Actually, I'm kind of glad that Knowname took my back on this one. I know that it's the forums and people share opinions and all that, but...
So, naturally, that's the sort of humor that people tap into when making videos. You'd know this if you had any fucking clue what you were talking about, instead of complaining that the actual series doesn't live up to what you think it is.
...I feel a bit insulted by that kind of statement. "I don't know what I'm
fucking talking about?" Those are harsh words my friend, harsh words!
Anyway, the fact of the matter is that one should NOT require previous knowledge of an anime or manga when watching a music video. Sure it helps, but it shouldn't be MANDATORY! That's like playing the old "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" video game. All text-based, and the only way you could really get through was to have a working knowledge of and have all of the Hitchhiker's Guide books.
The same applies to a Fruits Basket AMVs. Watching the series and knowing some about the characters can help for some jokes more than others, but a sign of a really good AMV is where one doesn't HAVE to understand the characters or what's going on. This goes for comedy, action, drama, the works!
Of the AMVs I've seen of Fruits Basket, all I've seen are videos that require WAY too much on prior knowledge to the anime or manga, and also are just plain bad. One example was the Itchy and Scratchy vid that someone made which just did NOT live up to expectations.
And as for the story, I know this much:
1) We have family cursed to transform into animals when hugged by someone of the opposite sex. The father turns into a dog, the mom a boar, and the two kids, Kyo and Yuki I believe, turn into a cat and mouse respectively.
2) The 13 cursed people all hail from the Chinese Zodiac, except for the cat, which is why Kyo is pissed because the Cat got left out of the Zodiac. Reminds me of Chris Rock in Dogma! He was the 13th Apostle left out of Jesus' crew, so given something like that, I can see how Kyo would be POed about there being 12 and not 13 Zodiac animals.
3) Kyo and Yuki fight... A LOT!
4) We got this nice lovely lady gal who's with the family and happens to be really freaked out at first by the transformations, but learns to live with it. Kyo and Yuki both like her and fight over her, and it just becomes constant... well... love triangle stuff.
Now I gained all this WITHOUT reading the manga or watching the show. I read up on ANN, check out NewType, and keep my ears peeled to all the anime news I can.
In fact, turns out I DO have a
fucking clue, so please, don't be too hasty to judge someone just because they post more in "General Anime" than they do "General AMV", and therefore assume I'm some upstart noob. I am not, and never was, at least here at this board. Now 10 years ago, THEN I was a noob! Oh man, was I a noob!
:shakes head: Anyway, I think I made my point. I got to check some of these vids out. (Stinkin' work and not being able to listen to vids and :Grumble grumble: )
~Otaku-Man