How did they begin????
Oh and bring on the sarcasm
AMV's, History of
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mjsmith6743
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Minion
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kiarrens
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Fan-made music videos to anime have been around pretty much as long as people have had 2 VCRs and an anime VHS to work with.
Looks like official contests at conventions started in 2000, and the 'org started up around October 20, 2000 (Phade's join date).
Pre-org, you had to search around online on people's personal websites to find AMVs, it was a major hassle.
Looks like official contests at conventions started in 2000, and the 'org started up around October 20, 2000 (Phade's join date).
Pre-org, you had to search around online on people's personal websites to find AMVs, it was a major hassle.
ConnectiCon 2009 - 2013: FMV Contest Coordinator
AnimeBoston 2010 - 2013: Cosplay Chess Coordinator
AnimeBoston 2012/2013: Assistant Masquerade Coordinator
AnimeBoston 2010 - 2013: Cosplay Chess Coordinator
AnimeBoston 2012/2013: Assistant Masquerade Coordinator
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Minion
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http://www.umbrellavideo.com/vault/lorr ... anasia.zip
i don't know if this is the oldest in the vault, but i think it's the oldest that includes a date.
they were at least being made in the late 80s, from stories i've been told
i don't know if this is the oldest in the vault, but i think it's the oldest that includes a date.
they were at least being made in the late 80s, from stories i've been told
KioAtWork: I'm so bored. I don't have class again for another half hour.
Minion: masturbate into someones desk and giggle about it for the remaining 28 minutes
Minion: masturbate into someones desk and giggle about it for the remaining 28 minutes
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Minion
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ZephyrStar
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Kionon
- I ♥ the 80's
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RichLather
- Joined: Tue May 15, 2001 8:11 pm
- Location: Lancaster, OH Position: One of the Elder Statesmen of the .org
Wow, folks like Vlad and I are being elevated to some kind of legendary status! I don't know if that's good or not...Minion wrote: they were at least being made in the late 80s, from stories i've been told
My first AMV was made back in December 1989, and Matt Murray of Corn Pone Flicks had some done even before that. This was back before the Intarwebz, so things were pretty compartmentalized; those of us in the southeast at the time didn't know what was going on in the northeast, and fan activity west of the Mississippi River might as well have been in another country.
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NS
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outlawed
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Updating my post from a year about about this subject.
Pre-Internet
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Some people threw clips of their favorite anime together with some music as a lark. They were just happy someone else enjoyed it. Usually these clips were shown at sci-fi cons or the early anime ones (what few there were).
1998-2000
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AMVs start to pick up steam and have more organized pools of creators discussing things online in 1999 on the AMV ML hosted on egroups (egroups would later be taken over by yahoo where the ML still resides today). AMVs online presence truly started during this time frame with some FTPs hosted on college bandwidth. As for the creators there were people with balls who would talk some smack and back it up in in anime convention competitions which were become more frequent and with a larger billing and audience.
2001-2002
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Equipment and anime source eventually became more attainable and pretty soon everyone and their brother made AMVs. This site was made and took off and this turned the small private party into a big free for all. The real AMV creators eventually got bored, got lives, or were just too drunk to care anymore and they disappeared from the face of the earth. Historians disagree as to the status of the demi-god Kevin but many believe his mystique grew so great that he transcended into nirvana.
2003-2005
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AMV making is referred to as a hobby. Non-USA released footage becomes trivial to obtain thanks to P2P for many editors.
2006-present
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The youtube/flash/blipvert generation. Short quick laugh gimmick videos to quickly entertain have gained immensely in popularity. These videos are often pumped out quickly before the show even completes airing. To become a hit video online you now need to feature high quality editing or have a very good gimmick because it is impossible to generate enough word of mouth to become noticed without one of those two anymore. This is because of the amount of content that is being produced daily is of an astronomical level. The talent level still remains high despite the massive exodus of well known editors from the previous generation who have given up AMVs so they can focus on more important things like World of Warcraft.
Closing comments
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Ok so I wasn't wholly serious with this post. At the least I can say that a lot is different in the attitudes of who is involved now but people can still enjoy a good amv every now and then and that's the only important thing.
The only thing that has remained constant across the 4 cycles since the internet presence of AMVs is that many creators still think people will give a shit about their AMV.
Pre-Internet
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Some people threw clips of their favorite anime together with some music as a lark. They were just happy someone else enjoyed it. Usually these clips were shown at sci-fi cons or the early anime ones (what few there were).
1998-2000
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AMVs start to pick up steam and have more organized pools of creators discussing things online in 1999 on the AMV ML hosted on egroups (egroups would later be taken over by yahoo where the ML still resides today). AMVs online presence truly started during this time frame with some FTPs hosted on college bandwidth. As for the creators there were people with balls who would talk some smack and back it up in in anime convention competitions which were become more frequent and with a larger billing and audience.
2001-2002
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Equipment and anime source eventually became more attainable and pretty soon everyone and their brother made AMVs. This site was made and took off and this turned the small private party into a big free for all. The real AMV creators eventually got bored, got lives, or were just too drunk to care anymore and they disappeared from the face of the earth. Historians disagree as to the status of the demi-god Kevin but many believe his mystique grew so great that he transcended into nirvana.
2003-2005
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AMV making is referred to as a hobby. Non-USA released footage becomes trivial to obtain thanks to P2P for many editors.
2006-present
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The youtube/flash/blipvert generation. Short quick laugh gimmick videos to quickly entertain have gained immensely in popularity. These videos are often pumped out quickly before the show even completes airing. To become a hit video online you now need to feature high quality editing or have a very good gimmick because it is impossible to generate enough word of mouth to become noticed without one of those two anymore. This is because of the amount of content that is being produced daily is of an astronomical level. The talent level still remains high despite the massive exodus of well known editors from the previous generation who have given up AMVs so they can focus on more important things like World of Warcraft.
Closing comments
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Ok so I wasn't wholly serious with this post. At the least I can say that a lot is different in the attitudes of who is involved now but people can still enjoy a good amv every now and then and that's the only important thing.
The only thing that has remained constant across the 4 cycles since the internet presence of AMVs is that many creators still think people will give a shit about their AMV.