- User Name: Second Element
- Member Since: Tuesday, May 13, 2003, 6:28 AM
- Donation Level: Total Leech (Contributor)
- Studio: Second Element Video
- Location: City of Trees, CA, USA
- Homepage: http://www.second-element.com
- Last Login: 2009-12-28 14:05:00
- Forum Info: Profile Posts (53)
- Journal: Last entry made on 2006-08-11 03:19:49
- Usefulness: 525.3 with
32 opinions
[average 119.7 of 224014 opinions; standard deviation 438.6 ] - Profile: -----------------------------
UPDATED 07/08/07
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Well, let's see. More than a year worth of video editing and nothing to show for it. Why is that? Because for the second time, we've suffered a data loss set-back. The second hard drive we used to store the majority of our current projects on just completely crapped out one day and is inaccessible. We started looking around for computer fix-it shops, and the lowest price quote we got was $600 just for the data recovery. Otherwise, the hard drive is fried and unfixable. If the data can be saved from it, we are looking at a cost of no less than $600. Needless to say, this has been infuriating, and if I still had the original receipt for that hard drive, I would be calling up it's maker now, demanding that they pay for the data recovery, as the piece of crap didn't even last A YEAR.
In the meantime, we're kind of stuck inbetween a rock and a hard place. Do we wait around even longer and see if we can get a better deal on getting our video projects back? Or do we start from scratch all over again? The very idea of the latter just infuriates us. In the meantime, we have bought a far more expensive second hard drive with a good reputation, and have purchased an extended coverage plan for it. So we have started up a few new projects to try and take our minds off the anger we have over losing 13 different AMV projects; some of them, such as 'Insane', we had been working on for more than 5 years. So a lot of work down the tubes.
In the meantime, we'll try to catch up on replying to all the opinions that have been left for us over the past several months. Thanks again to all of you who have continued to download our videos and have left feedback, and thank you for continuing to recommend our AMVs to other fans across the internet.
Thank you again to everyone for their outstanding support and well-wishes!!
Our email: DONTSPAM_mizu@second-element.com_DONTSPAM
Current Long-Term Projects:
"Rose in the Wind" complete Remaster, Reissue, plus new writing.Expected release July 2006.Entire working project lost due to malfunctioning HD. Release now uncertain.
"Gone Insane" Experimental "Inu Yasha" opera with original Japanese Audio from tv series mixed in.Expected release early 2006.Entire working project lost due to malfunctioning HD. Release now uncertain.
AMVs Coming Up with the Following Animes:
Juuni Kokuki ( 2 )
Kazemakase Tsukikage Ran ( 1 )
Wolf's Rain ( 1 )
Eat-Man '98 ( 1 )
Rurouni Kenshin ( 4 )
Inu Yasha ( 7 )
Cowboy Bebop ( 1 )
Peace Maker Kurogane ( 1 )
Jubei-Chan 2 ( 1 )
Howl's Moving Castle ( 1 )
Revolutionary Girl Utena ( 2 )
Video Girl Ai ( 1 )
Now and Then, Here and There ( 1 )
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Hello!
You've come upon the AMV account for Second Element Video. We are a studio made up of 2 guys and 1 girl ( the latter of which maintains this account ). Although we dabble in various anime sources, we are most well known for our unique Inu Yasha videos. While our first finished AMV attempt is "Two Way Dream", we made a name for ourselves among the Inu Yasha fans with "Rose in the Wind" ( which is funny, as we consider that video very much incomplete and lacking ). "The Other Side of Time" really put us on the Inu Yasha map, as it is our most downloaded AMV, with currently over 40,000 downloads. We can only assume word of mouth put it over the top, so we are incredibly grateful towards all the fans and "repeat customers" that continue to download and enjoy our videos.
AMVs are our hobby, but as can continue to shape our style of writing and editing, we hope to someday go to competition. Not so much to win anything, but to get more exposure. To those our viewers who continue to download our newest videos, and have been with us since the beginning, our deepest gratitude. We want you to experience something new with each of our videos, and without you, we would have no reason to continue making more. Thank you for your continued support, enthusiasm, and encouragement.
