <--- two thumbs up

[Two-twenty]

Despite the poor voting turn-out, I had a lot of fun hosting this! If interest/money permits, I'd love to make this an annual thing.

Also, if anyone has any feedback (no matter how harsh) please post it! C0MPL3X told me that it's currently exam time in the US right now, so if I hold another one, I might put it off for a different time.

[C0MPL3X]

I didn't say that...I said I was wondering if it's still exam time in US, since practically every Aust students are free at this stage x_x

[Shadowmage]

gg 'twas fun.

*goes off to study for his finals next week.

[ShinoMatrix]

Hurrah! Now to celebrate with a match of Ping Pr0n...

[Two-twenty]

What's great is they both live in Australia. WOOOOO! CHEAP POSTAGE! (I didn't even have to hax the polls or anything!)

[animanic_critic]

What's great about the result is that I could see it coming. Congrats to you winners and Mr. Big BECK, 2-20 for the organization. May you hold a new one soon.

[AlterGenesis-X]

I firmly beleived that the Professors should have a say in the winner. Especially, with regards to the poor vote turnout.

*back into never appear mode*

[Zelkiiro]

What's great is they both live in Australia. WOOOOO! CHEAP POSTAGE! (I didn't even have to hax the polls or anything!)
Hmmmm...

[Two-twenty]

Hmmmm...
Oh c'mon, as if I ever would.

[Zelkiiro]

Oh c'mon, as if I ever would.
HMMMMMMM...

[ShinoMatrix]

HMMMMMMM...

Hmm? :proll: