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PNN Creator Challenge Open for submissions

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$5,000 cash prize pool

Create an original anime news segment using one of our official PNN anchors and your own reporting style.

We provide the anchors and production assets. You bring the story.

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$2,500
First place
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$1,000
Second place
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$500
Third place
Special awards · runner-up categories
😂Funniest Segment$250
🗞️Biggest Scoop$250
🔥Biggest Piece of Ragebait$250
🌀Most Mindbending Video$250
👑Jinx's Favorite$100 merch credit
Theme

Create a fictional PNN news broadcast covering:

  • A current news story
  • A recent event
  • A cultural moment
  • A political event
  • A market story
  • A technology announcement
  • Your own commentary on something happening in the world

We're looking for compelling storytelling — not just technical execution.

Video requirements

Length & format

  • Minimum: 45 seconds
  • Maximum: 3 minutes
  • 16:9 or 9:16
  • Any resolution 1080p or higher

Must include

  • At least one official PNN anchor
  • The PSYOPANIME or PNN logo, visible in your video
  • Original editing
  • Original narration or subtitles
  • A complete beginning, middle, and end
Choose your anchor

Use one or more official PsyopAnime News Network anchors. Official assets will be provided.

Max
PNN Anchor
Jinx
PNN Anchor
Ray
PNN Anchor
Barry
PNN Anchor
Assets we provide
  • Character reference sheets for all four anchors
  • Anchor stills from the newsroom
  • The PNN studio background and full environment reference
  • Official PSYOPANIME logo

Combine these with your own artwork, AI generations, animation, editing, music, and sound design.

Download the asset pack

Creative freedom

Use any workflow you want — any production pipeline is allowed. Examples:

  • Grok
  • Midjourney
  • Seedance
  • Veo
  • Runway
  • Kling
  • Photoshop
  • Premiere
  • DaVinci Resolve
  • Blender
  • Live action compositing
  • Traditional animation
Judging criteria

We're looking for videos that excel in:

  • Storytelling
  • Creativity
  • Editing
  • Cinematography
  • Animation
  • Sound design
  • Overall entertainment value
  • Effective use of the PNN universe
Production quality alone will not determine the winner. A clever, engaging story can beat a technically perfect video.
Submission

Step 1: Post your video on X and include:

@PsyopAnime#PsyopAnime#PNNChallenge

Step 2: You must also submit your video via e-mail to submissions@psyopanime.ai. Entries are not complete until both steps are done.

Deadline: September 4, 2026 — entries posted after the deadline will not be considered.
Ownership

You retain ownership of your original creative work.

By entering, you grant PsyopAnime a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to repost, showcase, promote, and feature your submission across our channels while crediting the creator whenever reasonably practical.

What we're looking for

Imagine this is an actual anime news network. Produce something that makes viewers stop scrolling.

Make them laugh. Make them think. Make them uncomfortable. Make them impressed.

Create the kind of broadcast that could only exist inside the PsyopAnime universe.

Transmissions received

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