Cracked AMV Experiment – Dirty Mercury
Posted on December 26th, 2007 in Anime, Axel Night, Music, TV by Axel Night
Back in 2000, the cultural tsunami that was Japanese Anime was swollen and consuming entire coastlines. Shows like Dragonball Z and Pokémon had handed what was formerly a cultish, dungeon-dwelling society over to people who formerly used words like "japanimation" and who, if asked to name one anime, would only be able to give you "Voltron". One such tribute that arose from all of this was the AMV (Anime Music Video), the practice of applying scenes from an anime to a song to make a (surprise) music video.
And why have I spent this long, building up with a semi-epic intro? I made an AMV! Okay, that’s a lie. "Made" is a very strong word. I stole an AMV! To the jump! Read the rest of this entry »