Tag: AMV
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AnimeNEXT AMV Contest 21 Year Retrospective Panel
Do you like old things? Of course you do! Do you like Mike and Meri talking about old things? Oh boy, do we have a fun video for you! AnimeNEXT 2023 took place this past weekend here in New Jersey. We actually ran the Anime Music Video (“AMV”) contest at the convention from 2003-2008, and…
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First AMV in 12 Years: “Flashback” (Various Dragon Ball Footage)
Forgive me Dende, for I have sinned: it has been twelve years since my last anime music video.* Presenting: “Flashback” The Background The last video I worked on was 2010’s “Ain’t No Rest For the Wicked“, a multi-source video that ended up winning “Best Drama/Serious” at Otakon 2010 (after about a decade of entering, our…
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Otakon 2011 In Review
My first Otakon was back in 1999. I went for just one day, but for little 17-year-old Mike, it was quite an eye-opening experience. Bootleg CDs were obtained (how was I supposed to know what SonMay was?!), anime was watched (Hiko Seijuro walking on-screen during the Rurouni Kenshin OVA received the loudest applause I’ve ever…
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Some AMV Behind-The-Scenes Stories
If you’re following this blog then you are probably vaguely familiar with who I am, so needless to say, I have a history with Anime Music Videos. Meri got me into them when we met back in 2000; I was seriously non-interested prior to that, but when she showed me some good ones and I…
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DRM-Free Is The Way To Be
This has nothing to do with Spore. Sorry. One of the funnest (see what I did there? It’s topical!) things that Meri and I do after AWA is create some kind of “mix-tape” (well, an MP3 playlist that may or may not be burned to CD for my line-in-less car audio system) of our favorite…