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neocloud9
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Does it have to do with that mysterious shadowy figure on the left edge of the site? 
Also: AMVs are awesome - and responsible for at least 25% of my anime purchases. |
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OnanRulz
 Posts: 132 Location: The MPLS |
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Coincidentally, I just finished reading Atlas Shrugged this morning.
Ugh. |
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reanimator
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Actually Japanese animators are using combination of 2's (12fps) and 3's (8fps) in their scenes. Sometimes they use 1's (24fps) in some scenes, but they're very rare. I'm sure everyone noticed that recent Anime titles are having more and more gestural and natural reaction animations. For one thing, I was pleasantly surprised to watch a Z Gundam movie having some gestural animations. It's definitely a step up from previous decades, but also more labor for animators. Last edited by reanimator on Fri Jul 10, 2009 11:00 am; edited 1 time in total |
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vashfanatic
 Posts: 3489 Location: Back stateside |
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Every Viewer's Choice Awards Season at Anime Music Videos.org usually gives me one or two new anime series to watch. While I don't think that results in 25% of my anime purchases because 1) I keep up with anime in other ways, and 2) a lot of them are unlicensed, I would never have watched RahXephon if it wasn't for the Video of the Year back in 2004. Now it's one of my favorite series, and my ADV Box Set has seen a lot of use. What I'd actually say is that AMVs account for 50% of my music purchases. I don't listen to the radio much, so AMVs become my outlet for learning about music groups. And some of the songs people use are downright obscure (at least in in America); I never would have heard of Within Temptation or Emilie Autumn without AMVs. |
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nagato316
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Reminds me of how, when I first discovered anime music videos, it seemed at the time that Every Other AMV in the Universe had to be set to Evanescence's "Bring Me To Life." Don't get me wrong, it's a good song even today, but talk about beating a dead horse (not like alt-rock radio didn't kill it enough).  Thankfully AMVs i've seen since have gotten more varied in musical selection.
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vashfanatic
Posts: 3489 Location: Back stateside |
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It helps that Evanescence banned people from using their songs... |
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Shirogane
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I didn't encounter too many AMVs with Evanescence songs; it was mainly Linkin Park...but then again, I was into Dragonball Z at the time.
Yeah, I like AMVs too, but sometimes I'm a little wary of watching ones of shows that I haven't seen in case there are major spoilers. If I want to see if a show is worth watching (i.e., borderline interest), then I'll watch the AMV. If it is a show I know for sure that I'll be watching in the future, I'll wait until I finish it before seeing the AMV. |
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EireformContinent
 Posts: 977 Location: Łódź/Poland (The Promised Land) |
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AMV=wasting of the time
Sometimes they can be funny, but I've never seen one wchich was able to watch more than once. |
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Blood-
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The quote from the person who asked about Zac:
Am I the only one who can't make heads or tails of this? Unless Zac is personally reading one of his pieces to you in your home, how can you be in a position to "enjoy" him or not? |
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ljaesch
Posts: 299 Location: Enumclaw, WA |
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When Sakura Con was going on around here back in April, I was having lunch that Sunday with my family and my in-laws after church. My father-in-law mentioned seeing a news report about Sakura Con, and scoffed that all anime is "poorly drawn cartoons." My husband and I exchanged glances with each other, but didn't say a word.
But, then again, it can be hard for me to take my father-in-law's opinions seriously sometimes... because, this is a man who thought the kids' show "Bananas in Pajamas" was such a WONDERFUL show. 
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My Neighbor Liz
 Posts: 16 Location: Redford, MI |
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I tried to watch the Flake of the Week's but it was set to private. What was so weird about it?
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Altorrin
 Posts: 313 Location: Florida, United States |
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It could be that that person doesn't like Zac outside of his humor. Or they like his column, but not his posts outside of it. There are a lot of people I like for their humor and that's it (unfortunately). |
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Sarukah
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Haha, what? Can I get a link if possible, I would love to see how and where they said that.
Its like avoiding learning of your favorite actor/actress's political views, it usually ruins the whole thing :< |
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vashfanatic
Posts: 3489 Location: Back stateside |
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Not sure how they did it, but 4, maybe 5 years ago, Anime Music Videos.org got a notice to remove all links to videos using Evanescence songs. My understanding is that they were concerned people were using AMVs to make copies of their music by recording just the audio (I knew someone who actually did this). You can still find them in other places if you look, though. The complaint may seem silly, but their songs were overused, so maybe they did the world a favor. 
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Greed1914
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I have to say, it feels pretty cool to get my question answered! Sure it was really more of a mild curiosity than a burning question about cons, but it was still fun.
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