Old-schooler returning to the fold...

rogueWRX · Post by **rogueWRX** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 4:40 pm

Well, sort of

I made a few videos back in ye olden days (96-2000) with friends in college.

Videos were released as either Rogue Studios, Dimension Video, Karinkuru, or Mirth... depending on who was calling the shots

Armitage and Reverbe were my partners in crime.

I happened on my first AMV on YouTube through an unrelated Google search... Evangelion to Europe - The Final Countdown. I found it's been remade here...

http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members ... d_id=61108

I'm just astounded, frankly, and flattered that TEN YEARS later a few people still remember these and think they were worthwhile

Final Countdown was about the first Eva AMV in the US, as far as I know. I premiered it at Katsucon and it ran up against only a single other Eva video... a year later they were everywhere, which makes sense for such a good series.

The video was made from VHS and fansub source, so my editing was VERY limited... quality suffered, and I made it under a time crunch (edit one week, head to con next week). I always wanted to go back and REALLY rework it, give it the attention it deserved. A lot of the "this part doesn't seem so strong" sections were filller I ended up having to leave in for the final cut.

I'm uploading one of my last works: Nadesico to Fat - Pull. This was a much faster, more technical work and I think people might enjoy it. I never released it wide. Real life took over

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 4:45 pm

You're kidding. You made that?

*shakes hand*

Either that or Engel was the first AMV I saw (in which case, you made at least the 2nd AMV I'd ever seen

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rogueWRX · Post by **rogueWRX** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 4:56 pm

Otohiko wrote:You're kidding. You made that?

*shakes hand*

Either that or Engel was the first AMV I saw (in which case, you made at least the 2nd AMV I'd ever seen )

Let me be clear... yes, I made it. And imho, Engel beats it HANDS DOWN.

Kevin Caldwell was THE MAN.

When I was starting out I was hanging out mostly with Paikuhan of Reality/Yagami Studios, Pakman, and talking a lot to Joe Croasdaile of Maboroshi. I was in awe of guys like him and Brad Demoss.

My original AMV experience was Mike Ko's El Hazard to Sarah Brightman - Once in a Lifetime. I wonder if that's up here...

badmartialarts · Post by **badmartialarts** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 5:03 pm

I remember Dimension Video videos.

Well...I remember the logo at least.

Koopiskeva · Post by **Koopiskeva** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 5:26 pm

I remember this vid... good times. : ]

Melanchthon · Post by **Melanchthon** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 5:26 pm

rogueWRX wrote:My original AMV experience was Mike Ko's El Hazard to Sarah Brightman - Once in a Lifetime. I wonder if that's up here...

It's here. The Super Search is a good place to start if you're after videos, although there are a couple, such as Evangelion Opus, that aren't available directly from the site.

I've only seen the remake of your vid. I had no idea the original was so old.

doughboy · Post by **doughboy** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 6:05 pm

Wow, I think I once had Final Countdown encoded with the Indeo codec.

It didn't play correctly after some additional codec installations, and I was quite bummed to never be able to see it again.

oldwrench · Post by **oldwrench** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 7:50 pm

Thanks for the amv's. That was the first amv my son brought home from college. I saw it once and was hooked. So now I know who to blame for getting me into this whole anime buisness. I still have your amv and it is still a favorite of mine.

Lyrs · Post by **Lyrs** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 12:14 am

...someday, you'd wish you never returned.

FoxJones · Post by **FoxJones** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 6:48 am

Yup.. NGE - Europe - Final Countdown was one of the first ones that also I really liked back when I was introduced to AMVs ^_^
Good to have you back ^.^b