AMVs Vs. Anime

requiett · Post by **requiett** » Fri Jun 03, 2005 2:07 am

This is a two-choice forum post that doesn't completely suck ass. Congratulations. AMVS > ANIME.

Eek-1 · Post by **Eek-1** » Fri Jun 03, 2005 2:37 am

I used to buy Anime titles that were just my favourite and worth collecting, but these days I look for dvds that I think could be used for editing.

Gallup · Post by **Gallup** » Fri Jun 03, 2005 2:57 am

I watch most AMV's to if there are any interesting shows that I want to watch. In fact it was because of an AMV that I was introduced to Excel Saga. Sometimes I will get a series just for editing, but normally these come through Netflix so that I don't have to spend a ton of money.

Eek-1 · Post by **Eek-1** » Fri Jun 03, 2005 3:08 am

Gallup wrote:..it was because of an AMV that I was introduced to Excel Saga.

lol, same here. I never knew the anime was so good until I saw the popup vid.

LCY84 · Post by **LCY84** » Fri Jun 03, 2005 3:25 am

Castor Troy wrote:amvs, definitely.

I only watch series just to make amvs of them.

X2

AquaSky · Post by **AquaSky** » Fri Jun 03, 2005 6:42 am

I still watch a healthy amount of anime, mainly keeping up on the new stuff. So on average, I'd say I spend more time watching anime than AMVs.

angelx03 · Post by **angelx03** » Fri Jun 03, 2005 6:55 am

IcyCloud wrote:I still watch a healthy amount of anime, mainly keeping up on the new stuff. So on average, I'd say I spend more time watching anime than AMVs.

In a certain way, same thing here. Of course, if there's someone who uses the new anime series for their AMVs or uses anime that NOBODY bothers using, I'll be defientely more interested in AMVs (thus why I pimp some underrated videos in my sig like what I'm doing to the YamiBou video I discovered

).

Post #7000, woot!

Pyle · Post by **Pyle** » Fri Jun 03, 2005 9:48 am

Yeah, I actually do watch AMVs a lot more then anime now. Of course, this is because most anime doesn't offer the cool content and sync that AMVs do, along with my favorite music.

Digitalex · Post by **Digitalex** » Fri Jun 03, 2005 9:56 am

Anime still holds the lead since I've been into anime way before I ever attempted to make an AMV. However, it's cyclical for me.

I've gained interest in a lot more anime because of the AMVs. I love to watch AMVs as a preview to a series. That leads me to buying more DVDs which then inspires me to work on an AMV of my own. I spend days if not weeks listening to music to try and find something original. I then do more searches on the org to see if someone has already used that piece. If so, I watch their AMV to make sure the concepts are different or I simply mark that off as BTDT and move on to the next musical piece.

I wind up watching the series over and over (because I enjoyed it) to see what clips I would like to use. I also try to come up with some alternate or parallel theme to the series in my proposed AMV. This cycle lasts at least a month so I don't actually start editing at all. Once the editing starts I limit my viewing of other anime I have purchased and it will probably take another month of editing (damn day job gets in the way).

I have a queue of at least 6 series that are still waiting to be watched. However, I still check out other AMVs which leads me to buying even more which I won't get to watch until later. I get inspired once again (hopefully once my current project is done) and prepare for the next round.

temaranight · Post by **temaranight** » Fri Jun 03, 2005 11:32 am

I've found I'm more into the AMV side of things nowadays than I am the anime...mainly because I've not found a series I've like that well since finishing Bebop and Trigun.