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>>>>>>UPDATE JULY 8TH, 2007
Well, let's see. More than a year worth of video editing and nothing to show for it. Why is that? Because for the second time, we've suffered a data loss set-back. The second hard drive we used to store the majority of our current projects on just completely crapped out one day and is inaccessible. We started looking around for computer fix-it shops, and the lowest price quote we got was $600 just for the data recovery. Otherwise, the hard drive is fried and unfixable. If the data can be saved from it, we are looking at a cost of no less than $600. Needless to say, this has been infuriating, and if I still had the original receipt for that hard drive, I would be calling up it's maker now, demanding that they pay for the data recovery, as the piece of crap didn't even last A YEAR.
In the meantime, we're kind of stuck inbetween a rock and a hard place. Do we wait around even longer and see if we can get a better deal on getting our video projects back? Or do we start from scratch all over again? The very idea of the latter just infuriates us. In the meantime, we have bought a far more expensive second hard drive with a good reputation, and have purchased an extended coverage plan for it. So we have started up a few new projects to try and take our minds off the anger we have over losing 13 different AMV projects; some of them, such as 'Insane', we had been working on for more than 5 years. So a lot of work down the tubes.
In the meantime, we'll try to catch up on replying to all the opinions that have been left for us over the past several months. Thanks again to all of you who have continued to download our videos and have left feedback, and thank you for continuing to recommend our AMVs to other fans across the internet.
Thanks for the luv! ^_^x
My Profile
global average
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- Originality8.48
- Visual Quality8.36
- Audio8.99
- Action Sync8.45
- Lip Sync8.23
- Special Effects8.49
- Effort8.60
- Re-view-ability7.92
- Overall8.43
average given
- Count32
- Originality9.34
- Visual Quality8.50
- Audio8.88
- Action Sync8.94
- Lip Sync7.40
- Special Effects8.73
- Effort9.63
- Re-view-ability9.28
- Overall9.34
average received
- Count221
- Originality9.34
- Visual Quality9.50
- Audio9.76
- Action Sync9.45
- Lip Sync
- Special Effects9.38
- Effort9.60
- Re-view-ability9.24
- Overall9.53
FAVORITE ANIME MUSIC VIDEOS
10 FAVORITE ANIME
- 1.
- Inu Yasha (TV)
- 2.
- Rurouni Kenshin / Samurai X - 1st OVA (Tsuiokuhen, Trust & Betrayal)
- 3.
- Rurouni Kenshin (TV)
- 4.
- Inu Yasha: Affections Touching Across Time (Movie 1)
- 5.
- Violinist of Hameln (TV Series)
- 6.
- Kazemakaze Tsukikage Ran
- 7.
- Eat-Man '98
- 8.
- Wolf's Rain
- 9.
- Juuni Kokki
- 10.
