[Zarxrax]

Hardly getting any entries for the non-Japanese animation episode of AMV Minis.

Just thought I would throw out some sources so you guys can remember how freaking awesome they are, and maybe consider making some entries with them :)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Ducktales
Rescue Rangers
Doug
Rugrats
Ren & Stimpy
Hey Arnold!
Spongebob
Tiny Toon Adventures
Animaniacs
Freakazoid
Fat Albert
The Flintstones
The Jetsons
Inspector Gadget
The Simpsons
Dragon's Lair (game)
Dexter's Laboratory
Johny Bravo
Beavis & Butthead
Super Mario Bros Super Show / Zelda


Discuss.

[Pain]

Hmm does the video have to be 7 seconds?

[Zarxrax]

Hmm does the video have to be 7 seconds?
No.

[Doomimus]

Let's not forget the many Disney, Pixar, DreamWorks, etc. theatrical releases.

[LawRayLiet]

I already put in some submissions but the only thing I noticed is that it's a bit harder to find cartoon episodes to download especially in good quality. I don't know if that's maybe a reason some people can't turn their ideas into amv.

[mattroks101]

Is teen titans ok? I mean it's Japanese styled but it was produced in America. I have 2 full seasons of teen titans on my PC and like 3 more in DVDs I got off of Amazon.

[LOLWTFBBQ]

Teen Titans should work... I mean if Boondocks works then TT would I assume

Im currently working on a great Courage the Cowardly Dog skit!

[mattroks101]

:D Time to start making AMVs!!!

[Zarxrax]

Yep, those are all ok.

[Kaiju]

Hey, don't forget Batman: TAS, Batman Brave and the Bold, and practically any series based on a comic book. Superhero cartoons are an American staple!

[darkzi]

the only fear of this special is a lot of the shows didnt really have a dvd release so we may expect watermarks from nick or disney on them

[Evileel]

Yes, usually AMVs made from 90's shows are crappy quality and with numerous watermarks.

[Doomimus]

Anime-style shows like Avatar The Last Airbender count as well.

Speaking of Avatar, let's not discount photo-realistic CG animation like in James Cameron's Avatar.

[LOLWTFBBQ]

dude, if we counted CGI then I could pretty much make a whole AMV out of Beowolf alone XD

damn, gonna have to letterbox if I cant let the Cartoon Network watermark be in the shot

[Doomimus]

dude, if we counted CGI then I could pretty much make a whole AMV out of Beowolf alone XD

I'd pay good money to see that. And by money I mean attention.

[Malev]

Don't forget that this covers European animation and more. Anyone wanna bust out Bob & Margaret, Asterix, The Raccoons, or Mr. Rossi for this?

It's too bad my Wakfu idea didn't gel and had to be scrapped. Luckily, I already sent it one idea that Chewi105 liked.

[XelaisPWN]

I imagine The Secret of Kells could make a pretty cool AMV. :P

*nudgeBakanudge*

[AKALink]

To bad I have like no sources for american amvs.

[SarcotarascusN]

Great idea:
Persepolis. Trippy animation makes wonderful AMVs.

[jinzo64]

when i heard about this i thought people would be submitting tons of spongebob and my little pony friendship is magic.

[kapparomeo]

If you're worried about poor video quality and watermarks, a lot of these shows have since been released on DVD and are reasonably inexpensive.

Anyway, I have a couple of months' worth of backlog of anime skits so while I upload those over the next few weeks my creative effort will be put to cartoon skits.

[Guthix]

i thought amv were origilay made from anime only

[Chewi105]

i made a neat one from the lion king :P

[jinzo64]

i heard family guy was banned and if thatss thew case people should use the simpons or amarican dad instead

[scarmullet]

I have western animation that I've done vids with...time to start submitting.

[LOLWTFBBQ]

question: can we use Robot Chicken?

[vejtornado]

must make a megas xlr bit

[Guthix]

must make a megas xlr bit

probably one of the most bearable cartoons

[vejtornado]

probably one of the most bearable cartoons
more like one of the most awesome cartoons ever :D

[Sir Fluffykins]

Totally needs that scene from Futurama where Fry sees "I love you Leela" made out of stars to, Tinie Tempah - Written In The Stars

[Guthix]

throu my brainstorming i remembered "aaaaahhh real mosnters" and a song they see me rolling kinda fits if anyone want to grab this idea.
they see me rollin -crum eye ball rolls n blinkls or w/e
they hatting -za teacher [rage is his way of breathing]
trying to catch me riding dirty -any bloody dumbster scene + main chars on a vejicle
my music so loud -thers an episode wers a story told of an actual troll [main reason i linked this song] the troll lived under and brindge n there was an awfull music scene
id love to tell more details like what episodes but i dont feel like rewatching the same bloody cartoon.

