Getting Animes For AMV

[Kariudo]

and that option isn't condoned by this site

Let's leave it at that, shall we?

[JaddziaDax]

I'm the 1%?
lawl... you don't need to be rich, you just need to stop paying for cable tv so that all you watch is on DVD... and then buy them over time like me

[mirkosp]

Only things which would require you to be rich are Japanese DVDs and BDs (as in the actual Japanese edition) which truly have insane prices. Prices in Europe and in the US are more than affordable, really.
Then again, my perception about cheap and not could be skewed by the cost of life over here compared to whatever prices you're used to in the US, but yeah.

[l33tmeatwad]

Why has no one mentioned renting or borrowing yet? You can always rent them, make the video, then send the disc back...I prefer to own, but I've needed small clips from a random show before so I borrowed the disc from a friend. I've also been wanting to remaster my first AMV and I don't have that series, so I've thought about renting it since I don't have in my budget to purchase such a long series right now. As long as you aren't keeping copies of the discs, i don't think it's a big deal.

[mirkosp]

Yes, that does work well too.
I've had friends borrowing me anime, actually (though just for watching generally, rather than for AMVing)... I hardly think about renting though because over here it's quite hard to find good renting services that offer many anime (and there's no netflix either).