2025 RICE
Umami (Theme)
Folklore & the Paranormal
Legends, fables, cryptids, supernatural phenomena, traditions, & myths
Stats
Editors: 48
Videos: 67
Spectators: 14
Dates
1 Feb - Video submission deadline
5 March - Winners announced
Downloads
Folder link
YouTube playlist of participants
Notes
- Redesigned the physical awards (again)
- First year with captions (CC provided by separate SRT files)
- First official use & encouragement of the "extras" folder
- First year with spectators (people who didn't submit a video and cannot vote, but can otherwise do everything else)
- The awards did not air on youtube due to copyright restrictions.
Categories
| Fruit Parfait - Artistic Endeavor |
| Onigiri - Best Character Profile |
| Cup Ramen - Best Concept |
| Kaiseki - Best Storytelling |
| Boba Tea - Best Upbeat |
| Ramen Burger - Draction |
| Ramen with a Gun - Edgelord's Choice™️ |
| Ramune - Hype Energy |
| Wandering Samurice: Miso Soup - Palette Cleanser |
| Square Watermelon - UNHINGED |
2025 Participants
| ID | Editor | Video Title | Footage | Audio | Finalist | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | James Blond | A Revolutionary Proposal [CC] | Dandadan | Welcome To Nightvale, Episode 244 - A Multiplicity Of Kevin | ||
| 02 | FashionableJellyfish | Cosplay Complex | My Dress Up Darling | Owl City - When Can I See You Again | Best Upbeat, Palette Cleanser | Palette Cleanser |
| 03 | LantisEscudo | Please Drink Responsibly [CC] | VTuber Legend: How I Went Viral After Forgetting to Turn Off My Stream | Thomas Benjamin Wild, Esq. - Pants Drunk | ||
| 04 | Rider4Z | Angels☆Demons [CC] | Supernatural | E Nomine - Das Omen | Umami (Folklore & Paranormal) | Umami (Folklore & Paranormal) |
| 05 | PerkyPastry | Children’s Work | The Star Wars Franchise | Dessa - Children's Work | Best Character Profile | |
| 06 | thefanvideoer2 | A Light in the Darkness [CC] | Sonic the Hedgehog | Steve Jablonsky - Tessa, Mathias Fritsche - Tessa Epic Version (feat. Melina) (custom edit) | Best Storytelling | Best Storytelling |
| 07 | cocopan | Monthly Girls’ Forecast [WIP] | Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun | The Weather Girls - It's Raining Men | ||
| 08 | Violet Skies | Falling Towards Infinity | Demon Slayer | Hidden Citizens - Demons (feat. Ryan Innes) | Draction, Edgelord's Choice, Umami (Folklore & Paranormal), Omurice | Edgelord's Choice |
| 09 | hotterhatter2211 | Feed the Machine [CC] | Squid Game | Poor Man's Poison - Feed the Machine | Omakase | |
| 10 | Complicated Muse | Now Or Never | Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead | Bon Jovi and Pitbull - Now Or Never | Okonomi | |
| 11 | TehPhoenix | Fuck Your Money | Dandadan | ELOHIM - Fuck Your Money | Best Concept, Best Storytelling, Palette Cleanser | |
| 12 | The_McLaughlin | Symbols | My Hero Academia | Falling In Reverse - Superhero | ||
| 13 | seasons | Falling (Ukemi) | Ippon Again! | Digitalism - Falling | ||
| 14 | Future_Vantas | AMMV The New Adventures [WIP] | My Hero Academia (various), My Hero Academia Vigilantes manga, teaser, & trailer | New Batman Superman Adventures theme | ||
| 15 | AbyssBreakingStudios | Gotta Believe It | DanDaDan | SmashMouth - I'm A Believer (Official MV Version) | Umami (Folklore & Paranormal) | |
| 16 | Silvercoat | Sparky [Extras] | Pokémon: Detective Pikachu | Imagine Dragons - Sharks | ||