[SarcotarascusN]

^ That'd be a good show to use, but someone already used that song in AMV Hell 4.

Don't throw the idea away, but maybe watch the clip so that your idea doesn't just turn out to be a straight copy.

[Sir Fluffykins]

^ That'd be a good show to use, but someone already used that song in AMV Hell 4.

Don't throw the idea away, but maybe watch the clip so that your idea doesn't just turn out to be a straight copy.

Are you talking to me or Guthix, cause I thought Written in the Stars hadn't been used before :/

[SarcotarascusN]

Guthix. If I had been talking to you I would have put ^^.

[EvilestDeath]

I have a feeling, Zarxrax, you should not put this video on YouTube after completion. YouTube gladly accepts anime but western cartoons would be an easy target for them to remove. Especially whith the diverse amounts of shows used. And if it's removed once it will be again but sometimes they Jew you out of your entire channel because of copyrighted material as we all know.

[Guthix]

^ That'd be a good show to use, but someone already used that song in AMV Hell 4.

Don't throw the idea away, but maybe watch the clip so that your idea doesn't just turn out to be a straight copy.

i have many more ideas [most seem to end up as copys] i chose to dump this one cuz this show has 4 seasons,i suck at editing and im already ocupied learning to master sai.

[EvilestDeath]

This is too late to really suggest but might as well say it, anyone thought of using reverse-jokes from the AMV Hell series in this? As in using the clips from an anime used (lets say the Gurren Lagann/Megas XLR clip from AMV Hell 5) and instead using Gurren Lagann opening with Megas XLR?

The reverse of AMV Hell, hmmm...Anti-AMV Hell? Oh I so just copyrighted that idea! lol

[Backmask]

This is too late to really suggest but might as well say it, anyone thought of using reverse-jokes from the AMV Hell series in this? As in using the clips from an anime used (lets say the Gurren Lagann/Megas XLR clip from AMV Hell 5) and instead using Gurren Lagann opening with Megas XLR?

That sounds pretty, damn difficult to accomplish. Not to mention that it probably wouldn't be that funny. The Megas XLR theme was funny because it was in English, so we could understand it, and the lyrics were just self explanitory. The theme for TTGL is:
"kimi wa kikoeru?
boku no kono koe ga
yami ni munashiku
suikomareta

moshimo sekai ga
imi wo motsu no nara
konna kimochi wo
muda de wa nai?"

Good luck with that.

[tanis_lionheart]

MLPFIS with PowerPuff Girl audio.

DOO IT!

[SarcotarascusN]

Going off of this.....

Dexter's Laboratory with Paranoia Agent audio, the reverse of a clip in AMV Hell 4.

[EvilestDeath]

That sounds pretty, damn difficult to accomplish. Not to mention that it probably wouldn't be that funny. The Megas XLR theme was funny because it was in English, so we could understand it, and the lyrics were just self explanitory. The theme for TTGL is:
Good luck with that.

Foreign songs are recognizable by their beats and musicality too.

The original joke relied on ones knowledge of the show Gurren Lagann and its similarities to Megas XLR, like the main characters both stumbling upon their robots. So the viewer had at least heard part of the theme song while they watched Gurren before, or not seen the show at all. In this case, the video was just about some kid and robots + a Semi-related song. Without the background knowledge of the animes or songs or shows used, all good two way reference clips fall flat as jokes.

The theme to Gurren Lagann would be equally interchangeable with using Megas XLR clips because the same people who understood the connection in the first clip would recognize the theme to Gurren Lagann if only for the musicality of it. Similar to how you can recognize theme songs from many animes but not know a single lyric.

Lets play guess that anime, this might be hard, some songs are not in english! And it is cheating to read YouTubes suggestions, I worked hard to find versions without the shows title in the title...ok not really.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RqYEe_ohzc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jAipHXsoUI&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAvg0RHJTdA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3pokDHZnmI

Know the shows without cheating? Well good then you would recognize it used with a video from a different show. It's not like the visual changes what you remember from hearing the song. Take that song and add in a video from a different show that has similarities to the anime the song was from and not only did you have your viewers remembering the anime, they are now connecting what they know to the new similar visuals. Not difficult at all, you just have to rely on the song not the lyrics. For a reference like that anyways, there are plenty of other types of references but I just wanted to explain one and why it would easily and effectively work in reverse.

Soooo...yeah it would work very well. Its just like anime clips using other animes songs or audio. Not everyone will get it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKivBbd3teA but only those who do understand, will see what the AMV's artist wanted to show.

That last clip was included in AMV Hell 4 for those who will not look it up or read around the video on YouTube.

