Have you ever gazed in awe at a Williams
Street-produced Toonami promo or intro and thought to yourself
"I can do that"?
Prove it.
Toonami Digital Arsenal and some of the
newsmonkeys from Toonami Infolink present the biggest internet
event...EVER.
TDA's "Show Us Your Arsenal" Contest
Pick a series. Capture some video. Make
a promo or intro in the Toonami style. Enter to win.
A group of 5 judges will view all entries
and five (5) winning entries will receive...
A Toonami Total Immersion Event
DVD
This unofficial fan-made DVD is
not for sale anywhere. Only 5 will be made, only 5 will be
won.
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Contents:
The Intruder
All 8 episodes digitally remastered
from Zogg's original capture back from 2000
Lockdown
All 5 episodes, aftermath promo and special opening.
Trapped in Hyperspace
All 5 episodes
Immortal Grand Prix
Presented anamorphically for both 16:9 and 4:3 TVs with progressive
scan 24p encoding
Cartoon Network's 10th Anniversary promo
Never before seen online (or was it?)
Tyler's Kryptonite video
Full resolution...for the children
An exclusive look at the never-completed Lockdown: Phase 2
An insert signed by Tyler, Zogg and Pepito
A DVD
A plastic DVD case
Some pieces of paper with ink on them
And probably something else I forgot about! |
How to Enter:
1: Make a video.
2: Make it internet-friendly. Put your name in the filename of
the video (along with whatever title you used).
3: Put it on the web somewhere. Maybe a free account with Angelfire
or Geocities or whatever's out there. If you have really bad problems
finding a home, email Tyler and he'll see what he can do.
4: E-mail tdacontest@toonamiarsenal.com
with your name and a link to the video.
All entries must be received by December 8, so get cracking.
Resources:
All video on TDA can be used for snippets of your video (TOM walks,
promo enders, etc.) Capturing your own video is a plus.
Toonami Music is available on Toonami.com
Some tools for converting QuickTime movies to other formats (if
needed for your editing program) are available
here.
If you're short for editing software, Avid
Free DV is, well, free.
How the Winning will happen:
1: Videos received will be judged by our judging panel. They'll
rate it based on its amount of Awesome.
2: The Top 5 will be chosen sometime after December 8th.
3: Winners will be announced sometime later. Much joy will be
had by 5. Winners and runnerups will have their videos showcased
on TDA. Much joy will be had by all.
4: Prizes will be mailed out to the winners.
To inspire the museless out there, here
are some sample fan creations to look to:
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DBZ - Season 4 Promo
An old-school beat-driven promo for the Cell
saga. Author: Skitz |
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Time: :45 Image Size: 320x240
File Size: 1.5MB
FPS: 15 |
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DBZ - Season 5 Promo
30 second preview of DBZ Season 5 using narration
parts from the original Season 5 promo. A few clips from this
fan-promo made their way into official Toonami promos...or is
it vice-versa? Author: Skitz |
| Running
Time: :30 Image Size: 320x240
File Size: 2.6MB
FPS: 29.97 |
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Cowboy Bebop Promo
A very nicely done promo of Cowboy Bebop
for Toonami inspired by Skitz's DBZ promo. It fooled a lot of
people into thinking CB would be on Toonami when the file made
its rounds on the Internet a few years ago. Author: Castor
Troy |
| Running
Time: :60 Image Size: 240x160
File Size: 4.8MB
FPS: 29.97 |
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Live Action Justice League Intro
A little-known never-aired live action Justice
League pilot. Looks like none of the first-tier characters are
around. Author: Knux |
| Running
Time: :30 Image Size: 320x240
File Size: 4.9MB
FPS: 29.97 |
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Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers
Season 3 Promo
Everyone's favorite multi-colored multi-robot
Sentai show gets a fan-made promo for its season 3. Author: Knux |
| Running
Time: :15 Image Size: 320x240
File Size: 1.8MB
FPS: 29.97 |
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Best of Power Rangers Wild Force Promo
"Sure it's not a cartoon, but it might as well be." Author: Knux |
| Running
Time: :15 Image Size: 320x240
File Size: 1.6MB
FPS: 29.97 |
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Digimon: The Movie Promo
Everyone's second-favorite subservient fighting monster thingys get a promo for their movie. Author: Kaiser0120 |
| Running
Time: :15 Image Size: 320x240
File Size: 1.6MB
FPS: 29.97 |
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Rules (These
are important):
Two entries per person maximum.
Besides, you can only win once, anyway.
Keep it action related.
No General Hospital submissions. Also, keep in mind that animated
content is favored over live-action. This is Toonami you're
emulating.
Nudity = Bad
Keep promos and intros down at or below the PG level. No "Tenchi's
Harem Gone Wild" videos, etc.
You must feel comfortable giving your mailing address to a
complete stranger if you win.
No mailbox, no DVD.
No whining.
Make it look good. Make it viewable.
If your video resolution is too small, or compressed up the
yin-yang, it'll be harder for us to judge its potential Awesome.
No turn on red.
Realize that your entry will be available to everybody at the
end of the contest.
If you're ashamed to have your name next to a video you created,
then don't enter it.
Find a place to put it and/or give it to us.
We can't judge a video we don't recieve, no matter how cool
it is.
PLAGIARISM = BAD
No plagiarism will be tolerated. If caught, you will be disqualified,
and we'll do anything in our power to ban you from all TDA/Infolink
services forever.
THE CONTEST, ALL RULES, PRIZES, AND KNOWLEDGE OF ITS EXISTENCE
ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANYTIME WITHOUT WARNING OR REASON.
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