Ain't Dead Yet Again

OK, so basically this is what happened - on morning I woke up and realized I don't feel any need to watch anime any more. You know, like when they always say 'go get a life' - and I did. And damn, it didn't kill me ;].

Seriously thought, let's call it a summer holiday, cause I can bet I will be able to come back by the end of September. As for now I can just apologize for cutting the reviews without a word of explanation. But really, go get a life :].

Ain't Dead Yet

So it really looks like it was a months-long silence... shame. However! don't despair, cause it seems like my free time is back. And judging by the material I piled up during this month, the upcoming weekend will be the best AMV Weekend up to date.

Oh, and I have added some useless stuff like email subscriptions that will bring the new posts straight to your mailbox (link on the right, does it even work?), and at the very bottom of the page a rotator of random anime music videos from YouTube. I wonder when will they enable people to rotate only through their favourites. That for example, would give you a nice sneak peak on my new finds or things worth watching at least once (but maybe not worth reviewing ;p).

Anyway, YouTube still sucks. Anyway again - stay tuned.

YouTube hunts down AMVs

Maybe you have noticed earlier, I haven't until now (thanks Muz for the point out) that the very first AMV I reviewed was removed from YouTube with a nice notice ' This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by TV TOKYO Corporation'. Reuters has a story on the matter. Copyright claims again... yeah, right.

I find it quite ridiculous as such clips generally create a huge hype around the anime (as seen in the comments) and this particular video was a great example of such advertisement as the bits were short and appealing. But the current state of copyright laws is a bit of a nonsense, so in fact I am not surprised at all.

Nevertheless it's not a problem and later today I plan to switch to another, more independent video hosting site, bringing back the awesome Roxette AMV, securing the others and adding another X factored clip for the VVeekend. See you soon.

Update:
I've found something called Blip.TV and as for now it looks very promising and actually more slick than YouTube. The missing Roxette AMV is now up again, and without an unnecessary upscale. I'll probably switch the others too later this week.