| 17 | LantisEscudo | All in a Day’s Work | Tama and the Tama Train; Super Station Master Tama: Riding the Strawberry Wind | Joe Hisaishi - Let's Go to the Hospital | Palette Cleanser | |
| 18 | Speedy180 | Blue Flame Symphony | Castlevania Nocturne | Fall Out Boys - My songs know what you did in the Dark | Hype Energy, Umami (Folklore & Paranormal) | |
| 19 | shorisquared | BADDEST U(A)P | Dandadan | Joey Valence & Brae - THE BADDEST (custom edit) | Hype Energy, Umami (Folklore & Paranormal) | Hype Energy |
| 20 | Akagi | All Star Sensha-dō | Girls und Panzer | Smash Mouth - All Star | ||
| 21 | SilkAMV | Mob’s Tea Party [Extras] | Various | NIVIRO - Annabelle's Tea Party (Custom edit) | Artistic Endeavor, Best Concept, Best Storytelling, Hype Energy, UNHINGED, Omurice | Best Concept, Omurice |
| 22 | hamstar138 | Mondays | Thank Goodness You're Here! | They Might be Giants - Let's Get This Over With | UNHINGED | |
| 23 | HaloKami Productions | Happily Never After | RWBY | annapantsu - In The Dark Of The Night | Best Character Profile | |
| 24 | Nashironeko | Surfin'Day'n'Night | Surf's Up - 2007 | The Beach Boys - Surfin’ U.S.A. | Best Upbeat | |
| 25 | Legato2400, Lightning Bear Studio | Unraveling Me | THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS | Three Days Grace - Animal I Have Become | Edgelord's Choice, UNHINGED | |
| 26 | Mr. Tired Eyes | Heavy | Arcane | Linkin Park - Heavy is the Crown | Edgelord's Choice, Hype Energy | |
| 27 | AbyssBreakingStudios | Go Heavy With It | Sakamoto Days | Justin Timberlake (ft. Timbland) - SexyBack | ||
| 28 | MinetChan | It Gets Better | Digimon Season 2 | Rex Orange County - It's Not The Same Anymore | Best Character Profile, Best Storytelling | |
| 29 | Nicokai Keda | Key to Rebirth [CC] | LEGO Monkie Kid | Yuki Kajiura - Key of the Twilight | ||
| 30 | Iren S.S. | Git God [WIP] | Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice | AWOLNATION - Hollow Moon (Bad Wolf) | ||
| 31 | Speedy180/Nekokitkat | Misery’s Smile | My Hero Academia | Melodic Immersion - Enemy | Artistic Endeavor, Draction, Omurice | Draction |
| 32 | Unaccetpable | Quick Cuts [WIP] | Frieren | Halestorm - Strange Girl | ||
| 33 | HiddenWhiteFang | Ghostfacers IV: Burning Kingdom [CC] | Supernatural | Ghostbusters 2016 Trailer Music | Umami (Folklore & Paranormal) | |
| 34 | Violet Skies | Snow Believin’ | A Little Snow Fairy Sugar | Ashley Sienna - fairies | Palette Cleanser | |
| 35 | Nashironeko | Ephemeral Threads | Plastic Memories | Jada Facer - Iris by Goo Goo Dolls cover | ||
| 36 | Paul Geromini | Iria’s Darkplace - A Quadriptych Fairy Tale (Part 1) [CC, Extras] | Garth Marenghi's Darkplace Opening, Iria: Zeiram the Animation, MS Paint | Garth Marenghi's Darkplace Opening, Dua Lipa - Dance the Night, Zeram Trailer | Artistic Endeavor, UNHINGED | |
| 37 | Princess Mareep | Deathfire | Death Note | Fever 333 - Hellfire | Edgelord's Choice | |
| 38 | BoxJoe | You’re Worth It [CC] | Various | IRyS - One Step at a Time | ||
| 39 | hamstar138 | Hopeful Desire | Madoka Magica | VoicePlay - This Wish (feat. Adriana Arellano) | ||
| 40 | thefanvideoer2 | Genesis [Extras] | Project Shadow (fan made short) | Fearless Soul - What Was I Made For? | Best Character Profile | |
| 41 | Synæsthesia Productions | Totally Honest K-ON OP | K-ON! | The Presidents of the United States of America - We are not going to make it | Best Upbeat, Palette Cleanser | |
