[Zarxrax]

AMV Minis Challenge #6: The 90s
Entry Period: Aug 21 - Sept 17

Let's take a blast back into the past for challenge number 6!
For this challenge, you must use BOTH an anime and audio source that are from the 1990s.
If you use a source that crosses decades, please use only parts (or at least MOSTLY the parts) that originally premiered during the 90s*.

*For anime sources we will go by the original Japanese air date.
You can look up a list of anime that qualifies here: http://www.animenfo.com/release/index.php?d=199000
Just change the dropdown box for the year AND month to browse.

Before creating your video, please be sure to read over the following page, which details the rules and explains how to submit your video:
http://www.amvhell.com/showthread.php?27304

[hosokawa37]

I get the feeling there will be a lot of entries using Evangelion, Trigun, and Cowboy Bebop lol

[Gleeman]

I get the feeling there will be a lot of entries using Evangelion, Trigun, and Cowboy Bebop lol

You don't say...:*

[N.P.C.C.]

Words cannot express how frustrating it is to be ****ed out of using a source because it's a year or two off...

[Sir Fluffykins]

I only saw JEM in the early 90's, along with Bravestar, He-Man and Bionic Six, yet...from the 80's...

[thedarkmessenger]

Durn, soon as I saw the title I was all "I can do something with Zettai Boei Leviathan!" But then I saw the post and was all "awwwwwwww....." Leviathan looks like it's a 90's anime, but it's from this year :|

*edit* does it still count if it started airing in 1999, but finished in 2000?

[Zarxrax]

does it still count if it started airing in 1999, but finished in 2000?

This is addressed in the post.
"If you use a source that crosses decades, please use only parts (or at least MOSTLY the parts) that originally premiered during the 90s"

[thedarkmessenger]

This is addressed in the post.
"If you use a source that crosses decades, please use only parts (or at least MOSTLY the parts) that originally premiered during the 90s"

oh, I thought that meant something else. Sorry :B

[PrinnyCat]

Gah seems like a lot of the animes I have which I thought were 90's are either a lot more recent or from the 80's...going to have to do some searching for this one

[Sir Fluffykins]

Can we use HD versions of shows? When Said 90's shows didn't obviously have HD?

[Haar]

They're putting everything on remastered Blu-Ray discs these days, Fluffy.
http://i.imgur.com/Axu3t0M.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/ItdE13Y.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/YkW6yZ3.jpg

[N-TG]

I have a very good idea... But I don't have the internet to download the material... DAMN YOU SUMMER HOUSE!!!!

[jinzo64]

not only does the anime need to be fron the 90's but the audio does aswell this is going to be hard.

[Zarxrax]

Can we use HD versions of shows? When Said 90's shows didn't obviously have HD?

Yes of course, as long as its just remastered and not a complete remake or something.

[kapparomeo]

I have a very good idea... But I don't have the internet to download the material... DAMN YOU SUMMER HOUSE!!!!I have a very good idea... But I don't have the internet to download the material... DAMN YOU SUMMER HOUSE!!!!

Depending on the show, you might be able to pick up a physical video of it. Some 90s shows can still be found on DVD, second-hand stores can provide a surprisingly good haul (several near where I live even have dedicated anime sections), and the Amazon Marketplace can turn up some good bargains too.

[adzman]

Buy? Anime? Bahahahahahahahaha

[N-TG]

Depending on the show, you might be able to pick up a physical video of it. Some 90s shows can still be found on DVD, second-hand stores can provide a surprisingly good haul (several near where I live even have dedicated anime sections), and the Amazon Marketplace can turn up some good bargains too.

Not where I live XD

[SarcotarascusN]

I'm mildly optimistic that this will force people to branch their sources out a bit.

[Kaiju]

I'm mildly optimistic that this will force people to branch their sources out a bit.

Or force even MOAR Evangelion AMV's.
And give an excuse for Loli and Haar to use their preferred source choices...

[Haar]

Or force even MOAR Evangelion AMV's.
And give an excuse for Loli and Haar to use their preferred source choices...

Only 13 episodes of Hunter x Hunter and a pilot movie were made before 2000, Fist of the North Star is from the 80s, and then there's Stardust Crusaders, but that's a story for another day.

[Moon Spirit]

Wow, 90s anime + 90s music? This might be a tad bit difficult.

[SarcotarascusN]

Or force even MOAR Evangelion AMV's.

Except that the use of Evangelion has been dropping off lately. AMV Hell 6.66 used it pretty sparingly, at least compared to the excess of it in 5. I think it's the same reason we don't see many Excel Saga or Azumanga Daioh AMVs now...pretty much every scene from those series has been used at some point. And if you noticed, a good number of the Evangelion clips in 6.66 were from the new movies, which have yet to be completely exploited, so to say.

I think I feel optimistic considering that 6.66 largely (not entirely, but largely) killed the extreme overuse of a few series and (mostly) avoided endlessly repeated scenes.

[mattroks101]

Ah, no Duane & Brando clips in this episode :(

[H0leNtheWall]

Anime: Dragonball GT, One Piece episodes 1-8, Pokemon epsidodes 1-129, Dragonball Z anything after episode 31, Trigun, outlaw star, Cowboy Bebop, Mobile Suit Gundum, and most of it's sequels/movies, sailor moon, rurouni kenshin, yu yu hakusho
Audio: VH1's top 100 songs of the '90s list.
Boom!

[Elwingil]

Some Ghibli (Porco Rosso, Princess Mononoke, On Your Mark, Pompoko).
Then hmm... Excel Saga, Ranma 1/2, Saint Seiya, Moomin, a few OAV like Gunnm, RG Veda or Tokyo Babylon.

Audio : I praise the one who will use Matrix or other movies from these years ;}

[Haar]

Anime: Evangelion

Audio: Smells Like Teen Spirit

Bam! You win, now.

[SarcotarascusN]

I can think of some suggestions (I've excluded heavily over-used titles):

Serial Experiments Lain
Great Teacher Onizuka
Outlaw Star
Kare Kano
Blue Seed
Nadesico
Magic Knight Rayearth
Slayers Next
Revolutionary Girl Utena
Gundam Wing
Escaflowne
Nadia: Secret of Blue Water
Cardcaptor Sakura
Rurouni Kenshin
Ghost Sweeper Mikami
Fushigi Yugi
You're Under Arrest
Saber Marionette J
Key the Metal Idol
Marmalade Boy
Slam Dunk
Initial D
El Hazard
Kodocha
Flame of Recca
Gai Gao Gar

[BakaLyte39K]

I think the best part of this challenge, is that the theme song for the 90s, Prince's "1999" was released in 1982. So you can't even use 1999 for the 90s challenge!

[adzman]

You can use Willenium though

[KiddTheManiac]

I've got an idea I'd like to try for this, but at the same time, the whole 'one entry per person' thing means that I'm gonna need a few days to decide if it's really the best I can come up with. I'd hate to submit something and then have a sudden flash of inspiration a couple days later.

[SuperLoliSentai]

I've got an idea I'd like to try for this, but at the same time, the whole 'one entry per person' thing means that I'm gonna need a few days to decide if it's really the best I can come up with. I'd hate to submit something and then have a sudden flash of inspiration a couple days later.

Well you got a whole month to think of a clip, create it and turn it in... so I say you have time.

[ThatsNotMyName_studio]

on that note

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKrpl-KBTzQ

[CetuS]

Can we use 90s cover of older songs?

[kapparomeo]

Personally I'd be reluctant to do that - something like this is meant to evoke a spirit of the age, so a retread of a different decade would be against the spirit of the theme.

[Zarxrax]

Can we use 90s cover of older songs?

If the cover sounds kinda 90's-ish, I'd say its ok. If its almost a straight copy of the original, maybe not.

[adracamas]

90's, now is that Japan releases or American releases? Because America is easily 10 years behind (if not more) Japan

[adzman]

i asked that in the chatbox and zarx said japanese release date for anime

[Thetruecrow]

Oh the 90's, how fun this will be.

"My secret tweaker pad is now the hottest pale spot in town I guess"

[jinzo64]

I have finaly decided on an anime now i just need to decide what 90's song will go best with it.

[Moon Spirit]

I got two ideas, but I don't know if they will executed well enough. Decisions, decisions, decisions.

[Guthix]

flip a coin

[Moon Spirit]

Got my materials, but now I gotta bigger problem. I can't use the files I have to make my AMV. I got the idea of what to do, but my Premiere Elements won't allow mkv files. All that time downloading, and now could be in vain.

Curse my technical impairments!

[Haar]

Get virtualdub and avisynth if you don't already have them, download FFmpeg2, and put it in your avisynth plugins folder. Presto.

[Moon Spirit]

Forgot. This is the internet. There are converters for free out there, so I got a mkv to mp4 converter to same some time.

[ThatsNotMyName_studio]

My source is 4:3 DVD.
I can have Vegas upscale it to 720p
or I can give you standard 640x480.
Do you have a preference?

[Zarxrax]

No need to upscale before sending it, 640x480 is fine.

[adzman]

But you should upscale it right off the DVD for the best quality.

[PrinnyCat]

Woo finally finished mine. Only worry is that the song I used is a pretty well-known one, so hopefully there isn't already a lot of clips using it

[Gleeman]

For some more ideas if anyone needs it:

List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of the 1990s (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Billboard_Hot_100_number-one_singles_of_the_1990s)

[Moon Spirit]

Had two ideas, but decided not to go with them. They were more AMV material than AMV Hell material, if you get my drift.

Luckily, I just remembered a 90s one hit wonder that would be perfect, though it was already one before in AMV Hell before. No matter, it's definitely comedy material.

[ThatsNotMyName_studio]

For some more ideas if anyone needs it:

List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of the 1990s (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Billboard_Hot_100_number-one_singles_of_the_1990s)

Ace of Base LOL
their stuff actually sounds better out of context.
Even in those days, we said wtf? isn't this the same song with different words?

[Zarxrax]

This challenge is now closed to any new entries.