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by Sukunai » Thu Apr 17, 2008 1:23 pm
Amvs are art, the second you forget this all you've shown us is you like anime X and song Y and wanted to end up with amv Z.
Big deal. Any dolt can cram a great song onto some great anime footage and think they've made a neat amv.
I've seen amvs that had a great song and I ended up downloading the song because I liked it, and I turfed the amv because it wasn't really any good.
The song has to GO with the anime. They need to seem like they were made at the same time. This applies for sentimental as well as just plain goofy.
I've ended up watching anime I've seen first in amvs. I don't mind seeing sequences for the first time in an amv. It doesn't spoil the anime. I mean what am I going to do, stop watching amvs for fear I might see something from an anime and ruin a surprise?
Again, amvs are a form of artistic expression. Create good art, and you'll have a great amv. Create lousy art, and you can assume no one will remember it.
Anime, one of the few things about the internet that doesn't make me hate the internet.