For some time now, ever since I started playing around with .avi files and Videdit, I have dreamed of being able to create the amazing productions made possible by the MPEG format. At last, I have good video editing software and a capture card of my very own. And here are the results! Please read all the details about each video before viewing it, and send me any comments you might have.
I Still Do
Video: Sailormoon
Audio: "I Still Do" by the Cranberries
Completed October 28, 2007
This is a very basic video, made to celebrate the completion of my epic fanfiction "Against All Odds." It features footage from the Silver Millennium flashbacks in the anime, as well as some scanned images from the manga. A smaller Windows Media format file is available on the AAO website.
Includes clips from:
Sailormoon
Download:
AVI file, approx. 66.1 MB
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The Bad Crack
Video: Azumanga Daioh
Audio: "We Are All On Drugs" by Weezer
Completed August 1, 2007
Ever since I first heard this song I couldn't stop connecting it with Azumanga Daioh. It was a video that begged to be made. It's my first comedy and my first attempt at some fancy effects. I tried a lot of new techniques for the first time with this one, and although it's still not top-quality, it's worlds better than any of my previous videos. I'm very pleased with it.
This video won Best Comedy and Best In Show at AnimeIowa 2007.
Includes clips from:
Azumanga Daioh
Download:
AVI file, approx. 78.5 MB
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Run Vash Run!
Video: Trigun
Audio: "American Money" from the Cowboy Bebop OST
Completed March 16, 2006
This was kind of a rush job, and my shortest video yet at just over a minute long, but I really like it. It was nice to do something short and fast for a change. This video features Vash the Stampede doing what he does best - running away from people.
Includes clips from:
Trigun
Download:
MPEG-1 file, approx. 15.3 MB
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Without You: Usagi and Mamoru
Video: Sailormoon R
Audio: "Incomplete" by the Backstreet Boys
Completed September 6, 2005
This is my fourth music video, finally complete. It's a Sailormoon music video about the, erhm, R-season breakup between Mamoru and Usagi. Yes, the most overused plot arc of all time. But at least it's not a fanfic. ^_~
Includes clips from:
Sailormoon R
Download:
MPEG-1 file, approx. 52.7 MB
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The Wings of Love: Van and Hitomi
Video: Vision of Escaflowne
Audio: "Angel" by Aerosmith
Completed November 10, 2004
After more than two years, I'm finally back with a new video! I had this idea way back when I was making AMVs before but I didn't get the DVDs for Escaflowne until just recently. It was so nice to finally see the first chorus for real instead of just in my head. ^^;; This is a romance video featuring Van and Hitomi, using the TV series version of Escaflowne. It's my first romance video, as well as my first AMV using all-DVD footage and my first attempt at using Pinnacle for an AMV (although I had so many problems I ended up doing some of it with Ulead ~_~;;). I'm very happy with it and I hope you enjoy it.
Includes clips from:
Vision of Escaflowne
Download:
MPEG-1 file, approx. 66.1 MB
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All Puffed Up: The WHOOPASS Girls
Video: The Powerpuff Girls
Audio: "Mama Said Knock You Out" by LL Cool J
Completed February 28, 2003
DISCLAIMER: ALL FOOTAGE USED IN THIS VIDEO WAS TAKEN FROM TELEVISED PPG EPISODES. This means the Cartoon Network logo appears in the bottom-right corner of THE ENTIRE VIDEO. By using TV footage I was able to use scenes from any episode I wanted, rather than being limited to the dozen or so episodes available for purchase that have been used and reused to death in AMVs already. Besides, unlike anime shown on Toonami or Adult Swim, the Cartoon Network actually owns the Powerpuff Girls, so what's wrong with giving them a little credit?
That being said...
Basically, this video is a fight video showing the Powerpuff Girls beating up various bad guys. At the time that I started this video, the only PPG videos I'd seen were character profiles or similar probes into the life and personalities of the Girls. I wanted to make a video showing them as the butt-kicking superheroines they are! The subtitle comes from the fact that the Powerpuff Girls were originally named the Whoopass Girls. Really. If you don't believe me, check out a good fansite.
Includes clips from:
The Powerpuff Girls
Download:
MPEG-1 file, approx. 65.5 MB
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Avada Kedavra: The Anguish of the Survivors
Video: Various Anime
Audio: "Gone Away" by Offspring
Completed January 25, 2002
Revised April 13, 2006
This is my first-ever MPEG music video, and my second full-length video overall! I had lots of ideas, but by total coincidence my first project happened to be "The Death Video." Actually this video focuses not really on death scenes, but on the pain of loss felt by those who were close to the character that died. It does include death scenes, so obviously this video is full of spoilers! It is meant to be a very emotional video...if you consider it a tearjerker, I'll consider it a success. The first version of this had a lot of low-quality fansub footage, but in early 2006 I finally collected the DVDs I needed to make a revised version with all clean subs-free material.
Includes clips from:
Bishoujo Senshi Sailormoon, Cowboy Bebop, Fushigi Yuugi, Please Save My Earth, Serial Experiments Lain, Tenchi Muyo, Trigun, X: The Movie, YuYu Hakusho
Download:
MPEG-1 file, approx. 57.0 MB
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