2026 RICE
Umami (Theme)
The Passage of Time
The changes in our world, seasons, body, and/or mind
Stats
Editors: 48
Videos: 66
Spectators: 25
Dates
1 Feb - Video submission deadline
7 March - Winners announced
Downloads
Folder link
YouTube playlist
(includes award stream)
Notes
- Introduction of Okazu, the spectators' choice award
- "Wandering Samurice" was reworked to be a standalone award for wildcards instead of being assigned to a pre-existing category
- First (and last) use of
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Categories
| Aaaand ACTION! |
| Giving All The Feels |
| I Threw the Brick |
| Just Kiss Already |
| Main Character Energy |
| Quite Unsettling |
| Shenanigans |
| Storytime! |
| What a Concept! |
2026 Participant Table (tap to expand)
| ID | Editor | Video Title | Footage | Audio | Finalists | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hotterhatter2211 | A Quiet Farewell To Yesterday | Various | 100 Years - Five for Fighting | Giving All The Feels, I Threw the Brick, Umami, Okazu | |
| 2 | Complicated Muse | Remember Shibuya | Jujutsu Kaisen | Five Finger Death Punch - The End | Aaaand ACTION! | |
| 3 | Mysunsai | Why didn't they ride the eagles though? | Lord of the Rings | Sabaton - Winged Hussars | ||
| 4 | James Blond | Lover Girl's Curse | My Dress Up Darling | Laufey - Lover Girl | Just Kiss Already, Okazu | Just Kiss Already |
| 5 | cocopan | Growing Pains | The Case Study of Vanitas | JOSEPH - Fighter | ||
| 6 | Kai Keda AMVs | Wukong's Confession | Lego Monkie Kid | Hazbin Hotel - Sera's Confession | ||
| 7 | ResyAMV | Kummer | Dark | nilu - Are You With Me | Quite Unsettling | |
| 8 | CreativityGoggles | The 8th User | My Hero Academia (anime) | Sleeping at Last - Eight | Storytime! | |
| 9 | HiddenWhiteFang | Project Super Sonic | Sonic the Hedgehog Live Action, The Martian | Project Hail Mary Trailer 2 | Wandering Samurice | |
| 10 | Kai Keda AMVs | Hey Google, How Do I Write a Female Character? | various | Annabelle Dinda - The Hand | Wandering Samurice | |
| 11 | Seasaltmemories & SpuddStaaa | Xi Xiells Xi Xihells by the XieXiore | Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days Manga | Keiichi Okabem, J'Nique Nicole - Weight of the World | Storytime! | |
| 12 | BoxJoe | Volatile Attachment | Alien Stage | Dysmn - Cthulhu//Cthulhu//Cthulhu | I Threw the Brick, Quite Unsettling, Omurice | |
| 13 | Rider4Z | Fallen for the Fire | Helluva Boss | Alex Warren - Burning Down | Just Kiss Already, Okazu | |
| 14 | Winterblade AMVs | Killing Kind Pt 4 | Watamote, Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro Chan | Marianas Trench - Killing Kind | Shenanigans, What a Concept! | Shenanigans |
| 15 | AegithZ | Happy | various | NF - Happy | Giving All The Feels, I Threw the Brick, Okazu | I Threw the Brick |
| 16 | cocopan | Something Shaped Like Love | Hori-san to Miyamura-kun | CHVRCHES - Clearest Blue | ||
| 17 | BoxJoe | Internal Dichotomy | Various | NIJUUGO*A - Voices In My Head | Wandering Samurice | Wandering Samurice |
| 18 | Kazemon15 | Turning Out | Katekyo Hitman Reborn! | AJR - Turning Out | ||
| 19 | Lantis | Synergy | My Sempai is Annoying | Taylor Acorn - I Think I'm In Love | Just Kiss Already | |
| 20 | Astielerix | Too Late to Say Goodbye | The Summer Hikaru Died | Cage the Elephant - Too Late to Say Goodbye | Quite Unsettling | |
| 21 | Violet Skies | Single Player | Glitch Techs | Ava Max - Don't Click Play | Main Character Energy | |
| 22 | Iren S.S. | Relentless Stride | Furi | Hans Zimmer - Leaving Caladan | ||
| 23 | CloudMountainJuror | get busy living or get busy Daioh-ing | Azumanga Daioh | The Dear Hunter - Shake Me (Awake) | Okazu | |
| 24 | Tyken | Concrete Jungle | City the Animation | Shakira - Zoo | Shenanigans, Okazu | |
| 25 | hamstar138 | Still Worth It | Wolf Children | Em Beihold - Numb Little Bug (Piano Version) | ||
| 26 | Lord Rae | Dominus Omnium | Lord of Mysteries | Erdling - Dominus Omnium (Combichrist Remix) | Aaaand ACTION! | |
| 27 | Bale Wayner | Lose Yourself | various | Eminem - Lose Yourself | ||
| 28 | Kireblue | Affirmation | Puella Magi Madoka Magica | Hazbin Hotel - Easy | Just Kiss Already, Okazu | Okazu |
| 29 | Kaylabug394 | DokiDoki | My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999 | JVKE - This is what falling in love feels like | ||
| 30 | TehPhoenix | Sukuna Affirmations | Jujutsu Kaisen | SWARM - Alpha & Omega | Aaaand ACTION!, Main Character Energy | |
