Also, scodger, that explains a lot... what a cool project. posted by anthill at 1:36 AM on May 28, 2007
My favorite AMV is this Macross Plus video for Cake's "Going the Distance". posted by The Tensor at 1:54 AM on May 28, 2007
One of my favorites is Caffeine Encomium, which does a very good job of capturing the spirit of the anime series Kodomo no Omocha(Child's Toy) using the William Tell Overture. posted by Tenuki at 2:42 AM on May 28, 2007
AMVs interest me the least when they are most literal -- it seems like the most popular ones are simply a tedious cut-and-paste a shot to literally illustrate each line jobs.
That said, sometimes they nail it. posted by churl at 2:56 AM on May 28, 2007
PS I wasn't talking about the ones you linked in the post, anthill; I found those pretty unique and enjoyable. posted by churl at 2:57 AM on May 28, 2007
I do love me a good anime music video. I think they can be so good because they take all the lush visuals of an anime, and all the symbology, and serve it up next to a song that provides a super-compact, concentrated narrative and atmosphere around it - there's a (loose) emotional payoff every second or so, rather than every few minutes. Also, to some extent the viewer has to/gets to construct their own narrative around the visuals which means they avoid the potentially clunky writing that supports them in the actual anime.
I've always liked this fairly epic one, though as AMVs go it's quite old.
Various oldies - Dare to be Stupid. The song has been done to death in AMV circles, but this is the only one I've found that finds a perfect match for the verse "stick your head in the microwave". posted by PsychoKick at 9:24 AM on May 28, 2007
There's also AMV Hell's videos, which feature many different songs, cut together in a channel surfing format. Very funny stuff.
And then there's AMV Hell 0, which carries the following disclaimer on the website:
This video contains extremely explicit content. It is seriously one of the worst things ever produced. It is also highly offensive to just about all groups of people. By clicking the following link, you agree that you are over 18 years of age, or of the legal age to view adult material where you live..
Some clips of it are on youtube, but to get anywhere near the full glory of it, you'll have to downloaded the full version from their website, which gives a bittorrent link.
Or go for the heavily edited youtube version: Part 1 and part 2. posted by Arturus at 9:41 AM on May 28, 2007
Wow, great finds...
I figure that most anime studios have enough budget for one or two fast action scenes every show, and have to fill in the rest with two-frame mouth moving stills. Condensing the incredible visuals with a good hook is akin to crack. Or special K, for most of the stuff out there. posted by anthill at 9:51 AM on May 28, 2007
I was introduced to this via a friend showing me AMV Hell 3. I can't count the number of times I've watched that once since - it's on my PC, streamable to my TV, and on my Zune. It's absolutely great, and I knew it would be the first time I watched it when the All In The Family theme song came up.
I can't recommend that one enough to anyone, anime fan or not.
Other than that... I've been mostly unimpressed with the rest of them I've seen. Perhaps AMV Hell ruined my attention span, but it seems like doing an entire song with clips from just one anime isn't that interesting unless you're a big fan of both the anime being used and the song it's done to. (Which is probably why I'd only put up with ones using Azumanga Daioh) posted by evilangela at 9:00 AM on May 29, 2007
If you're going to watch the Pokemon Mindless Self Indulgence video, do yourself a favor and watch the original version. The YouTube version has synch problems and you don't get the full effect of the meticulous timing.
This is the video by which all other videos are measured. posted by darksasami at 10:33 AM on May 29, 2007
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