Anime music video

Parallels can be drawn between AMVs and songvids, animated fan-made videos using footage from movies, television series, or other sources.

[1] Kaposztas hooked up two videocassette recorders to each other and edited the most violent scenes from Star Blazers to "All You Need Is Love" by the Beatles to produce a humorous effect.

In an interview with site AnimeNewsNetwork, FUNimation Entertainment copyright specialist Evan Flournay said they generally see AMVs as a sort of free advertising.

Most notably in November 2005, the administrator of AnimeMusicVideos.org (Phade) was contacted by Wind-up Records, requesting the removal of content featuring the work of the bands Creed, Evanescence, and Seether.

A number of AMV editors report to having had positive contact with various artists, including Trey Gunn and Mae.

[10] A second competition took place later that year in November using the song "Shut Up and Explode" and the anime Xam'd: Lost Memories.