| 31 | seasons | Not Enough String IMO | Otherside Picnic | They Might Be Giants - We Want a Rock | ||
| 32 | MarshmallowGoop | skin and bone | 10 Tokyo Warriors: The Final Battle | Ruti - See Through | ||
| 33 | AbyssBreakingStudios | And So We Depart | Frieren: Beyond Journey's End | Maren Morris - Kiss The Sky | Giving All The Feels | |
| 34 | CreativityGoggles | Divine Change | Solo Leveling (anime) | Kesha - Eat The Acid | ||
| 35 | Winterblade AMVs | Bocchi's Guide to Life | Bocchi the Rock | Tom Cardy - Repress It! | Shenanigans | |
| 36 | SilkAMV | How to Call a Taxi | Alienoid 1+2 | Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes | Wandering Samurice | |
| 37 | AegithZ | Clock Strikes | League of legends | One OK Rock - Clock strikes | ||
| 38 | katranat | Graphics Interchange FUN | Various | The Hitmen - Like I love you (DJ Zex Short Mix) | Shenanigans, What a Concept! | |
| 39 | vivafringe | Growing Older | various | Sharon Van Etten - Seventeen | ||
| 40 | unaccetpable | Shimon's Still Turning Out | Gurren Lagann | AJR - Turning out | Main Character Energy | |
| 41 | EverAqua | Ante Up | Kakegurui, Kakegurui Twin | The Stupendium - Number Go Up | ||
| 42 | James Blond | Summer 4ever | Palm Springs | Absofacto - Endless Summer | Just Kiss Already, Storytime!, Umami, Omurice | Storytime! |
| 43 | thefanvideoer2 | Certified Heavy | Back to the Future 1-3 | Ingrid Michaelson - Time Machine | Umami | |
| 44 | vivafringe | Time gets crazier the longer you think about it | various | Ryan Taubert - Marvel | Umami | Umami |
| 45 | AngelicDaze | Not My Time | Frieren | mewithoutYou - The Angel of Death Came to David's Room | ||
| 46 | DJ Pirtu | Rough Forged Blade | Touhai Densetsu Akagi: Yami ni Maiorita Tensai | Akio Otsuka - Song of Hammering Iron | Wandering Samurice | |
| 47 | Violet Skies | A Steamy Romance | Elemental | Sheppard - Daylight | Just Kiss Already | |
| 48 | ShadowCore89 AMVs | The Asian American Multiverse Dream | Everything Everywhere All at Once | Sundial - The American Dream | I Threw the Brick, Storytime! | |
| 49 | thefanvideoer2 | I Understood That Reference | Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (2022) | NF - The Search | Quite Unsettling | |
| 50 | PrincessMareep | Fight Back!!! | Lego Monkie Kid | Icon for Hire - Demons | ||
| 51 | unaccetpable | She Needs A Hug | Mieruko-Chan | H3lpH3lpH3lp - Keep Calm | ||
| 52 | Paul Geromini | The Anarchy | various | Four Fists - Joe Strummr | Quite Unsettling, What a Concept! | Quite Unsettling |
| 53 | AngelicDaze | We Were (Mutually) Assured | Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons | NENA- 99 Luftballons | Quite Unsettling, What a Concept! | |
| 54 | PrincessMareep | Eternally Separated | Arcane | Alex Warren - Eternity | ||
| 55 | Tigrin | Dead Man Walking | Banana Fish | 5 Seconds of Summer - Youngblood | I Threw the Brick, Storytime!, What a Concept!, Umami, Omurice | What a Concept!, Omakase |
| 57 | Complicated Muse | O'Ecstasy | various | Sia - Move Your Body (Alan Walker Remix) | ||
| 58 | TehPhoenix | The Last Duel | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Star Wars: Episode III - The Revenge of the Sith | Samuel Kim - Star Wars: Imperial March (Anakin's Suffering), Eliott Tordo - The Last Agni Kai (cover) | ||
| 59 | Paul Geromini | The Good Guys | Noir | Spruke - Shoot the Bad Guys | Aaaand ACTION! | |
| 60 | HiddenWhiteFang | Emotional Support Humans | Sonic the Hedgehog Live Action | Rachel Platten - Stand by You | Giving All The Feels | |
| 61 | Rider4Z | Spandex Butterfly | Tengan Toppa Gurren Lagann | Ninja Sex Party - Danny Don't You Know | Main Character Energy, Shenanigans, Storytime!, Omurice | Main Character Energy, Omurice |
| 62 | Fullmetal Cowboy | Beyond Yesterday | Frieren: Beyond Journey's End | The Beatles - Yesterday | ||
| 63 | Akagi of the Northwest | Arpeggio of Blue Steel x Larger Than Life | Arpeggio of Blue Steel | Backstreet Boys - Larger Than Life | ||
| 64 | Lord Rae | Great Pets of the 22nd Century | Fantastic Planet | Porno for Pyros - Pets | Quite Unsettling | |
| 65 | AbyssBreakingStudios | And So We Impart | Frieren: Beyond Journey's End | Maren Morris - Even When I'm Not | Giving All The Feels | Giving All The Feels |
| 66 | Yuusharo | Legacy | Star Wars Galaxy of Adventure | Daichi Miura - Blizzard | Tamago Don, Okonomi | |
| 67 | ShadowCore89 AMVs | The Boy Who Shattered Time | ARCANE | James Murray - Clock Running | Aaaand ACTION!, Main Character Energy, Omurice | Aaaand ACTION |