| 42 | Lord Rae | Demons | Grimm | Hidden Citizens - Demons | Umami (Folklore & Paranormal) | |
| 43 | CrackTheSky | There's Nothing Underneath (or, The Physical Manifestation of Your Seething Anxieties) | Cencoroll | Hot Mulligan - Pop Shuvit (Hall of Meat, Duh) | ||
| 44 | James Blond | It’s Kinda Psycho [CC] | Mob Psycho 100 | Call Me Karizma - Kinda Scary | Best Character Profile, Draction, Edgelord's Choice | |
| 45 | Seasaltmemories | The Art of Adolescence | Mars | The Naked And Famous - Young Blood | Artistic Endeavor | Artistic Endeavor |
| 46 | HiddenWhiteFang | Dear Jack Kline [CC] | Supernatural | Dear Evan Hansen Trailer Music | Best Character Profile, Best Storytelling | Best Character Profile |
| 47 | DJ Pirtu | La Vita Andante [WIP] | Frieren: Beyond Journey's End | Leevi and the Leavings - Andante | ||
| 48 | Link187 | Jelly Fish [CC, Extras] | Josee, the Tiger and the Fish / Princess Jellyfish | Julian Smith - Jellyfish | Palette Cleanser, UNHINGED | UNHINGED |
| 49 | Astielerix | Is that an FMA 2003 AMV | Fullmetal Alchemist (2003) | Rob Cantor - I'm Gonna Win | ||
| 50 | Lord Rae | Hellbound | Kaiju No.8 | Autumn Kings - Hellbound | ||
| 51 | Legato2400, Lightning Bear Studio | Party in the SXF | Spy X Family | Weird Al Yankovic - Party In The CIA | Best Concept, Best Upbeat, Palette Cleanser | |
| 52 | CloudMountainJuror | The Homura Problem [CC, Extras] | Madoka Magica: Rebellion | Others by No One - A Reverie to Quell the Giants | ||
| 53 | ResyAMV | Calamity Spiral | Final Fantasy VII Remake/Rebirth/Crisis Core Reunion | Punching Bag - Set It Off | Draction, Edgelord's Choice | |
| 54 | Complicated Muse | To Love A God | Heaven Official's Blessing | Tommee Profitt feat. brooke - Can't Help Falling in Love | ||
| 55 | ResyAMV | Episode: Shinra | Final Fantasy VII Remake/Intermission/Rebirth | Various | ||
| 56 | Tyken | Trilby Your Best | Spy x Family | Hailey's On It! - He's Fedorable | ||
| 57 | CloudMountainJuror | Unshutting Eyes | Psycho-Pass | Between the Buried and Me - House Organ | ||
| 58 | TehPhoenix | Wake The Titan | Attack on Titan | Tommy Trash ft. JHart - Wake The Giant | Draction | |
| 59 | Paul Geromini | Iria’s Darkplace - A Quadriptych Fairy Tale (Part 2) [CC] | Iria: Zeiram the Animation | Perturbator - Humans Are Such Easy Prey, Jenna Russell - Red Dwarf Outro (Series 4) | ||
| 60 | vivafringe | Fight to Survive [CC] | Into the Spiderverse, Across the Spiderverse | Thievery Corporation - Fight to Survive | ||
| 61 | Unaccetpable | A Silent Reason | A Silent Voice | Hoobastank - The Reason | Best Character Profile | |
| 62 | BoxJoe | A Day in Hellsalem’s Lot [CC] | Kekkai Sensen | Tom Cardy - Transadental Cha Cha Cha | Omakase | |
| 63 | Rider4Z | Air Male | Supernatural | The Weather Girls - It's Raining Men | Tamago Don | |
| 64 | HaloKami Productions | onlyBREADS | Various | Anya Nami - Bread | Artistic Endeavor, Best Concept, Best Upbeat, Palette Cleanser, UNHINGED, Omurice | |
| 65 | Mr. Tired Eyes | Next To You | Arcane | Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile | ||
| 66 | Spuddstaaa | Guardian’s of the Cha Cha Cha | Guardians of the Galaxy, Avengers | Tom Cardy - Transcendental Cha Cha Cha | Best Concept, Best Upbeat, Hype Energy, Omurice | Best Upbeat |
| 67 | Future_Vantas | AMV Teaser MHA Zero | My Hero Academia Vigilantes Manga, Teaser, and Trailer | King Gnu - Ichizu |