AMVs Vs. Anime

[AquaSky]

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]

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]

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]

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.

[ladydx]

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.

[Castor Troy]

amvs, definitely.

I only watch series just to make amvs of them.

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Then when I realized I don't wanna do an amv to a certain series.. it kinda stays on the shelf and collects dust.

[bum]

Being a poor man on a crapy conection I see little of iether.

[JCD]

Both, kinda, I would say. AMVs are my one and only hobby in general, I'm crazy after them, but I also watch alot of anime without a thought of using them in an AMV first.

But well yeah, it can be said that I spend around the same amount of time watching AMVs as watching Anime, but I rather work on an AMV than doing the latter. Then again, almost all the time I spend in the internet goes to the AMV Community, only a little goes into looking for new Anime and such.

[FoxJones]

No. I'm into AMVs because I like anime, not the other way around.

[.:SR:.]

Well, You can't really find good anime in here, but well, I still get to watch it, and yes, I only watch more anime in order to edit more AMV's.

[madbunny]

Anime. I watch and have copious amounts of it.

I've found that watching AMVs tends to get me interested in a series that I might not watch otherwise.

[tuathaanwarrior]

I go in a very extreme cycle of anime/amv/other stuff. I will spend all my time on anime for a period of time, then here a song adn spend all my time on an amv for awhile. Then i will go for a long time without any of either one. The thing is that whichever part of the cycle i am in, i get completely absorbed adn end up spending all of my free time on whatever it is, and nothing else.

[Kerydwenn]

I'm more into anime than AMV. Of course, depending on the moments, I'll feel more hyped about editing and "making something with an anime I like" than about "only" sitting and watching; however, I wouldn't get an anime that I don't like just for the footage and the hopes of making an AMV to it (I don't have that much money to throw through the window ).

On the other hand, it IS true that watching AMVs has allowed me to get interested in some anime that I'd probably have overlooked if not for the vids made to them. It's also true that if I didn't like anime in the first place, I very likely wouldn't be interested in AMVs either.

[Zarxrax]

When I first got into anime I was really a hardcore anime nerd sort of person... I would watch every single anime that I could, watching hours of it every day. When I eventually got into AMVs, my interest in anime began dwindling little by little. These days, I really don't even watch anime anymore. I'll occasionally watch an episode or 2 of something, decide it sucks, and go back to not watching anything. I honestly wouldn't care if I never saw another anime again in my life. Not to say that I wont... because I probably will. It's just no longer something thats important to me.

My love for amvs though has only grown, and pretty much completely replaced the need that I had for anime. I've even used anime for amvs that I haven't even watched a single episode of... So yea, AMVs all the way.

[Digitalex]

My love for amvs though has only grown, and pretty much completely replaced the need that I had for anime. I've even used anime for amvs that I haven't even watched a single episode of... So yea, AMVs all the way.

How do you get inspired to make an AMV then? Is it mechanical for you?

I usually watch a given anime and if I truly liked it, I form a concept for the project.