I first started to get into Anime a couple of years back when the Sci-Fi channel played Armitage and a few other Anime's at about 2:00 A.M. during the summer. I had seen some of the first episodes of dragonball z when I was about 11 on WB (hard to believe they had it but..), they came on a few times at 5 in the morning.
So I've enjoyed anime for a while but never really had the opportunity to see any major movies or series. I bought Akira, Ghost in the Shell (A dissapointment), and Jin Roh, and have seen some movies that my friend has.
I've been here before (about one year ago), the friend who has other anime movies told me about a really cool AMV using FF VIII and an Adema song. I never got into the site though, because I was on dial up

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So now I am in college and if you check my join date, that is the day after I got here. I started downloading videos left and right (I now have 48 on my computer). After spamming on the forums for about two weeks I decided I should stop being lazy and contribute to the AMV's that are out there, even if it is just my first and more of a learning process than a creation.
When I was driving back to college after visiting my parents for the weekend I heard Aerials playing on the radio and suddenly clips from Jin Roh popped into my head. I thought "Hey that's a good idea, now I can stop spamming and actually do something", I checked the list of AMV's when I got back and the only other Aerials AMV was Wanka's "Holy leaping ninjas batman".
I have no clue how many hours I spent on it but I know it took me 3 weeks to finish (I procrastinate alot). It is under 40 megs but is 720 x 480 and rather nice quality. some may groan when I tell them it is wmv, but the player works well and hey, I'll export it in a different compressed format soon.
So it is done, and anyone can get it from me through AIM. Over the next few weeks I'm either going to try to find free hosting or more likely dish out 100-150 bucks a year for a more reliable service and create my own webpage.
I haven't started on a second one yet but I already chose a song and Anime and have it partially worked out in my head.