An AMV, or "animated music video" or "Animash" is a type of video somewhat comparable to a
YouTube Poop except it's usually not made with the same kind of humor as those. They are normally more mentioned for entertainment than for 'fun'. They are made by using clips from
anime series, Animated movies and Animated TV-series set to a song to produce a music video,with the accent on animal characters. (Especially dogs, cats, wolves, foxes, horses and lions). AMV's are commonly made with
Sony Vegas or
Adobe After Effects. Also strange about AMV's is that there are never been any reports, bans or otherwise because of copyright violation. It has been suggested that companies see AMV's as free publicity for their movies.
An AMV can be called an AMV when it has the following:
- More than one movie/anime being used. If only one has been used, It's an '<<name of movie>> music video'. Also see Fan Vid.
- A song/soundtrack in the background. The most common are Pop, Rock, Techno and Soundtracks.
- The selected media must have animals inside it (Like Bolt,Balto, etc.)
Differences between Animash and Anime Music Video:
The animash community has members from the entire world: you can find American, Brazilian, Britisch, Dutch, Japanese and even Malesian people. They are a friendly community and tend to have each other in their Youtube-friend list.
Rivalries do barely happen. (Sometimes they even work together on a video.) Video's made as birthday presents for other people are quit common.
The movies they use are not original, however. Everyone seems to be using the same movies. Original movies that are not common seen in AMV's are rare to find.
A short list of movies that are common used:
Anime:
Western TV-series:
This does not mean, however, that everyone obey's these rules. For example, there are several AMV's around that do not feature animals.
There are hundreds, if not thousands of AMV makers out there.
(The links direct to their Youtube page) Notable Animash Makers are:
