"GitS2: Innocence" Music Video DVD

purplepolecat · Post by **purplepolecat** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 8:49 pm

Bandai have released a DVD featuring a bunch of AMVs using Ghost In The Shell 2: Innocence and music from the GitS soundtrack.

Has anyone seen it ? How are the videos ?

Now the big question: will this cause anime distributors to view the org in a less favorable light, now that AMVs are a possible source of revenue, and giving 1000's of them away for free could undermine their efforts to realise that revenue ?

Niotex · Post by **Niotex** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 9:26 pm

They are not amv's in the sense as we have them. Its basically music from the ost mixed with background art. Its not really a music video but rather just a collection of very pretty background art mixed with the music from the movie.

Kalium · Post by **Kalium** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 11:16 pm

Niotex wrote:They are not amv's in the sense as we have them. Its basically music from the ost mixed with background art. Its not really a music video but rather just a collection of very pretty background art mixed with the music from the movie.

Honestly? That sounds pretty frickin' lame.

NS · Post by NS » Wed Nov 14, 2007 11:25 pm

so if People had more ready access to free AMVs I would suddenly want to stop making them.. the amvs that were already distributed for free?

or do you think because other people would be making money off of them It would somehow deture me in making them for fun.. and having a better chance (since it would obviously be more popular) of actually making money off of it myself?

or do you think that it would be make the anime distributors more inclined to go after AMV makers in legal ways.. even though they'd have nothing more to yell at us about.. seeing as how we'd be possible future employes?

guy07 · Post by **guy07** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 11:48 pm

Ok, 2 things:
1. We did it first, we do it best. Those money grubbing assholes need to take a chill pill and take a back seat to this ride. Come to think of it, didn't somebody win a contest and get their videos put on a DVD once ...?
2. Every time they do 'music videos'. They suck. Anyone seen the ones with Onegai Twins DVD ....? Yeah. The only thing that even comes close to a good AMV are a few Intros, and even then they usually lack a lot.

Falconone · Post by **Falconone** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 10:32 am

This dvd is really lame XD
I bought it because i over see the music video line. And then i have it... it is really not so good. You only see Background scenes played to music, and i dont see really much cuts, wait... were there cuts???

purplepolecat · Post by **purplepolecat** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 1:08 pm

Thanks for for info. It's a shame that they wasted an opportunity to put together something special or exciting for GitS.

Nerdstrudel, my point was that anime fans who know about the org are LESS likely to buy the DVD because:
a) they know what a well-edited AMV looks like, and from what I've heard, the DVD is not well-edited
b) it's psychologically unpleasant to pay for a product or service that you usually get for free

so you could argue that the org is hurting Bandai's bottom line. This is unlikely to ever be a problem because I can't see that separately sold AMV DVDs will ever be a major source of revenue for any company. With GitS, they are always trying to wring the last few cents out of their investment (e.g. the SAC commentary book&DVD set, or the huge SSS special edition)

Bauzi · Post by **Bauzi** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 1:28 pm

guy07 wrote:Ok, 2 things:
1. We did it first, we do it best. Those money grubbing assholes need to take a chill pill and take a back seat to this ride. Come to think of it, didn't somebody win a contest and get their videos put on a DVD once ...?
2. Every time they do 'music videos'. They suck. Anyone seen the ones with Onegai Twins DVD ....? Yeah. The only thing that even comes close to a good AMV are a few Intros, and even then they usually lack a lot.

You forgot point 3:
Usualy they CAN´T make good trailers. I saw only ONE good commercial anime trailer in my life and it´s this one:
http://www.TUBELINK.com/watch?v=7uYWPgPIFO4
(german GitS II trailer)
Too bad it was never released expect on the german DVDs xD

Prodigi · Post by **Prodigi** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 12:06 am

Bauzi wrote:
guy07 wrote:Ok, 2 things:
1. We did it first, we do it best. Those money grubbing assholes need to take a chill pill and take a back seat to this ride. Come to think of it, didn't somebody win a contest and get their videos put on a DVD once ...?
2. Every time they do 'music videos'. They suck. Anyone seen the ones with Onegai Twins DVD ....? Yeah. The only thing that even comes close to a good AMV are a few Intros, and even then they usually lack a lot.
You forgot point 3:
Usualy they CAN´T make good trailers. I saw only ONE good commercial anime trailer in my life and it´s this one:
http://www.TUBELINK.com/watch?v=7uYWPgPIFO4
(german GitS II trailer)
Too bad it was never released expect on the german DVDs xD

I always liked this trailer.

JaddziaDax · Post by **JaddziaDax** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 1:05 pm

Anime Works has included "image songs" on a couple of their boxed sets/DVDs.

The ones on Green Green seem fairly okay, even use a few effects in some of them but they are still fairly simple.

The ones on Sukisyo should have their creators shot... in the face... they were horrid to sit through ;_; and made me cry at the pain of watching them.