[Sir Fluffykins]

I think reverse references could work, there's been a few "other language" amv hell clips that worked just fine (German and a few Indian I believe) Season 2 Mini 3 ended with a Indian Bollywood clip that worked great.

On the other hand

I never saw Gurren Lagenn or Megas XLR when I saw that clip and thought it was brilliant, so I didn't have knowledge of either except for previous amv clips. So previous knowledge is definitely not needed to 'get' the clip if it's well done

[Bakagami]

I guessed all but the Naruto one from just the name of the song XD Perhaps I have too many anime ops and eds.

[Kaiju]

Seriously no Batman amvs proposed yet? Guys?
The Animated Series would be fun to do. Especially with One Bad Day by Bobaflex being played around Hamill!Joker. (The Lyrics were taken from "The Killing Joke" by Alan Moore(AKA THE BEST JOKER/BATMAN COMIC EVER) So that would be a neat reference)
and Don't get me started on Brave and the Bold. That **** writes itself.

[EvilestDeath]

I think reverse references could work, there's been a few "other language" amv hell clips that worked just fine (German and a few Indian I believe) Season 2 Mini 3 ended with a Indian Bollywood clip that worked great.

On the other hand

I never saw Gurren Lagenn or Megas XLR when I saw that clip and thought it was brilliant, so I didn't have knowledge of either except for previous amv clips. So previous knowledge is definitely not needed to 'get' the clip if it's well done

I would like to know why you thought it was "brilliant" if you were clueless to the source material. Inside jokes just don't work without the knowledge of the joke. If I were to yell, "The Game" at a public area I would get little to no response related to the actual "Game" itself unless someone knew about it (the reference) beforehand. While for some it may bring up a memory of a different "game" the ones who know about it or something.
Now if you thought the video was "brilliant" just because you "liked it" then that's a different subject of its own. Then it would rely on personal tastes for the visuals and music/audio used, not the anime and reference.

But no matter your answer, it proves what I was trying to say from another angle. Some videos just "work", so there's little reason that the reverse use of a joke would work just as well. I have not analyzed the first video in AMV Hell 5 yet but I think it's an example of a video that just "works" with the audio being very slightly or completely unrelated. (Do not hold me to that example, I can easily be wrong about its audio not being very relevant to the video.)

But having a "good" video and having a good "reference" video are two entirely different things. Mainly jokes only work if you know the parts of the joke. Try telling a Chuck Norris joke to someone who has never heard of him and you'll see what I'm talking about. The reference joke fails due to the person not knowing the reference. BUT it doesn't mean the joke wont work, it just means the reference didn't. Same goes here with that Gurren Lagann clip.

Video analysis is such a pain to explain there's just way to much to cover on the subject.

[Sir Fluffykins]

You kinda sound like you're disagreeing with me, even though I was backing you up.... :/

What's with all the psycho-analysing?

The first clip of AMV 5 had an awesome song along with shots of insanely large-breasted girls -I think it would have gotten in even if it used Puff the Magic Dragon as the audio >_<

PS: Thought it was brilliant cause everything happening in the clip related to the WORDS OF THE ENTIRE SONG/intro-theme.

[EvilestDeath]

You kinda sound like you're disagreeing with me, even though I was backing you up.... :/

What's with all the psycho-analysing?

The first clip of AMV 5 had an awesome song along with shots of insanely large-breasted girls -I think it would have gotten in even if it used Puff the Magic Dragon as the audio >_<

PS: Thought it was brilliant cause everything happening in the clip related to the WORDS OF THE ENTIRE SONG/intro-theme.
I was focusing on the reference joke in the video towards you. And the first guy I was just telling him that jokes referencing something work in reverse.

I like to look into what goes into making a video. I like to call it the "Evangelion Syndrome." It's pointless but fun to see every little detail.

I completely overlooked that the literal lyrics match.:sweatdrop: It still doesn't change the point I was trying to make. The two way reference jokes and understanding a reference. Besides the reference part of the video I pretty much ignored the rest.

[vejtornado]

Just thought of the most awesome non anime scene ever

[Sir Fluffykins]

You do know that AMV Tartarus One-Seven has western animation, game and anime clips and is pretty good. So it's not like it can't be done.

[keinushi]

hey, can we still submit western animation ideas? I have a couple, but I don't want to bother unless I know I can submit it. (each video takes me a minimum of 4 hours to do.)

[LawRayLiet]

Western animation special episode is over with.
There wont be another this season.
So save those ideas. Maybe next season.

[keinushi]

crap, I'm so not going to find out in time next time am I?

[LOLWTFBBQ]

why are we ressurecting old dead threads? cant people see that this lost relevance long ago?

[keinushi]

if you had read the post I made, you would see that I was asking about future issues in a relevant thread.