AMV: Anime Music Video (+ yuri amvs)
Anime music videos (AMVs) are a derivative art form similar to, and arguably an example of, vidding. Generally, an anime music video combines footage from Japanese animation (anime) with music, but increasingly, the art form has expanded to include the creation of music videos with fanart, and sometimes music videos are created from manga scans.
The earliest known fan music video made using anime is Jim Kaposztas’s comedic Space Battleship Yamato video to “All You Need is Love” by the Beatles, produced in 1982 using two VCRs. The hobby, in parallel with fan dubbing and fan parodies, was largely spread via VHS tape trading by anime fansub distribution services and by performance at anime conventions.
By the mid ’90s, anime conventions began holding contests for anime music videos, and a distinct anime fan AMV subculture developed. As video editing technology became more accessible, and as video distribution over the Internet became more common, AMVs became an integral part of online anime fandom.
Here are some of my favourite shoujo-ai (yuri) amvs – all made by Natalie (her nickname on youtube is ’strawberrypanic’) – she is my favorite yuri amv creator.
1000 words ~ Yuri amv
clips from anime titles:
Kannazuki no Miko, Strawberry Panic, Maria Sama ga Miteru, Yami to Boushi to hon no Tabibito, Simoun
songs are:
“To zanarkand” – ffx soundtrack
“1000 words” – ffx-2 soundtrack
~Freedom~ Yuri amv
clips from anime titles:
Aria, Blue Drop, Kiddy Grade, Candy Boy, El Cazador, Kannazuki no Miko, Maria Sama ga Miteru, Simoun, Murder Princess, Yami to Boushi to hon no Tabibito, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
songs are:
“Freedom” by BeForU
“Hikari – Kingdom Orchestra Instrumental Version”
Shoujo-ai amv
clips from anime titles:
Kashimashi ~Girl meets Girl~, Yami to Boushi to hon no Tabibito, Maria-Sama ga miteru, El Cazador, Rozen maiden
song is “Fields of Hope” by Rie Tanaka
~Frozen Hearts~ Yuri amv
clips from anime titles:
Kannazuki no Miko, Maria Sama ga Miteru, Kyoshiro to Towa no Sora, Mai Hime, Simoun, Strawberry Panic, Kashimashi ~Girl meets Girl~, Venus Versus Virus
songs are:
A song of Storm and Fire – Kajiura Yuki
Shoujo Meiro de Tsukamaete (berry mix) – Aki Misato