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• Member: Millenium Strife
• Studio: Sakuraba Mahoroba Studios
• Title: A Tribute to Mahoro
• Premiered: 2005-04-08
• Categories:
  • Romance
  • Sentimental
  • Instrumental
• Song:
  • Toshio Masuda So Long~
• Anime:
  • Mahoromatic
  • Mahoromatic ~Something More Beautiful~
  • Mahoromatic: Summer Special
• Participation:
  • Sakura-Con Anime Music Video / Orriginal Video Animation ontest, Sakura-Con Anime Music Video / Orriginal Video Animation ontest (2005-04-08)
• Comments: This is my very first video I have ever made, and I was actually proud of how well it came out. Mahoromatic is one of my all-time favorites and it always chokes me up when I watch it. This video is a tribute to one of the most lovely and fasincating anime characters I have ever seen, and I was more than happy to pay a special tribute to the lovely combat maid, Mahoro.
  
  Stats:
  Video was created with a PC-
  AMD Athlon XP 2800+ Running at 2.09 GHz
  768 MB DDR RAM
  Windows XP Service Pack 1
  Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 Educational Version
  Music was ripped as a 44100 WAV from the Mahoromatic ~motto utsukushii mono~ Soundtrack CD
  Video was ripped from DVDs of Mahoromatic, Mahoromatic ~motto utsukushii mono~, Mahoromatic Summer Special.
  AMV Contest Video entry was encoded in Huffyuv 2.11
  AMV.org Download version was encoded DivX 4.12
  
  Time:
  Since this was my first video, I wasn't quite sure what I was trying to do with Premiere, so I toyed with a lot of different things before I actually got to making my video. As a result, this video probably took more time than most did for it's play length (2:51). Total time for the actual project was probably well over 30 hours since I had to rewatch the anime, take the DVDs and rip EVERY episode, skim each episode for possible clips, and then edit the clips to how I wanted them to play, then place them into the project, toying with timing and such.
  
  Music:
  This is kinda of a unique video since it uses music from the actual Mahoromatic soundtrack, which is a BGM. "So Long~" was played as an opening for the very last episode of Mahoromatic ~motto utsukushii mono~, and I have never heard a more powerful BGM played during an anime. Very first time I heard this BGM during the anime, I personally bawled my eyes out since it was so overwelming.
  
  I thought this would be a very nice track to set my video to, since it is Mahoro's "farewell song" in the anime. I suppose it makes it that much more powerful and emotional for me as the video's creator. ;.;
  
  Video:
  I tried to divide the clips into an equal amount of her as a maid, conducting her maid-like duties, and her as a combat android, not able to escape her fate as a warrior. I found clips that also catered to her adorable, sweet side, and her combat prowess as a Vesper android. The overall theme of the video is to pay tribute to her and how she ultimately cannot escape her destiny.
  
  Video Premise:
  I'll be honest. I love Mahoro. She's one of the most gorgeous anime characters I have ever seen in an anime. I have never seen someone as graceful, lovely, caring, self-less and as vibrant as her, in both her character and voice. Might also have to do with the fact that I have a thing for anime maids.. *chuckle* But no, this video has nothing to do with sexuality, but just as her as a character and I wanted to convey my feelings about her, as both a maid and as V1049-R MAHORO, the warrior who has a destiny which is unavoidable. I hope the audience is able to see and appreciate the scenes I have used in this video.