- Shoujo Kakumei Utena
My Videos (16)
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Stats:[hits]Artist SongAnime SpoilersAnime Non-spoilersCategoriesLinks
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Lost Souls (2006-04-01)[hits: 4847][opinions: 13]
- Within Temptation Jillian (I'd Give My Heart)
- Mermaid's Forest
- Character Profile
- Drama
- Horror
- Serious
- Local
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I Feel for You (2006-03-19)[hits: 3728][opinions: 8]
- Nightwish Feel for you
- Inu Yasha (TV)
- Character Profile
- Drama
- Romance
- Serious
- Local
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The Haunting (2005-10-27)[hits: 13901][opinions: 32]
- Kamelot The Haunting ( Somewhere in Time )
- Inu Yasha (TV)
- Character Profile
- Drama
- Other
- Romance
- Serious
- Local
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Heirloom (2005-10-06)[hits: 5794][opinions: 10]
- Nightwish End of all hope
- Inu Yasha (TV)
- Inu Yasha: Swords of an Honorable Ruler (Movie 3)
- Inuyasha Movie 3 - The Sword of World Conquest
- Action
- Drama
- Serious
- Local
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Twilight Dreams (2005-08-30)[hits: 2016][opinions: 5]
- The Moody Blues The Evening: Twilight Time
- Vampire Princess Miyu (OVA)
- Character Profile
- Horror
- Other
- Serious
- Local
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Requiem for a Family ( Bring me to Life ) (2005-08-26)[hits: 873][opinions: 1]
- Evanescence Bring Me To Life
- Violinist of Hameln (TV Series)
- Character Profile
- Drama
- Sentimental
- Serious
- No
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We Belong ( Anyplace, Anywhere, Anytime ) (2005-07-30)[hits: 6946][opinions: 14]
- Nena & Kim Wilde Anyplace anywhere anytime
- Inu Yasha (TV)
- Inu Yasha: Affections Touching Across Time (Movie 1)
- Inu Yasha: Castle Beyond The Looking Glass (Movie 2)
- Inu Yasha: Fire on the Mystic Island (Movie 4)
- Inu Yasha: Swords of an Honorable Ruler (Movie 3)
- Character Profile
- Comedy
- Drama
- Fun
- Romance
- Sentimental
- Local
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Love Changes Everything (2005-04-04)[hits: 1644][opinions: 3]
- Anthony Warlow Love Changes Everything
- Rurouni Kenshin / Samurai X - 1st OVA (Tsuiokuhen, Trust & Betrayal)
- Rurouni Kenshin / Samurai X - 2nd OVA (Seisouhen, Reflection)
- Character Profile
- Drama
- Romance
- Sentimental
- Serious
- Local
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Ever Dream (2004-12-22)[hits: 5691][opinions: 13]
- Nightwish Ever Dream
- Inu Yasha (TV)
- Inu Yasha: Castle Beyond The Looking Glass (Movie 2)
- Action
- Drama
- Romance
- Serious
- Local
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Memory's Coldest Winter (2004-09-07)[hits: 9051][opinions: 14]
- Kamelot On The Coldest Winter Night
- Kamelot Helena's Theme
- Kamelot Interlude 4 ( Dawn )
- Inu Yasha: Affections Touching Across Time (Movie 1)
- Inu Yasha: Castle Beyond The Looking Glass (Movie 2)
- Action
- Character Profile
- Drama
- Romance
- Serious
- Local
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How Many Stars (2004-07-17)[hits: 4378][opinions: 16]
- Preeya Kalidas and Raza Jaffrey How Many Stars?
- Inu Yasha (TV)
- Inu Yasha: A Feudal Fairy Tale (Manga)
- Inu Yasha: Castle Beyond The Looking Glass (Movie 2)
- Character Profile
- Drama
- Romance
- Serious
- Local
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The Gravity of Love (2004-03-30)[hits: 6634][opinions: 17]
- Enigma Gravity of Love
- ...There are 6 anime...
- (click title for full list)
- Action
- Character Profile
- Drama
- Romance
- Serious
- Local
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Original Sin (2003-12-06)[hits: 10921][opinions: 19]
- Meat Loaf Original Sin
- Rurouni Kenshin (TV)
- Rurouni Kenshin / Samurai X - 1st OVA (Tsuiokuhen, Trust & Betrayal)
- Action
- Character Profile
- Drama
- Serious
- Direct
- Local
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The Other Side of Time (2003-09-21)[hits: 10936][opinions: 17]
- Mary Fahl On the Other Side of Time
- Inu Yasha (TV)
- Inu Yasha: Affections Touching Across Time (Movie 1)
- Drama
- Romance
- Serious
- Direct
- Local
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Rose in the Wind (2003-06-30)[hits: 8737][opinions: 21]
- Anggun A Rose in the Wind
- Inu Yasha (TV)
- Character Profile
- Drama
- Romance
- Serious
- Direct
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Two Way Dream (2003-05-18)[hits: 8266][opinions: 18]
- Bjork Bachelorette
- Inu Yasha (TV)
- Action
- Drama
- Serious
- Direct
- Local