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Questions tagged [amv]

AMV stands for "Anime Music Video". Use this tag for questions you have about AMVs you've seen. Do not use this tag for questions about how to create AMVs.

An AMV ("Anime Music Video"; also "MAD", for "Music Anime Douga") is a video that uses short clips from one or more anime series and montages them to a soundtrack. Usually, this term is used to refer to unofficial (and often amateur) fan-made videos. For example: "Animegraphy 2013".

This tag should be used for questions about AMVs that you've seen. Questions about how to make AMVs are not on-topic here, but may be on-topic at Video Production.

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Are MAD and AMV synonyms for Anime Music Video?

On youtube and elsewhere it's frequent to find "MAD" video, a sort of Anime Music Video (AMV) composed by anime sequences on a music track. Are MAD and AMV synonyms? If not, how these differ from each other and what MAD means?
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Why are anime music videos admitted in anime conventions?

Anime music videos have public screenings in several conventions, especially in the USA. How do they solve the problem of copyright? Some contests forbid the use of dubbed (localized) anime in competitions because of copyright issues. Are there…
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Is it common for Japanese otaku fans to create AMVs?

AMV is the term for Anime Music Videos, MEP is the term for Multi-Editor Project, and MMV is the term for Manga Music Video. Some notable favorites of mine that I watch mostly come from the YouTube channel [[MDS]] or Mad Desire Studios. I have…
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When do you classify an AMV as an ASMV?

As the name 'Anime Story Music Video' explains, an AMV which contains a story is considered as an ASMV. But when do you declare something as a story? Is it necessary to have speeches in the video? If yes, to what extent? Do they have to underlay the…
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Name or tag for kana phrase videos

I'd like to know the Japanese name or tag of a type of video that used to be popular on Nico Nico Douga on 2007-2010 (maybe there are still some people making these videos but I can't find them anymore). In these videos the creator would take a…
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