[JinVicious]

I figured since AMV Hell 3 was the reason I started watching anime I should start a thread about just that.

Far as I am concerned, the highest level of success a clip can achieve is making somebody who's never seen the anime watch it.

What animes have you watched because of an AMV Hell clip and which clip(s) was/were it/they?

I don't feel a need to list mine since 95% of the anime I've seen I specifically watched because it was in AMV Hell, mainly AMV Hell 3.

[Leef]

Battle Angel, Berserk, Excel Saga, I know there is more but I cant think of them now.

[AllAroundAwesome]

I have an entire list of animes (53 total) that I either want to watch or have watched all because of AMV Hell. I think I have watched 19 thus far :)

I couldn't name the clips if I tried though, there are too many for me to go through!

[hosokawa37]

There are so many anime I have watched b/c of the AMV Hells lol.

Chobits
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Evangelion
Excel Saga
Sayonara Zetsubou-sensei
WORKING!! [well, I plan to watch it soon lol]

I feel there's more lol.

[mattroks101]

Death Note, Naruto, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Hellsing, Lucky Star, and Azumanga Daoh.

[Guthix]

hm... thats bascialy 100% anime after code geass

[JinVicious]

I think aside from Saiyuki, Vampire Hunter D, Tenjho Tenge, Samurai Champloo and Ah! My Goddess all the anime I've seen I watched cause I saw it in AMV Hell and thought it looked interesting, funny or I just wanted to understand the jokes.

Berserk (2nd anime series I ever watched)
Cowboy Bebop
Trigun
Fist of the North Star
Excel Saga
Azumanga Daioh
Love Hina
Tenchi Muyo (Still watching this one)
Grenadier
Golden Boy
Chobits
Ranma 1/2 (Still watching this one)
Full Metal Alchemist (Still need to finish this one)
Akira

There's probably others that I can't remember, I wanna try to see every anime in 3 excluding anything by Hyao Miyuzaki (Because I don't care for his work) and the cartoony stuff like Sonic and those kinds of clips. Course some I won't watch cause they are only in Japanese.

[Veran]

The other way around for me. Watched AMV Hell because I had watched so much anime.

A coworker of mine pointed out that I should watch something called "Afro Samurai." Watched over 60 series since then. I think I have seen one of each genre. I looked for new stuff to watch at TVtropes.org. The "gorn" section is a good start. After that, anything I see mentioned often.

It's a good thing; AMV Hell 4 relies on the audience having actually seen the Susumiya Haruhi show, as well as a number of others.

[humnut]

I love AMV Hell just for the fact that it single handedly turned me from a part time closet anime fan into a full on otaku. The anime I watched because of it was; The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Lucky Star, One Piece, Naruto, FLCL, Mahou Sensei Negima, and Dokuro Chan, to name a few. I can't remember the clips specifically, except for Negima, which got me interested with the Magic Stick clip in AMV Hell 3. Oh, and the Come to Daddy clip in 4 made me watch Lucky Star, oddly enough.

[LOLWTFBBQ]

I love AMV Hell cuz some clips do a nice way of bitch-slapping regular anime by crossing it with American culture XD

hmm I dont remember how many shows I watched because of AMV Hell, but it wasnt that many actualy

[Veran]

You must have at least looked up Eiken.

What a show that was. 'twas awful. In many ways.

[Backmask]

Lucky Star.
I remember hearing about it, but it looked incredibly bad, so I didn't watch it. Later, I saw it in AMV Hell 4. Soon after, I thought, "This show can't be that bad." Unfortunately, I watched it and it was ****ty beyond belief.

[Veran]

Timotei... timoteii...

[bloodlover1987]

excel saga, hand maid may, chobits , girl meets girl, i my me strawberry eggs thats the main ones that got me curios enough to watch them

[Kaiju]

Azumanga Daioh is an obvious one.

There were others, but I watched because of variaty of factors, not just AmV Hell... except Azumanga.

[santiago198]

far too many to list.

[Trilobiteer]

Solely because of AMV Hell I have seen The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Azumanga Daioh, Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-Chan and Elfen Lied. Plus just about all of the ones on my 'To watch' list are on there due to AMV Hell clips.

[LawRayLiet]

Like others have said I've watched to many to count.

But the thing I love about Hell is learning of new anime and discovering songs I'd never heard before or that I haven't heard in forever.
While getting a laugh out of it.

[Malev]

Inverse - I had to watch Rozen Maiden in order to make the AMV for Hell 5; the concept of the clip was made without ever watching it.

Bit of a painful week...

[Antonio Black]

Haruhi Suzumiya
And I think "When They Cry" (Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni)
But the Hell series is probably the reason why I got SO many of my old favorites on DVD.
Oh snap, I just realized something. Has there been no Big O clips in the series?
Time to brainstorm.

[bloodlover1987]

Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-Chan and Elfen Lied i forgot about those 2

[Doomimus]

AMV Hell was my gateway drug into otakudom (assuming such a word exists).

[JinVicious]

AMV Hell was my gateway drug into otakudom (assuming such a word exists).

Interesting word O.o
Patent that so you can make loads of money!

[nipple]

Animes you watched because of AMV Hell

NONE.

Oh wait, maybe akira

[thedarkmessenger]

I haven't watched any anime as a result of seeing it in hell yet. There are a couple I"m thinking of, though.

[Antonio Black]

I honestly think I ran out of animes to watch because of AMV Hell. Any I knew before were there, and any I discovered on my own time were shown after I watched them, and anything I had not seen I've checked out at some point.
God...I think this is why we need to incorporate more video games into AMV Hell.

[Himither]

Mh....actually I never watched an anime because of AMV Hell.

Years ago I found a collection of AMV's from Maria of chocofansubs and I started to watch a few animes because of them.

Afterwards I found aniDB and since then it's been my one and only means of finding new animes. o_O

[MADEVIL]

I would have to say a lot too, seeing a clip and then wonder what its from because it looked interesting

[JinVicious]

NONE.

Oh wait, maybe akira

I forgot Akira too, I only just saw it a few months ago.

[jinzo64]

probably gunslinger girl

[Osaka117]

Pretty much all of them. I've seen all anime in AMV Hell, and most in 4 and 5. If I hadn't seen it already, I went out and found it.

[SarcotarascusN]

Cat Soup: SSG's clip in AMV Hell 3 piqued my curiosity. It's an oddity, but the imagery is beautiful, and there's something melancholically moving about it.

Azumanga Daioh: (It's everywhere....)

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time: Partially because of the animation, and the jokes in AMV Hell 5. Another treasure.

Grave of the Fireflies: I originally thought it was a sequel to "Totoro" (or possibly a rip-off), since Kanta and Seita wear that same naval hat. I'm glad I explored a bit further and found out what it actually was.

Wolf's Rain: Well, seeing the clip made me more interested in seeing it when a friend offered the DVD to me.

And there are quite a few others I want to check out.